Students learn about adaptations of the pink river dolphin through concept mapping, and then they compare pink river dolphins with marine dolphins.
Students are asked to explain what needs to be considered if alternative energy sources are to be used. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
The theme of this guide is: achieving ocean health and balance through investigation and data collection techniques that show the necessity for marine sanctuaries, the effects of fisheries and the management practices being followed in today's oceans.
This video segment from Between the Lions is an original, animated retelling of the classic Aesops fable in which a grasshopper sings and dances while the ants gather food for winter. The grasshopper then has nothing to eat once the cold weather comes. In the end, the ants invite the grasshopper inside for a meal, and they all dance a merry mambo. Featured "m" words include: many, moons, moody, Murray, Marge, merry, Melanie, mangos, melons, mambo, music, moving, mushrooms, macaroni, managed, milk, Myrtle, mind, middle, month, mountains, melt, meanwhile, munched, moment, make, move, motioned, meatballs, mashed potatoes, magnificent, and meal. This video segment provides a resource for Fluency, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Letter Knowledge Awareness, and Phonological Awareness. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
Learn about the effects of a changing climate on the Arctic ecosystem and four of its well-known mammals: the polar bear, the walrus, the Arctic fox and the beluga whale.
Students study a population of beluga whales to learn about the environmental issues that the whales currently face. They then work in teams to develop suggestions for how to help protect the population of belugas, which they present in a public service announcement (PSA).
In Los Angeles, jam skaters draw from a community and culture built over generations at Venice Beach and at rinks across the city. Over the past year, roller skating hit the mainstream as a safe and relatively accessible pandemic-era pastime, its international popularity bolstered by people recording their shaky progress on social media. Skates were sold out for months, and skaters have become major influencers on Instagram and TikTok. But longtime skaters are quick to remind everyone: This isn’t a fad.
Blend phonemes and practice long "i" sounds with NYCDOE Universal Literacy Reading Coach Anna Scretching-Cole. Students will practice blending and reading with the long "i" sound with a focus on the "igh" and "-y" spelling.
In The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan explores risks inherent in one of the most widespread practices in modern agriculture. It's called monoculture, and it refers to cultivation of single or very similar varieties of a food crop on large acreages. In many cases, the variety is one that dominates the marketplace, like the Russet Burbank potato, whose shape makes it a favorite for cutting French fries, or one of the few apple varieties commonly seen in supermarkets. Monoculture may offer economic advantages, but Pollan argues that it brings serious environmental risks.
In this video excerpt from Dinosaur Train, Buddy and Tiny name species of dinosaurs from Apatosaurus to Zigongosaurus when they sing the "Dinosaurs A to Z" song with the help of Mr. Conductor. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
In this video segment from Between the Lions, Leon Redbone sings a fun alphabet song. In alphabetical order, each letter takes the stage along with a Between the Lions character or image that begins with that letter. Showing the letters and things they stand for helps build alphabet knowledge. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
In this two-hour program, Jean-Michel Cousteau and his team of explorers travel to both the Northern and Southern hemispheres as they seek out killer whales in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. They discover that people and orcas share surprising similarities, even similar needs, and they relate their findings to the captivity and release of Keiko, from Free Willy fame, who captured the world̢ĺŰĺŞs imagination and whose survival depended on pioneering efforts to reintroduce Keiko into the wild. The team also learns how some of the threats to killer whales now intersect with human lives. During the expedition, intriguing detours arise, leading to critical examinations of our environment, of the food on our dinner tables, even of our own health.
Career Gates: Manufacturing is discussed by various employees of Rexroth, Just Born Candy, Coca-Cola and Martin Guitars. Steve Morrow, General Manager of the Coca-Cola plant begins the tour, followed by Ross Born from Just Born Candy. Products highlighted are Just Born Peeps, Martin Guitars and Coca-Cola sodas. Technologies highlighted are robotics and the use of AutoCad. The last section highlights what these employers look for when evaluating employees that will be hired. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
Career Gates: Soft Skills highlights the skills employees need to be successful. These include communication, eye-contact, listening, teamwork, positive attitude, proper handshake, professional appearance and respect. Soft skills are the abilities to get along with others, resolve conflict and work together towards a common goal. These skills can be a strong indicator in why you get a job or why you don't get a job. A desire to learn and an ability to learn, you can advance. Many companies will hire people that have soft skills over someone with more technical skills because technical skills can be taught more easily.
