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Pbs Teachers: Explore Wedding Traditions
A lesson plan that gives young children the opportunity to learn about weddings and to experience different wedding traditions. Includes ideas for making props and role-playing wedding ceremonies and celebrations.
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Pbs Kids: Word Girl: Printables: Mom and Dad Color Book [Pdf]
Print and color Mom and Dad's coloring page.
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Pbs Kids: Word Girl: Printables: Sonny Days Color Book [Pdf]
Print and color Sonny Days color page.
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Pbs Kids Zoom: Flu Survey
Get the latest survey results from ZOOMers that had the flu this past winter. Get all the survey details here.
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Pbs Kids: Fern's Poetry Club
An excellent site for children about the definition, examples, and types of poetry. Students can click nodes such as "What's a Poem?", "Read More Poems," or even "Write a Poem."
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Pbs Teachers:biodome
Investigate biological systems that support plant life by constructing a self-sufficient, enclosed environment for growing plants.
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Pbs Teachers: Water Density
Demonstrate the effect that dissolving different amounts of salt in water has on the density of the liquid.
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Pbs Teachers: Model Rockets
Explore how the materials and shape of a rocket affect its performance. Watch kids use the scientific method to figure out how to build a model rocket that will reach 1,600 feet.
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Pbs Teachers: Zoom Vehicle
Explore forces of motion and properties of gasses by building a vehicle that runs along a string track powered by air pressure.
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Pbs Teachers: Door Opener
Apply knowledge of simple machines to design on paper and then construct a device that will open a door from across the room.
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Pbs Teachers: Lift Off!
Observe kids building a model rocket. See how they use the scientific method to figure out how to make sensors for their rocket.
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Pbs Teachers:microgravity
Consider how you might feel in microgravity. Watch kids use the scientific method to determine how ordinary objects behave in microgravity.
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Pbs Teachers: Bottle Fountain Experiment
Demonstrate how heating expands air molecules by constructing a bottle fountain powered by air pressure.
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Pbs Teachers: Floating Paper Clips Experiment
Explore surface tension in water by making a paper clip float.
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Pbs Teachers: Paper Towel Chromatography Experiment
Observe the separation of colors derived from black marker ink by wicking water through a marker line on a paper towel.
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Pbs Teachers: Rising Ice Experiment
Observe how ice and salt crystals interact by using salt to help adhere a string to the top of an ice cube in a glass of water, then lift the cube out of the water.
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Pbs Teachers: Salt and Pepper Experiment
Demonstrate surface tension by sprinkling pepper on a bowl full of water, then touching a soapy finger to the water.
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Pbs Teachers: Soap Powered Boat Experiment
Examine surface tension by floating an index card that has been cut into a boat shape on water, then dropping liquid soap near the "engine" section of the index card.
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Pbs Teachers: Make a Thermometer
Observe how a change in temperature affects the volume of water in a bottle.
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Pbs Teachers: What's More Dense
Compare the density of water, corn oil and corn syrup by trying to float different items in each material and then putting all three liquids into one container.