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"PBS LearningMedia™ is your destination for easy, instant access to thousands of classroom-ready, digital resources including videos and interactives perfect for the Interactive Whiteboard, plus audio and photos, and even in-depth lesson plans. You can search, save, and share with ease. Best of all, PBS LearningMedia™ is free for educators. "

"A journal is a gift that keeps giving throughout the year, but a homemade journal can be even more meaningful. This guide shows you how to make a simple 50-page journal using tools you already have, including a color inkjet printer, your Mac, and Pages '09. Be sure to have heavy paper, Elmer's Glue-All, wax paper, an X-Acto knife, a metal ruler, and a paintbrush you don't mind using with glue on hand before you start. You'll also need access to a paper cutter."

Teacher Guides: Can You Trust the News? How to Teach Students to Recognize Good Journalism Welcome, teachers! Today's students are coming of age during unprecedented changes in how we consume news and information. They have access to worlds of knowledge other generations could hardly have imagined. In order to effectively use this knowledge and make well-informed decisions as citizens, they must first learn to be discerning about the information they consume. As educators, it's our responsibility to nurture critical thinking skills and a healthy skepticism to help them reach that goal - along with an appreciation for quality journalism.

Traading cards Phylo (or if you rather use our preferred term of endearment, Phylomon), is many things. It is: 1. A card game that makes use of the wonderful, complex and inspiring things that inform the notion of biodiversity. 2. An exercise in crowd sourcing, open access, and open source game development. 3. Freakin' awesome! "

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