Educational Music Videos. Learning Never Sounded So Good.
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So I can't help but notice, and chronically listen to educational music. In addition to being catchy as hell the videos that go along with them are equally entertaining and you get to LEARN. There is no downside to this deal. Popular bands create some of this music such as They Might Be Giants and Barenaked Ladies. Here are a few of my favorites.
[b]They Might Be Giants - Why Does The Sun Shine?[/b]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JdWlSF195Y[/media]
[QUOTE=Lyrics]
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
A gigantic nuclear furnace
Where hydrogen is built into helium
At a temperature of millions of degrees
Yo ho, it's hot, the sun is not
A place where we could live
But here on earth there'd be no life
Without the light it gives
We need it's light
We need it's heat
We need it's energy
Without the sun, without a doubt
There'd be no you and me
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
A gigantic nuclear furnace
Where hydrogen is built into helium
At a temperature of millions of degrees
The sun is hot
It is so hot that everything on it is a gas: iron, copper, aluminum, and many others.
The sun is large
If the sun were hollow, a million earths could fit inside. and yet, the sun is only a middle-sized star.
The sun is far away
About 93 million miles away, and that's why it looks so small.
And even when it's out of sight
The sun shines night and day
The sun gives heat
The sun gives light
The sunlight that we see
The sunlight comes from our own sun's
Atomic energy
Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine. the heat and light of the sun come from the nuclear reactions of hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and helium. (*)
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
A gigantic nuclear furnace
Where hydrogen is built into helium
At a temperature of millions of degrees
[(*)Live versions of this song are improvised extensively. some variants on this section:]
Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine. the heat and light of the sun are caused by the nuclear reaction between hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon, and helium.
Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine. the heat and light from the sun come from the nuclear reaction between oxygen, hydrogen, helium, and hydrogen.
You know, frank, scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine. the heat and light from the sun are caused by the nuclear reaction between hydrogen and you, frank o'toole.
Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine. the heat and light from the sun come from the nuclear reaction between hydrogen, nitrogen, helium, carbon, boron, chloron, flu
Moron, and estrogen.[/QUOTE]
Although I loved that song since I was a kid (probably the only reason I did well in the segment of Science Class) the scientific method continued on and years after the release of that song a new theory was accepted and they had to make a new song.
[b]They Might Be Giants - The Sun is a Miasma of Incandescent Plasma.[/b]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLkGSV9WDMA&feature=related[/media]
[QUOTE=Lyrics]
The sun is a miasma
Of incandescent plasma
The sun's not simply made out of gas
No, no, no
The sun is a quagmire
It's not made of fire
Forget what you've been told in the past
(Plasma!)
Electrons are free
(Plasma!)
A fourth state of matter
Not gas, not liquid, not solid
The sun is no red dwarf
I hope it never morphs
Into some supernova'd collapsed orb
Orb, orb, orb
The sun is a miasma
Of incandescent plasma
I forget what I was told by myself
Elf, elf, elf
(Plasma!)
Electrons are free
(Plasma!)
A fourth state of matter
Not gas, not liquid, not solid
(Plasma!)
Forget that song
(Plasma!)
They got it wrong
That thesis has been rendered invalid
[/QUOTE]
[b]They Might Be Giants - Meet the Elements[/b]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy0m7jnyv6U&feature=related[/media]
[QUOTE=Lyrics]
Iron is a metal, you see it every day
Oxygen, eventually, will make it rust away
Carbon in its ordinary form is coal
Crush it together, and diamonds are born
Come on come on and meet the elements
May I introduce you to our friends, the elements?
Like a box of paints that are mixed to make every shade
They either combine to make a chemical compound or stand alone as they are
Neon's a gas that lights up the sign for a pizza place
The coins that you pay with are copper, nickel, and zinc
Silicon and oxygen make concrete bricks and glass
Now add some gold and silver for some pizza place class
Come on come on and meet the elements
I think you should check out the ones they call the elements
Like a box of paints that are mixed to make every shade
They either combine to make a chemical compound or stand alone as they are
Team up with other elements making compounds when they combine
Or make up a simple element formed out of atoms of the one kind
Balloons are full of helium, and so is every star
Stars are mostly hydrogen, which may someday fuel your car
Hey, who let in all these elephants?
Did you know that elephants are made of elements?
Elephants are mostly made of four elements
And every living thing is mostly made of four elements
Plants, bugs, birds, fish, bacteria and men
Are mostly carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen
Come on come on and meet the elements
You and I are complicated, but we're made of elements
Like a box of paints that are mixed to make every shade
They either combine to make a chemical compound or stand alone as they are
Team up with other elements making compounds when they combine
Or make up a simple element formed out of atoms of the one kind
Come on come on and meet the elements
Check out the ones they call the elements
Like a box of paints that are mixed to make every shade
They either combine to make a chemical compound or stand alone as they are
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And the last TMBG song I'll post is one of my personal favorites.
