Meet the GIRL!: Hiba is 11 years old and has deemed her girl power to be bravery. She used to be afraid of snakes but with a little bit of inquiry and trust she overcame her fear and now loves all things reptile. She is a great student as she studies the language Arabic with […] Continue »
In this Let’s Learn video, Malika Khalsa from the Salvadori Center uses the story of Goldilocks and other examples to help students learn about scale and proportion. Continue »
Learn about proportion and practice using scale and proportion in a drawing of the built environment with Andrew Coletti from the Salvadori Center. Continue »
Watt and Windy help Carry, the mail truck, mail a lost letter named Posty. They learn all about how the post office works. Continue »
Arts education can truly be a transformative journey. Get Lit, an education non-profit dedicated to increasing teen literacy through the power of spoken word, is proud to collaborate with PBS SoCal | KCET in order to inspire creative expression, provide culturally relevant narratives, and grow social-emotional intelligence. Through the unique stories of five Get Lit […] Continue »
What is pollination and how do the parts of a flower influence the success or failure of bees and butterflies to pollinate the different types of flowers? Continue »
Learn about the origins of the Arab American community and its contributions to U.S. society and culture. Uncovering the “hidden history” of Arabs in one city, students utilize video and supporting materials to understand the overall impact of Arab Americans on U.S. civil society, the military, politics, and food from 1880 until present. Continue »
Fireflies Musical Yoga for Kids is a 12-part series, consisting of three-minute instructional videos presented by Kira Willey, nationally acclaimed kindie artist and musical yogini. It provides educators with a wonderful tool to help children connect their bodies and minds to music and positivity. Continue »
Learn about efforts to protect Syria’s cultural heritage with this video and educational resources from PBS NewsHour from May 19, 2015. Continue »
Design Squad Camp is a standards-aligned Grades 3-5 camp for Ohio Learns 360, a statewide project funded by the Ohio Department of Education. This collection includes images, videoclips, and outlines for five camp sessions: Build It Challenge: Robo Wheel / Build It Challenge: Floating Box Pop-Up Card / Build It Challenge: Hovercraft / Design It […] Continue »
Storyteller Priscilla Howe tells a funny/scary campfire tale about a baby who wants her apple juice. One at a time, the family goes down to the cellar to get the juice, only to be confronted by a ghost. The story is available in English and French. Continue »
In the online game, Lost and Found, children go on virtual scavenger hunts with Noah and Nell to collect items that Coco lost on her way to a pool party and a picnic. It’s a good thing that they have some friendly neighbors to help them with Spanish directional clues along the way! In this […] Continue »
Learn about the world’s largest network of Dark Sky Sanctuaries (as recognized by the International Dark Sky Association) that exist along the Minnesota-Ontario Border. Learn how the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, Voyageurs National Park, and Ontario’s Quetico Provincial Park maintain their Dark Sky status and how they share the dark sky experience with visitors. Continue »
Eid Al-Adha is a yearly four day celebration of the Islamic faith remembering the story of Abraham. Known as the feast of sacrifice, the celebration centers around sacrifice to Allah. Continue »
Rosita and her friends are making musica, or music, using a variety of instruments. This music video focuses on Spanish language and musical creativity. Continue »
The brain is the most complex organ in the human body. So, it’s no surprise that everyone’s brain develops in a unique way. Unfortunately, neurodivergent people, including those with autism spectrum disorder, have historically been viewed through the lens of the medical model. In this view, autism is something that needs to be fixed or […] Continue »
Watch the clip “Sid the Weatherman” from Sid the Science Kid to spark conversations about measuring temperature. Then use the lesson plan to help students understand how to identify differences in temperature, like hot and cold. Continue »
Read “Hush Thai Lullaby” by Minfong Ho, a book about a lullaby native to Thailand. After reading, Paris Spitaeri guides students through an poem making activity with animals. Continue »
Learn about the important role that Antarctic krill poop plays in the Southern Ocean in this video from NOVA: Secrets in the Scat. Use this resource to illustrate the cycling of matter between Earth’s systems and within a food web. Continue »
Learn where today’s widely used number system and basic math functions came from in this video from NOVA: Zero to Infinity. Use this resource to illustrate an example of the contributions of diverse cultures to the mathematics systems we use today. Continue »
How do we know when to round when we are counting? Join 2021 Arkansas Teacher of the Year Susanna Post as she teaches us when we should round up and when we should round down. The worksheet that accompanies this video provides students the opportunity to put their skills to work as they practice rounding […] Continue »
John Donald Robb carefully recorded and transcribed over 3000 Hispano folk songs all over New Mexico and the Southwest between 1945 and 1972, the largest collection of its time. Like romantic and modernist composers before him, he looked to the songs of everyday folk to inspire and inform his own compositions. He also wanted to […] Continue »
D.A.R.E. stands for drug abuse resistance education and is a program that was implemented in schools since the 80’s to prevent youth from doing drugs. The program was widely accepted by schools all over the country, but scientists found it wasn’t really effective. Fast forward to present day and D.A.R.E is still around… sort of. […] Continue »
Anila Quayyum Agha’s installation Alhambra Nights was selected to be included in the City of Cincinnati’s BLINK festival. The event spanned twenty city blocks and included light, interactive art, and large-scale projection mapping. Inspired by Agha’s visit to the Alhambra and her efforts to connect traditional Islamic art and architecture with contemporary technology and Western […] Continue »
