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Video
Iowa's One-Room Schoolhouses
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Glance through the windows, walk in the doors, and relive the charm of Iowa's one-room schoolhouses with these video clips.
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Video
Building Curiosity: Rover Rocks Rocker-Bogie
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
This video provides a behind-the-scenes view of how NASA engineers designed Curiosity to be sturdy, light, highly maneuverable, and stable.
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Lesson Activity
WordGirl Lesson on Sentence Fluency Grade Range: K-2, 3-5
Apply new vocabulary and develop fluency in speaking and writing by creating sentences from word cards "spilled" during this game.
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Interactive
Who's Who in "The Merchant of Venice"
Grade Range: 9-12
This guide for students may help them better understand character connections and the contextual story to The Merchant of Venice.
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Video/Interactive
Math in Special Effects
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Jeremy Chernick from J&M Special Effects discusses how he ended up creating effects as a career, then introduces a challenge about the algebra behind lighting high-speed effects like explosions.
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Video
Secret Life: Food Technologist
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
In this short from Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers, meet Tom Yang, a food technologist for the US Army's Food Processing, Engineering, and Technology Team. In his off-hours, Tom makes like his idols, Elvis Presley and Mick Jagger, and sings his heart out karaoke-style.
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Interactive
The Abolitionist Map of America
Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Explore the story of the abolitionist movement in America through this interactive map. Dozens of museums, institutions, and PBS stations have partnered with American Experience to bring you archival images, documents, and videos related to abolitionism.
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Interactive
How Shocking
Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Ben Franklin achieved worldwide fame as a scientist through a series of groundbreaking experiments with electricity. From a simple glass rod to an invention that still saves lives, explore some of Franklin's electrifying discoveries.
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Lesson Plan
Decimal Numbers and a Common Error
Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8
Students are asked to calculate sums of decimals that total more than one by carefully lining up decimal places.
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Videos
Media, Art, and Teaching
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Learn more about one Iowa teacher's perspective on using the web series PBS OffBook in her classroom.
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