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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
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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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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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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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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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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