Even in the most tech-laden schools you can still walk into almost any classroom and find a dry-erase marker and whiteboard. Whether it’s to write a reminder for your students or to spell out a key term, it’s quick and easy to scribble on whiteboard. But what is in those dry-erase markers we use? And how do they work? The answers to those questions and more are offered in the following episode of Ingredients on National Geographic’s YouTube channel.

Applications for Education

When I have shared previous episodes in this series I have suggested having students attempt to re-create and or improve on the formula. I’m not sure that is a good idea in the case of dry-erase markers. Instead, I’ll suggest using a tool like Vizia to create a flipped lesson based on the video.