Elementary
October 2-October 9, 2013

Find the latest elementary resources from Iowa Public Television.

Crack Hacker's Safe
Grades: 3-5

In this Cyberchase interactive, you must complete a series of shape, number and color patterns to crack Hacker's safe. Given the first four terms in the pattern, you must select the correct color/number/shape combination of the next term.

Unit Conversion: Water Use

Grades: 5-8

In this blended lesson supporting literacy skills, students watch videos and complete interactive activities to learn how much water various activities use and explore ways that they can conserve water resources. Students develop their literacy skills as they explore a mathematics focus on using fractions to convert units of measurement. During this process, they read informational text, learn and practice vocabulary words, and explore content through videos and interactive activities.

Antarctica Today
Grade Range: 4-12

Take a trip to Earth's freezer - the coldest, windiest, driest, place on Earth. How long has Antarctica been like it is today? That's what polar researchers want to find out. Meet ANDRILL, the Antarctic drilling team in this video.

Family History and Genealogical Research
Grade Range: 4-13+

History Detectives' collection of resources illustrating research methodology for investigating genealogy and family history.

Illuminating Photosynthesis
Grade Range: 3-12

This interactive feature from NOVA explores the process plants use to convert solar energy into chemical energy. The site points out that photosynthesis is responsible for feeding nearly all life forms on Earth, and that the process generates, as a by-product, an element that is critically important to the survival of humans and most other animals: oxygen.

Rosemary Wells
Grade Range: 2-7

Rosemary Wells is the author and illustrator of delightful books for youngsters. In this interview, Wells talks about creating books for children and their adult readers that will stand up to being read over and over again. Watch the interview, view the interview transcript, read a short biography on Rosemary Wells, or see a selected list of her children's books.

Tiktaalik: A Fish Out of Water
Grade Range: 5-8

In this blended lesson supporting literacy skills, students learn that transitional fossils provide scientists with evidence to establish how major animal groups are related to one another in evolutionary terms. Students develop their literacy skills as they explore a science focus on a recently discovered fossil named Tiktaalik. During this process, they read informational text, learn and practice vocabulary words, and explore content through a video and interactive activities.

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