[b]They Might Be Giants - I Am a Paleontologist[/b]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7zo2zY1Zqg&feature=related[/media]
[QUOTE=Lyrics]
I love diggin' in the dirt
With just a pick and brush
Finding fossils is my aim
So I'm never in a rush
'Cause the treasures that I seek
Are rare and ancient things
Like Velociraptor's jaw
Or Archaeopteryx's wings
Now all the kids
Who wanna see 'em
Are lining up
At our museum
I am a paleontologist
That's who I am, that's who I am, that's who I am
I am a paleontologist
That's who I am, that's who I am, that's who I am
Could it be an herbivore
Crushing plants with rounded teeth
Or ferocious carnivore
Who moves so quickly on its feet?
It's like pieces of a puzzle
That I love to try and solve
It's so fun to think about
How a species has evolved
And all the kids
Who wanna see 'em
Can check 'em out
At our museum
I am a paleontologist
That's who I am, that's who I am, that's who I am
I am a paleontologist
That's who I am, that's who I am, that's who I am
Is it a T-rex? (I keep digging, digging, digging, digging)
(Digging, digging, digging, digging)
Maybe a Triceratops? (Digging, digging, digging, digging)
(Digging, digging, digging, digging)
Or a Carnotaur? (Digging, digging, digging, digging)
(Digging, digging, digging, digging)
(Digging, digging, digging, digging, diggin')
Pachycephalosaurus?
I am a paleontologist
That's who I am, that's who I am, that's who I am
I am a paleontologist
That's who I am, that's who I am, that's who I am
That's who I am, that's who I am, that's who I am
That's who I am, that's who I am, that's who I am
[/QUOTE]
The next band I'll post is Barenaked Ladies known for their hit songs 'One Week', 'Pinch me' and the opening for the Big Bang Theory. The first song is that famous, basic lesson on life cycles with the different stages of a Frog wrapped into a catchy song.
[b]Barenaked Ladies - Pollywog in a Bog[/b]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_Wx35sNqdM[/media]
[QUOTE=Lyrics]
In a puddle by the trail
Flips its tiny tail
Just like a great big whale
But smaller than a snail
It's a pollywog in a bog
Swims under soggy logs
One day he'll be a frog
Pollywog in a bog
Overhead a cedar tree
Gives the shade he needs
Munching while he feeds
On lily pads and weeds
Knows not where he's from
Or how his life had begun
He's not the only one
And soon he'll breathe through lungs
It's hard to believe
With the arms you'll receive
You'll lift your head
Above the water and breathe
Gills shrink away
And may there come a day
When you reach the shore
With a whole world to explore
Ribbit, ribbit, a tadpole exhibit
It's a transformation no one can inhibit
Amphibian change may seem strange
Take them gills and the tail and they all rearrange
Out come the legs for the jump, jump
Hope to the top of the stump, stump
Out come the legs for the jump, jump
Hope to the top of the stump, stump
Where the mud is deep
Frost will soon creep
And without a peep
A frog is fast asleep
It was a pollywog in a bog
Swam under soggy logs
In the morning fog
Pollywog in a bog
Pollywog in a bog
Swam under soggy logs
In the morning fog
Pollywog in a bog
Pollywog in a bog
Swam under soggy logs
In the morning fog[/QUOTE]
And lastly
[b]Barenaked Ladies - 7 8 9[/b]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1cnJ_pOAdQ[/media]
[QUOTE=Lyrics]
1, 2, 3 and 4 more makes 7
And 6 is afraid of 7...cause 7 ate 9!
Nine was minding his business
Talking to 10 about Gordy Howe's clothes
Why 7 ate 9, nobody knows.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10
What about 9?
Seven ate nine!
Oh the cat'll have to live with eight lives now
Ronaldo will have to make do
Ever since seven ate 9 it seems
I've got an extra finger and an extra toe too
Seven ate nine!
Once upon a time in our solar system
We couldn't make do without 9
But Pluto's not a planet now, so eight'll do fine.
Oh the cat'll have to live with 8 lives now
And the Chinese will be out of luck
And the vampires will have to think of some other method
Cause without their K-9's, how will they suck?
Seven ate nine!
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10
What about nine?
Seven ate nine! [/QUOTE]
What are some other Educational Songs that, despite being made for small children are extremely catchy or at the very least have an interesting music video to accompany it?
Not really educational but they made a song for Courage the Cowardly Dog.
[QUOTE=99$-Plate;32547468]Not really educational but they made a song for Courage the Cowardly Dog.[/QUOTE]
They Might Be Giants have done a lot. They did a song from Courage the Cowardly Dog. You're right.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbKby_0kHKg[/media]
'Why Does the Sun Shine?" originally appeared on Nick's 'Kablam!' in a short skit which is what I remember from a kid.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbgul1NpEA8[/media]
I didn't post this version because it's really quiet and not the full song.
They also make mature and politically motivated music. Along with other songs that appeared in Cartoons and so on.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5yPkxCLads[/media]
I also tried to find the Henderson Hasselbach song on Youtube but to no avail.
I listened to both during my lectures.