Professor Animal Ecology Warnell School Forestry & Natural Resources Gary D. Grossman Professor Animal Ecology Warnell School Forestry & Natural Resources University Georgia** www.garygrossman.net
Multimodal learning – instructor developed music videos Use of Original Music Videos to teach Natural History. Grossman & C. E. Watson. 2015. J. Nat. Hist. Educ. & Exper. 9: 1-7 Youtube channel www.youtube.com/user/AssortedPieces
Excerpts from songs: 1. Linnean hierarchy, 2. speciation, 3 Excerpts from songs: 1. Linnean hierarchy, 2. speciation, 3. competition, 4. natural selection, 5. black rat snakes, 6. Coastal Plain forest types
Student karaoke video project Conducted 5 classes grad to first year Group or individual project Students find video subject matter & music, write lyrics and sing/rap/talk produce video for class Grade amount information, scientific accuracy, technical quality, creativity Grossman, G. & T. Richards. 2016. Active learning via student karaoke videos. Int. J. Teach. Learn. Higher Ed. 28:204-217
Excerpts student karaoke videos