Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: There Is No Cure for Polio

This collection uses primary sources to explore the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878.

A collection that uses primary sources to explore the Atomic Bomb and the Nuclear Age it started.

This collection uses primary sources to explore polio. Set includes an overview, primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide.

This collection uses primary sources to explore twentieth-century mining in the Mojave Desert.

The enormity of the solar system can sometimes be too big to imagine. A scale model can help us visualize the size in an easy to understand way. Watch as scientists build a model of the solar system in a dessert just 7 miles in diameter!...

Scientists study ice sheets because they influence weather and climate, playing a role in atmospheric and ocean circulation. Ice sheets can also have huge impacts on global sea levels because they store so much water. Explore this...

An interactive activity that discusses how radiation is like energy and comes in different forms.

Everything in our environment is interconnected. A change in one area causes a change in another area. Nowhere is this more evident than in our climate. NASA created a theoretical planet called "Daisy World" to show the complex system of...

How did life first arise on earth? There are many theories and scientists Stanely Miller and Harold Urey set out to recreate the environment of early earth in order to find some answers. Watch this video from NOVA to see the results of...

This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center explains how and where hurricanes develop. Learn how El Nino events alter the course of atmospheric circulation. Includes background reading material and discussion...