Pbs Learning Media: Pitch: Straw Kazoo

Watch this series of videos highlighting different types of weather. Learn how four factors- temperature, wind, precipitation, and sunlight and clouds- are present in different types of weather. Included in this resource are teaching...

Abby Brown loves to help kids have fun while learning! In this segment, Abby describes the systems that work together to keep us alive and talks about how to keep our bodies healthy and strong. [1:42]

Learn about magnets, magnetic forces, and how magnets make things move.

This video segment, adapted from ZOOM, demonstrates how to use a drinking straw and a bottle full of water to make low- and high-pitched sounds. [1:11]

Watch the rubber bands vibrate on homemade guitars in this video segment adapted from ZOOM as cast members talk about pitch and demonstrate how to make a cereal box instrument. [2:59]

Through the Ready To Learn (RTL) Initiative, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), PBS, and local PBS stations provide free, evidence-based educational resources that help teachers, caregivers, and parents build early science...

Observe how the Moon appears to change in the sky over time in this GBH lesson plan. Students will observe and use evidence from media to describe and record how the Moon appears to change. The media in this lesson plan includes a...

Learn about different landforms and water bodies and the various characteristics that make them distinct from one another in this lesson plan from WGBH. Navigate around a virtual island to unlock information -- including videos and...

Observe that the Moon is visible in the sky during the day and night with this GBH lesson plan. Students will use evidence from observations, both firsthand and through media, to describe that the Moon can be visible at different times...

Learn to identify and predict daily patterns of motion of the Sun, Moon, and stars across the sky with various media, including an interactive storyboard featuring the beloved characters from PEEP and the Big Wide World. For a printable...