Ashley Bryan is an eclectic artist who uses painting, poetry, music, collage, and prose to tell stories. Bryan fuses these seemingly separate art forms within his books for children. “I try not to accept walls and boundaries and definitions in a strict way,” he says. “I would hope that everything I do is interrelated.” Bryan […] Continue »
In this video, learn how mathematics—specifically, proportion, ratio, rate, and conversions—are used in the professional responsibilities of a registered nurse working on the surgical trauma floor. In the accompanying classroom activity, students take on the role of nursing teams, measuring vital signs, analyzing ratios, and calculating metric conversions. Continue »
Abby teaches kids about a variety of jobs needed in a stage production including the cast, crew and audience. Kids also learn about the different spaces in a theater and how cues are used to communicate. Continue »
Have you helped your students develop media and news literacy skills? Do they feel better equipped to critically read news or search out a variety of sources? We would love to hear how you are integrating media literacy into your classroom! Continue »
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Have you ever wondered how the painter makes the trees look three dimensional and almost real? Abby Brown and her friend explore the art techniques of texture and shading by painting with vegetables. Continue »
The Healthy Kids Project uses song, movement, and animation in ten engaging lessons that support healthy choices and attitudes–teaching not only successful actions (limiting refined sugar, choosing water as a beverage, choosing fresh foods over processed foods), but also successful strategies (valuing the body, not letting past mistakes impede future success, taking one step at […] Continue »
This inquiry kit features Library of Congress sources related to William Hoy’s baseball career. Discuss with students what problems William Hoy had playing baseball because he was deaf. Continue »
Read Small World with Darlene Thomas. This book, by Ishta Mercurio, is about a girl who becomes an astronaut. Students will explore the world through the experiences of the main character in the story. Continue »
Born on the Nebraska frontier in 1865, Susan La Flesche Picotte broke through formidable barriers to achieve “great and beneficial ends.” The daughter of a powerful Omaha leader, she graduated first in her class from the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania and returned home to fight for the very survival of her tribe. Wherever she […] Continue »
Latin Grammar is a collection of resources for teaching Latin to high school students. The collection includes video explanations which are designed to enhance language learning and display numerous examples of the Latin language. The collection also includes activities for practicing each concept and a comprehensive course glossary. Continue »
Explore a variety of patterns with Trinette Carruthers and her daughter. Students will learn how to duplicate and extend patterns. Continue »
Learn about quest objects in stories. Lindsey helps Andrew plan his very own quest in this clip from Story Pirates. Then have students design their own story quest object. Continue »
Many Americans are seeking out alternatives to meat, convinced that consuming plant-based substitutes may help solve climate change. This lesson asks students to assess the nutritional, economic and environmental pros and cons of plant-based meat to develop a claim for or against the promotion of plant-based meat as a mitigation strategy for climate change. Continue »
Daniel nearly misses Trolley, but the morning song helps him remember what he needs to do: put on clothes, eat breakfast, brush teeth, put on shoes, and go to school! Teach kids the morning routine song so that they will not forget the essential steps to get ready for each day. Continue »
Mary shares about Ohio’s early female athletes, including Annie Oakley and our World War II softball team. Plus, she explains how Title IX opened the door for females to compete in all sorts of sports! Continue »
Yadina has a problem: she’s having a hard time reading a book with a lot of words. So, Yadina and her friends travel back in time to meet Helen Keller. Continue »
Real-life science educators perform their best experiments with the help of a young studio audience. Continue »
Dive into the artistic process of a deaf sound artist with this video and educational resources from PBS NewsHour from January 29, 2015. Continue »
Katherine Paterson is the Newbery Medal award winning author of Jacob Have I Loved and Bridge to Terabithia. In this interview, Katherine Paterson talks about her childhood, raising a family, the challenges of writing, and her favorite books for children. Watch the interview, view the interview transcript, read a short biography on Katherine Paterson, or […] Continue »
Victoria Garcia is an aerospace engineer at NASA’s Virtual Environments Lab in Huntsville, Alabama. In this video from Design Squad Nation, she demonstrates how she uses virtual-reality tools to design an effective deep-space habitat. Victoria, who is deaf, also talks about how she doesn’t consider being deaf a barrier in her work. Continue »
Brad has a problem: he is nervous about sharing a story he wrote. He travels back in time to meet Zora Neale Hurston, a famous writer, to learn how she shared her stories. Continue »
In this lesson, children will watch the webisode, play a fun “¡Puedo!: I can!” game and do other hands-on activities to learn new Spanish vocabulary. Continue »
Storyteller Carrie Sue Ayvar tells a traditional Latino story that explains why roosters crow in the morning. The story is told in a combination of English and Spanish. Continue »
Sound surrounds our everyday life, but what if you can’t hear? What is sound to someone who is deaf? Follow a deaf student and find out what her day is like, and the role sound plays in it. Continue »
Learn about when and where the number zero used worldwide today originated in these videos from NOVA: Zero to Infinity. Use this resource as an example of how different cultures have contributed to fundamental concepts in mathematics. Continue »
The Quinks wonder if all dogs look like Fluffy. Sophie Rose explains that dogs come in a variety of sizes, shapes and colors. The Quinks go off to explore the variety of dogs and come back with lots of examples. Fluxx has some trouble, but Sophie Rose tells him that everyone makes mistakes sometimes and […] Continue »
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