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Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Astronomy: Asteroids
Asteroids are chunks of rock or metal, or both, that were once part of a planet, but were destroyed after collisions. Most asteroids orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter, but some get near the Earth. The biggest asteroid, Ceres, is far...
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Pbs Learning Media: Peg + Cat: The Pirate Problem: Hungry Pirates
Children learn counting, operating with numbers, and fair sharing in this video fromPeg + Cat. Ramone helps Peg and Cat divide peaches among four hungry, cranky pirates so that everyone gets their fair share. [2:47]
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Pbs Learning Media: Peg + Cat: Math in the Bath: Fair Sharing
This video will help children learn to count and group rocks withPeg and Cat. Peg and Cat share rocks to build a spaceship. Includes a "Teacher Feature" which demonstrates how one teacher used this resource in her classroom. [1:02]
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Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Biology: Water Liquid Awesome
Hank teaches us why water is one of the most fascinating and important substances in the universe. Learn about water's molecular structure, cohesion and adhesion, the life of Henry Cavendish, and many more significant aspects of life's...
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Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Biology: Carbon and Chemical Bonds
Join teacher Hank Green to learn about carbon, the elemental building block of all life on earth. Hank also gives an introduction to covalent, ionic, and hydrogen bonds. In order to prepare for a course on biology, this video covers a...
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Pbs Learning Media: School in Benin
The education of young girls in Benin is the focus of this video from Wide Angle.
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Pbs Kids: Animations: What Is a Series Circuit?
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?
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 Looking for Lincoln
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: Marathon Mouse
A lesson where students evaluate the effects of exercise and performance-enhancing drugs by analyzing the number of mitochondria in muscle cells during a controlled experiment. [5:16]
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Pbs Learning Media: Good Thinking!: Sending "Learning Styles" Out of Style
Learn how teaching to a student's "learning styles" may not be an effective classroom practice in this video. [7:16]
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Pbs Learning Media: Good Thinking!: Falling 101
Watch this professional development video to help prepare lessons so that students can understand about gravity, inertia. and air resistance. [9:51]
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Pbs Learning Media: Good Thinking!: Make It Rain!
Become more effective in the classroom by watching this video on the common misconceptions student have about the weather, the water cycle, and phase changes. [8:40]
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Pbs Learning Media: Good Thinking!: Attack the Knack
This video will help science teachers explore students' motivations in science. Also explored is how feedback can be given to students in a constructive way. [7:40]
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Pbs Learning Media: 60 Second Presidents: Chester A. Arthur
Short animated video [1:13] from PBS 60-Second Presidents series on the life and presidency of Chester A. Arthur. Includes a fact sheet with questions and background essay on Arthur.
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Pbs Learning Media: 60 Second Presidents: Grover Cleveland
60-Second Presidents video [1:15] on Grover Cleveland. Supplemental materials include background essay on Cleveland, fact sheet and questions to accompany video and an activity for students in which they manage a presidential campaign....
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Pbs Learning Media: 60 Second Presidents: Benjamin Harrison
Lively video [1:09] on the accomplishments and failures of Benjamin Harrison's presidency. Support materials for students include background essay on Harrison and fact sheet with questions to follow along with the video.
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Pbs Learning Media: 60 Second Presidents: Grover Cleveland
60-Second Presidents video [1:18] on Grover Cleveland after he was elected a second time and became the 24th U.S. president. Support materials for teachers and students include background essay on Cleveland and fact sheet with video...
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Pbs Learning Media: 60 Second Presidents: William Mckinley
60-Second Presidents piece summarizes the presidency of William Mckinley in a lively animated video. [1:16] Includes support materials for students.
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Pbs Learning Media: 60 Second Presidents: William Howard Taft
60-Second Presidents video [1:22] outlining the policies of the William Howard Taft presidency during the Progressive Era. Includes background essay on Taft and fact sheet for students to use during the video.
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Pbs Learning Media: 60 Second Presidents: Woodrow Wilson
60-Second Presidents video [1:19] on the presidency of Woodrow Wilson. Students will learn about the domestic and foreign policies of this two term president. Support material for students included.
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Pbs Learning Media: 60 Second Presidents: Warren G. Harding
Short video [1:14] on President Warren G. Harding. Students can learn about Harding as a person and president. Accompanying student handout for following along with the video and background information text.
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Pbs Learning Media: 60 Second Presidents: Calvin Coolidge
60-Second Presidents video [1:14] on the life and presidency of Calvin Coolidge.