108 Stitches: The Physics in Baseball

This new PBS 45 & 49 multimedia project offers a science-based curriculum that uses the game of baseball to demonstrate basic principles of physics as set forth by the National Science Education Standards and the Ohio Science Academic Content Standards.   [more]  [watch online]

Ama-Zone! The Rain Forest Project

Are you ready for an adventure in the jungle?   [more]  [watch online]

Antarctica: 90 Degrees South

This PBS 45 & 49 series goes south -- so far south that it's almost north! -- to discover the little-understood continent of Antarctica.   [more]  [watch online]

Big or Small: Measure It All

Five 10-minute videos focus on how mathematics is used in the real world.  [more]  [watch online]

Constitution Challenge

In the form of a game show, the Constitution Challenge multimedia package features both “the man of the street” and student contestants as they answer questions about the constitution. The components of the series have been designed for use as either stand-alone educational tools or as a complete package.   [more]  [watch online]

Economics Academy 101

Economics helps us understand how goods and services are provided and acquired (supply and demand). The focus of this project is to provide an understanding of the basics of economics, and to view economics with a historical perspective.  [more]  [watch online]

It’s a Gas! Math & Science of the Blimp

The workings of the blimp provide the framework for teachers to illustrate the concepts students must understand to pass Ohio’s proficiency tests.   [more]  [watch online]

The Language of Trauma and Loss

The Language of Trauma and Loss provides teachers with information about the effect of trauma and loss on children, and the teacher’s role in identifying and referring appropriate students. The program also helps teachers establish a “safe” classroom and improve language arts skills using trauma and loss as a vehicle.   [more]  [watch online]

Math & Science Gumbo

Weights, measures, cooking times and temps, physical and chemical changes … you name it and the Kitchen Mathematician will beat, mix, blanche, toast, boil and fricassee food to explore the math and science that goes into cooking.   [more]  [watch online]

Media Moments / Media Literacy

Students can find out what goes into making the nightly news and learn critical thinking skills in interacting with the media.   [more]  [watch online]

One State-Many Nations: Native Americans of Ohio

PBS 45 & 49 presents a new multimedia project that studies the rich cultural and historical heritage of the Native American nations that have populated Ohio since prehistoric times. Using the print and Web resources that support the series, students will meet the nations and their leaders through a fun and interactive collection of exercises.   [more]  [watch online]

Sharing Art

There are artists among us who actually make a living making art!   [more]  [watch online]

Shortcuts to Happiness: The Performing Arts

This 10-video series offers insight into the careers that work together to make “theater.” Each segment shows a person whose profession is acting, writing, directing, etc. We then go to the Broadway Series and see their craft “up close.” Finally we see students performing these same tasks in their schools.   [more]  [watch online]

Snapshot: The Decades

Using historical footage and narration, this series focuses on the social, economic, political and scientific events of each decade — from the 1920s to the 1960s.   [more]  [watch online]

Speaking of History … Doing Oral History Projects

Collecting and archiving oral histories is a wonderful way to build community, present proficiency skills in a real-life setting, preserve histories that may soon be gone forever and make these collections available to the entire community.   [more]  [watch online]

Test Quest

Welcome to Test Quest, where you can set forth on an adventure to pass the Ultimate Challenge — the Proficiency Test.   [more]  [watch online]

You Be the Producer

In today’s classroom, digital photography and digital video enable students to make a clear visual connection with their subject matter. The purpose of this project is to provide guidance and resources for teachers so they can help students tell their stories digitally.   [more]  [watch online]