This video segment from Between the Lions is a reading of the heartwarming story Cheesybreadville. In this animated story set in Puerto Rico, a wife bakes a bread overnight to surprise her husband, not knowing that he has hidden a surprise gift for her as well of cheese in the oven. The husband and wife go to bed, only to wake up to the smell of burning bread and cheese. The husband and wife acknowledge that the mishap just proves their love for each other, and they head back to bed. A young girl from the town follows the smell of the cheesy bread, sneaks into the kitchen and tries some. Finding it so delicious, she shares it with others who live in the town. The cheesy bread is such a hit that all the villagers want the couple to keep making more. The town is renamed "Cheesybreadville." This video segment provides a resource for Fluency, Text Comprehension, and Phonological Awareness. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
Enjoy a sweet way to learn about opposites, and explore what is the same and what is different as you read, watch and play together.
Welcome to the CIRCLE OF STORIES lesson plans. These lessons will allow students to examine the complex and rich oral tradition of Native American storytelling, create their own stories to share, explore indigenous and Native American cultures and the issues which face them today, and research and explore their own cultural heritage by recording their unique family stories and heritage. These lessons are directed toward grades 6 through 12, for use in the following subject areas: language arts, theater, history, social studies, multicultural studies, technology, and life science.
Students learn how turtle populations may be affected by climate change and develop solutions to this potential problem.
View the video ̢ĺŰĺĎTrash on the Spin Cycle̢ĺŰĺ to discover what causes huge quantities of garbage to end up on the most remote islands in the world and how this garbage affects wildlife.
Students are asked how acceleration, mass, momentum and velocity are involved in mountain boarding. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
Michelangelo is known as one of the greatest artists to walk the earth simply due to his work on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Join us as we explore Michelangelo’s awkward relationship to Pope Julius II and his skill at painting in the complex and often dangerous Fresco style. But do you know just how difficult a feat this creation was?
Using life-sized photographs, students participate in environmental monitoring of rocky intertidal and subtidal organisms.
Each student team researches and reports on one of the National Marine Sanctuaries and completes a thought-provoking worksheet to compare and contrast their sanctuary with the others.
In this lesson, students will use segments from Nature: Wild Balkans to explore the roles and interrelationships of organisms in the varied environments of the Balkan Peninsula. In the Introductory Activity, students will identify the Balkan Peninsula on a map and hypothesize what natural environments and wildlife might be present there. Students will use an interactive map to identify different regions of the Balkan Peninsula and the wildlife that resides in each region. In the Learning Activity, students will explore the regions of the Balkan Peninsula in more depth by viewing and discussing segments from the episode. Students will explore the habitats and wildlife of each region and the ways in which species collaborate and compete, as well as the role of humans in these environments. In the Culminating Activity, students will explore one species in depth and create a 3-D diorama or computer-generated simulation of the species in its environment. Students will discuss their projects with the class.
Students are asked to explain how the sun is a major source of energy. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
In this video segment from Between the Lions, the limerick, "A Fellow Named Sig," is sung and danced to a lively beat. This animated poem is one example of the kind of wordplay that helps promote phonological awarenessthe ability to hear and pay attention to the sounds and rhythms of speechan important factor in learning to read and write. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
Students create a kelp forest or coral reef food web, then research related shark species to learn about species interactions. Posters illustrate the shark̢ĺŰĺŞs role as key predator in the ecosystem.
The theme of this guide is the education and investigation of whale adaptations to natural and man-made migration obstacles.
Students trace the migration route of a gray whale and discover the gray whaleâs natural history.
In this lesson, students use segments from Nature: Salmon Running the Gauntlet to explore ways in which humans have impacted salmon populations. In the Introductory Activity, students explore different ways in which human actions have helped and hindered salmon populations, including efforts to artificially produce and raise salmon. In Learning Activity 1, students learn about challenges salmon face after being released from hatcheries into the wild, as well as efforts that humans are taking to restore streams and salmon runs. In Learning Activity 2, students explore issues surrounding dams and conduct research on specific dams in the US northwest. In the Culminating Activity, students review information presented in the lesson and debate the merits of human efforts to save salmon. Students write a critical essay about human impact on salmon and propose ideas for future actions. Students discuss their projects with the class.
Holidays video clip prompts students to write about two of their favorite family traditions. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
John “Crazy Legz” Pearson, founder of the Who Got Moves Battle League, is breathing life back into Beat Ya Feet -- the bouncy, fast-moving dance found in the streets, backyards and go-go clubs of Black D.C. At the heart of the dance style is the music: go-go, a blend of funk, call-and-response and Afro-Latin rhythms, ubiquitous in D.C.'s Black neighborhoods.
