Transcript Discovering the Hidden Treasures of KLRN and PBS

Discovering the
Hidden Treasures of
KLRN and PBS
Presented by Charlotte Dolat
Alamo Heights ISD
September 15, 2007
KLRN and PBS provide thousands of
lesson plans, teaching activities,
on-demand video assets, and
interactive games and simulations.
Cyberchase: My Cyberchase Summer
Cyberchase provides engaging handson lessons and activities. Each activity
is rooted in the NCTM standards, in
addition to the fun, you can expect
lots of math learning in every activity.
Appropriate for kids in grades 3-5.
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase
Fetch!
Activities
A listing of real-world projects to extend the
teachings of the television series
FETCH! Labs
A listing of places in museums around the USA where kids can try FETCH!
activities.
Web Links
Science-themed Web links related to FETCH! activities
FETCH! Activity Guide
Easy-to-use guide with step-by-step instructions, discussion questions, activity
sheets, FETCH! Club membership cards, and award certificates
FETCH! Challenge Pack
A collection of science activity sheets ideal for family events, afterschool,
workshops, and exhibits
Recommended Books
http://pbskids.org/fetch/
Science-themed books related to FETCH! Activities
PBS Kids GO!
PBS KIDS GO! is a new place on PBS for big kids — kids who like to play games,
solve puzzles, share their own stories and much more. PBS KIDS GO! is on TV
weekday afternoons and is the place to find Arthur and Cyberchase, as well as
their new shows, Maya & Miguel and Postcards from Buster.
http://pbskids.org/go/
DragonFly TV
The Dragonfly TV Web site is designed to get kids excited about science. By showcasing
real kids finding science in the things they love, kids learn that science can be fun, edgy
and exciting.
Kids can play online science games, read what other kids did on the show, take part in
nationwide science experiments, download a copy of the DragonflyTV Science
Journal, and -- best of all -- tell DragonflyTV what they're investigating!
DragonFly TV has teacher's guides , chocked full of ideas for do-it-yourself
investigations.
http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/
NOVA scienceNow
Every day, there are new developments in scientific research. The NOVA scienceNOW
Web site helps you keep current with the most important stories.
Find activity ideas for before and after viewing
NOVA scienceNOW. For other useful educator
resources, including science cafés, science
news, and research projects, go to Get
Involved.
Print interviews with their featured scientist.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/
Nova
Find all your classroom tools here, including classroom activities,
TV program descriptions, related NOVA resources, and
interactives for students.
NOVA Podcast
Hear brief audio stories from the world of science—from hurricanes to
mummies to neutrinos—that expand on topics from NOVA T.V. programs
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
Scientific American Frontiers
Each SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN FRONTIERS program is accompanied
by an online teaching guide filled with science activities. Their
guides are presented in an easy-to-print format, and educators
are encouraged to download and photocopy these materials for
use in the classroom.
Pet Tech
http://www.pbs.org/saf/
Nature
Thirteen/WNET's Educational Publishing Department prepares educational kits to
accompany NATURE television programming. These guides are available in print
and electronically, as PDFs (Portable Document Format), through the Web.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/
PBS Teachers
PBS Teachers is PBS' national web destination for high-quality preK-12
educational resources.
Here you'll find classroom materials suitable for a wide range
of subjects and grade levels. PBS provides thousands of lesson
plans, teaching activities, on-demand video assets, and
interactive games and simulations.
These resources are correlated to state and national educational
standards and are tied to PBS' award-winning on-air and online
programming like NOVA, Nature, Cyberchase, Between the Lions
and more.
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/
PBS TeacherLine
PBS TeacherLine is the premier resource offering professional development
courses online to individual PreK-12 teachers and districts.
These online courses give you the latest research-based teaching
methods in a flexible, community-based format that fits your needs.
They offer over 100 online courses in mathematics, reading, science,
instructional strategies, and technology integration.
http://teacherline.pbs.org/teacherline/
Marks the spot for true lesson
treasures!