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Pbs Learning Media: Academic Vocabulary in the Common Core: An Introduction

Pre-K - 1st Standards
This series of video segments explains the importance of academic vocabulary in the common core curriculum. The video segments included highlight the three tiers of vocabulary [1:35], the role of vocabulary in the common core curriculum...
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Pbs Learning Media: Breathing Blue

6th - 8th
Lessons in Matter and Energy, from WOSU Public Media, is a series of eight learning modules that demonstrate physical science concepts and phenomena. The series captures some of the most engaging demonstrations presented at the Center of...
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Pbs Learning Media: Lincoln Oath | History Detectives

9th - 10th
A museum curator is investigating the authenticity of a note signed by Abraham Lincoln honorably discharging a soldier of the Civil War in 1864. What detective work is necessary to determine whether the document is real or a forgery?
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Pbs Learning Media: Fizzy's Lunch Lab: Whole Grains

3rd - 5th
Teacher directed lesson plan helps young learners discover the dissimilarity between whole grains and refined grains. [6:58]
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Pbs Learning Media: Dinosaur Train: Ecosystems

Pre-K - 1st
In this Dinosaur Train clip, Dr. Scott the paleontologist discusses ecosystems. [1:01]
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Pbs Learning Media: Dinosaur Train: Garden Song

Pre-K - 1st
In this Dinosaur Train clip, Tiny sings about waiting for the garden she planted to grow. This resource teaches students that plants need sun, water, and time to grow. [1:48]
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Pbs Learning Media: Dinosaur Train: Dinosaurs and Flowers

Pre-K - 1st
In this Dinosaur Train clip, Dr. Scott the Paleontologist discusses flowering plants and their appearance in the Cretaceous Period, near the end of the age of dinosaurs. [1:00]
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Pbs Learning Media: Dinosaur Train: Dinosaur Eggs

Pre-K - 1st
In this Dinosaur Train clip, Dr. Scott the paleontologist explains that dinosaurs laid their eggs in circular nests like birds, and that they often nested in colonies for protection from predators. [1:00]
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Pbs Learning Media: Dinosaur Train: All About Fossils

Pre-K - 1st
In this Dinosaur Train clip, Mr. Conductor explains what fossils are and how they are created, and Dr. Scott the Paleontologist disuccses how paleontologists find, care for, and conduct research with the fossils they uncover. [2:06]
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Pbs Learning Media: Pearl Harbor

9th - 10th
Find out what happened at Pearl Harbor from someone who was there. This video is an interview with a man who was aboard a navy ship that fateful day. Also, included is a detailed lesson plan and an idea for a student research paper.
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Pbs Learning Media: Hot Air Balloons

3rd - 8th
Watch kids use the scientific method to figure out why hot air can lift things. Discover how a hot air balloon works.
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Pbs Learning Media: Dinosaur Train: Big Pond Habitat

Pre-K - 1st
In this Dinosaur Train clip, Mr. Conductor tells the kids about the Big Pond Carnival This resource teaches students what a habitat is and that a variety of animals can live in a habitat. [1:42]
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Pbs Learning Media: Election Foundations

9th - 10th
A video explores the details of the rights of a citizen in the United States and their obligation to participate in local, state, and federal government elections.
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Pbs Learning Media: Spicy Hot Colors

Pre-K - 1st Standards
Listen to a poem about colors and watch fascinating graphics that support each color. [2:28]
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Pbs Learning Media: Fantasy Baseball

6th - 8th
Explore the game of baseball, then use what you've learned to use decimals and ratios to analyze key statistical data, draft players and make trades, based on an analysis of the data.
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Pbs Learning Media: Prairie Dog Calls

3rd - 8th
Consider whether prairie dogs communicate by barking. Watch kids use the scientific method to find out if prairie dogs make different kinds of barks.
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Pbs Learning Media: Snow Shelter

3rd - 8th
Observe kids building a snow cave, and see how they use the scientific method to find out how snow can keep people warm.