Game-based learning is a tried-and-true educational approach, made more effective by the growing availability of interactive digital content. In this workshop, participants will become familiar with virtual and game-based learning resources created by GPB Education and distributed through our streaming partnership with PBS LearningMedia. Explore ideas for how virtual and game-based approaches can pair meaningful learning activities with appropriate assessment challenges, and enable students to enthusiastically engage in mastering knowledge and skills that are relevant to real-world experiences.
Participants will become familiar with the active-learning U.S history resources created by GPB Education while modeling ideas for how virtual reality and game-based learning can pair engaging activities with appropriate assessment challenges and enable students to master knowledge and literacy skills that are relevant to real-world experiences.
This writing unit explores the history of the Holocaust and how it relates to modern-day bullying. Students examine poems, literature and other text to enhance their knowledge of the Holocaust while strengthening their understanding of tone, mood, allegory, diction, point of view, and theme. Then, students write an informative essay on their literary understanding within the context of the Holocaust and its connection to bullying. The unit concludes with students using their writing to create a public service announcement.
Young professionals tell us about their jobs and take us behind the scenes to show us what they do every day. Learn about in-demand jobs, and what it takes to...
Education at GPB | Invites you to accompany | Our professional learning reverie | On poetry and symmetry | Both Rhyme and Reason | ‘Tis the season | For Math Poetry Month! Join us for an exploration of free PBS LearningMedia resources that pair poems and patterns for unique ways to inspire mathematically creative thinking in your students!
Using archival news footage, primary sources, and interview segments originally filmed for Eyes on the Prize, but not included in the final broadcast, this collection captures the voices, images...
Classroom Conversations is the place for teachers to share and learn. Presented by the Georgia Department of Education and Georgia Public Broadcasting, each episode features Georgia educators who are teaching...
In this episode of School Stories, we visit Coleman Middle School in Gwinnett County to learn about the school's STEAM project-based learning curriculum.
Entertaining, educational and inspiring, these virtual concerts from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra are a great resource for students and educators alike.
PBS LearningMedia provides a free digital resource library and suite of productivity tools, with lesson plans and self-directed modules that can be used for differentiation. After setting up a free account, learn how to locate and explore engaging STEAM content, organize it into folders, and integrate it into instruction via your teacher dashboard. Highlighted STEAM resources include thousands of teacher support materials built around excerpts from familiar PBS shows along with grab-and-go interactive lesson plans for immediate use.
In this English Language Arts (ELA) unit plan, students work in groups to create a small business idea. Throughout the unit, students develop a small business idea, interview small business owners in the community, strengthen their business plan based on ideas they gleaned from their interviews, and finally, pitch their ideas - using persuasive language and advertisements - to business owners in their community.
Host Stephen Fowler explains what happens to a bill after Crossover Day in the legislature. Bills that are not passed by Crossover Day — known as "Zombie Bills — are still able to "see the light of day" if they are attached to a bill that has already been passed.
Cyberchase is the Emmy award-winning animated math mystery show featuring a team of curious kids who use their math and problem-solving skills to outwit and outsmart the villain Hacker in...