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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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Interactive
WordGirl/Miss Power Face-Off
Grade Range: K-2, 3-5
In this interactive, WordGirl must face off against Miss Power and use antonyms to defeat her negative words.
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Interactive
Web Karaoke
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Create a poem that becomes the lyrics to a song in this interactive karaoke activity. Type in the lines of your poem, listen to the melody while singing along, and print your song.
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Lesson Plan/Activity
Astronomy and Geography
Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8
Use an atlas to explore towns and cities named after planets or constellations. Discover how constellations got their names and were assigned their boundaries in the sky.
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Video
Fear Itself
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
President Roosevelt's inaugural address filled the American people with confidence in their new leader. Watch this famous speech to learn about its historical significance and its rhetorical style.
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Interactive
PBS KIDS Island
Grade Range: K-2, 3-5
In this interactive, students create a playground with PBS Kids Island. The site offers reading games and activities for children, and resources and literacy activities for parents and teachers. Find a progress tracker and more.
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Video
What Will the Future Be Like?
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Meet the people building tomorrow's robots, 3-D virtual environments, mind-reading machines, and more. NOVA ScienceNOW airs November 14 on IPTV.
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Video
Ultimate Mars Challenge
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
In its search for life beyond Earth, NASA employs a "sky crane" maneuver to land the Curiosity rover on Mars. Learn more about this marvel of engineering and design. This new episode of NOVA airs November 14 on IPTV.
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Interactive
Graphing Real World Situations
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Explore and graph real world situations based on students' daily activities. Identify and sketch situational models and answer questions to advance in this interactive lesson.
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Interactive
Get Up, Stand Up: The Story of Pop and Protest
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Explore some of the key historical events that inspired the music and share your thoughts.
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Video
Meet an Astronaut
Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8
In this Connections to Science video, meet astronaut and Iowa native Dr. Peggy Whitson who is the first female commander of the International Space Station. Learn some interesting facts about the International Space Station, why half the fun of science is getting unexpected results, and what it takes to not only be an astronaut, but also successful in life.
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