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Curated OER

Recipes for the Future

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students engage in real time interactions with researchers and are exposed to innovative research. They conduct an experiment designed to investigate the strength and maximum deflection of a composite material with and without the use of...
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Curated OER

Plane Weather

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine the important issue of plane safety. In groups, they are introduced to how NASA determines if it is safe to fly on a particular day given certain conditions. They use the internet to research the types of tools and...
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Curated OER

Doing More In Less

For Teachers K - 8th
Students watch segments of a NASA program called "Doing More In Less". In groups, they examine the concept of human exploration and how NASA has contributed to specific research. They are introduced to new vocabulary and answer...
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Curated OER

Earth From Space

For Teachers K - 8th
Students watch a series of programs from NASA titled "Earth From Space". After viewing the program, they identify ways NASA is researching the reasons why the Earth is changing. They discuss the various levels of the atmosphere and...
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Curated OER

KS3 Citizenship: Cathy Come Home (1966)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view, critique and analyze a moving drama that offers a way into looking at housing problems today. They become aware of the issues, conditions and emotional side of sliding into poverty, debt and homelessness through the eyes...
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Curated OER

Posture and Pantomime: Total Body Movement

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners analyze posture and pantomime in an analysis of total body movement. In this body movement lesson, students read a chart of movements and the mood or attitude they convey. Learners complete several space and observation...
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Curated OER

Becoming familiar with National Public Radio

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students listen to a National Public Radio program. They summarize the program, and write a script from a controversial newspaper article that could be a part of the NPR program they listened to.
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Curated OER

Writing News Interviews

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students write ten facts for a topic of choice. They describe why they chose that topic and begin to research it. They complete a handout on note taking that is used to draft questions for interviews.
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Curated OER

Meet Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov!

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students listen to music and review instruments of the orchestra. They explore musical terms, solo, texture and theme of the music and discuss other features of the music. Students research and discuss the life of Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Oral Storytelling and Dramatization

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students begin this activity by discussing what makes a good, vivid story and creating a working checklist of the criteria for a good story. They explore background information about the Mercury Theatre production of the "War of the...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Character, Conflict, Resolution, Setting

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This interactive instructional activity allows students to study and analyze the text concepts of character, conflict, resolution, and setting in a "Broadcast news," format.
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PBS

Pbs: Lesson One: Creating Great Audio for Video

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will learn the basic concepts necessary to produce broadcast quality audio recordings of human speech (which can then be used in professional radio or television productions). Lesson 1 of 3.
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PBS

Pbs Online News Hour Extra: Watching the Clock: Building Media Savvy Students

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A lesson that leads students to an understanding of the time constraints on broadcast news by applying data-collecting and data-display skills. Students will learn to identify the main difference between publicly funded news programs...
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PBS

Pbs: Empire of the Air: Power and Impact of Radio

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Young scholars will listen to historic news events as broadcast on radio, view current news coverage on television, and compare and contrast how those events were reported on both media by developing an essay which addresses the question...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Comparing Satellite and Broadcast Radio Landscapes (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan in which learners research the development of satellite technology and how it has evolved over the last 50 years. Students will examine the impact of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and discuss the role of a diverse,...
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PBS

Art:21: Migrating Viewpoints

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use this instructional activity to take a closer look at what the visual arts can tell us about the emotional effects of migration, both voluntary and involuntary. Lesson includes sample video excerpts from the broadcast, slideshows of...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Auschwitz: Surprising Beginnings (Episode Guide)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Go directly to the teaching resource developed to accompany the first episode in the six-part documentary on Auschwitz ("Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State") broadcast by PBS. Find a discussion guide for clarifying how and when the Nazis...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Auschwitz: Orders and Initiatives (Episode Guide)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Go directly to the teaching resource developed to accompany the second episode in the six-part documentary on Auschwitz ("Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State) broadcast by PBS. Find a discussion guide for clarifying the spread of Nazi...
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iCivics

I Civics: Political Debate Guide

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use this activity to help your students view any political debate from local to national, historical to live broadcast. Preview candidates, issues, expectations, and details about the location and moderators. Track what the candidates...
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Media Smarts

Media Awareness Network: What's in a Word? Lesson Plan

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Help 5th through 7th graders explore the power of words and their capacity to influence our thinking with this lesson from the Media Awareness Network. An easy-to-print .pdf version is linked from the top of the page.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: The Strength of Native American Music (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan about analyzing and discussing the relationship between Native American music, culture, and history in which young scholars learn how music can be a tool for cultural survival. Requires access to an episode from "American...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Gospel Music Meets a Wide Audience (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson that identifies some of the leading figures in post-World War II gospel music. Students compare the differences in style and approach of several gospel musicians and analyze how music has different meanings in different social...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Blink (Lesson Plans About Hate Crimes)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two lesson plans about the nature of hate crimes can be found at this P.O.V. site. Pupils identify elements that make up a hate crime and try to determine what motivates those who commit them. They also analyze how hate crimes are...
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: Vanishing Verbs

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Ever noticed how tv news reporting sounds so different from conversation and from academic writing? Explore this topic with your students using the resources and plans at this site. Handouts, discussion questions and vocabulary practice...

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