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Pbs Nova: Cracking the Maya Code

9th - 10th
Cracking the Maya Code traces the work of scholars, over 200 years, as they attempt to decipher the Maya hieroglyphics. [54:00]
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Pbs: Nova: Ice Mummies: The Lost Inca Empire

9th - 10th
Explores what is known about the "Land of the Four Quarters" and the achievements of the Inca empire, their religious rituals, high altitude archaeology, and burial artifacts.
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Pbs: Sesame Street: Social Development

Pre-K - 1st
Use the Sesame Street platform to work on students' social development.
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Pbs: Science Fair

9th - 10th
A collection of topics to peak students interest for Science Fair projects.
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Pbs: Super Why!

Pre-K - 1st Standards
Empower students on a reading adventure with this collection of interactive literacy games. Superpower your literacy lessons with these videos, interactives, and activities.
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Pbs: Frontline: Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier

9th - 10th
Presents an in-depth exploration of what it means to be human in a 21st-century digital world. Looks at the implications of living in a world consumed by technology and the impact that this constant connectivity may have on future...
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Pbs Learning Media: Banana Hammer

6th - 8th
Lessons in Matter and Energy, from WOSU Public Media, is a series of eight learning modules that demonstrate physical science concepts and phenomena. The series captures some of the most engaging demonstrations presented at the Center of...
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Pbs: Ready Jet Go!

Pre-K - 1st
A series of video clips that introduce students to the planets can be found on this site. Learn about the solar system with these fun videos.
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Pbs: Mister C: Science and Math

Pre-K - 1st
Find creative and innovative way designed to help students grasp hard STEAM concepts with these songs and videos made by Mister C.
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Pbs: Space Time

9th - 10th
A video series where astrophysicist Matt O'Dowd investigates the outer reaches of space. Explores topics from asteroids to gravitation waves to sci-fi!
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Pbs: Nature Nuggets

Pre-K - 1st
On this site, find short minute-long videos from Nature for students to become active learners about topics from animal homes to spiders at work.
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Pbs: African/african American Culture: Zudio

4th - 8th
This African-American game song, emphasizing rhythm and self-expression, is sung to movements described in the lyrics and demonstrated by the children in the audience. Included are teaching tips and additional background information....
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Pbs: African/african American Culture: Hambone

K - 1st
Watch the hambone, an African-American rhythm technique that uses the whole body as a "drum set" to produce different sounds, demonstrated.
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Pbs: Let's Go Luna: That's How You Make a Didgeridoo

Pre-K - 1st Standards
Carmen, Andy, Leo, and Luna ask for help making a didgeridoo, a traditional Australian instrument. Luckily, some termites come along to sing a song and hollow out a tree to make a didgeridoo.
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Pbs Frontline: John Paul Ii the Millennial Pope

9th - 10th
PBS Frontline presents a bold new biography of Pope John Paul II which examines the sources of the Pope's character and beliefs. It attempts to explain why he is one of the most revered and controversial world leaders and why he so...
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Pbs Kids: Animations: What Is a Series Circuit?

3rd - 8th
Narrated animation that visually explains how wiring a set of batteries in series increases voltage. (30 secs) Uses Quicktime.
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Pbs Kids: Animations: How Does a Blimp Float?

3rd - 8th
Narrated animation that visually explains how the air displaced by a blimp causes a buoyant force that gives the blimp lift. (30 secs)
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Pbs Kids: Animations: How Does a Lever Work?

3rd - 8th
PBS Kids: Animations: How Does a Lever Work?
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Pbs Learning Media: Bethlehem Steel History

9th - 10th
Watch a brief video that examines the steel industry, its importance to the United States, and especially to the Lehigh Valley in Pennslyvania. See how Bethlehem Steel Company expanded throughout the early and mid-20th century, and...
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Now: Lockdown: Detainees in the "War on Terror"

9th - 10th
Video report from May, 2006, on Guantanamo Bay, the detainees, and the War on Terror.
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Pbs: The Story of India: Cholan Bronze Sculptures

9th - 10th
Video of bronze sculptures produced in India using the lost-wax method. [6:37]
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Pbs Kids: Super Why: Rock 'N Read Jukebox

Pre-K - 1st
Select a song from the six choices given and sing and read along as the word turns blue.
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Pbs Looking for Lincoln

9th - 10th
A 2 hour video by historian Henry Louis Gates who interviewed many people who have studied Abraham Lincoln through the years. Information on Lincoln from his early years to his assassination.
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Pbs Learning Media: Between the Lions: Jamaica Louise James

Pre-K - 1st
In this cartoon segment from Between the Lions, the story of Jamaica Louise James is read aloud. The story is about a young girl who surprises her grandmother with beautifully painted pictures to decorate the subway station that her...