Get back into the swing with these resources from IPTV.

Resources for Math and Science Teachers
August 30 - September 6, 2011

IPTV is pleased to bring you our weekly eNewsletter that highlights some of our many educational resources, programs, and educational sessions available. This week, to help you get back into the swing of things, we're highlighting current, topical, and relevant resources that are sure to peak your students' interests.

Educational Resources

PBS LearningMedia Focus: Hurricanes

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

As hurricane season kicks into full gear, PBS LearningMedia offers a wide variety of resources to help your students better understand the science behind these extraordinary storms to the social and economic impact they have had on the United States. LearningMedia is the next-generation digital media service for PreK-16 educators.

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Mathematics Illuminated

Grade Level: 9-12+

Explore the major themes of Math from humankind's earliest study of prime numbers, to the cutting-edge math used to reveal the shape of the universe.

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Featured Television Programs

NOVA: Engineering Ground Zero

Grade Range: 9-12

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11, NOVA presents an epic story of engineering, innovation, and the perseverance of the human spirit.

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Nature: Braving Iraq

Grade Range: 9-12

The efforts of former Iraqi exile Azzam Alwash to restore Iraq's Mesopotamian Marshes, thought by many scholars to be the site of the Garden of Eden, are detailed. In the early 1990s, Saddam Hussein laid waste to the wetland.

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IPTV Education broadcasts overnight on Mediacom cable. Click here for a full schedule of our educational programs. If you are unable to record an episode you see on IPTV, contact your AEA for copies of programs that allow for duplication.

Register today for these ICN sessions, at no charge to you or your school, to network your students with other learners throughout the state.

School to Careers: Dietician

Grade Range: 9-12

Increased public interest in nutrition has led to a great number of job opportunities for nutritionists and dieticians. Students interested in this field will learn how dieticians are responsible for crafting the diets of patients and educating individuals on the benefits of maintaining proper dietary standards.

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The Internet: Education is the Key to Safe Practices

Professional Development Session

This session will provide information to teachers and other school staff about the safe practices of using social media sites like Twitter and Facebook.

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Can't make it to any of these sessions? Take a look at IPTV's ICN events calendar to schedule your next opportunity.

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