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Resources
Choosing Quality Education Apps for Kids
Grade Range: K-2, 3-5
As kids become more tech-savvy in today's world of mobile devices, parents can find themselves overwhelmed with choices and unsure how to judge what's appropriate for their kids. Iowa Public Television's educators, in conjunction with PBS Parents, offer tips to help guide parents' decisions when selecting educational and appropriate mobile applications (apps) for their kids.  |
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Drop Everything and Read
Grade Range: K-2, 3-5
Start with early reading. In this lesson idea from Teaching Channel, teachers encourage students to drop everything and read.
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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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 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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The Electric Company
Grade Range: K-2, 3-5
The Electric Company aims to educate and entertain children between the ages of 6 and 9 while simultaneously teaching four crucial areas of literacy that are challenging for struggling readers: decoding, vocabulary, comprehension, and motivation.
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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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 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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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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