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Pbs Newshour: Patchwork Nation: Tea Party Driven by Long List of Issues

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at the many different issues driving the Tea Party Movement. Clearly noted are issues relevant to specific regions of the country rather than concerns for all. (May 3, 2010)
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Pbs, News Hour: The Exchange

For Students 9th - 10th
Reports of current economic news and analysis on PBS, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
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News Hour: New Orleans Health Care

For Students 9th - 10th
News Hour examines the health care problems that are being addressed by a medical assistance program in this report form February, 2006. Many poor and ill people impacted by Hurricane Katrina, are getting much needed help. Video, audio,...
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Pbs Newshour Extra: Conservative Ok Banks on Universal Preschool

For Students 9th - 10th
Video examines the impact of universal preschool in Oklahoma. Includes an audio version of the story and a transcript.
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Pbs Newshour: Withdrawal of Us Troops From Afghanistan Hangs Over Karzai Visit

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the events leading up to the Washington meeting between President Obama and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan in May 2010. A top issue for discussion will be President Obama's deadline of July 2011 to start withdrawing...
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Public Broadcasting Service: Latin Music Usa

For Students 9th - 10th
A website for the Latin Music USA series shown on PBS. Includes links to episodes of the show, music, and online resources.
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Pbs Online News Hour: The News Hour

For Students 9th - 10th
This online version of the PBS television broadcast covers national and international news. Includes political coverage and a teacher resource section with videos categorized by curriculum area.
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Pbs Frontline: Waco

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS Frontline's site for the Waco story: transcripts of audio and video tapes, pictures, who's who, chronology of the siege, and more.
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American Experience: Buffalo Bill

For Students 9th - 10th
This 1-hour documentary presents a portrait of William Cody, also known as Buffalo Bill. A western frontier legend in the 1880s, his Wild West Show travelled the globe making the American West into the American story.
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Pbs: Discovering Dominga

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will explore and discuss modern acts of genocide, including the factors leading to genocide, by following the story of Dominga, a Maya who was just nine years old when her family was massacred in Guatemala.
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Pbs Nova: Tour the Tongue

For Students 9th - 10th
This audio interactive helps us learn how our sense of taste works, what happens in our brain as we eat, and why we have the ability to detect flavors like bitter and sweet. Discover why we only have five basic taste sensations: sweet,...
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Nova: Tech & Engineering: Medieval Stained Glass Science

For Students 9th - 10th
In this historical interactive, see beautiful examples of stained glass artistry, and learn how the craftsmen of the Middle Ages used chemistry to create them.
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Pbs Nova: Sleep

For Students 9th - 10th
These materials supplement a video and teaching activities by providing additional background on the science of sleep.
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Pbs Nova: Man of Ideas

For Students 9th - 10th
An ant specialist? Yes! Meet naturalist E.O. Wilson who specialized in the study of ants and who presented some controversial ideas. Learn more by watching the included video, and by visiting the main site.
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Nova: Disease Detective

For Students 9th - 10th
How would you do as an epidmeiologist? Find out in this interactive simulation. Your mission will be to interview people and trace the transmission of a mysterious disease.
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Pbs: Nova: Disease Detective

For Students 3rd - 8th
As the local epidemiologist, it is your job to investigate a mysterious disease outbreak. Several people in a camping area have become sick with an unknown serious illness. Trace the outbreak to its source using the basic methods of...
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Pbs: Mystery of Great Zimbabwe

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the racist views of European imperialists when they encountered the ruins of Greater Zimbabwe. Also describes the archaeological history of the ruins and explores the question: who built them?
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Pbs: Anatomy of Katrina

For Students 9th - 10th
Delve deep into the anatomy of Hurricane Katrina through this interactive produced by PBS. The interactive contains slides, videos and charts that begin with the birth of Katrina. Follow her path as she gains strength and finally falls...
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Pbs Teachers: Why the Towers Fell: The Structure of Metal

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine what it is that gives metal its special characteristics and how metal behaves under the stress of heat and outside forces. An engaging interactive feature is offered to here to illustrate this concept.
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Pbs Teachers, Nova: Little People of Flores: Compare the Brains

For Students 9th - 10th
Compare and contrast the shape and size of a Homo floresiensis brain with the brain of a chimp and a modern human.
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Nova: Cancer Warrior

For Students 9th - 10th
Animations of the different phases of cancer, make this a great resource for understanding the development of this disease.
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Pbs Teachers: Cancer Warrior: How Cancer Grows

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow the progression of a malignant tumor, beginning with the first mutation within a cell and ending with metastasis, the colonization of related tumors throughout the body.
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Pbs Nova Teachers: Dying to Be Thin: Body Needs

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what the human body needs to function at its best, and why.
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Pbs Nova: Relativity and the Cosmos

For Students 9th - 10th
This well-written explanation of relativity includes animations and pictures which may be helpful in understanding a tough topic.