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Grade Range: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Like us on FacebookIf you're like most teachers, a busy schedule can make it a challenge to find time to keep up-to-date on the latest news in education, stay connected with other educators, and learn about current resources and teaching tools.

By following IPTV's Classroom Connection page, you are automatically joining a professional development community. Every day, you can learn about the latest resources IPTV and PBS have to offer. Find out when we'll air educational programs and find additional videos and resources online.

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Moms Night Out
Register to be a Host Site for Moms Night Out for STEM

Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8

Register your school, community center, library, or other location for Moms Night Out for STEM, a one-night, coordinated state-wide event scheduled for Monday, April 23. During the event, sites would help provide handouts, activities, and resources.

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ICN Sessions
Iowa All-State Music Festival

Register today for these ICN sessions, at no charge to you or your school, to network your students with other learners throughout the state.
Can't make it to any of these sessions? Take a look at IPTV's ICN events calendar to schedule your next opportunity.     

 

The Presidents
The American Presidents

Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 

A fresh and relevant narrative (developed with a former producer of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report) The American Presidents takes a closer look at the people who led this country through change and the lives they affected, from an early idea of democracy to our first African-American President. Take a look at the series with this preview.

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Presidential Biographies
American Experience: Presidential Biographies

Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Browse this gallery of short biographies on every U.S. President.

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Measuring Area
Cyberchase: Measuring Area

Grade Range: K-2, 3-5, 6-8

In this video segment from PBS LearningMedia, students learn how to calculate polygonal figures. Using videos from Cyberchase as a supplement to the lesson, students will be able to tie abstract mathematical concepts to real-world application.

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Nature
An Introduction to the Himalayas

Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12

As the highest mountain range in the world, the Himalayas are a far-reaching range, spanning thousands of miles, and hold within it an exceptionally diverse ecology. This Nature
program offers unique insights into this mountain range.

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iFarm
America Revealed: iFarm
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12

Water doesn't come cheap in California's Central Valley. So luckily, farmer Zachary Sheely is handy with his iPhone. Sheely, the latest in a long line of American agricultural innovators, has developed an iPhone app to help manage the family farm. His program layers high-tech aerial imagery, soil info, and irrigation blueprints to create a user-friendly management tool for the 21st century farmer.

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Poetry Jam
White House Poetry Jam
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12

With this video from PBS LearningMedia, listen  to poets perform their work at the first-ever White House poetry jam.

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