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American Experience: The Panama Canal
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
On August 15th, 1914, the Panama Canal opened, connecting the world's two largest oceans and signaling America's emergence as a global superpower. American ingenuity and innovation had succeeded where, just a few years earlier, the French had failed disastrously. however, the U.S. paid a price for victory. Learn the history, science, and full story behind the Panama Canal.
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Off Book: Art in the Era of the Internet
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
The Internet has intensified connections between people across the planet and has fundamentally altered our relationship with art. This episode of Off Book explores how platforms like Kickstarter, Creative Commons, and The Creators Project have shaped the way art is created, published, and shared in the digital age.
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Dissecting Prose and Squid with Biologist/Poet Kate Larson
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Using her career as a molecular biologist as a starting point, Katherine Larson shapes her poems with descriptions of squid, suction cups and branchial hearts. She won last year's Yale Series of Younger Poets competition and was recognized as a poet of "genuine promise" with the Kate Tufts Discovery Award last month.
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American Masters: Margaret Mitchell and the Atlanta Race Riots
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Born in 1900, young Margaret Mitchell was profoundly influenced by a violent race riot perpetrated by white mobs against innocent blacks. The Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 ravaged her home city and haunted the hub of the South for decades.
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Coping with Climate Change
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
As global temperatures increase and weather patterns shift, the PBS NewsHour will explore how American communities are dealing with climate change. On its new "Coping with Climate Change" page, you will be able to find video reports, blog posts, slide shows, and interactive features that explore many angles on the subject.
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NOVA: Hunting the Elements
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Where do nature's building blocks, called the elements, come from? They are the hidden ingredients of everything in our world, from the carbon in our bodies to the metals in our smartphones. To unlock their secrets, David Pogue spins viewers through the world of weird, extreme chemistry: the strongest acids, the deadliest poisons, the most abundant elements in the universe, and the rarest of the rare--substances cooked up in atom smashers.
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