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Pbs Teachers: Kitchen Chemistry

For Students 3rd - 8th
Conduct a series of virtual experiments using basic, acidic and neutral household liquids. Draw a conclusion from the results collected in an online lab journal.
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Pbs Teachers: Seismometer

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Build an instrument for measuring movement to learn about how scientists measure the Earth's movement with a seismometer.
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Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: Do It: Balancing Act

For Students 3rd - 8th
An experiment kids can do at home to discover how the center of gravity can affect whether things will balance or not.
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Pbs Teachers: Dog Ears

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Test your auditory memory by matching sounds in this online interactive game. Decode audio clues to decipher the five passwords for Ruff's safe.
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Pbs Teachers: Double Dutch

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover how to jump double dutch, and watch kids perform different double dutch moves. See how kids use the scientific method to find out what has a bigger effect on jump rope performance - hearing or seeing.
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Pbs Teachers: Backpack Challenge

For Students 3rd - 8th
Enter personal data about the weight of your backpack in an online survey and note whether boys or girls carry the heaviest backpacks. Analyze the data for patterns and make conclusions.
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Pbs Teachers: Matching Game

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Observe different shapes and colors of leaves, and match the leaves in this online interactive game. Discern the differences between members of the same family of objects.
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Pbs Kids: Zoom Science: Introduction to Pendulums

For Students 3rd - 5th
What is a pendulum? What makes it swing? Who was Leon Foucault? Discover the answers to these and related questions.
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Pbs Kids: Mister Rogers, Who Gets the Flowers?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Students can read along with the audio as Mister Rogers tells a story about giving.
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Pbs Kids Go!: Dragonfly Tv: Nanobots

For Students 3rd - 5th
Lead the Nanobot through an obstacle course. Remember how positive and negative charges work. Once players get the hang of the game try a creating an original course.
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Pbs Kids: Martha Speaks: Socks in Space

For Students Pre-K - 1st
After learning seven space-themed vocabulary words, students will go on a space adventure collecting socks. After completing five levels, students will test their new knowledge by matching five words with the pictures that show their...
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Pbs Kids: Zoom: Activities: Life Sciences: Bird Feeder

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Build this easy bird feeder at home with simple household items and an empty milk carton.
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Pbs: Zoboomafoo

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A family friendly site that offers interesting facts, games and activities on animals.
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Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: Do It: Amazing Air!

For Students 3rd - 8th
PBS site sets up an investigation that you can do at home to see the effects of invisible air.
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Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv Do It: Balloon Hovercraft

For Students 3rd - 8th
PBS site allows you to discover how air pressure works as you learn how to build your own hovercraft.
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Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv Do It: Carbon Dioxide

For Students 3rd - 8th
PBS site offers an experiment kids can do at home to see how carbon dioxide can put out burning candles.
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Pbs Kids: Bernoulli's Blowout!

For Students 3rd - 8th
PBS site allows users to get a front row seat at a pushing contest between fast-moving and slow-moving air.
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Pbs Kids: Cartesian Diver

For Students 3rd - 8th
This PBS site shows users how they can make their own cartesian divers, discover how it works, and have some fun at the same time.
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Pbs Kids: Colored Water Convection

For Students 3rd - 8th
This PBS site allows users to learn more about water convection as they discover how to demonstrate the way convection currents form. A fun science project!
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Pbs Kids: Color Roundup

For Students 3rd - 8th
A PBS site explores color and the effects of seeing lots of colors at the same time. Try it yourself with their home experiment.
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Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: How Do You Keep Birds Off Airplane Runways?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Figure out how to keep birds off airport runways by following this experiment with scarecrows.
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Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: Know How? Carrying Water

For Students 3rd - 8th
How can you carry 100 pounds of water easily? Is it possible? PBS site invites you to come along with Michael and Joel as they attempt to answer this question.
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Pbs Kids: Caillou Paper Dolls for Vocabulary Building

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Children learn vocabulary, using character dolls from the popular TV series on PBS stations, Caillou, as learning tools. Use Caillou and Rosie dolls and an assortment of outfits to talk about clothing, the verbs that go with dressing,...
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Pbs Kids: Cat in the Hat: Deep Sea Follow Me

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Practice your direction words, and help Cat in the Hat find some coral reef homes for the fish.