University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Radiowaves and Electromagnetic Fields
Broadcast radio waves from KPhET. Wiggle the transmitter electron manually or have it oscillate automatically. Display the field as a curve or vectors. The strip chart shows the electron positions at the transmitter and at the receiver.
PBS
Pbs: American Roots Music
If teaching a unit about the history of popular music in America, this PBS web site supporting their four-part TV broadcast of a few years ago would make a great resource. Includes lesson plans and oral histories too.
PBS
Pbs: American Family: What It Means to Be Latino
From the PBS series American Family: What it Means to Be Lation the first Latino family drama on broadcast television. What it Means to Be Latino discusses the personal experiences of Latinos in America, as well as their feelings about...
PBS
Pbs: Truth and Lies in Baghdad
PBS sends reporter Sam Kiley to the front-line in Iraq in order to obtain a more detailed, realistic look at the possible existence of a Nuclear Weapon Program. The text on the site provides a quick, concise overview of the video segment...
Other
Story Corps: Every Voice Matters
StoryCorps is a national oral history project that records and preserves stories of people around the country. Select recordings are broadcast weekly on NPR, with an archive of stories available for playback at the StoryCorps online...
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: Mark Twain, a Special Report
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, a daily news broadcast on PBS, offers a special report on Mark Twain and his missing manuscript, "A Murder, a Mystery and a Marriage." A timeline of Mark Twain's life is also provided.
Other
Old Time Radio: Radio News: Victory in Japan Day
Original radio broadcast announcing the end of World War II after the surrender of Japan, and the jubilation that followed as crowds in cities across the United States celebrated in the streets.
Library of Congress
Loc: Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library
Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library serves as a gateway to two other American Memory Collections on Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress and the Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana. Also included within...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Poetry: John Milton, 400 Years of 'Justifying God to Man'
This is an article or broadcast both in text and in audio formats of a tribute to John Milton for his 400th birthday. It discusses John Milton's most famous work Paradise Lost, a story about the fall of man. It offers audio readings from...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: News Flash!
This activity illustrates the interrelationship between science and engineering in the context of extinction prevention. There are two parts to the activity. The first part challenges students to think like scientists as they generate...
South Carolina Educational Television
South Carolina Etv Commission: Nasa Connect
An inquiry-based award-winning series of instructional programs which establish a connection between math, science, and technology concepts. Each episode of the series includes a 30-minute broadcast, a companion lesson guide, and an...
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: The News Hour
This online version of the PBS television broadcast covers national and international news. Includes political coverage and a teacher resource section with videos categorized by curriculum area.
Other
Indiana Public Media: A Moment of Science: Videos, Podcast, and Radio Program
Moment of Science, a two-minute public radio broadcast on topics of the day with a science twist, publishes a range of ancillary material that aligns with its daily coverage of science news. Includes an archive of past shows, articles,...
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: African American Lives 2006
From the companion website of the first African American Lives PBS series. (A sequel to that series was broadcast n 2008.) The series profiles the family roots of nine Americans of African descent. Learn what the science of DNA can tell...
Other
Writers Guild of America
This is the Writers Guild of America homepage. It is an organization for writers in the motion picture, broadcast, cable and new media industries. In addition to other services, the site provides a mentoring service for its members.
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
Powerhouse Museum: Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Collection
An exciting online exhibit presenting hundreds of objects created specifically for the 2000 Sydney Olympics. See interactive collections of broadcast materials (manuals, media kits, passes), posters, banners, costumes, souvenirs,...
PBS
Nova: Eighteen Ways to Make a Baby
Companion website to a NOVA broadcast of the same name, Eighteen Ways documents the world of assisted reproduction. Find information on in vitro fertilization, the challenges of infertility, human cloning, advances in micro-manipulation,...
Other
American Film Institute
The online home of the American Film Institute publishes information about its activities, which involve educating audiences and future generations of filmmakers and recognizing excellence in the art of film, broadcast, and digital media.
Other
El Castellano: Las Radios en Espanol, Pais Por Pais
More than 100 Spanish-speaking radio stations, listed country by country, that can be accessed on the internet. A great way to develop skills in listening comprehension! Some sites may be inactive, but the majority are up and running....
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: California Public Media Education Service
Public media stations across California have banded together to package a comprehensive set of broadcast and digital resources for teachers, students, and families for at-home learning. Drawing on our most popular offerings to teachers...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Learn Along Bingo Packets: Collection
These bilingual, weekly Learn Along Bingo packets (one for PreK & K, one for Grades 1 & 2) will include a range of thematic learning opportunities for children to choose their own learning adventures. Emphasis will be on the PBS...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Comparing Satellite and Broadcast Radio Landscapes (Lesson Plan)
A lesson in which students 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, free...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Evaluate Tone in Various Media for Audiences and Purposes
This lesson features several weather videos, both real and created, to help students understand how information and the tone changes based on the audiences and the purposes for the presentation.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Radio Transmission
This interactive activity from A Science Odyssey tracks the journey of a sound wave from the moment a musician sings into a microphone until his voice reaches the vibrating speakers of an AM Radio.