Digital productivity tools make it easier than ever for students to connect with curriculum concepts. The Lesson Builder, Quiz Maker and Storyboard tools offer dynamic opportunities to personalize learning experiences while targeting a range of learning styles.

• Lesson Builder: Create and assign interactive lessons that can be used in class or as homework assignments.
• Quiz Maker: Enhance lessons with personalized quizzes about PBS LearningMedia resources to test students' understanding of key concepts.
• Storyboard: Illustrate complex concepts by designing interactive web pages using resources, graphics and images from PBS LearningMedia. Students can also create storyboards to demonstrate their understanding of lessons.

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Resources in Spanish are becoming more plentiful. PBS LearningMedia now houses over 700 resources that have been translated into Spanish. Use the filter options on the left panel when browsing over 87,000 resources to select your language. Learn More

We've all been victimized by decomposers: Lettuce rots; bread becomes moldy. Bacteria and fungi often consume our food before we have a chance to. However, if we stop to consider the important work that decomposers do, we may be a little less disgruntled by their presence. This video segment from interactive NOVA: "Earth" describes the role of decomposers in the living world. This video is available in both English and Spanish audio, along with corresponding closed captions. Learn More

In this blended lesson supporting literacy skills, students learn how historians think the pyramids were built and why they were built-as doorways to the afterlife for the pharaohs. Students develop their literacy skills as they explore a social studies focus on ancient Egyptian society and how those at the top organized the rest of the population in order to build these amazing structures. During this process, they read informational text, learn and practice vocabulary words, and explore content through videos and interactive activities. Learn More

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