Weekly Content Themes: February
Week of 2/1: Celebrating Black History Month
Add depth and dimension to your Black History Month lessons
with an amazing collection of resources highlighting key events,
movements, and traditions as well as notable leaders, poets, and
musicians.
Week of 2/8: Math-a-Mania!
This fun mix of math resources support young counters as well as
upper-level number crunchers. Elementary resources can be
used to enhance “100th Day of School” projects throughout
February.
Week of 2/15: Blast Off! The Solar System & Beyond
Grab your helmets and follow us into space! This week’s
resources support the on-air premiere of PBS KIDS newest
program, Ready, Jet, Go! (2/15) and reinforce key concepts in
science.
Week of 2/22: National Engineers Week
Explore the frontiers of engineering with PBS! Featured resources
highlight careers in engineering and offer students a look at what
it takes to design rockets, jets, and 3D printers.
NOTE: The application window for the PBS LearningMedia
Digital Innovator Program closes on 2/8/16.
Looking for additional content to feature this month? Here are a few
key events to keep on your radar:
2/1/1902 | Birth of Langston Hughes
2/2 | Groundhog Day
2/4/1789 | G. Washington Elected
2/7/1812 | Birth of Charles Dickens
2/7 | The Super Bowl
2/8 | Chinese New Year
12/9 | Mardis Gras
12/10 | Ash Wednesday
2/11/1847 | Birth of Thomas Edison
2/12/1809 | Birth of Abraham Lincoln
Social Studies
2/14 | St. Valentine’s Day
2/15 | Presidents’ Day
2/15 | 100th Day of School
2/21-27 | Nat’l Engineers Week
2/22/1732 | Birth of George Washington
2/24/1868 | Andrew Johnson Impeached
2/28/1953 | DNA Structure Discovered
Library Lovers' Mon.
American Heart Mon.
Black History Mon.
Math
Science
Technology
Recommended Resources
The following resources reflect our weekly themes and represent some of the most dynamic content in the PBS LearningMedia library.
We invite PBS Stations to integrate these resources into local marketing efforts. Featured resources are subject to change.
Week of 2/1: Celebrating Black History
Week of 2/8: Math-a-Mania Week
1) 100th Day of School Guide | Peg + Cat | PreK-1
2) Many Ways to Make a Whole | KET | PreK-1
3) Odd Squad Collection | Odd Squad | K-3
4) Skip Counting | The Electric Company | 1-3, 13+
5) Multiplication Trick | Full-Time Kid | 2-5
6) PBS Math Club | PBS | 3-9
7) Math at the Core | Various| 5-8
8) Zombies and Calculus | NOVA | 6-12
9) The Odds of Finding Love | It’s Okay to Be Smart | 6-13+
10) Writing Algebraic Equations | Math Shorts| 7
Week of 2/15: Blast Off! The Solar System and Beyond
1) Let There Be Light | Sid the Science Kid | PreK-1
2) Lost and Spaced | The Electric Company | K-3
3) Mission: Solar System | Design Squad Nation | 3-8, 13+
4) Neil Armstrong | PBS World Explorers | 4-9
5) Is There Life on Mars? | The Advanced Apes | 4-12
6) Space Junk | Stem In 30 | 5-8
7) Solar Spotting | Science Friday | 6-12
8) How Big is the Solar System? | It’s Okay to Be Smart | 6-12
9) Life Beyond the Solar System | NOVA | 6-13
10) Humanity from Space | DSP | 9-12
TBD: Resources from the PBS KIDS series, Ready, Jet, Go!
Week of 2/22: National Engineers Week
1) Grrr! I Want to Be the Engineer | Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood | PreK-1
2) Who Helps Build a Community? | Bob the Builder | PreK-2
3) How to Build a Rocket | Rocky Mountain PBS | PreK-3
4) Teaching NGSS Engineering Design Through Media | WGBH | K-12
5) Building Kids Program | Classroom Close-Up NJ | 3-5, 13+
6) SciGirls Collection | SciGirls | 5-8
7) Engineering Is… | QUEST | 6-12
8) Chemical Engineer | Engineering Your Future | 6-12
9) Aerospace Engineering Collection | WGBH | 6-12
10) 3D Frontiers | North Carolina Science Now | 6-12
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Stepping | Postcards from Buster | PreK-4
Black History Month | U.S. Department of State | 2-6
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross | WNET | 2-13+
March on Washington Collection | Various | 3-12
Tuskegee Airmen | Iowa Public Television | 5-10
More Than a Month? | Independent Lens| 5-13+
Poet Maya Angelou | PBS NewsHour | 7-12
Using Oral History | Hudson West Productions | 9-12
African American Tradition | Give Me the Banjo | 9-12
Finding Your Roots Collection | WNET | 9-13+