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Pbs Teachers:dragonfly Tv Cup

For Students 3rd - 8th
Apply knowledge of motion, forces and lift while sailing a boat around a race course.
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Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv Try This!

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A collection of simple experiments your students will enjoy! Each activity only requires a few household items, and will certainly spark the creativity in young scientists!
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Virgin With the Dragonfly

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Virgin with the Dragonfly", created by Albrecht Durer, c. 1495 (Engraving, 240 x 186 mm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Putto With Dragonfly Wings in a Garland

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Putto with Dragonfly Wings in a Garland", created by Giovanni Stanchi, c. 1673 (Oil on canvas, 191 x 161 cm).
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Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: Do It: Balancing Act

For Students 3rd - 8th
An experiment kids can do at home to discover how the center of gravity can affect whether things will balance or not.
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Pbs Kids Go!: Dragonfly Tv: Nanobots

For Students 3rd - 5th
Lead the Nanobot through an obstacle course. Remember how positive and negative charges work. Once players get the hang of the game try a creating an original course.
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Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: Do It: Amazing Air!

For Students 3rd - 8th
PBS site sets up an investigation that you can do at home to see the effects of invisible air.
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Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv Do It: Balloon Hovercraft

For Students 3rd - 8th
PBS site allows you to discover how air pressure works as you learn how to build your own hovercraft.
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Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv Do It: Carbon Dioxide

For Students 3rd - 8th
PBS site offers an experiment kids can do at home to see how carbon dioxide can put out burning candles.
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Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: How Do You Keep Birds Off Airplane Runways?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Figure out how to keep birds off airport runways by following this experiment with scarecrows.
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Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: Know How? Carrying Water

For Students 3rd - 8th
How can you carry 100 pounds of water easily? Is it possible? PBS site invites you to come along with Michael and Joel as they attempt to answer this question.
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Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: The Show: Trees

For Students 3rd - 8th
How much do you think you know about trees? PBS site offers a video and description of the life cycle of trees and their leaves.
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Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: The Show: Exercise and Memory

For Students 9th - 10th
Can exercise really help our brain work better? This PBS site discovers if this is really true by taking you into the worlds of Jada and Maurna to find out.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: A Water Dilemma Mapping Dragonfly Pond

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is a hands-on, technology rich lesson involving wetlands and the effects humans and human development have on these precious ecosystems. This is a follow-up lesson to a wetlands introduction and discussion.
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Pbs Teachers: Flying High: Taking to the Air

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the science of surface tension, the evolution of flight in insects and insects' anatomical adaptations. Construct insect models that illustrate the action of these adaptations and calculate the force per unit area of water surface.
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Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: How Can You Sail in Outer Space?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Sailing is easy, if you have water. But can you use a sail where there isn't any water? PBS site invites you to come along with Sarina and Mia to explore if it is possible to use a sail in outer space.
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Species With Status: Endangered

For Students 3rd - 8th
Endangered species are animals, plants or other life forms facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. Learn about some endangered species in Wisconsin.
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Habitats: Wetlands

For Students 3rd - 8th
Wetland ecosystems are extremely valuable to wildlife, supporting a greater number of animals than any other type of habitat. Wetlands also absorb flood waters; filter chemicals, sediments, and other impurities out of drinking water;...
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Pbs Learning Media: Primitive Insects of the Congaree Swamp

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this video segment from NatureScene, observe dragonflies and mayflies near Cedar Creek at Congaree Swamp National Park. [5:25]
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Ed Koday

Ivy Hall: Damselfly

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Get the facts about the damselfly, a relative of the dragonfly.
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Tillena Lou's Day in the Sun

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Tillena Lou and her siblings spend a lazy day imagining what it might be like if they were other types of animals. What would they need to survive? Synopsis: Tillena Lou explores her home and discovers interesting things about the...
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Insects.org: Insects on the Web

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the fascinating stories of insects and the roles they play in our lives. Check out the photos and descriptions, learn how they help humans, find some great educational resources, and much more.
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Seattle Art Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
The 23,000 objects in the collections of the Seattle Art Museum represent ancient to modern cultures. Areas include Asian Art, African Art, Northwest Coast Native American art, modern art, European painting, and decorative arts.
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University of Michigan

University of Michigan Critter Catalog: Insects

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough site that provides a description of the characteristics of insects and then focuses on the insects of southeastern Michigan. Pictures, classification groupings, and sound clips of insects are included.

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