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Public Broadcasting Service: Latin Music Usa

For Students 9th - 10th
A website for the Latin Music USA series shown on PBS. Includes links to episodes of the show, music, and online resources.
eBook
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Public Boradcasting Service: Shakespeare's Sonnets [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A printable handout containing three of Shakespeare's most famous sonnets: Sonnet 18, Sonnet 29, and Sonnet 130.
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Pbs Learning Media: California Public Media Education Service

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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...
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Pbs: Frontline: The [Credit] Card Game

For Students 9th - 10th
Information and analysis on the practices of the loan industry in America. Focus is on the wave of financial services legislation, which attempts to curb abusive tactics of banks and credit card issuers, that came into effect in 2010.
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Pbs Learning Media: Pbs News Hour Student Reporting Labs Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Student Reporting Labs (SRL) creates transformative educational experiences through video journalism that inspire youth to find their voice and engage with their communities. SRL lesson plans, assignment prompts and instruction tools...
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Pbs: Sister Wendy's American Collection: Ocean Park Series #49 by Diebenkorn

For Students 9th - 10th
Webpage describing the painting Ocean Park Series #49 by Richard Diebenkorn from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Image of art provided as well as an option of a larger version or a detail viewer that can be navigated. Also includes...
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Pbs: Sister Wendy's American Collection: Netsuke

For Students 9th - 10th
Webpage describing a netsuke, a small decorative Japanese toggle, from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Image of art provided as well as an option of a larger version or a detail viewer that can be navigated. Also includes a quote...
Handout
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Pbs: Sister Wendy's American Collection: Mother About to Wash Her Sleepy Child

For Students 9th - 10th
Webpage describing the painting Mother About to Wash Her Sleepy Child by Mary Cassatt from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Image of art provided as well as an option of a larger version or a detail viewer that can be navigated....
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Pbs: Sister Wendy's American Collection: Mimbres Bowl

For Students 9th - 10th
Webpage describing a Mimbres bowl from Mogollon culture from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Image of art provided as well as an option of a larger version or a detail viewer that can be navigated. Also includes a quote about the art by...
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Pbs: Sister Wendy's American Collection: Maison Maria by Paul Cezanne

For Students 9th - 10th
Webpage describing the painting Maison Maria with a View of Chateau Noir by Paul Cezanne from the Kimbell Art Museum. Image of art provided as well as an option of a larger version or a detail viewer that can be navigated. Also includes...
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Pbs: Sister Wendy's American Collection: Ceremonial Drum From the Ivory Coast

For Students 9th - 10th
Webpage describing a ceremonial drum by the Senufro people of Africa's Ivory Coast. Image of art provided as well as an option of a larger version or a detail viewer that can be navigated. Also includes a quote about the art by Sister...
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Pbs: Sister Wendy's American Collection: The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit

For Students 9th - 10th
Webpage describing the painting The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit by John Singer Sargent from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Image of art provided as well as an option of a larger version or a detailed viewer that can be navigated....
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Pbs: Sister Wendy's American Collection: American Gothic by Grant Wood

For Students 9th - 10th
Webpage describing American Gothic, a painting by Grant Wood from the Art Institute of Chicago. Image of art provided as well as an option of a larger version or a detail viewer that can be navigated. Also includes a quote about the art...
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Pbs: The Question of God

For Students 9th - 10th
Website providing information and additional resources for a four-hour series called The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life, by Dr. Armand Nicholi. Includes facts about and works...
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Pbs: On Fire

For Students 9th - 10th
A virtual lab exploring the topic of combustion. Students will work through the equation of combustion by looking at the molecules involved. Students will also complete a flame experiment,
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Pbs Ready to Learn: Abcd Eat Right! [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Workshop lesson plan to help children understand the importance of healthy eating. Geared to both teachers and parents, this plan provides activities, book titles that are relevant, and charts and pictures to print out.
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Pbs News and Views

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit PBS News and Views and read, watch, or listen to current news topics of the day.
Interactive
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Pbs Parents: Early Math: Games: Building Sandcastles

For Students Pre-K - K
Match the shapes with the containers used to make them.
Interactive
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Pbs: Nova: Lever an Obelisk

For Students 3rd - 8th
Help lift this Obelisk monument by designing a lever to do the job as efficiently as possible.
Interactive
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Pbs: Nova: Destroy the Castle

For Students 3rd - 8th
Design your own trebuchet catapult, launch the sandstone balls, and destroy the castle. Decide on the size of your projectiles, where to place your trebuchet, and other factors critical to success.
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Pbs: Nova: Anatomy of a Space Rover

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a closer look at the space robots Spirit and Opportunity, and their scientific instruments used for exploring the surface of Mars.
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Pbs: Triumph of the Nerds

For Students 9th - 10th
This page is the companion website to the PBS television special, Triumph of the Nerds. Coverage includes a history of the computer, a who's who, and a television transcript.
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Pbs: Battlefield: Timeline: Vietnam

For Students 9th - 10th
Timeline of important events affecting the battlefield during the Vietnam War from January 1, 1965, to the end of the war on April 30, 1975. You will need to click on Next at the bottom of the pages to view to the end. Click Back at the...
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Pbs Learning Media: Teachers' Domain

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Teachers' Domain is a multimedia digital library for the classroom that provides learning experiences in ways no textbook can. This ever-expanding library currently includes collections on: Science: Life Science, Physical Science,...