Elementary
September 11-September 18, 2013 |
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Find the latest elementary resources from Iowa Public Television.
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Lesson Plan: Flipped Day 2013
Grades: 5-13+
In this video, discover how PBS LearningMedia can help you "flip"
 your classroom and see options for converting lesson plans into flipped classroom experiences. The video also includes an introduction to one flipped lesson entitled "Design and Build a Tangle-Free Headphone Holder."
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Home Tweet Home
Grades: PreK-1
Using this resource group, students learn about animal homes. Sid and his friends discover that lots of animals build and live in their own homes, like beehives, anthills, and bird nests! The resource group includes eight video segments, including a live action segment, as well as an associated activity.
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Bubble Prints
Grade Range: PreK-5 
Bubble Prints is a hands-on science exploration for young children and their teachers, parents or caregivers. In this video, watch as children make bubble prints with water, a straw and paper.
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How Big Are You?
Grade Range: 1-4
In this Dinosaur Train game, kids try to estimate the length of various dinosaurs using modern animals as non-standard units of measurement. It shows that dinosaurs were different sizes and had different names, that large objects can be measured with non-standard objects, that a hypothesis can be tested by measuring, and that measuring with non-standard objects requires counting.
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ANNIE ON BROADWAY: What Does a Costume Designer Do?
Grade Range: 4-12 
Walk in the shoes of costume designer Susan Hilferty, as she explains how she creates the fashions for ANNIE: THE MUSICAL. Susan discusses how being a costume designer requires a love of historical research and hands-on work, in addition to an eye for fashion design.
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Overview of the Arts
Grade Range: K-12
This article provides an overview of the benefits of an arts-infused classroom; important notes on each aspect of the arts: dance, drama, music, and visual art; and basic techniques for integrating the arts into your classroom. This article is part of KET's Social Studies/Arts Toolkit.
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Out on a Limb
Grade Range: K-2
Learn and practice Spanish, including vocabulary for clothes and landscape features, with the Oh Noah! "Out on a Limb" webisode, related games, and lesson plan. In the webisode, Coco wants an apple ("manzana"), but Noah thinks she wants a bird, so he builds his own wings and takes flight over the neighborhood. Students can learn, build upon, and apply the Spanish vocabulary by playing the interactive games. In the "A Bird's Eye View of My Neighborhood" lesson plan, students will become map-makers as they map their neighborhoods and label their map legend using Spanish words.
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Road Trip
Grades: 3-6
Identify different instruments that are characteristic of certain musical genres. "Chuck Vanderchuck's 'Something Something' Explosion" is designed to help children ages 6 to 9 understand music and music composition by teaching basic musical concepts and performance skills through the study of popular song styles from around the world.
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