As teachers, students, and families deal with school closures, PBS LearningMedia producers and educators have come together to curate a special collection of resources organized [More]

As teachers, students, and families deal with school closures, PBS LearningMedia producers and educators have come together to curate a special collection of resources organized by grade and subject area. Find videos, lesson plans, and activities that support learning at home. Create a free account to save and organize content.

Featured lesson plans in this collection contain full contextualization for the media they include. Plan and adapt our lessons in creative ways, using the Lesson Builder tool, Google Classroom, Remind, and more.

For early educators, we’ve assembled packets of printable activities to download and share with parents and students. Check out our PreK-K packet, and Grades 1-2 packets.

For Spanish-language content, see our Recursos de PreK-12 para Cierres de Emergencia.

Los maestros, los estudiantes y las familias se están preparando para el cierre de escuelas, y el equipo creador de las lecciones y los educadores [More]

Los maestros, los estudiantes y las familias se están preparando para el cierre de escuelas, y el equipo creador de las lecciones y los educadores de PBS LearningMedia se han unido para seleccionar una colección especial de recursos organizados por grado y materia. En la colección, hay videos, planes y actividades que apoyan el aprendizaje en el hogar. Regístrese con una cuenta gratis para guardar y organizar sus selecciones.

Los planes en esta colección contienen una contextualización completa con los recursos visuales incluidos. Planifique y use nuestras lecciones en maneras creativas, utilizando Lesson Builder, Google Classroom, Remind y más.

Muchos de estos recursos son bilingües. Para encontrar la versión en español, seleccione Español en el menú desplegable que se encuentra cerca de la imagen y la descripción del recurso.

Para los educadores de niñez temprana, tenemos paquetes de actividades que podrán bajar, imprimir y compartir con padres y estudiantes. Revise nuestro paquete PreK-K y los paquetes de 1er y 2do grado.

For English-language content, see our collection: PreK-12 Resources for Emergency Closings.

Many children have questions and can feel uneasy when emergencies occur in their communities. The Meet the Helpers toolkit is designed to introduce “helpers” and [More]

Many children have questions and can feel uneasy when emergencies occur in their communities. The Meet the Helpers toolkit is designed to introduce “helpers” and explain the role they play in emergency situations. Included in the toolkit are videos and hands-on activities that provide educators and families with developmentally appropriate resources for young children.

For more information on this WUCF initiative, visit meetthehelpers.org.

First responders like firefighters and police officers face dangerous and difficult situations on a regular basis. The intense challenges that emergency situations bring may be [More]

First responders like firefighters and police officers face dangerous and difficult situations on a regular basis. The intense challenges that emergency situations bring may be reduced by new technological inventions that offer greater protection and new ways to save lives. This lesson is part of NewsHour Extra’s “Invention Education” series which takes a look at how the invention process begins–from identifying a problem to solve to designing and redesigning a product to applying for a patent. However big or small, inventions change lives each day. Overview: Students will identify a problem that police personnel or firefighters experience in various phases of their work. Students will conceptualize, design and fabricate an inventive device. Devices may be a retrofit of an existing device (innovation) or a device not yet produced (invention) that meets the beneficiaries’ needs. Students will utilize the invention process to ensure that useful and unique devices are fabricated and that they may be transferable into other fields and are marketable. Students will showcase their inventions to first responders in their local community who will review and provide feedback. Take a look at this lesson plan in action by watching the video below! Doug Scott teaches Engineering and Robotics at Hopkinton High School in Massachusetts. He started off as a business undergraduate student at Framingham State University but was always a lifelong inventor at heart. Doug’s 17-year teaching career sprung from his hockey coaching experiences, which have been instrumental in helping him motivate students through the inventing processes. Doug and the Natick High School InvenTeam participated in the Lemelson-MIT Program’s EurekaFest in 2013. In the spring of 2014, Doug accompanied two student representatives from Natick to the fourth White House Science Fair. Just a few years later, their invention was awarded U.S. Patent 20,140,360,420. Doug was awarded the 2014 Massachusetts STEM Teacher of the Year and continues to be an advocate for invention education for all.  Access the original lesson from PBS NewsHour here.

Kate’s commitment to caring for hospital patients sparked a career change to firefighting. This video is part of the series SciGirls Profiles: Women in STEM, [More]

Kate’s commitment to caring for hospital patients sparked a career change to firefighting. This video is part of the series SciGirls Profiles: Women in STEM, which includes 12 role model videos of women who are passionate about their STEM work, hobbies, families and making the world a better place. These videos introduce students to women working in traditionally male STEM occupations, and inspire them around career exploration in fields like technology, engineering, manufacturing and trades.  Each video provides explicit strategies for overcoming barriers and finding success and joy in jobs where women are heavily underrepresented.

Directions: Read the summary, watch the video and answer the discussion questions. You may want to read along using the transcript. Summary: Officials have released [More]

Directions: Read the summary, watch the video and answer the discussion questions. You may want to read along using the transcript. Summary: Officials have released the names of 23 people who died from a tornado that hit Lee County, Alabama, on March 3, 2019. Rescue efforts are winding down, though many residents will face a long road to recovery after losing homes and livelihoods to the 170 mile-per-hour winds. President Donald Trump, who plans to visit victims of the tornado on Friday, tweeted: “FEMA has been told directly by me to give the A Plus treatment to the Great State of Alabama and the wonderful people who have been so devastated by the Tornadoes.” This was in contrast to how he reacted to Californians after last spring’s wildfires and victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, which included rhetoric blaming local leaders. Over the past thirty years, tornadoes have shifted their location — decreasing in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas but increasing in states along the Mississippi River and farther east, according to a recent study in the journal Climate and Atmospheric Science.Scientists aren’t certain why this shift has taken place but are continuing their research. March 6, 2019 video and resource materials from PBS NewsHour. Check out our Daily News Story collection, or find more at PBS NewsHour Extra.