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SEPTEMBER 18 - 25, 2012

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The amount of educational content on the Internet is staggering. There is so much out there that the problem isn't finding resources but, rather, saving the resources you do find. This week IPTV Education focuses on ways for you to find, save, and share the best content out there.

Web Resource/Video

FRONTLINE Website

Grade Range: 9-12

IPTV has aggregated a wide-ranging list of resources to help you find the best educational content from the public affairs documentary series FRONTLINE.

Web Resource/Video

American Experience Website

Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12

The American Experience website allows you to watch full films online, download teacher guides, and go behind the scenes to enrich your students' learning. Learn how to navigate the site through IPTV.

Interactive (requires Flash)

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A Literary Timeline

Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12

The Literary Timeline presents a broad overview of the concurrent lifetimes of major authors during the two hundred year period between 1800 and 2000. As you scroll through the Timeline, click on a name for more information about that author and his or her major works. This could be a great way to introduce students to authors to get them interested in outside reading projects.

Web Resource

Eight Great Ways to Save and Share Resources

Professional Development

Looking for ways to save the content you find online. Check out our list of tools that can help you find and save educational content now, so you can find it quickly and easily when you need it.

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Navigating PBS LearningMedia

Grade Range: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

IPTV has developed these YouTube videos that will guide you through the steps of searching for, saving, and sharing content you find on PBS LearningMedia.

Interactive (requires Flash)

Acid Lake

Grade Range: K-2, 3-5, 6-8

This interactive activity introduces acid rain - how it affects aquatic ecosystems, the difference between acid rain and normal rain, and how certain species, as well as entire ecosystems, react to emissions from industrial and other man-made sources of pollution that can cause acid rain. The activity also explains the pH scale and how it is used to measure acidity.

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