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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Moon Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are asked to explain why the moon appears in this particular form in the video clip.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Order Decimals

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Order 3 decimals with digits up to the thousandths from least to greatest. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Space Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are prompted to respond to the question, do you think money spent on space exploration is justified?
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 5.nbt Placing Thousandths on the Number Line

For Teachers 5th Standards
This task asks students to order decimal numbers to the thousandths on a number line between 0 and 0.1. Aligns with 5.NBT.A.3.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 5.nbt Comparing Decimals on the Number Line

For Teachers 5th Standards
This task presents four pairs of decimal numbers and asks students to compare them and place them on number lines. Aligns with 5.NBT.A.3.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Evaluating Expressions With One Variable

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Practice plugging in a value for the variable in an equation. These are introductory problems, so the expressions aren't too complicated. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Compare Decimals Challenge

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Practice decimal comparison problems that stretch your place value understanding. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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University of California

Ucmp: The Biosphere: Life on Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about different forms of life that coexist with us on Earth. This Berkeley article provides links to brief write-ups on the three domains of living organisms: Eukaryota, Bacteria, and Archaea.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Red Dynasty

For Students 9th - 10th
Why is the person pictured in the portrait important? Please identify him and explain.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Hard Cash

For Students 9th - 10th
"Hard Cash" shows coins being sorted and asks the students to describe what metals are used in making coins and why.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: New War

For Students 9th - 10th
How does war, with today's technology, differ from the wars in the past where soldiers fought another face-to-face?
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Priorities

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This clip asks students to think about what their most valuable way is to spend their free time.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sportsmanship

For Students 9th - 10th
Is winning more important than good sportsmanship?
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Stupid or Smart?

For Students 9th - 10th
This video clip highlights several dangerous hobbies/past times and asks students to explain if they would do any of these and why.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Traveling

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Is it more important to know where you are going or where you have been?
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Just for You

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are asked to explain how plants and animals may be classified as natural resources.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: What a Pest

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students are asked to identify issues related to integrated pest management and how they affect the environment.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Shed Some Light

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are asked to explain how water enters a watershed.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Support

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Who do you turn to for support when you need help or guidance?
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Where Is the Chemistry?

For Students 9th - 10th
After watching several outdoor activies the students are asked to explain where the chemistry is in relation to the activities shown.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Countries

For Students 3rd - 8th
Shows money and different locations around the world, then asks students, if money was no object, where would you live and why? (38 sec.)
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Now You See It

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are asked to identify ways to help these endangered or threatened species.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Space Travel

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are asked to explain why the astronauts in the video are floating and what problems this phenomenon creates for people that travel in space.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: A Day at the Beach

For Students 9th - 10th
A Day at the Beach entices students to think about what makes a perfect day at the beach including something from all of their senses.