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The New York State Public Media Instructional Content is a New York State Education Department funded initiative that has called on NYS public media organizations to help address educational needs in the classroom and in the community. The initiative included taking on-air productions and making them available online, providing curation of instructional resources to support on-air and online programming and resources. WXXI Education built a new resource site to support learning.

On-Demand Programs, Video and Resources

Student Mental Health Matters: A Toolkit for Educators

Student Mental Health Matters Educator Toolkit

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WXXI News Coverage of Student Mental Health Stories & Talk Shows On-Demand

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Hiding in Plain Sight: Teen Mental Health

Hiding in Plain Sight On-Demand

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Our Turn To Talk Film

Our Turn to Talk On-Demand

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Speaking Grief Photo of young person and dog walking down the beach

Speaking Grief Documentary & Resources On-Demand

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Now Return Us To Normal

Now Return Us to Normal On-Demand

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Emma sitting cross-legged under a tree, reaching toward the sunlight. A suicide attempt left Emma paralyzed but propelled her on a mission to help others.

My Ascension • WXXI-TV

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Facing Suicide On-Demand

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A Mother looks sadly at her laptop screen, leaning on her clasped hands. Title reads: Scattering CJ: The Loss of One Becomes The Journey of Many

Scattering CJ On-Demand

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Veteran and Their Child

PTSD and Mental Illness – After War and Right of Mind On-Demand

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Our Time: Teen Mental Health and Suicide – Under the Wire & Surviving On-Demand

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Teen Mental Health and Suicide in Black Families On-Demand

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Your Fantastic Mind: Adolescent Mental Health Crisis On-Demand

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Alma's Way: Alma's extended family and friends have a meal around a table.

Alma’s Way: Videos, Games & Activities

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Arthur: Videos, Games & Activities

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Bright by Text

Bright By Text: For Parents of 0-11 year olds

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Clifford the Big Red Dog and friends reading at a picnic out of doors

Clifford the Big Red Dog: Games, Videos & Activities

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Cyberchase

Cyberchase: Videos, Games & Activities

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Daniel Tiger For Parents App-Pictured Daniel Tiger and his parents

Daniel Tiger’s App Helps Parents Teach About Feelings

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Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood

Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: Videos, Games & Activities

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Dinosaurs Riding on the Train

Dinosaur Train: Videos, Games & Activities

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Engineering Design Process

Engineering & STEM Challenges

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Hero Elementary: Games, Videos & Activities

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Jamming on the Job Podcast Series

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Let’s Go Luna: Games, Videos & Activities

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Let's Learn

Let’s Learn

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Molly of Denali Podcast

Molly of Denali Podcast:

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Molly of Denali: Games, Videos, Podcast & Activities

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Nature Cat

Nature Cat: Songs, Videos & Activities

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Odd Squad: Games, Videos, Podcast & Activities

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Parenting Minutes

Parenting Minutes

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PBS KIDS Family Night

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PBS KIDS for Parents in English & Spanish! / ¡PBS KIDS para padres en inglés y español!

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PBS KIDS for Parents Play & Learn Science! PBS KIDS making ramps and playing with flashlights

PBS KIDS Play & Learn Science Resources

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PBS KIDS Talk About: Race and Racism

PBS KIDS: Talk About: Race and Racism

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Pinkalicious & Peterrific

Pinkalicious and Peterrific: Videos, Games & Activities

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Work It Out Wombats Podcast

Podcasts to Listen To With Your Kids

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Ready Jet Go!: Videos, Games & Activities

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Rosie's Rules: Rosie pictured holding her cat in her home

Rosie’s Rules: Videos, Games & Activities

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I Spy with Daniel Tiger

Scavenger Hunts with PBS KIDS

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Sesame Street Muppet Characters

Sesame Street: Songs, Activities & Videos

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Sid the Science Kid

Sid the Science Kid: Games, Videos & Activities

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Splash and Bubbles

Splash and Bubbles: Songs, Videos & Activities

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Family Break with WXXI and URMC

Take A Family Break Videos, Activities & Songs

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When Something Scary Happens- Pictured Arthur being hugged by his mom and Daniel Tiger hugging his teddy bear

Talking with Kids About News & Emergencies

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The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That!

