STEM
MARCH 27 - APRIL 2, 2013 |
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Find the latest educational resources from Iowa Public Television.
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NOVA LABS 
Grade Range: 6-12
Want to predict solar storms and design renewable energy systems? How about tracking cloud movements and learning cybersecurity strategies? With NOVA Labs you can take part in real-world investigations while using real scientific data.
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Down the Drain
Grade Range: K-2
Learn and practice Spanish, including vocabulary for playground equipment and numbers, with the Oh Noah! "Down the Drain" webisode, related games, and lesson plan.
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Dunk Tank: Fractions, Decimals & Percents
Grade Range: 5-6
Challenge students to a Dunk Tank math lesson! In this interactive game show, students will learn about converting between fractions, decimals and percents.
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The Powerhouse of the Cell
Grade Range: 9-12
By taking in glucose and oxygen, mitochondria
produce energy, which they capture and package as energy-rich molecules of ATP. This video describes the structure and functions that give mitochondria their nickname, "the powerhouse of the cell."
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What Makes Food Healthy
Grade Range: 5-8
What makes a food healthy? This interactive online lesson for blended learning explores why certain foods are a better source of energy and nutrients than others - and takes a closer look at the role nutrition can play in managing diseases.
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Balance Magic
Grade Range: 3-5
NEW Design Squad VIDEO: Wow your friends with this gravity-defying episode-- Build: Balance Magic!
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The Artist and Their Environment
Grade Range: 9-12
Examine how landscape painters reflect their environments in their art, in particular by studying the paintings of Charles Reynolds, a regionalist painter in Oregon. Create a style piece that is a chronicle of a community.
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Could You Become a Citizen
Grade Range: 9-12
See if you could pass the test given to immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship.
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Jim Crow Stories
Grade Range: 9-12
A multimedia interactive featuring accounts of living under Jim Crow laws.
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Poe the Perfectionist
Grade Range: 9-12
What kinds of changes do poets like Poe make when they're revising and perfecting a poem?
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The Shakespeare Dossier
Grade Range: 9-12
Explore the events that shaped the man behind the words. Find out more about the people he knew and the world he lived in.
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