Tag: PBS Learning Media

New Artist Series on WVLearningMedia

ArtVoiceWV is a new collection of artist videos and corresponding art lesson plans on West Virginia LearningMedia.  After receiving positive reviews of our In the Making Collection, a similar project which

Printmaking in the style of Jan Heath

linked artist videos with art lessons,  do art in the style of …series we were approached by Jack Kelly a long time public broadcasting producer.  Jack has created a series of beautiful videos looking at the process of artistic inspiration. Jack has focused on West Virginia artists.  Once again, WVPB collaborated with our 2016 Digital Innovator, Rebecca Recco to create a marvelous set of art lessons with corresponding art videos. 

The intent of the art instruction videos is to provide any teacher the opportunity to have students learn about a particular artist and then to create art in that particular style.  The success of this series is told anecdotally by a middle school teacher in Calhoun County:  While she was out to dinner with her husband, she received a text from a student.  The student wanted to know where to get the video about the stained glass art project so he could do the project with his parents.

Art in the style of Chris Dutch

(Stained Glass in the Style of Chris Dutch.)  Since we have posted the first series about 1100 people have used the videos.  We are hopeful the ArtVoiceWV Collection will have a similar impact. 

Have fun, check it out.  You too can be an artist.

Sid the Science Kid drops in at The Clay Center

WVPB Volunteer helps a young fan with a PBS game.

On Saturday WVPB | Education joined with the Clay Center to present “A Summer of Science Bash” with a special appearance from PBS Kids perennial favorite, “Sid the Science Kid.”

Over 300 children and their parents spent the day practicing hands on science projects and exploring a new Thomas the Tank Engine exhibit which will be open through the summer. 

For more information about summer activities for your scientist check out PBS Kids/parents.  The Clay Center is also sponsoring a summer full of Summer Science Camps including camps in late July based on PBS programs: SciGirls and Nature Cat.

Earth Day Resources for Grades K-12

West Virginia LearningMedia   is a constant go to spot for digital educational resources for the classroom.  Make learning come alive with some images from the very first Earth Day or take a peak at how climate change is affecting our planet.  Sometimes all it takes is a short video clip to engage your students and by providing them with an image of the lesson you are teaching the concepts stay with them.

Looking for a way to engage students, choose a topic, explore LearningMedia and see what you can bring to the classroom.

We have chosen a few of our favorite Earth Day lessons below. 

We’ve only got one earth, don’t you think we should celebrate it? Earth Day is an opportunity to cherish our planet and recognize how to protect it.

 

 

 

The first Earth Day — April 22, 1970 — marked the advent of a new movement among the American citizenry to effect change in environmentalism. View a gallery of the effort, from American Experience: “Earth Days: The Seeds of a Revolution.”

 

 

Weather is notoriously unpredictable. From one moment to the next, any of dozens of atmospheric variables can change to create a new weather event. In contrast, climate descriptions, which identify average and normal temperatures and precipitation levels, tend to be perceived as stable, at least over time scales that humans can easily relate to. However, that hasn’t always been the case. This video segment adapted from NOVA describes climate data that suggest the Earth has undergone dramatic climate shifts in relatively short spans of time.

Inuit observers describe how their traditional understanding of weather patterns is being challenged by unpredictable weather behaviors in this video segment adapted from the International Institute for Sustainable Development. A female Inuit elder explains how it was traditionally the task of the women and girls to forecast the weather for hunting trips. Recent changes in climate have increased the uncertainty of using the traditional knowledge of Alaska Native science to predict the weather and associated animal behaviors, and this is having an impact on the subsistence lifestyle.

STEAM Challenge Issued

STEAM power WV Do you work with students in grades 3 to 5? Do you like to integrate technology into your lessons? Step up to the WVPB STEAM power WV…

STEAM power WV  

Do you work with students in grades 3 to 5?  Do you like to integrate technology into your lessons?  Step up to the WVPB STEAM power WV Challenge and win a chance to earn cash to purchase technology for your classroom.

It’s simple:  Integrate Art into your STEM lessons. Complete 4 lessons , 1 in each of the STEM fields and submit a couple of pictures of the finished projects.  The lessons are designed to be completed in one class period.  They are perfect for those after test afternoons or an afterschool activity.

The Challenge is open to all West Virginia teachers and caregivers of students in grades 3-5.  All entries must be submitted by May 6 to be eligible for prizes.   A$500 first place prize and a $200 second place prize will be awarded at each grade level 3, 4 and 5 grades.  Prizewinners will be randomly selected among classroom or programs submitting a completed entry.

This Challenge is supported by a grant through the West Virginia Division of Culture and History and the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation.

Teachers: Check out PBS LearningMedia

Teachers are taking a well deserved rest over the winter break.  However, somehow it is difficult to leave the classroom and students behind. Every experience is translated into how that can be a teachable moment in the classroom.  While taking a few moments to troll the internet, check out West Virginia PBS LearningMedia, a free digital platform with over 100 thousand media resources.  The site is searchable by grade level, preK to adult development, subject area, media type.  It has a student portal and even better, has been curated so students are able to search freely.

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So, take a few minutes of time this holiday to check out some of the resources on West Virginia PBS LearningMedia.   It just might expand your classroom as you join millions of educators around the country bringing public media into the classroom.

If you are interested in hosting a West Virginia LearningMedia training for you school please call us at WVPB Education, 304-556-4904.

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