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Educator Guides

Discover interactive ways to supplement your curriculum with QUEST media; all Guides are designed for use in both formal and informal learning environments and include information about Bay Area organizations that offer topic-specific lesson plans, workshops, and field trips.

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Earth Day 2008

Earth Day Special Educator Guide

The Bay Area has long embraced a vigorous environmental movement. Take an in-depth look at its beginnings and past successes, from cleaning up smog to protecting open space. You’ll also find out about the most urgent ecological threats the Bay Area will face in the decades ahead.

artists conception of a planet outside our solar system orbiting a star

Planet Hunters Educator Guide

Are we alone in the universe? Do other planets exist outside of our solar system? If so, are any of these planets similar to our own? Astronomers are currently finding the answers to these and a host of other questions as they discover planets circling distant stars. Use this educator guide in conjunction with The Planet Hunters television story and Exoplanets radio story to introduce students to the techniques scientists are using to look for other planets.

pink and green northern lights with a tree silhouette in foreground

Illuminating the Northern Lights Educator Guide

Download this Educator Guide to use in conjunction with Illuminating the Northern Lights story. Find references for books, web sites, and activities to engage your students in learning about the aurora borealis.

landslide aftermath with condemned blue house

Landslide Detectives Educator Guide

In this Educator Guide, you will find landslide data and activities to use in your classroom to accompany the Landslide Detectives story.

black and white cows with ear tags

Waste to Watts Educator Guide

Help students explore new methods for limiting waste and creating energy with the Waste to Watts story and Educator Guide.

baseball with smoke trails in wind tunnel

Physics of Baseball Educator Guide

There are an infinite number of examples an educator can use to show the properties of physics. Use this QUEST segment and Educator Guide to explore the physics behind baseball and see how one Bay Area teacher explains the connections.

A handful of several invasive sponges and sea squirts

San Francisco Bay Invaders Educator Guide

Use this educator guide to show your students examples of invasive species found right here in the San Francisco Bay and find out what activities you can do in your own area to study their impact.

stem cells

Stem Cells Educator Guide

Use QUEST television and radio stories along with this educator guide to help your students learn exactly what stem cells are, their potential to help scientific research, and why their use has been controversial.

Sudden Oak Death Educator Guide

Introduce students to the troubles facing local oak trees and find resources for teaching about oak woodlands in this educator guide.

A huge wave at Mavericks

Science of Big Waves Educator Guide

Where do ocean waves come from? How are they generated and how do they gain speed? What makes one wave bigger then the next and how do different waves move? Use this QUEST segment and educator guide to help answer these questions.

Visit the KQED Science Education Workshop Web Site

Visit the KQED Science Education Workshop Web site to find additional information about upcoming and past QUEST trainings including workshop templates, agendas, and links.

Interested in scheduling a short presentation for a group of science educators on QUEST multimedia resources or on creating Explorations? Email us at ScienceEd@kqed.org.

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