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Get the Math
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Get the Math is a convergent media project designed to help middle and high school students develop algebraic thinking skills for solving real world problems. 
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American Graduate
Grade Range: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
The American Graduate Program is a public media initiative, supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), to help students stay on the path to graduation and future success.
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Lesson Guide
 Myth of Pocahontas
Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
In this video segment adapted from NOVA , explore the popular story of how Pocahontas, a young Native American, fell in love with John Smith, an English colonist. When Smith was captured, Pocahontas risked her life to save him, and then continued to help his fellow colonists at Jamestown. Thanks to her, the colony not only survived, but thrived. As the video states, it's a powerful story, but how much of it is true?
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Interactive
What's This Stuff?
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
In this interactive activity adapted from NOVA, learn about the properties of materials such as tensile and compressive strength, flexibility, and conductivity, then play a game to identify ten mystery materials using videos and clue cards. Teachers have then adapted this activity to create their own games.
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Road Trip Nation
Experience
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
The Road Trip Nation Experience is created to help students define their own roads in life by connecting what they study to their individual aspirations.
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Resource
 Student Created Documentaries
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
How do you get a group of students who don't like a whole lot about school excited about learning? One teacher's answer is to have them make movies.
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