Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Meet the Helpers: Wash Your Hands

Pre-K - 1st
Be a good helper and remember to wash your hands often! [0:40]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Meet the Helpers: What Is Coronavirus?

Pre-K - 1st
A doctor helper explains the coronavirus and how children can be good helpers. [0:45]
Instructional Video
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Biointeractive: Viral Outbreak: Dengue Fever Re Emergence in the Americas

9th - 10th
See how far the dengue fever virus has spread throughout the Americas since the 1960s. [0:24]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Spillover Zika, Ebola & Beyond: Part 7: A New Foe Emerges Nipah

9th - 10th
In 1988 Southeast Asia faced it's own battle with Nipah, a fruit bat-borne disease that kills more than three quarters of those infected. Nipah is only contracted in Bangladesh between the months of December and March, and this was a...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Above the Noise: Is There an Upside to Distance Learning?

9th - 10th
No doubt about it: the pandemic has taken a toll on students' mental health, especially those dealing with family members getting sick or losing jobs. And distance learning just adds to the struggle. It's hard to stay focused and...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Above the Noise: How Do Masks Really Help Us?

9th - 10th
In the earlier days of the coronavirus pandemic, there was a lot more confusion about whether people should wear masks to protect themselves and others from the virus. Here's why recommendations have changed-even for kids and teens and...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Above the Noise: Coping With Uncertainty During Coronavirus

9th - 10th
This whole coronavirus thing is messing up every aspect of society. School is no exception, with millions of students now stuck at home dealing with a bunch of new stress. How do you deal with so much uncertainty in the time of...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Above the Noise: Social Distancing

9th - 10th
To slow the spread of the coronavirus or COVID-19, public health experts are telling us to stay home and practice "social distancing." Think social distancing doesn't matter if you're young and healthy? Think again. It's not about...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Above the Noise: Should We Change the Way We Designate Hate Crimes?

9th - 10th
Since the pandemic began, violence against Asian-Americans has skyrocketed. Even though overall hate crimes fell in 2020, anti-Asian hate crimes grew by nearly 150% in major US cities. Myles teams up with student reporters at Cleveland...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Above the Noise: Should Teens Be Able to Get a Vaccine Without Parental Consent?

9th - 10th
As the Covid-19 vaccine becomes readily available for more folks -- including teens 16+ -- some parents are hesitant about allowing their minor children to get vaccinated. Meanwhile, public health experts say young people will need to...