Teach your students about sustainable school lunches with this video and educational materials from PBS NewsHour. Learn More

Enroll in a PBS TeacherLine facilitated course from August 18, 2014 through September 19, 2014, and you will automatically be entered to win a FREE in-person PD training for your entire school. During the half-day event, you and your colleagues will explore how to:

• Inspire your students' curiosity and expand their content knowledge with the use of blended learning and flipped classroom strategies
• Incorporate high-quality, standards aligned digital content
• Integrate digital tools such as PBS LearningMedia, the go-to destination for digital resources that can help bring innovation to your classroom

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This animated video illustrates a visual model for solving a word problem involving the division of fractions. The problem asks students to use fractions to compare the spring weight of a hedgehog with its weight just before hibernation. In the accompanying classroom activity, students use visual models to work through the challenge problem presented at the end of the video, which also involves the division of fractions and comparison. Learn More

This scene in the 2009 MASTERPIECE version of Emily Bront�'s Wuthering Heights skillfully sets up not only the plot and characters (the rugged Heathcliff and the innocent Catherine Linton), but a distinct time and place: the Yorkshire moors. Catherine is unaware of the circumstances surrounding her mother's passionate relationship with Heathcliff and the dangers of the moors themselves. To emphasize this, she is shown in a simple white dress, skipping happily down the lane. Suddenly, as the music changes, Heathcliff looms above her on horseback. Catherine is about to be introduced to a more sinister reality-and to Wuthering Heights itself. Learn More

This Teachable Moment appears as part of the Fast Forward series. Fast Forward is a fast-paced GPB Original Multimedia production that encourages high school students to consider science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) related careers by highlighting the multitude of opportunities here in Georgia for those who are interested in the subjects. Learn More

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