Students conduct an experiment that demonstrates the effects of different fishing methods on bycatch. They use this foundation to create posters and public service announcements to share this information with other students.
In this video segment from Between the Lions, Tammy Lionette (Cleo) and Jasmine Guy sing about the confusing sound of the letter "h" in a Western style while a pelican, chicken, and hound make up the band with monkeys as backup singers. Featured vocabulary includes: hung, hard, hear, hope, heavy, hassled, hold, head, howl, hound, handle, hard, hard, harassed, hackles, huff, hung, had, hung, and had. This video segment provides a resource for Fluency, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Language and Vocabulary Development, Letter Knowledge Awareness, and Phonological Awareness. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
Students will explore the kelp forest ecosystem by conducting research and by writing imaginary narratives through an activity that integrates science and language arts.
Students learn about the unique adaptations of sea stars and then research and develop a presentation on the adaptations of two other organisms.
Using segments from NATURE: "Moment of Impact, Part 2: Jungle," students will learn about skills and features that help species survive in the jungle.
Los Angeles Pro Roller Skater Alicia Reason breaks down some classic jam skate moves, including the crazy legs, moonwalk, electric slide, and spread eagle, then puts them together in a dance routine for you to follow.
In the Web-based game Kure Waste Chase, students take on the part of an Ocean Adventures expedition member volunteering for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and explore various habitats (beach, water surface and underwater) to collect as much harmful marine debris as possible in a limited amount of time. Use the tips and handouts below to turn the Kure Waste Chase game into a structured learning activity for your students.
Derek Chauvin has been charged in the murder of George Floyd and the prosecution and defense are using two very different tactics to highlight their cases. This lesson plan has students analyze the facts of the Derek Chauvin trial as well as any potential stereotypes used in the case and the racial undertones thereof.
This website provides the film script, reviews, a discussion forum, and 15 essays on Hasidism.
In this interactive Kindergarten through 5th grade activity, the world of fitness and literacy unite! As the teacher reads the book Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Nowíń by Dr. Seuss, studentslisten carefully and safely jump up out of their chairs with their hands over their heads every time they hear the word go.íń This is a great lesson combining psychomotor, cognitive and affective skills.
How does our sense of taste work, and why did it evolve? What are taste buds, and how do they register the five basic sensations of sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and umami (a Japanese word describing something "meaty")? In this audio interactive, Danielle Reed of the Monell Chemical Senses Center offers a primer on what happens on your tongue, and in your brain, as you eat.
View the video ̢ĺŰĺĎNudibranchs̢ĺŰĺ to learn about the adaptations of nudibranchs - colorful sea slugs with a remarkable means of defense
In this lesson, groups of students will gather information about the various careers of the members of the Ocean Adventures expedition team as well as learn about the strengths of having a team of diverse individuals working on a task.
Students study the vocalizations, hunting techniques and social behaviors of four communities of orcas and discuss whether, due to their differences, they can be considered different cultures.
In this activity, students collect and analyze data adapted from recent research that explores the correlation between the presence of fish farms and mortality rates in wild salmon runs adjacent to the fish farms. Students then relate their findings to nearby populations of orcas to theorize how a decline in the wild salmon population could affect orca populations.
This video segment from Between the Lions is an animated poem about a baby chick hatching from an egg. The chick pecks on the egg from the inside, makes a small hole, pokes out its neck, then its leg, and climbs out. All text appears on screen. Highlighted vocabulary include: peck, egg, neck, leg, and out. This video segment provides a resource for Vocabulary, Language and Vocabulary Development, and Phonological Awareness. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
This video segment from Between the Lions features an animated and rhyming poem about cats. The poem tells about places that cats sleep and the video shows cats snoozing in these various locations. This video segment provides a resource for Fluency and Phonological Awareness. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
Students are asked to explain the relationship between a bee and a flower. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
In the Web-based game Predator Protector, students take on the role of an Ocean Adventures expedition volunteer member. In this role, students are charged with protecting three species of sharks from danger in order to defend the balance of nature in the ecosystem that these top predators help to maintain. Use the tips and handouts below to turn the Predator Protector game into a structured learning activity for your students.
Students learn about Lythrum salicaria, commonly referred to as purple loosestrife, and use their new knowledge, maps and their observation skills to identify changes to the land. They also identify threats to the ecosystem because of those changes, including biodiversity of native species, ecosystem functioning, and economic issues.
