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Grade 6-8
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Baseball: The Tenth Inning
Find ideas for using this series and the sport of baseball to teach concepts such as economics, force, motion, oral history, and women's rights.
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NOVA
Travel with NOVA to northeastern China where beautiful and bizarre fossils have astonished scientists and reignited the debate over the origin of flight and how birds evolved.
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Tap the Power of Technology
Squeeze more time out of your day by tapping the power of technology to communicate, create and plan.
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PBS Video
Engage students with video from favorite PBS programming including Nature, NOVA, Frontline, POV, and more.
6-8 Subjects
Featured Content
- Access, Analyze, Act: Economic Theory to Financial Reality – Case studies with media-rich lesson plans for teaching economics
- Copyright & Fair Use – Guidelines for recording and using PBS content in educational contexts
- AASL Articles – Selected articles from AASL's flagship publication, Knowledge Quest
- STEM Education Resource Center – Science, Technology, Engineering and math resources for teachers
- Media Literacy Resources – PBS resources, classroom activities, a quiz and more
- Resource Roundups – Summaries of PBS resources organized by subject area and topic
New 6-8 Resources
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Teaching Reading in Science
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PBS Teachers Live! Webinars feature education technology experts and PBS producers sharing resources and strategies to help teachers use digital media to engage students in rich learning experiences. Recordings of all of our previous events are available on the archive page.
