Follow this interactive overview of the country's history, geography, people, government, nature, and more. A map and video are included. Adobe Flash Required.
Follow this interactive overview of the country's history, geography, people, government, nature, and more. A map and video are included.
Imagine having a microscopic camera so small that you could travel inside a cell. This interactive site allows you to do just that. Click on any one of eight individual parts of the cell--cell membrane, nucleus, DNA, RNA, ribosome, protein, endoplasmic reticulum, or mitochondria--and learn its function and appearance.
Flip this interactive OLogy card to find questions and answers, fast facts, and other bite-size pieces of information to help you understand the nature-versus-nurture debate.
This collection is specifically targeted to high school and college students in New York to assist with the challenges of emergency remote and distance learning. It provides video resources, interactive lessons, and media galleries to help high school students and college students prepare for academic success in multiple subject areas. All of the resources are aligned to New York State Learning Standards. Students will be immersed in interactive, experiential learning opportunities, solve real world problems as they are guided by experts, and explore resources to broaden their understandings and deepen their thinking.In This Collection: Interactive (30), Video (39), Interactive Lesson (16), Webpage (2), Media Gallery (13), Image (3) for Grades All , Resources in Spanish (2)
Real-life examples, interactive headline and image games and brief explanations make this an attractive site for learning to recognize media bias.
Short quiz on pop culture references, emphasizing the value of fact-checking.
Read the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics Presentation Speech originally given by Professor G. Granqvist, who was "Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physics of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences." this speech touches on the accomplishments of William and Lawrence Bragg, the father and son who shared the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Counting from one to one hundred is simple when you follow this concise lesson that explores number patterns and counting. This lesson includes two related interactive games that are easy to grasp and provide immediate feedback.
Online mitosis activity offers the student the opportunity to identify, classify, calculate, and graph the phases of mitosis. Explanations of each phase, actual cells are displayed for classifing and gathering data in this comprehensive tutorial.
The Sound and Light interactive investigates these two forms of energy. Students will enjoy exploring how sound and light are created, travel, and can be controlled.
Explore the growing smoking habit in China, especially among males.
This website is a guide to the way the new media-blogs, RSS, podcasting, citizen journalism, wikis, news aggregators, and video repositories-are changing the way we take in the news of our world. Click on the underlined words to hyperlink to the sites being discussed.
PBS TeacherLine offers courses that can inspire, educate, and reinvigorate your teaching strategies! PBS TeacherLine offers 15, 30, or 45 hour courses that are facilitated by content experts and master teachers that immerse you in a collaborative, online environment with your peers. You have the opportunity to earn graduate-level credit with our partner universities. Interested in trying out a course before committing? PBS TeacherLine offers free, self-paced courses that require 1.5 to 4 hours of study. Explore PD for PreK-3 Educators or view the monthly schedule to find a course that fits your needs!
This site is a must see for any lesson or unit on biotechnology! It is a companion to the PBS video "Bloodlines: Technology Hits Home," although it can certainly be used without the video. It's a fantastic site that will challenge students to think about their opinions in several ethical dilemmas. There is a timeline of genetic and reproductive technology and more.
This is the PBS companion site to a video about Tesla. This particular page reviews Tesla's most notable invention, the Tesla coil. It's components are described as well as their general uses.
The Partnership website is an excellent place to learn what 21st century skills are, why they are important and who is supporting their development. Be sure to check out the Learning Hub.
This online typing course is minimalist in nature with few bells and whistles. Upon completion of the course its author states "you will be able to confidently type all the letters, numbers and most common symbols, with proper ten-finger touch typing technique."
Concise explanation of the term "concrete poetry." It's mainly a discussion of the 1960s poetic movement, but it also includes the history of the term before and after.
An independent newsroom that covers a wide variety of topics and events, which are often neglected by the mainstream media, and works to promote change. Explore investigative reports on politics, social-justice issues, technology, and national security.