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Arnoldsburg Elementary School in Calhoun County partnered with WVPB to present educational activities to engage students while parents met with teachers for conferences!
Students found that activities can be both fun and educational. The evening was spent determining where the ideal cargo location would be for paper airplanes to complete a mission. Another STEM activity included designing the tallest free standing structures using only pipe-cleaners.
Word spiders and Halloween pictures of Super Why! and friends were some of the other activities keeping students engaged.
PBS Kids and West Virginia LearningMedia provide free, curated, educational resources tied to educational standards and sorted by subject area and grade level.
WVPB’s Education team is happy to help bring these resources into your school. To find out more, contact us at education@wvpublic.org
Here is our collection of interactive games for educators on PBS KIDS. Students will enjoy participating in these collaborative, fun and engaging experiences, while exploring curriculum from trusted programs such as Curious George, Super Why and Arthur. Like our programs, all of our games are age-appropriate and vetted by educators.
Many of the PBS character computer games provided for you all in one place. Take your early math and reading learners on adventures with their favorite characters. This table provides a description of the activity, the grade level and skills that are taught, for home or classroom.
For more videos, games and activities go to PBS Kids.
At this year’s annual Rocket Boys Festival, a special PBS KIDS guest landed in Beckely to check out the activity. The Youth Museum of Southern West Virginia sponsored Jet’s excursion. While in Beckely watched rockets being built and greeted some of his fans. Jet got a special treat as he also met West Virginia’s own Rocket Boy, Home Hickam.
Check out Jet on READY JET GO! weekdays at 7:30 a. and 4p. on WVPB. Travel with Jet and his friends as they explore the universe.
Watch videos from your favorite PBS KIDS television series anytime, anywhere (in the USA). PBS KIDS Video features thousands of videos from top PBS KIDS…
Watch videos from your favorite PBS KIDS television series anytime, anywhere (in the USA). PBS KIDS Video features thousands of videos from top PBS KIDS television series, including Curious George, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Wild Kratts, Peg + Cat, The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That, Dinosaur Train, SUPER WHY!, Nature Cat, Ready Jet Go! and Sesame Street.
Camp Focuses on SciGirls! The Clay Center for the Arts and Science used the PBS Kids Sci Girls program as a basis for its Sci Girls Summer Camp.
This year the Clay Center wanted to encourage young girls’ interest in all things science. They turned to the PBS Kids Sci Girls for inspiration. SciGirls is a show for kids ages 8-12 that showcases bright, curious real tween girls putting science and engineering to work in their everyday lives. Each episode follows a different group of middle school girls, whose eagerness to find answers to their questions will inspire your children to explore the world around them and discover that science and technology are everywhere! The goal of SciGirls is nothing less than changing how millions of girls think about science, technology, engineering and math! Every girl can be a SciGirl!
At the camp the girls explored STEAM careers and the health sciences. Campers learned to how to take blood pressure and heart rate, they played a game called Guess the Diagnosis where the girls received a slip of paper with an illness and symptoms and the other girls had to guess what was wrong based on the symptoms acted out. The giggling was infectious.
Kayte Kincaid, Director of Education for the Clay Center, was enthusiastic about the new camp. “The girls are enthusiastic and our partnering with West Virginia Public Broadcasting has provided us access to great resources for our educational program.” Another PBS Kids themed camp based on Nature Cat will take place later this summer.
