Media Specialists
APRIL 23-30, 2013 |
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Find the latest educational resources from Iowa Public Television.
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Ma Family History
Grade Range: 3-6
Explore how violinist Yo-Yo Ma's family history was preserved. Find out how paper restoration techniques were used to produce genealogical records his family could keep to learn about their ancestors.
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Math & Science in the Real World
Grade Range: 3-9
Show students how geometry and measurement relate to the field of architecture! Use this resource to emphasize the important role that math and science play in real-world careers.
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Saving Worms & Making Dirt
Grade Range: 1-3
Teach students how they can help rescue worms that get stuck in the sun! Use this resource to illustrate the role that worms play in the larger ecosystem.
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Unit Conversion: Water Use
Grade Range: 5-8
Students discover that sometimes, converting, or changing, a measurement from one unit into another helps them to better-understand the amount of water they use each day.
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Digital Media Literacy
Grade Range: 6-12
Investigate various media in terms of credibility and the influence of advertising on the reliability of the content. Describe the strengths and weaknesses of various media in documenting personal memories, and critique books turned into other media.
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The Fridge Magnet Game
Grade Range: 1-4 
The game provides practice with the monitoring and clarifying strategies. It requires students to identify confusing words (by monitoring) and to replace them with words from an alternate word pool that make sense in the sentence (clarifying).
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Anna Karenina
Grade Range: 9-12
Follow a scene from Tolstoy's original novel, through Allan Cubitt's adaptation of the scene in his screenplay to the final scene as filmed. How does Cubitt translate Tolstoy's masterful prose? And how is the aristocratic world of Anna Karenina made real in character, costume, and set?
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Auschwitz: Master Plan
Grade Range: 6-12
A detailed look at archival maps, blueprints and photos of Auschwitz.
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