On NOVA, a team of carpenters, timber framers, engineers, and historians recreate a medieval throwing machine called a trebuchet. This adapted video segment explores how understanding energy transfer informs their design.

See potential energy convert to kinetic energy in this interactive activity from WGBH that shows a roller coaster in action.

In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, learn how what you eat, drink, or smoke may affect the instructions your epigenomes send to your genes, and as a result, change how your DNA is expressed.

In this video excerpt from NOVA, learn about the advantages, disadvantages, and ethical implications of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, or PGD, a technique used to screen embryos created through in vitro fertilization for diseases.

In this NASA video, scientists describe how the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment will sample and track the Sun's ultraviolet irradiance, providing a detailed time sequence of extreme ultraviolet output -- data that can provide advance warning for potentially disruptive energy bursts.

This audio compilation, recorded live at the 1963 March on Washington, captures the voices of several civil rights leaders.

This audio compilation, recorded live at the 1963 March on Washington, pays tribute to the women -- both leaders and widows of slain leaders -- of the Civil Rights movement.

Recorded live at the 1963 March on Washington, this audio segment captures the voice of SNCC leader John Lewis.

Explorer Tom Murphy braves a ground blizzard during a winter night in Yellowstone as seen in this video segment from Nature.

In this From the Top at Carnegie Hall video segment, 17-year-old guitarist Kimani Griffin of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, plays the third movement Preludio e toccatina from Aquarelle by Sergio Assad.

How are rising temperatures felt in our neighborhoods?
Experiences with extreme heat conditions are becoming more frequent for more people throughout the state. Listen and watch one spoken word poet give voice to real life in a neighborhood feeling the heat.

This resource is part of Climate Wisconsin, a collection of educational media resources for middle and high school classrooms from PBS Wisconsin Education.

See the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial wall in Washington D.C. through the eyes of war veteran and contemporary poet Yusef Komunyakaa. In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Komunyakaa reads his poem Facing It.

This lesson requires student to evaluate various types of texts including video, visuals, etc. and to communicate their learning in multiple ways (discussions and writing).  Large emphasis on utlizing mutliple reading strategies.

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students explore brain injuries called concussions: what they are, how they occur, the challenges in diagnosing them, and ways to protect yourself from them.

This video from Wide Angle reports on the increasingly difficult conditions for farmers in China that have caused many rural Chinese to flee the countryside.

In this video from Wide Angle, learn about the new challenges the farmers of Ireland are facing amidst the country's economic boom.

In this video from Wide Angle, the sparse life of the rural farmer in India is compared to the wealth of consumer goods available to wealthier city dwellers.

How does a changing climate affect agriculture in our state?
The farmlands that define Wisconsin’s landscape also shape the economy and the communities we call home. As the climate conditions change, so too does the growing season, the prevalence of pests, and how farmers reach consumers. Discover the outcomes of these climate change effects through the story of one family’s farm.

This story is part of Climate Wisconsin, a collection of educational media resources for middle and high school classrooms from PBS Wisconsin Education.

In this video from Wide Angle, visit Istanbul, Turkey for the fashion show of Tekbir, a clothing line of conservative fashions for Muslim women.

This video segment from Between the Lions features an animated limerick, which exemplifies the kind of wordplay that prepares children for early reading and spelling.