Media Specialists
JANUARY 8 - 15, 2013 |
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Find the latest educational resources from Iowa Public Television.
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How Do You Measure School Success
Professional Development
More than two years after stepping down as chancellor of Washington, D.C.'s public schools, Michelle Rhee remains one of the most controversial education reformers in the nation. In this documentary from FRONTLINE, explore these issues. How do you turn around a struggling school? What makes a good teacher? How do you measure success in education, and what are the best ways to navigate barriers to reform?
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Inside the Jetstream
Grade Range 6-8, 9-12
 Perhaps your image of this fast-flowing, high-altitude wind comes from maps broadcast during the weather portion of your local news, but the jet stream is a complex phenomenon involving interplay among many variables. Catch its drift in this simplified introduction.
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A Sense of Scale: Absolute Zero
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
 At roughly minus 460�F, absolute zero is abysmally cold, yet at least we can imagine it. Being only a few hundred degrees below zero, it's in the realm of something we can put our minds around. In this interactive, get a taste of temperatures from absolute zero to absolute hot, and see why, for instance, even the core of the sun is relatively "chilly" compared to what many physicists believe the temperature of the universe was an instant after the Big Bang.
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War of 1812
Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8
 In 1812, America was a young nation, still establishing its sovereignty from Britain. The United States did not have a large standing army or a national bank. Its borders - especially to the north and the northwest - were unsecured and vulnerable to attack. This interactive website offers classroom resources to help your students better understand this point in American history.
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DNA: Shotgun Sequencing
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
 One of the great accomplishments of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries was the sequencing of the human genome. Biologists and geneticists were able to piece together the specific sequence of DNA bases (sub-pieces of DNA) that serve as the blueprint for human life. In this interactive, understand how combinatorics is used in the "shotgun sequencing" of DNA.
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3D Figures and Isometric Dot Paper
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
 In this interactive, draw three-dimensional figures on two-dimensional isometric dot paper. Try holding the cubes in different orientations so you can see the possibilities in both the three-dimensional "real world" and the two-dimensional representations on paper.
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WWII Activity Pack
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
 These lesson plans are based on History Detectives episodes that examine how several objects played a key role in World War II, particularly the role of Japan and the Japanese in the war. They offer students opportunities to research and write about Japanese internment camps, the air war, and propaganda.
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Questioning Cube
Grade Range: K-2, 3-5
 The Questioning Cube Game is a collection of seven interactive games designed to help elementary school students gain reading comprehension competences. In the game students practice asking questions about short stories or passages of expository prose. The practice of generating and answering their own questions before, during and after reading, helps students actively create solid mental connections.
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Balance Bot Interactive
Grade Range: K-2, 3-5
 In this "Fizzy's Lunch Lab" interactive, students identify the colors associated with the food groups in the food pyramid, and select foods to balance the robots' diets so that they can dance.
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When a Lesson Goes Wrong
Professional Development
 What do you do when a lesson falls flat on its face? This is something that happens even to the best teachers. Watch Sarah Brown Wessling masterfully transition how she approaches a lesson when she realizes her first class didn't go too well. |
Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
 Destinos teaches speaking, listening, and comprehension skills in Spanish. This telenovela, or Spanish soap opera, immerses students in a mysterious and entertaining story while viewing everyday situations with native speakers. It also introduces the cultures, accents, and dialects of Mexico, Spain, Argentina, and Puerto Rico, helping students understand a range of Spanish and appreciate many Hispanic cultures.
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