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Pbs: Nature: Clever Monkeys

For Students Pre-K - 1st
There are many things about monkeys that humans are just beginning to understand, such as how they use plants to self-medicate, their emotional life, and how they use language even to communicate between monkey species. There are plenty...
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Pbs: Nature: Ireland

For Students 9th - 10th
A colorful site dedicated to the brilliant beauty of Ireland, it's wildlife, and incredible wilderness. Excellent photos.
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Pbs: Nature: Springs Eternal Florida's Fountain of Youth

For Students 3rd - 8th
A PBS website where you can learn all about what's swimming around below the waters of Florida.
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Pbs: The Story of Jazz

For Students 9th - 10th
A supplement to a ten-part film series on jazz, this resource describes the growth and development of jazz music from the gritty streets of New Orleans to the Lincoln Gardens on Chicago's south side, where Louis Armstrong first won fame,...
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Pbs: Maya and Miguel, Games

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Interactive and fun activity to drill vocabulary related to sports, adventure and musical instruments. Children choose the language (English or Spanish). Engaging activity for ELL learners and students of Spanish.
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Pbs Kids: Dinosaur Train: Field Guide

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The dinosaur train field guide is an A-Z glossary of dinosaurs for younger children. Each dinosaur has a colorful picture, and tabs showing an x-ray, a size comparison, the food it eats and some facts about it. The text is accompanied by...
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Pbs Kids: Go!

For Students K - 1st
This educational tool is for children in grades 3-5. Provides information on art, music, language arts, science, social studies, and more using games and videos.
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Pbs: Nature: Echo: An Elephant to Remember

For Students 9th - 10th
A remarkable site about a remarkable matriarch of a family of elephants in Kenya, Echo. Watch the full video here of the life of Echo and her family, as well as her death. Great photos of Echo and her family. Be sure to click on Elephant...
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Pbs: Nature: Wolverine: Chasing the Phantom

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the most elusive creatures on Earth, the wolverine, through pictures, fact sheet, and a full episode of Nature. This episode shows how the wolverine is the most efficient and resourceful carnivores on the planet.
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Pbs: Nature: The Gorilla King

For Students 9th - 10th
The fascinating biography of a gorilla named Titus in Rwanda, captured in video over a thirty-four year time span. Researchers, under the first guidance of Dian Fossey, were able to follow his development and experiences through most of...
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Pbs: Nature: Orangutans: Just Hangin' On

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS Nature features, Orangutans. Learn how orangutans are similar to humans, how they communicate and how you can help save this endangered creature.
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Pbs: Nature: Cheetahs in a Hot Spot

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover how cheetahs are built for speed and hunting, as well as what efforts are being put forth to protect and relocate these endangered animals in the wild.
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Nova: Pocahontas Revealed: Images of a Legend

For Students 9th - 10th
Watch a slideshow of images of Pocahontas, whose significance as an American icon has been interpreted in many different ways over the years. Includes an engraving of Pocahontas, thought to be the only portrait of her made during her...
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Nova: Do Aliens Exist in the Milky Way?

For Students 9th - 10th
Does alien life exist? Explore the arguments both pro and con. Make your own opinion known by participating in an online poll and then find out what the majority believe.
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Nova: Hunt for the Supertwister

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity will introduce you to the Fujita scale for rating tornado strength. You will then put your knowledge to use by observing photographs of tornado damage and assigning them a rating.
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Pbs Nova: Riddles of the Sphinx

For Students 9th - 10th
The Great Sphinx has remained a mystery for centuries. How was it built and who or what does it represent? These are a few of the questions that Nova's team of archeologists try to answer as they search for clues about these colossal...
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Pbs Learning Media: Super Why! Spectacular Sounds Bingo!

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This interactive Super Why! game features a BINGO game. Students listen to Princess Pea read aloud the following: initial vowel sounds, initial consonant sounds, and/or words with emphasized initial vowel or consonant sounds. Then...
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides suggestions for projects that kids can design and engineer using simple materials.
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Pbs Learning Media: Observing Refraction of Light

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment adapted from Shedding Light on Science illustrates how light changes speed, and thus direction, in a process known as refraction. Includes background reading and discussion questions. [2:05]
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Pbs: Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the PBS Evolution site, including excellent information on Darwin, Change, Extinction, Survival, Sex, Humans, and Religion.
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Pbs: Rediscovering George Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection contains information about George Washington's life with an accompanying timeline as well as nine complete lesson plans, his biography, and links to pertinent primary documents.
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Pbs: Wwii Behind Closed Doors: Prelude to Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the uneasy alliance maintained by Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II and the implications of this alliance on the development of the Cold War.
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Pbs: Wwii Behind Closed Doors:the Conferences

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a comprehensive overview of many conferences between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill and the Allies' conferences with Stalin and others during World War II and includes links to related resources and media.
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Pbs News Hour: Obama Pledges to Halve Deficit, Asks Governors Spend Responsibly

For Students 9th - 10th
Read and watch President Obama's pledge to cut the U.S. deficit in half by the end of his first term in office by asking governors to spend their stimulus money responsibly.