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Pbs Learning Media: Nose Ring
Video shows tribal people removing their nose ring and prompts students to think about fads and how they know where the line is between fads that are fun and those that are dangerous.
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Pbs Learning Media: Transportation
Do you think that modern transportation limits our ability to see and/or enjoy what the first settlers saw and did?
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Pbs Learning Media: Underwater
Explain which fish you would want to be in this school and why. [0:38]
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Pbs Learning Media: War
Write a short essay on when and under what circumstances war is justified.
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Pbs Learning Media: Alternative Energy
Students are asked to explain what needs to be considered if alternative energy sources are to be used. [0:32]
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Pbs Learning Media: Bird Flu
Students are asked to explain how chickens might be involved in a potential bird flu outbreak.
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Pbs Learning Media: Blast Off
Students are asked to describe what these astronauts should investigate on a mission in space.
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Pbs Learning Media: Like Mother Like Son
Students are asked to explain some of the inherited characteristics found in particular pairs of animals.
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Pbs Learning Media: Squid a Mollusk
Students are asked to explain the characteristics that place a mollusk is in the phylum mollusca.
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Pbs Learning Media: Reading a Thermometer
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad learns how to read a thermometer as they try to keep their chocolate sculpture from melting.
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Pbs Learning Media: Liberty Lands
In this What's Up In The Environment? video segment, learn how a contaminated plot of land in Philadelphia was recycled into a beautiful public park called Liberty Lands.
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Pbs Learning Media: Solar House
In this What's Up in the Environment? video segment, an electrical engineer in Virginia and his 13-year-old son explain how they produce electricity in their home. [3:58]
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Pbs Learning Media: Consistent Supervision and Ongoing Evaluation
Many districts are moving to a model in which skilled principal supervisors engage often with principals in their schools. These regular visits, coupled with evaluation based on rubrics, provide ongoing guidance to improve practice. This...
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Pbs Learning Media: Supporting New Principals in the Early Years
The first year for a new principal can be a daunting and lonely job. Supporting new principals with strong induction programs, ongoing mentorships (possibly for several years), and forums which encourage principal interaction with...
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Pbs Learning Media: Finch Beak Data Sheet [Pdf]
This graphic from Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches by Peter Grant presents data from the Galapagos Islands, showing that a severe drought put selective pressure on the population of Darwin's finches and resulted in a change in...
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Pbs Learning Media: Pourquoi Stories
This video segment from Jakers! features a storyteller who tells a Pourquoi story about Anansi, the spider, a popular character in African folklore.
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Pbs Learning Media: Bee Ing in a Swarm
Learn about bees, their habitat and how to interact with a swarm in this Wild TV video segment.
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Pbs Learning Media: Backyard Bugs
This video segment from Wild TV takes a closer look at backyard bugs, their habitat and characteristics. [2:48]
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Pbs Learning Media: Cloud Age Two
In this video segment from Nature, Cloud, a two-year-old horse, interacts with his family in the wild. [3:23]
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Pbs Learning Media: Colony Collapse Disorder
In this video segment from Nature, scientists work to discover why bees are disappearing. [2:39]
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Pbs Learning Media: Everglades
In this video segment from WILD TV, a scientist in the Florida Everglades talks about her research on the pig frog. [6:25]
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Pbs Learning Media: Explorers of Yesterday and Today
Explorer Tom Murphy braves a ground blizzard during a winter night in Yellowstone as seen in this video segment from Nature.
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Pbs Learning Media: Fire Cloud
Firefighters fight a raging fire on a wild horse range in Montana in this video segment from Nature.
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Pbs Learning Media: Cloud Foal
In this video segment from Nature, experience life in the wild for Cloud, a newborn colt.