Classroom Materials
Teachers Domain
A treasure chest for teachers of K–12, with more than 2,300 free classroom-ready media resources from the best of PBS. Registration is free and gives you access to easy-to-use resources, including audio, video, lesson plans and interactive activities.Go to Site
VPT Productions
Champlain: The Lake BetweenExplores Samuel de Champlain's 1609 arrival in the Lake Champlain region and its ensuing cultural history.
Conservation Corner
Conservation Corner consists of 14 short conservation video segments for use in the middle school classroom. Topics span the seven seasons of Outdoor Journal and range from animal protection and habitat preservation to water issues.
Emerging Science
Vermont Public Television and Vermont EPSCoR team up to bring you this engaging TV series about Vermonters involved in cutting-edge scientific inquiry - Vermonters at the frontiers of science.
Land For Learning: Justin Morrill And America's Land Grant Colleges
Morrill spent much of his career in Congress trying to establish colleges of practical education in fields such as engineering and agriculture. After years of effort, he succeeded in getting revenues from the sale of federal lands allocated to states for the establishment of such institutions of higher learning.
Noble Hearts: Civil War Vermont
A vivid portrait of Vermonters during the Civil War, both on the battlefield and the home front.
Regeneration
This special guide, developed by 11th grade English students and their teachers at Vergennes Union High School, is designed for teachers to use in the classroom in conjunction with ReGeneration.
Time Traveler
Time Traveler tells stories of days gone by on Lake Champlain, Vermont's largest lake.
PBS Productions
America ExperienceSearch or browse over 1,500 features from more than 110 American Experience Web sites -- including timelines, primary sources, teacher's guides, maps, galleries, interactives, video, and more -- to find history, civics, and other social studies resources for your classroom
Frontline Teacher's Center
More than 4,000 free downloadable lesson plans and activities, streaming video and web-exclusive resources for teachers.
Nature
Video segments and teacher guides broken down by grade level, episode title, animal, and topic, as well as current season for your convenience
NOVA Teachers
An award-winning source for standards-based classroom resources in science, technology and engineering, from NOVA and other public television series.
Online NewsHour EXTRA
Unique current events resources and lesson plans for teachers, pictures, maps and more!
POV
POV documentaries are a valuable resource for teachers and students. Use these free video clips and companion lesson plans to present POV films to your class.
Kids Shows
ArthurOnline and print lesson plans and new interactive games and activities are launched throughout each season on an ongoing basis.
Barney & Friends
By design, the television series addresses the four key areas of childhood development - cognitive, social, emotional, and physical and this site offers a bunch of great lesson plans to deal with each.
Biz Kids
Lesson plans and activities to go along with each episode to teaching kids appropriate financial etiquette
Caillou
Just like the show, this site prompts children to use their imaginations and offers many activities and printables for teacher or parent use.
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That
Free, high quality online resource for Preschool and Kindergarten Educators that includes lesson plans, online games, and other helpful resource links
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Stories, activities, and printables are grouped by each Big Idea/Ideas to Grow On and all activities on the site are based on these ten important life lessons.
Curious George
Extensive collection of live-action video clips, mini-documentaries exploring science, engineering, and math, as well as many different downloadable lesson plans and activities for teachers.
Dinosaur Train
Parents and Teachers can find a wealth of content available to them, including activities to do at home or in the classroom, offering games, activities, coloring pages and resources that reinforce and further expand the show's themes
Electric Company
With a variety of easy-to-do activities, games, and tips that bring literacy to life, these materials are aligned with national educational standards, and they're all about having fun—using language and words as a powerful means to a rewarding end.
Martha Speaks
The Martha Speaks Web site has lots of stuff kids can do on their own. The games, videos, and activities are fun, and they help kids learn new words, too!
Super Why!
Kids learn key reading skills, including alphabet, word families, spelling and reading comprehension, through interactive online games, activities, and more as well as information and reading resources for parents and teachers
Sesame Street
This site will unlock the power of imagination to create an interactive and educational experience for children through engaging games, videos, and activities with an educational development curriculum with printables.
Sid the Science Kid
The site is crafted to support a collaborative learning experience between child and adult and offers features that help adult mentors to support and participate in the child's learning process through interactive games and activities.
Wild Kratts
Children will learn more about animals, science, and the natural world through a variety of lesson plans, video, and other activities.
WordWorld
A fun, interactive site with a variety of literacy activities as well as literacy tips to help children connect words to their meanings.