The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!™: Songs, Videos & Activities

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Wild Kratts characters in the woods

Wild Kratts: Videos, Games & Activities

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Word Girl and Captain Huggy Face pictured

WordGirl: Videos, Games & Activities

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Work It Out Wombats

Work It Out Wombats Videos, Games, and Songs

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Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum PBS KIDS

Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum: Games, Videos & Activities

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Advantages of Career Technical Education Programs

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Beyond Graduation On-Demand

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Career Center Series

Career Center Series On-Demand

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Careers Using Drones On-Demand

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Changing Gears: Roadtrip Nation

Changing Gears On-Demand

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Construction Careers Through YouthBuild Rochester On-Demand

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Person Profiled in More Than Statistics

Dropping Back In (In English & Español) On-Demand

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Rodney Hay, Electrical Mechanical Technician at Love Beets

Electrical Mechanical Technician at Love Beets USA

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Empowered State: 3 Youth from Roadtrip Nation standing on a bridge

Empowered State On-Demand

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Serving Change On-Demand

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Future West: Roadtrip Nation

Future West On-Demand

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Intelligent Lives: Opening Doors

Intelligent Lives: Opening Doors Playlist On-Demand

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Journey To Jobs On-Demand

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Life Hackers

Life Hackers On-Demand

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Line Supervisor

Line Supervisor at O-AT-KA

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New Product Food Technologist at Love Beets USA

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Ready To Rise: Roadtrip Nation

One Step Closer On-Demand

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Operations Supervisor at O-AT-KA: Working Your Way Up

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PBS LearningMedia New York

PBS LearningMedia Career Exploration by Sector

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PBS LearningMedia New York

PBS LearningMedia: New York’s Largest Classroom

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Precision Optics Manufacturing Careers On-Demand

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Ready to Rise On-Demand

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Resources: Career Exploration Systems

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Resources: Community Colleges

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Resources: High School Career Technical Education

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Resources: New York State Apprenticeship Programs

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Career One Stop

Resources: One Stop Centers

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Resources: Rochester Exploring

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3 People Featured in Being You Episode of Roadtrip Nation

Roadtrip Nation: Being You On-Demand Career Exploration

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Skill Powered: A Roadtrip Nation Special

Skill Powered On-Demand

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State of Change: A Roadtrip Nation Special

State of Change On-Demand

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The Next Mission On-Demand

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Student Nurse Practicing Assisting a Patient

Training as a Nurse in High School & Beyond

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Training as an Automotive Technician in High School

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Student training to be an electrician

Training as an Electrician in High School

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Machining Class with Teacher and Students Around a Table

Training for a Machining Career in High School

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Student welding

Training for a Welding Career in High School

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Training for an HVAC Career in High School

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Veterans Coming Home: Careers Pictured A Women Veteran in an office

Veterans Coming Home: Careers On-Demand

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Warehouse Operator at Love Beets USA

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Women in Craft Brewing Careers

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Shawn Dunwoody in front of artwork

Art and Activism Video Short

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Asian Americans PBS LearningMedia Collection

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Asian Pacific American: Our Experience

Asian Pacific American Our Experience: Local Stories On-Demand

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Before They Take Us Away: A car drives across a vast desert landscape to represent the few Japanese Americans that were able to relocate before the forced relocation to camps during WWII on the west coast of the United States.

Before They Take Us Away: On-Demand

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Sesame Street Explaining What is Race

Coming Together: Sesame Street Resources on Racial Literacy

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Asian American Stories of Resilience and Beyond

Asian American Stories of Resilience and Beyond On-Demand

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Four Four Two F Company at War

Four-Four-Two, F Company at War On-Demand

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Injustice At Home: Japanese Internment Camp Painting

Injustice At Home: Classroom Collection On-Demand

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Musicians of Rochester: Leah Ou who performs under the name Pipa is one of the musicians featured.

