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Local Graduate Credit and Innovative Professional DevelopmentGrade Range K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 Iowa Public Television is pleased to announce that local graduate credit for PBS TeacherLine courses is now available through Morningside College. PBS TeacherLine offers educators online professional development and helps teachers throughout the state find ways to keep up-to-date on current technology, learn about new curriculum resources, and continue on a path of life-long learning. Start the new year off right by taking one of the many courses available for the spring semester. Currently there are over eighty-five PBS TeacherLine courses offered in areas ranging from reading and language arts, instructional technology, science, mathematics, and instructional strategies. Online courses start January 25. 
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 Billy the Kid: American Experience
Grade Range: 9-12A fascinating look at the myth and the man behind it, who, in just a few short years, transformed himself from a skinny orphan boy to the most feared man in the West and an enduring western icon. This American Experience sheds light into the Gold Age of the American Cowboy. |
Grab Your Free Copy of Season One of Iowa Outdoors Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
Geology, ecology, conservation. Iowa Outdoors can take your students on a journey spelunking Iowa's largest cave system, scuba diving Okoboji's blue waters, and learning about the state's wildlife rescue efforts. Iowa Outdoors is a six-part series focusing on Iowa's natural resources, conservation efforts, outdoor recreation activities, and natural beauty that can help your students better understand environmental science, geology, conservation, and many other concepts. IPTV now has DVDs of season one available free to interested teachers. Fill out the information on the link to receive a free copy of the series. |
 Register today for these ICN sessions, at no charge to you or your school, to network your students with other learners throughout the state.
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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NOVA: 3D Spies of WWII
Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
During World War II, Nazi scientists had developed terrifying new weapons of mass destruction. Allied intelligence recruited a team of brilliant minds from universities and Hollywood studios to research 3D stereoscopic images of hidden Nazi rocket bases. The photos led to crucial bombing raids that helped with the success of the D-Day landings.
NOVA tells the suspenseful, previously untold story of the air photo intelligence service that played a vital role in winning the war.
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Take a Fresh Look at 'Gone with the Wind'
Grade Range 9-12
Seventy-five years after its publication, Gone with the Wind is still one of the best sellers in American Literature. Additionally, the book explores a number of themes ingrained in the American psyche, from race to identity.
These video clips take a fresh look at Margaret Mitchell's novel. Is Gone with the Wind literature? What is literature? And what were Margaret Mitchell's intentions when she wrote the novel?
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