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Art21: Judy Pfaff

For Students 9th - 10th
Pfaff is a pioneer of the art installation movement which began in the 1970s. Her work incorporates the use of steel, fiberglass, and plaster as well as salvaged signage and natural elements such as tree roots.
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Art21: Kara Walker

For Students 9th - 10th
This artist is best known for exploring the themes of race, gender, and sexuality through silhouetted figures created by light projection.
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Art21: Kiki Smith

For Students 9th - 10th
Kiki is the daughter of American sculptor Tony Smith and began her interest in art at a young age. Her work is primarily figurative. The recurrent subject matter in Smith's work has been the body as a receptacle for knowledge, belief,...
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Art21: Louise Bourgeois

For Students 9th - 10th
A great site by PBS that features a biography on the artist and links to art work, videos clips and interviews. On this page there are also links to lesson plans and other artist pages. In all, a very informative site.
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Art21: Martin Puryear

For Students 9th - 10th
Puryear?s monumental objects and public installations are made in wood, stone, tar, wire, and various metals. He was a self-trained craftsman before becoming an artist and relies heavily on his earlier trade within his current work.
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Art21: Maya Lin

For Students 9th - 10th
A great site by PBS that features a biography on the artist and links to art work, videos clips and interviews. On this page there are also links to lesson plans and other artist pages.
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Art21: Mel Chin

For Students 9th - 10th
This artist enjoys infusing art into unlikely places and uses current culture, such as technology, to bring about awareness of global issues.
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Art21: Pepon Osorio

For Students 9th - 10th
Osorio's work stems from his experiences as a social worker in New York City. His large scale sculptures and installations are his way to "return art to the community."
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Art21: Richard Serra

For Students 9th - 10th
Features a biography of Richard Serra and links to his art, videos clips, and interviews as well as links to lesson plans and other artist pages.
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Art21: Susan Rothenberg

For Students 9th - 10th
Susan Rothenberg is most well known for her minimalist horse paintings. PBS has included her in their series art:21 and here on the website you can see her work, read interviews, watch video clips, and read her biography.
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Art21: William Wegman

For Students 9th - 10th
Features a biography of the artist and links to art work, video clips and interviews. On this page there are also links to lesson plans and other artist pages.
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Pbs Learning Media

For Teachers K - 1st
PBS's source for teachers, covering all subject areas. This is a site that has so much wonderful information as well as interactive activities that you are sure to find something that would be useful in your classroom.
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Pbs Learning Media: Finch Beak Data Sheet [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This graphic from Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches by Peter Grant presents data from the Galapagos Islands, showing that a severe drought put selective pressure on the population of Darwin's finches and resulted in a change in...
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Pbs Learning Media: Pourquoi Stories

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This video segment from Jakers! features a storyteller who tells a Pourquoi story about Anansi, the spider, a popular character in African folklore.
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Pbs Learning Media: Bee Ing in a Swarm

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn about bees, their habitat and how to interact with a swarm in this Wild TV video segment.
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Pbs Learning Media: Backyard Bugs

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This video segment from Wild TV takes a closer look at backyard bugs, their habitat and characteristics. [2:48]
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Pbs Learning Media: Cloud Age Two

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment from Nature, Cloud, a two-year-old horse, interacts with his family in the wild. [3:23]
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Pbs Learning Media: Colony Collapse Disorder

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment from Nature, scientists work to discover why bees are disappearing. [2:39]
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Pbs Learning Media: Everglades

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video segment from WILD TV, a scientist in the Florida Everglades talks about her research on the pig frog. [6:25]
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Pbs Learning Media: Explorers of Yesterday and Today

For Students 9th - 10th
Explorer Tom Murphy braves a ground blizzard during a winter night in Yellowstone as seen in this video segment from Nature.
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Pbs Learning Media: Fire Cloud

For Students 9th - 10th
Firefighters fight a raging fire on a wild horse range in Montana in this video segment from Nature.
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Pbs Learning Media: Cloud Foal

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment from Nature, experience life in the wild for Cloud, a newborn colt.
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Pbs Learning Media: Santiago and Morris

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video segment from WILD TV, Santiago, a troubled youth, and Linda, a motor vehicle accident victim, discuss how Morris, a therapy dog, has helped them.
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Pbs Learning Media: The Sled Dogs of the Arctic Circle

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment from Nature, learn about the role of dogs in the Inuit culture.