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started by Victoria Rydberg on 10 Mar 11
  • Victoria Rydberg
     
    You can subscribe to this newsletter for updates each week about what is on PBS and how it connects in your classroom. Here is a blurb from the science/tech section:

    SCIENCE AND TECH
    FRONTLINE World: Rough Cut: Panama: The Last Medicine Woman
    Video
    Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
    Meet one of the last traditional medicine women in Panama, a Kuna Indian who prescribes plants for patients who come to see her with problems, and compare her work with the Smithsonian's search for medicines among the same plants.
    http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2007/03/panama_the_last.html
    ZOOM: Science rocks: Coloring Flowers
    Activity
    Grade Range: PreK, K-2, 3-5
    Turn white carnations green for St. Patrick's Day or experiment with a variety of colors while learning how flowers get the water they need.
    http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/coloringflowers.html
    NOVAscienceNow: Mass Extinction
    Video and Lesson Plan
    Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12
    Travel back in time and geology to discover how ancient volcanoes may have been the cause of mass extinction during the Permian period.
    http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/oer09.sci.life.evo.massextinct/


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