Musicians of Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage: Classical On-Demand

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Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Month

PBS KIDS Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage On-Demand

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Remember Pearl Harbor: How Students Like Your Experienced the Day of Infamy

Remembering Pearl Harbor Electronic Field Trip On-Demand

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Sesame Street Muppet Characters

Sesame Street: See Us Coming Together Special

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Becoming Frederick Douglass with a photo of Frederick Douglass

Becoming Frederick Douglass Educational Resources

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Black History & Culture Video Playlist On-Demand

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Celebrate Some African American Contributions

Celebrating African-American Contributions On-Demand

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Code Switch NPR Podcast on Race, Politics and Culture

Code Switch Podcast from NPR

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Photo: Delores Jackson Radney, Rochester Kwanzaa Coalition

Cultural Expressions: Kwanzaa On-Demand

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Dreamland Musical Group Performing on a Stage

Dream Land: Little Rock’s West 9th Street On-Demand

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Driving While Black On-Demand

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Fight The Power How Hip Hop Changed the World

Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World Education Resources

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Fighting on Both Fronts: The Story of the 370th

Fighting on Both Fronts: The Story of the 370th On-Demand

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Flight to Freedom On-Demand

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Photo of T-town

Goin’ Back to T-Town On-Demand

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Martin Luther King Jr. Making Speech

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Classroom Resources

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Prelude The Legacy of Garth Fagan Dance

Prelude: The Legacy of Garth Fagan Dance On-Demand

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East Lake Meadows Public Housing

Redlining, Housing and Civil Rights Classroom Resources

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Searching for Timbuctoo On-Demand:

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Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space On-Demand

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Back to School with PBS KIDS

Back to School Resources

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Brother On-Demand

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Tree representing Finding Your Roots

Classroom Uses for Genealogy, History and DNA

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Students Preparing From Graduation with College Degrees Earned in a Prison setting

College Behind Bars On-Demand

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Sourdough

Culinary Arts: Cooking, Baking, & Kitchen Science Education Resources:

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Design Squad Inventing Green

Design Squad: Inventing Green Resources

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NY Women's Suffrage

Discovering New York Suffrage Stories On-Demand

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Donkey Hodie

Donkey Hodie: Songs, Videos & Activities

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Safe Haven

Education Resources for Teaching About Save Haven

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PBS LearningMedia

Education Resources on Race, Racism, Civil Rights, & Diversity

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Elinor Wonders Why

Elinor Wonders Why: Songs, Videos & Activities

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English Language Arts Education Resources:

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Free PBS KIDS Apps

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Uninvited

Invasive Species: Education Resources

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Latino Americans

Latino Americans Series Classroom Resources

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Math+Arts

Math Education Resources:

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Multilinual Public Media Resources

Multilingual Public Media Education Resources

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Native America Classroom Resources

Native America in the Classroom

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Nature Activities: From Screen to Green:

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Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton Video Clips

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Addiction from NOVA

PBS LearningMedia Resources on Substance Abuse

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Peg Plus Cat

Peg + Cat: Songs, Videos & Activities

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Raising the Future: The Child Care Crisis from PBS Newshour

Raising the Future, The Child Care Crisis On-Demand

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Physical Science

Science Education Resources

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SciGirls Resources

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Sesame Street In Communities Digital Story Books

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Sesame Street in Communities:

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Sesame Street in Communities: Helping Families Cope with Parental Addiction

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Social Studies Education Resources:

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Bringing the Universe to America's Classrooms

Space Education Resources: (K-12)

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Kearstin Piper Brown

Suffrage Moments Educational Resource:

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Summer of Adventures PBS KIDS

Summer Learning with PBS KIDS

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Teaching Women’s Suffrage History

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Age of Nature

The Age of Nature Education Collections

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The Gene: An Intimate History Presented by Ken Burns

The Gene: An Intimate History On-Demand & Education Resources

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The U.S. and the Holocaust Film

The U.S. and the Holocaust Educational Resources:

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Unladylike Collection

Unladylike Collection On-Demand

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Unstoppable: The Road to Women's Rights

Unstoppable The Road to Womens’ Rights E-Fieldtrip:

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WXXI Community Observation Challenge

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WXXI Education E-News & Social Media

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Athletic Trainer: I Can Be What?!

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Jen Indovina is making chocolate.

Chocolatier: I Can Be What?!

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Jen Indovina explores dancing.

Dancer: I Can Be What?!

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What?! Jen Indovina rolling a truck tire for the mechanic career segment

Diesel Mechanic: I Can Be What?!

