Working with the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the seven PBS stations across Pennsylvania joined together to create Your Learning Neighborhood, your connection to thousands of hours of education and entertaining videos, activities, lessons, and games to support you. You can find out more at pennsylvaniapbs.org, in addition to our resources below.
Teachers, parents and caregivers: please explore! We are in this #TogetherPennsylvania.
Come explore the cypress swamp with the Wild Kratts gang. While on an adventure, they get swarmed by a bunch of biting mosquitoes and observe how the creatures draw blood.
What do bumblebees do all day? Using the Science-U campers’ tips as a guide, you can safely observe bees at home and learn what bumblebees do all day!
Continue your adventures all year round by traveling to continents around the world and expeditions right in your backyard.
Watch the PBS KIDS livestream.
Find games and activities from all of your favorite PBS KIDS shows including Xavier Riddle, Hero Elementary, Daniel Tiger, and more!
This video segment from IdahoPTV’s Science Trek defines the 4 parts of blood and shows the rest of the circulatory system. Discover where blood is made, how long a blood cell lives, what blood types are, why blood is red, and what a transfusion is.
Learn how to use a stethoscope and a blood pressure cuff to measure blood pressure. Can different activities change blood pressure? Gather a group of friends and try it!
WPSU presents virtual field trips of the Centre Country Recycling and Refuse Authority and Fort Roberdeau with more to come!
These educational videos, suited for classroom and community viewing, feature Penn State Humphrey Fellows talking about their home country, its culture, history, and people.
Cancer researcher Dr. Judah Folkman describes his approach to proving a new idea he had about how tumors grow inside the body focused on angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels.
Beating egg whites causes an amazing change. When you add sugar and bake them, more changes happen! Go from slimy egg white to fluffy foam to a crunchy solid and delicious cookie while learning about the science behind the marvelous meringue.
Myles Bess takes viewers along on his journey to cut through the hype surrounding controversial topics in the news to find out what’s really going on.
Create a snowflake shape out of pipe cleaners and then dip your design in a special liquid – over time crystals will form.
Practice reading comprehension by asking questions about short stories and passages. (Best for Grades 2 – 5).
Take on the role of cryptologists to decode clues using pre-algebraic substitution and order of operation. (Best for Grades 8 – 12)
Practice attentive reading by choosing the main idea – or “meat” of the story – from a passage of text. Drag the main ideas to the center of your hamburger and create a juicy treat! (Best for Grades 2 – 3)
Find parenting tips, hands-on activities, games, and apps for grades PreK-3 to help you raise kind, curious, and resilient children.
Hundreds of multi-media tools to help kids and families enrich and expand their knowledge during the early years of birth through six.
A growing list of resources from PBS and trusted partners, to use as tools to support anti-racist learning and growth. Free and open for all. (pdf)
Sonia Manzano, known as Maria on Sesame Street, will speak about how parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and those working with children can learn how to talk to kids about race.
Materials science is the study of stuff— what it’s made of, how it can be used, and even how it can be changed to create new kinds of stuff. Your mission? To learn how materials science and engineering is at work all around you.
Explore natural phenomena and scientific practices with videos, lesson plans, and interactive tools.
Explore the past and learn about the present with resources on government, history, economics, and more.
Bring math concepts to life through interactive games, animations and engaging media resources.
Discover resources and projects that connect students to engineering design practices and future careers.
Discover resources that provide essential lessons on physical, mental, and emotional health.
Bring dance, music, theater, and visual art into your classroom with these standards-aligned resources.
Bring world languages and cultures into your classroom with resources on Spanish, French, and more.
