Iowa Public Television
Elementary Teachers
NOVEMBER 13 - 27, 2012
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 Iowa Public Television is pleased to bring you our weekly e-newsletter that highlights some of the latest and best educational resources from IPTV and public media. 
Video
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Cooking With Bill Nye
Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Watch Bill Nye boil water. Really. In the process, you may learn something about energy conservation that comes in handy next time you make pasta. 

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ICN Session
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Mandatory Reporter Session
Professional Development

You can earn your certificate for Mandatory Reporter Training for suspected child and dependent adult abuse through Iowa Public Television for free by signing up for the session through the ICN. 

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Contest
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2012 Teacher Innovator Awards
Grade Range: K-12

Are you an innovator in the classroom? Sign up for the 2012 Teacher Innovator Awards to share your ideas and be recognized for your innovations. This contest is for all PreK-12 teachers, media specialists, technology coordinators and homeschool educators who use digital media to enhance student learning. 
 
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Video
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Designing Apps
Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8

With this episode of SciGirls, students learn the process of how to design apps and games. Additionally, students build skills developing their creativity and ingenuity.

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Audio Interactive 
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Tour the Tongue
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12

How does our sense of taste work and why did it evolve? What are taste buds and how do they register the five basic sensations of sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and umami? In this audio interactive, Danielle Reed of the Monell Chemical Senses Center offers a primer on what happens on your tongue, and in your brain, as you eat.

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Interactive
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Cyberchase Interactive Whiteboard Game
Grade Range: 3-5

Designed for grades 3-5, the Cyberchase "Lucky Star Game Show" challenges kids to compete for top scores while building important math skills. The application is easy to use, and engages kids in algebraic thinking, geometry, measurement, and more.  
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