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PBS Teachers has lesson plans and other materials from PBS to teach social studies in all grades

This sight is an interactive resource for teachers of all content areas in Highschool. It has flash games and visual aids on core subject content, that can help create a more interactive and visual class. Pbs also has blogs for parents and teachers to connect on many of the content areas.

This site consists of classroom resources for 9-12th grade reading and a discussion board for teachers.

The pbs site has a lot of good tips for teachers for a classroom in the k-12 setting. It has a lot of good ideas for activities in the classroom for every subject. As a foreign lanuage teacher, I found some good things under the reading and language arts tabs.

Great resource for teachers to get ideas for lessons you can chat with other teachers. Professional development

This website offers short clips that help explain many topics that you may be covering in your classrooms from gangs to how chocolate is made.

Offers Science and technology resources for teachers pre-k -th grades

"An award-winning source for standards-based classroom resources in science, technology and engineering, from NOVA and other public television series." A free digital library associated with PBS provides teachers with downloadable video & audio clips that are aligned with education standards. Scientific topics include earth science, geography, life science, etc.

A great resource for interactive videos, clips, etc to use in your classes and powerpoints and lessons.

Great instructional video for teachers and parents to understand the teenage brain. If you are planning on teaching middle and high school I strongly recommend it. If you have taken SECD 4140 you might've seen it already. For me, it was an eye opener. I was a teenager a long time ago and sometimes I feel like I don't really relate or understand certain behaviors. After watching this video I feel more compassionate towards teenagers! Check it out! Click on "View Full Program Online".  

A documentary about how teenagers are affected by the media and how the media is affected by teenagers.

This site helps teacher, parents, and students cope with diversity in the classroom and how to incorporate different cultures in each lesson.

This is a great source for science teachers. It is a way to provide students with a glimpse at the lives of modern day scientists. There is a tab for teachers which provides tips for teachers (lesson plans, 5 minute tasks to do in class, project ideas, homework assignments), web resources, video clips, etc.