Iowa Public Television
Resources for Elementary Teachers 
November 29 - December 6 
IPTV is pleased to bring you our weekly eNewsletter that highlights some of our many educational resources, programs, and ICN sessions available.

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Iowa All-State Music Festival

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New Features Added to PBS LearningMedia

Grade Range: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
PBS LearningMedia has added several new features to its site that will make it easier to find and share great content. You can now create Class Pages where students can view and use anything you have saved on LearningMedia. 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. Additionally, you can share
your comments on content pieces with other teachers using LearningMedia. This way you can share how you specifically used a resource with your students.
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New PBS KIDS Apps

Grade Range: PreK-2, 3-5
PBS KIDS has released some new apps for iOS devices: Fetch! Lunch Rush and SUPER WHY Alpha Boost! Both will help students make connections in their learning by surrounding them with educational media both at home and in the classroom using several forms of technology.
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New Episode of the Iowa Outdoors

Grade Range: 6-8, 912 
Have your students explore environmental issues, conservation initiatives, and Iowa's natural resources with Iowa Outdoors. An all-new episode premiers December 2 and will take your students high above and deep below Iowa's surface.

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PBS Arts

Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
The PBS Arts Online concept is the core of the PBS Strategy for strengthening arts awareness, appreciation, and education in America. The PBS Arts website houses videos that will help broaden your students' awareness, spur greater interest, and increase understanding of visual, cultural, and performing arts.
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Things they Carried

Register today for these ICN sessions, at no charge to you or your school, to network your students with other learners throughout the state.

 

Kwanzaa Celebration

Grade Range: 3-6

Kwanzaa is not a substitution for Christmas or Hanukkah. It is a celebration of African American family and heritage, which can be observed in addition to other holidays. This session is a great way to teach all children to appreciate where they come from and to think about their future.

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Un-huggable Animals

Grade Range: K-5

Students discuss some of their favorite animals and why they don't like them. Get up close and personal with a variety of animals including spiders, snakes, skunks, and bats. Your students will learn why these animals are often misunderstood.  

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Can't make it to any of these sessions? Take a look at IPTV's ICN events calendar to schedule your next opportunity.  

  

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

In this activity, students examine some of the behavior and physical characteristics that enable organisms to live successfully in their environment. By the end of the activity, students will design organisms that are adapted to a new environment by camouflage.
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