Learners Connection (Website) - FREE PreK-12 educational resources from SDPB, PBS KIDS, PBS LearningMedia, and More!
Example Resources
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- Map the Cones (Lesson/ Related Demo)
- Cow Eye Dissection (Website)
- Could You Replace Your Eye with a Camera? (Video)
- Seeing the Whole Picture: Rods and Cones (Lesson Plan)
- What is a Blind Spot, and How to Find It? (Lesson Plan)
Intertia, Impulse, Friction, or 3rd Class Lever The classic and magical "pull the tablecloth from under the food demo."
- Tablecloth Mission (Activity)
- Stagecoach Travel: 1st Law of Motion (Lesson Plan)
- Newton's First Law of Motion (Video)
- Curious Crew: Levers(Activities)
Corpus Callosum An interesting activity used to test if the corpus callosum (the part of the brain that connects the right and left hemispheres) is connected. (Website)
Related Video - Scientific American Frontiers: The Man With Two Brains (YouTube/ PIECES OF MIND Episode 703)
- Video Lesson (Watch)
- Demo Card: PDF Version
- Brain PowerPoint: PPT version
HERO ELEMENTARY™ - The Science and Engineering Practices are skills that can make all humans truly super. At HERO ELEMENTARY™, these practices are known as the SUPERPOWERS OF SCIENCE, and they combine science and literacy to build powerful learning.
- On PBS Learning Media
- Example: Classifying Matter