In this two̢ hour program, Jean Michel Cousteau and the Ocean Adventures team visit the Amazon River Basin. The mighty Amazon River flows through the world̢ĺŰĺŞs largest tropical rainforest, creating the most biodiverse area on the planet. Twenty̢ five years ago, Jean Michel explored this fabled region with his father, Jacques Cousteau. Since then, an area the size of Texas has been deforested. From this region of urgency and conflict - where human enterprise and expansion not only compromise the health and ecology of the river and rainforest basin, but also truly inflict consequences on a global scale - come new beacons of hope and sustainability.âĺ_n acest program de douĚăĺÄ ore, Jean Michel Cousteau _ĺŮi echipa Ocean Aventurile viziteazĚăĺÄ bazinul râč÷ului Amazon. Puternicul Amazon curge prin cea mai mare pĚăĺÄdure tropicalĚăĺÄ din lume, creâč÷nd cea mai mare zona de biodiversitate de pe planetĚăĺÄ. Cu douazeci ÎĺŞi cinci de ani â_n urmĚăĺÄ, Jean-Michel a explorat aceastĚăĺÄ regiune fabuloasĚăĺÄ cu tatĚăĺÄl sĚăĺÄu, Jacques Cousteau. De atunci, o zona de marimea Texasului a fost defri_ĺŮatĚăĺÄ.
That Jim Crow was a tremendously important period in United States history is undisputable. Less obvious is how to properly address the violence, politics, and complexities that mark the era. This site looks at the century of segregation following the Civil War (1863-1954). Jim Crow, a name taken from a popular 19th-century minstrel song, came to personify government-sanctioned racial oppression and segregation in the U.S. This website describes pivotal developments during that time дус the Emancipation Proclamation, the Compromise of 1877, the Brown v. Board of Education decision, and others.
Students take on various roles in a debate over the development of a salt production facility at San Ignacio Lagoon in Mexico, a real-life issue concerning one of three major gray whale mating and calving sites.
In this one-hour program, Jean-Michel Cousteau travels with his team to the Arctic and sub-Arctic to discover why some beluga groups are thriving and others are disappearing. The relationship between people and belugas is ancient. For more than 4,000 years, hunters of the north have depended on these whales for their own survival in a land with little to offer. These traditional cultures have now partnered with scientists and modern technology to protect the beluga, which, in turn, ensures their own future. Yet these efforts are only a small part of the story as new discoveries have raised troubling questions about the health of belugas and their long-term survival.
Students will play a fun and engaging card game to learn about seabird adaptations and explore some of the environmental challenges (natural and human-induced) seabirds face. The game focuses on the Common Murre.
This site presents a history of efforts to understand the brain, a three-dimensional tour of the brain, optical illusions, and an animation showing how magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) works. Video clips examine how the brain evolves and differs from infancy to childhood, adolescence, and through adulthood.
The theme of this guide is the protection and maintenance of diverse shark populations by understanding the effect that overfishing has on ocean ecosystem food webs
In this interactive Kindergarten through 2nd grade activity, literacy and exercise unite! Using sight word flashcards, students use their bodies to spell out simple sight words. The use of their creativity and imaginations is encouraged so students can also identify how to make their bodies long, round, wide and narrow. This lesson primarily focuses on the use of psychomotor, cognitive andaffective skills. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
In this video segment from Between the Lions, children from Mississippi introduce and pronounce familiar items that begin with the /s/ sound that the letter "c" makes. Each word is displayed on screen, with the letter "c" highlighted, to emphasize the same sound at the beginning of each word. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
View the video ̢ĺŰĺĎSquid Spawning̢ĺŰĺ to learn about the short life of the opalescent squid. Complete additional activities to further investigate the habitats and adaptations of squid and their relatives.
