Use fractions and percentages to solve probability problems. Skillwise provides five factsheets, four quizzes, four worksheets, and a game pertaining to probability.
As part of the BBC's Skillwise unit on listening, this site focuses on the various types of listening. As learning tools, the site includes a factsheet, a worksheet, a quiz, and a game.
This BBC Skillswise introduction to editing and proofreading shows how to check spelling and grammar at different stages of writing. Includes nine downloadable practice sheets for different stages and types of writing. [1:04]
As part of the BBC's Skillwise unit, this site focuses on using various ways of writing for different purposes. For learning tools, the site includes a worksheet, a factsheet, and a quiz.
A comprehensive site from the BBC about Zoroastrianism, one of the world's oldest religions. Includes information on its history, customs, religious texts, beliefs, festivals, worship practices, and key religious figures.
The BSCS Seminar Series brings distinguished speakers to share ideas and present their latest work to our community conversations. Click the links to find information about speakers and links to their talks.
Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience watching Clifford The Big Red Dog.
Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience watching Cyberchase.
Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience watching Hero Elementary.
Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience when watching Odd Squad.
Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience watching Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum.
Set the foundation for effective, two-way communication with your students and their families using these "Getting to Know You" printables from PBS KIDS.
This video segment from Wild TV takes a closer look at backyard bugs, their habitat and characteristics. [2:48]
Have you ever enjoyed watching something lift off into the air, like fireworks at a show or a spacecraft launching? It can be an amazing experience. It is thrilling to see something lift off against Earth's gravity. To launch a spacecraft, its rockets give it a strong push that is due to a chemical reaction. This means that every time you see a spacecraft launch, you are watching chemistry at work. In this activity you will get to blast an object into the air using two simple ingredients -- baking soad and vinegar. Investigate how to mix these ingredients to get the best lift off, and then you could give your friends and family a homemade, gravity-defying show!
Have you ever seen a mobile? These are structures hang from the ceiling and are usually made up of many layers of rods to which differently shaped objects are attached with strings. When you look at the mobile sculpture, you might wonder how it can stay balanced all the time even when it is moving in the air.
Make a balloon powered car out of recycled material
In this video segment from Nature, researchers study pandas in an effort to halt their decline in population. [5:37]
Explore a brief history of mathematics in Mesopotamia through the Babylonian Base 60 number system. This video focuses on how a base 60 system does not use fractions or repeating decimals, some of the advantages of a base 60 system, and some components that carried over into the base 10 system we use today, taking math out of the classroom and into the real world.
Learn the basics of CSS, a computer language for styling webpages. We'll show you how to write CSS, incorporate it into your own webpages, and more. To start at the beginning of our Computer Programming series, go to our Computer Programming Basics tutorial.
Lessons include: (1) About CSS. Learn the basics of what CSS is, why you should use it, and what a CSS ruleset looks like. (2) Adding CSS to a Webpage. Learn how to create your own CSS stylesheet and how to add it to an existing HTML document.
Looking to learn basic computer skills or upgrade the skills you already have? You've come to the right place.
Lessons include: (1) Getting Started with Your First Computer. Learn all about getting started with computers. (2) How to Use Your Computer's Built-in Help. Learn how to use your computer's built-in help function. (3) Undo Your Mistakes. Learn how to use your computer's Undo feature to revert back to the most recent changes you made. (4) Understanding File Extensions. Learn about the many different file extensions that exist, as well as how to determine what they are. (5) Downloading and Uploading. Learn how to upload and download files on your computer. (6) Free Software. Learn how to find the safest, most reliable free programs among the thousands available today. (7) Open Source vs. Closed Source Software. Learn the difference between open source and closed source software in this free tutorial. (8) What is a PDF File?. Learn what a PDF file is, as well as what you can do to the file itself.