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Elementary Teachers
OCTOBER 17 - 23, 2012 
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Here are some of the latest educational resources from Iowa Public Television. This week we focus on lesson plans, activities, and interactives to help engage your students with a deeper understanding of key concepts and skills in a variety of subject areas and grade levels. To find more resources go to iptv.org/classroom. 
Interactive
meet the canidates
Meet the Candidates
Grade Range: K-2, 3-5

Meet this year's presidential candidates, and help students identify the duties of the U.S. president and begin to think critically about the skills necessary to be a good president. 

 

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Video/Interactive
chuck
Blues
Grade Range: 3-5

In this video interactive from PBS LearningMedia, understand the roots of blues music; learn about the musical instruments typically used in playing blues; and see how different rhythms, lyrics, and note patterns combine in this music genre.

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Activities
design squad
Design Squad Nation Hands-on Activities
Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8

These activities are hands-on challenges that focus on the engineering design process. They use simple materials, allow for multiple solutions, and are ideal for ages 9-12.  

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Video
bats
A Bat in the Brownies
Grade Range: K-2, 3-5

Watch as adventure begins when a little brown bat crash lands into a plate of the Wild Kratts' brownies. The gang learns how bats are nothing to be afraid of, and they gain a new appreciation for bat ecology, predators, insects and echolocation.

  
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