This video segment from Between the Lions is an original, animated story based on the popular folktale Stone Soup.íń Aliens visit a town and request food but nobody wants to share. The aliens decide to make stone soup and everybody decides to contribute ingredients for the communal meal. The video emphasizes the "s" sound and features the following words: sweeping, sidewalks, sifting, sandboxes, sorting, socks, sudden, sky, saw, spaceship, sight, sorts, secret, sorry, special, stone, soup, supper, sounds, strange, simmering, seven, seconds, salt, since, somewhere, spoon, savory, soy sauce, second, some, slurp, still, satisfied, squash, succotash, salsa, satsumas, stuff, superb, sublime, simply stupendous, succulent, superior, salad, salmon, sausage, schnitzel, stuffed, and sole. This video segment provides a resource for Fluency, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Language and Vocabulary Development, Letter Knowledge Awareness, and Phonological Awareness. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
In this video segment from Between the Lions, a large dinosaur puppet teaches a class of monkeys about ten little words through a song. These words promote reading fluency and include: I, he, they, with, was, his, are, on, as, and for. This video segment provides a resource for Fluency and Phonological Awareness. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
This role-playing activity is based on the Marine Reserves process at the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and explores the complex decision-making process for establishing marine protected areas and resolving resource management issues.
This video segment from Between the Lions is a mixed-media song performed by Fonix about the two sounds made by the letter "g." Words that feature the letter "g" and appear on screen are: gypsy, guppy, goat, galaxy, gentle giant, goo, giraffe, glue, Gina, George, Gene, Gail, Goldie, gossip, strange, gaga, garbage, luggage, grunge, grange, gadget, and gigantic. The "g" is highlighted in a different color. The song also explains the "g" sound when "g" precedes the letters e, i, and y. This video segment provides a resource for Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Letter Knowledge Awareness, and Phonological Awareness. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
This lesson will introduce elementary students to the fiery and explosive nature of volcanoes, using segments from the NATURE film, âKilauea: Mountain of Fire.â Students will get to know different features of volcanoes and volcanic activity: what volcanoes are like, where they are found, how and why they erupt, and what happens after an eruption.
In this two̢ hour program, Jean̢ Michel Cousteau leads an expedition to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). They are the most remote islands on the planet and serve as reminders of what many other reefs used to be, crowded with wildlife and nearly unspoiled. Their isolation, however, has not been able to protect them completely. Voyage to Kure chronicles Jean̢ Michel̢ĺŰĺŞs exploration of this nearly pristine environment and his investigation to uncover the stories of its native people and its exploitation by outsiders.
A report by the Natural Resources Defense Council, explores the water-energy connection through the topic of greenhouse gas emissions.
Not all students live on an ocean coast, but no matter where they live, all students are connected to the ocean via their local watershed. The Watershed Quest Unit is an integrated-curriculum unit that culminates with the creation of a watershed quest, a treasure hunt centered on a watershed in your community. The quest involves sharing and learning information about watersheds in general and about the watershed in the region where the students live.
Students are asked to explain the interactions between the ocean and the shore. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
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The three short activities in this collection explore adaptations that help whales survive in the ocean. The activities include demonstrations and experiments.
In the Web-based game Whale Watcher, students take on the role of an Ocean Adventures expedition member in charge of filming various gray whale behaviors as the team follows the whales on their annual migration. Use the tips and handouts provided below to turn the Whale Watcher game into a structured learning activity for your students.
Type is everywhere. Every print publication, website, movie, advertisement and public message involves the creation or selection of a fitting typeface. Online, a rich and artistic typographical culture exists, where typefaces are created and graphic design seeps in to every image.
This Career Clip features Philip Stockdale, Logistics Manager at DSC Logistics. The facility that Philip works in is a 1.2 million square foot facility with 150 employees and what he enjoys the most is that everyday is different. Philip started out at DSC as a forklift driver and moved up to supervisor and from there into the management roles. The best career advice is to continue to learn and never limit yourself by the types of positions you are willing to take. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
This Career Clip features Rachel Houch, Occupational Therapy Assistant at Good Shepherd in Allentown, PA. She loves to help people and loves the fact that she can be creative in how she accomplishes the tasks of her day. She feels you absolutely need to have a passion for what you do. The difference will make your job a career and not just a job.
Write about something that you used to enjoy doing but that you no longer find interesting. What has changed and what have you learned? ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.
Just because you can̢ĺŰĺŞt see it doesn̢ĺŰĺŞt mean it isn̢ĺŰĺŞt there. Whether it sinks or floats, plastics in the sea spell trouble for all the animals in the ocean. By matching animal cards to plastic risks, students find out the many ways marine life can be affected by plastics in their aquatic home.
This video segment from Between the Lions is a music video featuring Fonix in a blue performance area singing about the joys of the aríń sound. Appearing on screen are the letters and words: a, r, Martha, Mark, park, gargle, car, hard, start, smart, cart, far, star, and part. This video segment provides a resource for Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Letter Knowledge Awareness, and Phonological Awareness. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.