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FREE teacher resource-PBS Learning Media

 PBS has a bunch of free teaching resources that includes lesson plans, videos, activities and more! Best of all, it's all FREE! 

The link to find it is here: https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/ 

If you have never been there before you do need to create your own account. I strongly suggest using your Google Account.


When you first log in you have a few different options just from the top. You can search by:

  • Subject
  • Grade
  • Standard

There are predetermined collections based on show and topic. 

Each video comes with a brief description, support materials and standards that it is related to.

When you choose an item, you can assign it within the PBS Learning Media website or you can share it directly to Google Classroom. I really appreciate both of these features. Google Classroom is a no brainer most of the time because that is what I use to share materials with students.

However, PBS Learning Media allows you to use some other features as well:

  • The Lesson Builder allows you to combine videos, images and documents from PBS LearningMedia with an interactive quiz, and share it with your students using a URL or Assignment Code. 
  • Storyboards are a way to illustrate a concept or topic through a collection of videos, text and images. Just save your storyboard to access a URL to share with your class. 
  • Quiz Maker allows you to build quizzes based on the content in your lesson.
  • Puzzle Maker allows you bolster vocabulary knowledge with a word search or crossword puzzle activity.
Students can access their lessons with codes. There are great tutorial videos included in this website to help you navigate as well.

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