Welcome Educators!
QUEST for Educators offers free, standards-based resources to help your curriculum come to life with real-world connections using QUEST media.
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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.
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.
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Super Microscope Educator Guide
Cutting-edge microscopes at the University of California at San Francisco are helping scientists create three-dimensional images of cells, and may help lead to new medical breakthroughs, including a treatment for Type 1 diabetes. This educator guide provides suggestions for using the Super Microscope story in your teaching and presents many ideas for how to dive deeper into the topics of microscopes and Type 1 diabetes with your students.
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Genetic Testing Through the Web Educator Guide
If you could learn your odds of getting cancer, heart disease or diabetes, would you? QUEST investigates what it's like to order a home genetic test to forecast personal medical risks. This educator guide provides activities to assist teachers with the use of the nine minute video segment in their classrooms and provides suggestions for additional educator resources offered in the Bay Area related to the study of the genetics.
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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.
Educational Services Newsletter
Subscribe to our monthly update on new media, events and resources for classroom and informal educators. Topics include science, art and social studies.
Educator Tools
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Why Use Multimedia in Science Education? (82Kb) - For use with any media segment.
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QUEST Education (updated for '08) (92Kb) - Introduction to QUEST’s educational offerings for teaching and learning.
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How to Use Science Media for Teaching and Learning (144Kb) - Strategies for using media in educational settings.
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Educational Trek Activity (Ed Trek) (280Kb) - A form of “questing,” the creation of community treasure hunts.
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Segment Summary Student Sheet (492Kb) - For use with any media segment.
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Personal Response Student Sheet (492Kb) - For use with any media segment.
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Science Multimedia Analysis (82Kb) - For use with any media segment.
Major funding is provided by the National Science Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Foundation, and The Amgen Foundation. Additional support is provided by the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, the William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation, Ann S. Bowers - The Robert Noyce Trust, the Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell Foundation, and the Vadasz Family Foundation.