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What?! Jen Indovina explores electricity

Electrician: I Can Be What?!

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What?! Jen Indovina explores the career of helicopter pilot

Helicopter Pilot: I Can Be What?!

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What?! Jen Indovina holds up 2 kittens as she explores being a vet.

Veterinarian: I Can Be What?!

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Jen Indovina explores welding

Welder: I Can Be What?!

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Jen Indovina releases a banded duck as

Wildlife Technician: I Can Be What?!

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Jen Indovina interviews a Reptile Keeper at the zoo.

Zookeepers: I Can Be What?!

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On Two Fronts: Latinos and Vietnam

On Two Fronts: Latinos & Vietnam On-Demand

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Why Do We Say “Latino”?

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Pictured: Nine-year-old Lia shares her story in an intimate exploration of the struggles and choices facing transgender kids and their parents.

Growing Up Trans: On-Demand

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American Buffalo

American Buffalo PBS LearningMedia Collection

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Gannagaro On-Demand

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Native Way Forward

Native Way Forward: Roadtrip Nation On-Demand

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The People's Protectors

The People’s Protectors: On-Demand

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Urban Rez: On-Demand

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Warrior in Two Worlds On-Demand

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Warrior Tradition

Warrior Tradition On-Demand

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15 Miles on the Erie Canal On-Demand

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A Gathering of Heros

A Gathering of Heroes On-Demand

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A Good Life

A Good Life • On-Demand

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A Walk Through Mount Hope Cemetery • On-Demand

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American Veteran Keep It Close [Picture 20 veterans today holding portraits of themselves in military uniforms]

American Veteran: Keep It Close On-Demand

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American Veteran: Unforgettable Stories Podcast Series

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American War Stories Vietnam

American War Stories: Vietnam On-Demand

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Canal Towns On-Demand

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Canine and Soldier

Canine Soldier: The Militarization of Love On-Demand

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Women's History Month

Celebrating Women’s History On-Demand

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Crucible of Freedom On-Demand

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Concrete Gridiron On-Demand:

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Echoes from the Ancients On-Demand

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Boynton House (Front)

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Boynton House: The Next Hundred Years On-Demand

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With Head Heart and Hand

Head, Heart & Hand: Elbert Hubbard and the Roycrofters On-Demand

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Walking in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Rochester, NY

Historic Tour of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Highland Park On-Demand

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2014 USA Paralympic Sled Hockey Team featured in PBS Documentary "Ice Warriors: USA Sled Hockey"

Ice Warriors: U.S. Sled Hockey On-Demand

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In Their Words: Songwriting with Soldiers

In Their Words: Songwriting with Soldiers On-Demand

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Local Stories from Vietnam War & the Homefront on Connections Podcast

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Connections with Evan Dawson

Local WWII Veterans Share Their Experiences on Connections Podcast

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Losing Iraq

Losing Iraq: On-Demand

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Music for Life: The Story of New Horizons On-Demand

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Operation Babylift in April 1975

Operation Babylift Anniversary Conversation from Connections Podcast

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Out of the Fire: The Art and Science of Ceramics On-Demand

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RIT Big Shot: Painting with Light On-Demand

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Safe Haven On-Demand

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Sands of War

Sands of War On-Demand

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Show Must Go On: On-Demand

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StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative

StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative On-Demand

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The Life Autistic

The Life Autistic On-Demand

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The Sun Queen

The Sun Queen On-Demand

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They Were Our Fathers

They Were Our Fathers On-Demand

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Veterans Coming Home: Health On-Demand

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Veterans Connections PBS LearningMedia Collections & Military Families Resources

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Connections with Evan Dawson

Veterans Day on Connections Podcast

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Connections with Evan Dawson

Vietnam War Conversations from Connections Podcast

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Women Serving in War

Women Serving in War On-Demand

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Soldier Getting on A Bus

Legacies of War: Coming Home On-Demand

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Legacies of War Vietnam

Legacies of War: Vietnam On-Demand

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Lest We Forget: A Survivor's Story

Lest We Forget: A Survivor’s Story On-Demand

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Not Yet Begun To Fight

Not Yet Begun to Fight On-Demand

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One Way or Another On-Demand:

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Protactile: A Language of Touch On-Demand

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