Celebrate Poetry Month   

Help your students explore the power of language, look at the world with a fresh sense of wonder, and build reading and writing skills. These video segments, drawn from the PBS Poetry Everywhere series and produced in partnership with the Poetry Foundation, capture some of the voices of poetry, past and present.

Find the collection at: http://www.teachersdomain.org/special/pe08-ex/

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              Announcing New Additions To Our                Polar Sciences Collection

To celebrate International Polar Year, take a flying tour over McMurdo Station in Antarctica and delve into the geology and ecosystems of this vast continent with three new resources in our award-winning Polar Sciences Collection that celebrate International Polar Year. 

• Observing Antarctica
• Studying Antarctic Seals
• Studying the Antarctic Sea Floor

 

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To create a new folder, simply click on "My Folders" then "Manage My Folders."  Follow the prompts to add or delete folders from your account.

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Stay tuned for other fun, new features coming this summer that will give you more opportunities to customize and share your experience with Teachers’ Domain!! 

   

See inquiry classrooms in action, learn science concepts through online WGBH Teachers’ Domain Professional Development (TDPD) courses, and earn graduate credit. Digital media from award-winning public television programs is a part of every course.

Teachers’ Domain Online Course Spotlight: 

Teaching High School Biology

9-12 Grade Life Science

This course prepares teachers to address challenging topics, including genetics, evolution, and cell biology—focusing on both content and methodologies.

All Teachers’ Domain courses include rich digital media. Did you know that fifty million years before humankind began farming, ancient ants were already in the agriculture business?  Visit this link to view a sample of the media in this course and observe the co-evolution of an unlikely duo.

Related Resource:  Ancient Farmers of the Amazon

MORE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEWS:

Are stimulus funds for professional development trickling down to your school?  Learn how your district can run Teachers' Domain K-12 online science courses by contacting Carolyn Jacobs: carolyn_jacobs@wgbh.org or 617-300-3640.

Many states, including Minnesota, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Oregon, and Missouri offer Teachers’ Domain courses for local teachers. Email/call kathryn_tirjan@wgbh.org 617-300-3631 to find out what’s happening in your state.

Visit PBS Teacherline and choose from seven Teachers’ Domain courses offered this summer beginning June 25th: http://www.pbs.org/teacherline/.