STEM
March 5, 2014 - March 11, 2014

Find the latest educational resources from Iowa Public Television.

IPTV announces the Teacher Training Institute

Grades: Adult Learning

IPTV is excited to announce their first Teacher Training Institute. IPTV is recruiting Master Teachers that will partner with IPTV in creating model lessons are cross curricular with STEM components. These model lessons will be presented in June at a hands-on training that will provide learning and networking opportunities for educators across the state.

Supermarket Mania

Grades: 1-4

Help Fizzy find healthy ingredients at the grocery store to use in his cooking. Pull tickets to move around tiles in the grocery store and play games and trivia related to food nutrition at each stop.

Spring Forward with PBS TeacherLine Courses

Grades: Adult Learning

This 2014 spring forward by taking a PBS TeacherLine course and learn the skills you need to lead a winning class! PBS TeacherLine, offers an assortment of online development courses trusted by thousands of PreK-12 educators from 15 to 45-hour facilitated courses to 3-hour self-paced courses that you can take on your own time.

Sugary Drink Smarts

Grade Range: 2-6

In this video, Mackenzie teams up with Molly Morgan, a registered dietician, Tim and Derek, Binghamton Senators hockey players, to show viewers the amount of added sugar in some of the most popular beverages. Tim and Derek compete against each other to guess how much sugar they think is in different beverages such as Gatorade, Coca Cola, and a Monster Energy Drink. Finally, the group discussed how often the drinks should be consumed.

Soul Food Junkies: Portions
Grade Range: 4-12

Consider the relationships among health, portion size, and traditional soul food and fast food diets in this video from CAAM.

Food Is Fuel

Grade Range: 6-12

In this video excerpt from NOVA scienceNOW, learn about the potential energy contained in food. Correspondent and technology columnist David Pogue explores how a rat is digested by a snake and how food fuels the body. Scientist Stephen Secor demonstrates how to measure the amount of energy stored in a food using a bomb calorimeter. Portions of a dehydrated cupcake and rat are burned in a special tank; the results show that the cupcake has twice as many calories as the same amount of rat.

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