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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Activity: Is There Really Life on Mars?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) activity explores the controversy over whether or not there is life on Mars. Part of the Mysteries of Deep Space Program that originally aired in April 1997, the activity includes instructional...
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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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TryEngineering

Try Engineering: Radio Reception and Transmission

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teams of learners learn about the engineering design process as they design, build, and test a radio receiver and optional transmitter that can receive FM broadcasts. Lesson focuses on how advances in radio communications have impacted...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Giver Authority

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A unit lesson using the book The Giver by Louis Lowry that will have students be researchers and recorders in the process of finding information on Utopian societies, cults and authority. Students will complete a PowerPoint, Glogster,...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Common Application for Undergraduate College Admission

For Teachers 9th - 10th
SCU uses StoryCorps' tested interviewing techniques-combined with outstanding radio broadcasts and animated shorts-to support high school students in the development of identity and in drawing connections between their unique strengths...
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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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PBS

Now With Bill Moyers: You Be the Judge

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Study and evaluate a recent U.S. Supreme Court case that reviews jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act and assesses environmental and business interests. Research and debate a case argument, and analyze case information in order to make a...
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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

Wnet: Thirteen: I Have a Metaphor

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan not only examines the message of Dr. King, but also the words themselves. This is a lesson plan in identifying the literary devices that he used in his "I Have a Dream" Speech. It will introduce the following literary...
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PBS

Pbs.org: Splash & Bubbles: Marine Biology & Social Emotional Learning for Your Classroom

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Through play and exploration, Splash and Bubbles demonstrates and celebrates the amazing diversity of life in the ocean, building awareness and appreciation among its young viewers. All the while, viewers are exposed to concepts of...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Rocky Rescue Lesson Plan: Molly of Denali

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson plan, based on the animated story "Rocky Rescue" from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI, helps children notice compare and contrast text structure while listening to and reading informational texts. In the video, Molly uses...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Welcome Home Balto Lesson Plan: Molly of Denali

For Students K - 1st
This lesson, based on the animated story "Welcome Home Balto" from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI, helps children use visual imagery to enhance comprehension while listening to and reading informational texts. After Molly hears the...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Suki's Bone Lesson Plan: Molly of Denali

For Teachers K - 1st
Based on the animated story "Suki's Bone" from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI, this lesson plan introduces children to informative/explanatory and procedural texts and the purposes they serve. In the video, Molly's dog Suki uncovers...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Worm Turns Lesson Plan: Molly of Denali

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson plan, based on the animated story "The Worm Turns" from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI, helps children use several types of informational texts to gather facts. In the video, Molly and her friends are frightened after...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Brand New Flag: Molly of Denali

For Teachers K - 1st
Molly does a school report on Benny Benson, a young Alaska Native boy who won a contest to design the Alaska state flag, and is inspired to hold a contest of her own, in this 11-minute animated story [25:25] from the PBS KIDS series...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Brand New Flag Lesson Plan: Molly of Denali

For Teachers K - 1st
This lesson, based on the 11-minute animated story "Brand New Flag" from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI, helps children use captions to access and convey meaning in informational texts. After Molly learns about the history of...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Night Manager Lesson Plan: Molly of Denali

For Teachers K - 1st
This lesson, based on the 11-minute animated story "The Night Manager" from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI, helps children create or improve text by adding details or updating content. When a group of winter visitors arrive, Molly...
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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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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Being Lost

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Listen to a story about a time when someone was lost or afraid and role-play what you would do in that situation. Learn how to handle situations when you are afraid, and learn about who to go to for help.
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Big Book Activities: What Will the Weather Be Like Today?

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this K-2 lesson, the teacher uses guided reading strategies and creative activities to make a big book come alive to her students.

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