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Engage your learners with high quality, content standards-aligned KQED multimedia and curricula integrating 21st century literacies. Join with other Bay Area educators in trainings and events designed to support your use of these resources.
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QUEST: Acidic Seas
For years, our oceans have been hard at work absorbing the carbon dioxide
that humans create through burning fossil fuels. But all that extra CO2
is having a dramatic effect. Find out how it is making our oceans more
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Featured Event:
Calligraphy and Beyond: Studying Chinese Art
KQED Education Network and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco present a two-day teacher
workshop on Chinese art, and accessing educational video content online.
Friday, March 12, 5-7pm and Saturday, March 13, 9:30am-2pm.
Arts
KQED's resources for arts educators highlight local artists of all disciplines and may be used to develop arts curricula, create arts assessment rubrics, and deepen students' experience of art.
Science
Generate interest in Science and stimulate students' imagination with KQED's free standards-aligned science education resources.
Social Studies - Language Arts
Bring an array of voices and histories to your students with KQED training and curricular resources for Social Studies and Language Arts teachers.
Post Secondary Education
KQED offers an array of trainings and resources for bringing the principles of media literacy into the curriculum for novice and veteran educators and instructors in adult schools, community colleges, and universities.
PBS.org/Teachers
Multimedia resources and professional development for America's preK-12 educators from PBS.
Teachers' Domain
A database of local and national multimedia resources based on popular PBS programming.
Media Literacy
Foster independent thinking and 21st century literacy skills with KQED Media Literacy resources.
Learn more: EdServices@kqed.org, 800.723.3566
Blog: media.infusion @ PBS Teachers
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SciGirls: Challenging Girls to be Their Very Best
by Janet English SciGirls is a compelling new PBS program that begins airing this month. The goal is to get middle school girls more deeply engaged in STEM activities. To grab their interest, the producers have incorporated twenty-five years of research on how girls learn to build a series of shows and activities that are captivating and engaging for a young girl's mind. I'm excited to see what they've done! Here?s a sneak peak: Girls are motivated by projects that they find...
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