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Pbs Learning Media: Volume of Shapes Composed of Right Rectangular Prisms
This video gives a clear demonstration of how to figure the volume of rectangular prisms, and of nonoverlapping rectangular prisms. The video is accompanied by an activity and a student handout.
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Pbs Learning Media: American Masters: Gatsby Chases the American Dream
In this video [3:24] from the American Masters film Novel Reflections on the American Dream, learn about F. Scott Fitzgerald and his notorious fictional character Jay Gatsby. Both were in the pursuit of the American dream and love....
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Pbs Learning Media: Typical American: An Immigrant's American Dream Story
Get an introduction to Gish Jen's novel "Typical American" to explore the American dream through the eyes of a Chinese immigrant. The video [5:12] from the American Masters film Novel Reflection on the American Dream, introduces the...
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Pbs: The Street by Ann Petry: Black Single Mother Seeks the American Dream
In this video [3:40] from the American Masters film Novel Reflections on the American Dream we meet Lutie Johnson, the African-American single mother heroine of Ann Petry's novel "The Street". The video gives an introduction to the novel...
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Pbs Learning Media: Solving Unit Rate Problems
Students first learn a strategy for solving unit rate problems, then they use grocery store ads to calculate unit rates and compare prices. [1:54]
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Academic Vocabulary in the Common Core: High School Social Studies
This video [5:06] provides research related to the Common Core approach to vocabulary, footage of classroom teachers engaging students in vocabulary instruction, and sample vocabulary assessments.
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Pbs: Explicit & Implicit Language: Interprete the Meaning of the 14th Amendment
Students watch two video segments about the Fourteenth Amendment and then write an essay addressing where the amendment is explicit or implicit in meaning.
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Pbs Learning Media: Communicating With Light
In this video [2:12], observe a group of children using light to communicate over a distance in this live-action video produced by WGBH. Use the video to observe strategies for using light to communicate across a distance as well as to...
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Pbs Learning Media: The Watershed: Salt River Project
The videos in this collection will give an understanding that a watershed includes a healthy forest, undergrowth, creeks, streams and rivers that all drain toward a large body of water, in this case, the Salt and Verde Rivers. These...
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Pbs Learning Media: Origins of the Olympics: The Greeks
From all over the Greek-speaking world, the best athletes descended on Athens to take their best shot at achieving immortality. Review the archaeological evidence of the first Olympics and the early events such as chariot-racing, boxing,...
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Pbs Learning Media: The Civil Rights Movement: Black Power and Sports: Retro Report
This 11-minute video tells the story of Tommie Smith and John Carlos, their raised-fist Black Power salute on the medal podium during the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, and the consequences they went on to face. This video shows the...
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Pbs Learning Media: Sports Physiology: Science Trek
Sports physiologists understand the body's anatomy and the biomechanics of how bones and muscles work together. These scientists can help improve athletes' performance and help keep them healthy. But many young athletes are unaware of...
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Pbs Learning Media: How Does Your Phone Send Emojis?: Physics Girl
The physics of smartphones is a complicated and amazing mixture of engineering, physics, electronics and computer science. Video (6:03)
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Pbs Learning Media: Elementary Science: Making S'mores in a Solar Cooker
Harness the power of the sun with this simple homemade solar cooker! Show your students how solar energy creates enough heat to make a delicious melted snack. [3:12]
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Pbs Learning Media: Peg+cat: Eid Al Adha Adventure
In this video [4:12], join Peg+Cat as they learn about the Muslim holiday Eid-Al-Adha from their friends Yasmina and Amir. In addition to exploring how Muslims celebrate the holiday, students also explore the mathematical concepts of...
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Pbs Learning Media: Get Moving! Sports Theme: Dot's Spot
Get moving with Del, Dot and Dee with this video. [1:27] It's fun to pretend to swim, swing a baseball bat, and ski!
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Pbs Learning Media: Big & Small? We Can Sort It All!: Clifford the Big Red Dog
After a wild day of mishaps leaves Clifford wishing he weren't so big, Emily Elizabeth reads Clifford Gulliver's Travels as he drifts off to sleep. He dreams he is a small dog, and is at first excited to be able to do all the things he...
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Pbs Learning Media: Scale City: One Dimensional Scaling in the Real World
In this video (3:09), life-size replicas help demonstrate one-dimensional scaling and the ratio relationship between two real-world quantities. The accompanying classroom activity helps students understand how ratios and proportions can...
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Pbs Learning Media: Zombies and Calculus, Part 2
Learn about tangent vectors in this video (5:54) from NOVA Digital. In this hypothetical world, zombies always move straight toward humans. This means that the tangent vector of a zombie's path points at the intended target. However,...
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Pbs Learning Media: Zombies and Calculus, Part 1
Learn about the math behind predator-prey population cycles in this video [4:28] from NOVA Digital. In this example, zombie and human populations fluctuate. The zombie population increases as zombies convert humans into zombies. However,...
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Pbs Learning Media: What Is Statistics?: Against All Odds: Unit 1
Introduce high school students to the art and science of statistics in the 6-minute video What is Statistics? from the Against All Odds series. Demonstrate how gathering, organizing, drawing, and analyzing data is applicable in everyday...
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Pbs Learning Media: Mighty Mathematicians
Math is as easy as 1,2,3 with a little help from your favorite PBS KIDS friends. The media in this collection is centered around counting, operations, geometry and more! Dive into each sub-collection and discover new ways to explore math...
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Pbs Learning Media: Modeling Fraction Multiplication Using Arrays
This video (2:53) illustrates a word problem involving the multiplication of fractions using an array to model the solution visually. The problem involves puffins, arctic birds that live in colonies and fish to feed their young. The...
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Pbs Learning Media: Numbers and Counting
This collection includes 27 videos, 2 interactives, and 2 media gallery about counting and numbers. Peg and Cat are always learning a thing or two (or three or four or more!) from their chicken friends. On the farm in The Chicken...