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Featured Resource
PBS LearningMedia: Class Pages
Grade Range: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
PBS LearningMedia is the new digital library of public media content built specifically for teachers, but do you know about the new Class Pages feature? Anything you've saved on PBS LearningMedia can be transformed into a powerful tool for you students. Rather than showing a clip in class, with the class page feature, you can let students, parents, and anyone else view your saved media anytime they want. You can create separate pages for the different classes you teach and add comments to each individual content piece so that your students know exactly what you want them to learn. Set up multiple sections for different students working together in groups, or assign an interactive as homework. The possibilities are endless.
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Multimedia
Elemental Resources
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
In celebration of NOVA's new episode, Hunting the Elements, IPTV has put together a list of elemental resources. On this post, you will find interactives, video shorts, quizzes, and a full list of science programs that deal with the elements, their properties, and a host of fascinating characteristics.
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Video
The Rise and Fall of a Civilization
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Quest for the Lost Maya explores archaeological evidence of a previously unknown Mayan society based in the Yucatan Peninsula of southern Mexico. The film surveys their dramatic rise to prominence in the "pre-classic era" (800-700 BCE) of the Maya, as well as new evidence of the collapse of their civilization in the 800-900s CE.
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Event
WordGirl Definition Competition
Grade Range: K-2, 3-5
On May 1, engage your students with vocabulary words in an entertaining and interactive context with the WordGirl Definition Competition. During the 30-minute, live webcast, students will enrich their vocabulary and have fun in the process. Register today to receive an event kit, which offer kids practice with the skills featured in the webcast.
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Video
Grand Coulee Dam Chapter 1
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Of the many public works projects of the New Deal, Grand Coulee Dam loomed largest in America's imagination during the darkest days of the Depression. It promised to fulfill President Franklin Roosevelt's vision for a "planned promised land" where hard-working farm families would finally be free from the drought and dislocation caused by the elements.
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Interactive
Mission US: Educator Guide
Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
On top of an amazing, immersive experience with Mission US, the web interactive also offers hundreds of guides and primary source materials to help you implement the game in your class. Even if you're not interested in using the interactive, the resources here are free to use as you see fit. Check it out.
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Video
Who Can Authenticate Andy Warhol's Art?
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Two guests appeared at the summer 2011 El Paso Antiques Roadshow with works by Andy Warhol. Learn more how the appraisers authenticated these pieces of art by looking for stylistic nuances of Warhol's art.
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Interactive
Phases of the Moon
Grade Range: K-2, 3-5, 6-8
Over the course of a month, the different shapes of the moon are the result of the moon's orbit around the Earth and reflected sunlight. In this interactive, students learn about the relationship between the moon's orbit and its phases.
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Interactive
Martha's Rhyme Time
Grade Range: K-2, 3-5
In this interactive from Martha Speaks, students make their own rhyming couplets. Not only does this interactive help build students' phonemic awareness, but Martha defines each word to help improve student vocabulary. Once students have finished creating their own couplet, they can choose different scenes to match their poem and print it out.
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Video
A New PBS Series: America Reveled
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
America Revealed is a new series that shows the inner-workings of our country by analyzing the systems and patterns that keep our country running. The series is full of exciting learning opportunities for students and looks at four important areas of America's infrastructure: food, transportation, energy, and manufacturing. Check out these ten video stories made specifically for the classroom.
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Teacher Guide
Film in the Classroom
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
This completely updated guide, created for Masterpiece's 40th anniversary, offers fresh ideas and innovative activities for teaching film in today's digital environment. Drawing on 25 outstanding Masterpiece films, the guide will help you use film not just as an adjunct to literature, but as a tool that can improve students' understanding of media literacy as well as literary elements. |
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NOVA: Deadliest Tornadoes
Grande Range: 6-8, 9-12
Why was the 2011 tornado season in the U.S. so extreme, and with advanced warning systems that are in place, why did so many die? This episode of NOVA attempts to answer these questions. Also, on the NOVA website, find supplemental resource materials and interactives to help enhance your lessons.
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Video
Both Sides of Slavery
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Coming to terms with mixed roots can be surprising and sometimes even painful. Educator Geoffrey Canada visits Franklin County Virginia where, a white man possibly fathered one of his enslaved ancestors more than a century ago.
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