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Get Social with IPTV's Classroom Connection Facebook Page
Grade Range: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
 If 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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Animated Map Plots One Year of Earthquakes
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Check out this animated map on PBS NewsHour's blog that plots all of 2011's earthquakes that registered above magnitude 6. Each circle represents an earthquake--the bigger the circle, the greater the magnitude.
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ICN Sessions
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. |
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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American Experience: The Presidential Collection
Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
American presidents hold the most powerful office on earth and occupy a unique place at the center of national and world events. This series of American Experience documentaries sheds light on some of these figures with original interviews, articles, timelines, and extensive teacher guides.
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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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NOVA: Monster of the Milky Way
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Does a super-massive black hole live in the center of our galaxy? Scientists have been trying to answer this question for some time. Join NOVA on a mind-bending investigation into one of the most bizarre corners of cosmological science: black hole research.
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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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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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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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Patti Smith: Historical Influences on Art and Artists
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
This resource from PBS LearningMedia uses the film and POV website resources of Patti Smith: Dream of Life, an Intimate Portrait of a Legendary Rocker. Students use these resources to demonstrate how artists are affected by the time periods in which they live.
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 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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