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Our 2019 contest is now open!

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2018 Writers Contest Winners

Congratulations to our 2018 Writers Contest Finalists! To explore a story, click on the illustrations below to watch the videos.

Kindergarten Winners

First Grade Winners

Second Grade Winners

Third Grade Winners

Meet the Winners!

Kindergarten Awards: (L to R) Drew DeMersseman (Valdosta), Stella Barouch (Woodstock), Ella Graddy (Atlanta)

First Grade Awards: (L to R) Maanya Agarwal (Cumming), Trisha Manoj (Roswell), Cole Hughes (Canton)

Second Grade Awards: (L to R) Stanley Wu (Duluth), Zara Razvi (Alpharetta), Sofia Sevilla-Cintrón (Grayson)

Third Grade Awards: (L to R) Ragan Burchfield (Carrollton), Julia Soshnik (Valdosta), Ian Driscoll (Sharpsburg)

STEAM Awards: (L to R) Ritvik Shah (Alpharetta), Annabelle Mbigi (Buford), Arianna Sweet (Roswell), Anoushka Nair (Cumming)

The 2018 PBS KIDS Writers Contest - Watch the awards below!

Writers Contest Activity Packet

This packet contains a series of resources to help your students break down the process of story writing. It includes a teacher's guide with printable documents to help students with brainstorming, revising, illustrating and caption-writing. Let the story writing begin!

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Congratulations to our 2018 Writers Contest Finalists! To explore a story, click on the illustrations below to watch the videos. The 2018 PBS KIDS Writers Contest - Watch the awards below! This packet contains a series of resources to help your students break down the process of story writing.

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We tackle all kinds of questions with short, easy-to-understand videos that include vocabulary, experiments, and real-world examples from right here in Georgia! gpb.org/thingsexplained

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We create and offer free classroom resources for teachers like you! Through our partnerships with Discovery Education and PBS LearningMedia, we are able to offer Georgia educators access to 350,000+ digital resources for free. Check out our homepage below! ⤵

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The science videos and media-enhanced lesson plans in this collection draw upon the powerful documentaries of public television's award-winning natural history series. These video segments have been carefully selected to engage students with key curriculum concepts. The lesson plans incorporate hands-on activities, online resources, and video to interactively and creatively address topics and standards in Life Science/Living Environment and Earth Science.

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Looking for personalized training at your school (that's free)? Contact Tracey Wiley: twiley@gpb.org

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Looking for personalized training at your school (that's free)? Contact Mike Kuenlen: mkuenlen@gpb.org

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Send us an email at education@gpb.org for questions relating to GPB Education, Discovery Education, or PBS LearningMedia!

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GASHA GO! is a new game that focuses on developing children’s number sense, meaning a sense of what numbers mean and their relationship to one another.
gpb.org/gasha-go

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Take your students on rich and immersive learning experiences without ever leaving the walls of your classroom!

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Live Explorations from GPB Education

Take your students on rich and immersive learning experiences without ever leaving the walls of your classroom. Discover one of the last frontiers of true Georgia wilderness at the Okefenokee Swamp or swim alongside divers as they explore the seafloor of Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of GA. GPB's Live Explorations are fun, educational, and free - no permission slips required!

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Take your students on rich and immersive learning experiences without ever leaving the walls of your classroom. Discover one of the last frontiers of true Georgia wilderness at the Okefenokee Swamp or swim alongside divers as they explore the seafloor of Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of GA.

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Take your students on an interactive journey through the working forests of Georgia to learn about forest ecosystems, food webs, and life cycles, as well as forestry management processes, career opportunities, and much more!
gpb.org/forests

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Go to discoveryeducation.com.
You will need your school passcode to create an account. Don't know your school passcode? Email us: education@gpb.org

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This video gives a brief overview of DE's features and resources.

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Use your existing Discovery Education username and password.

Want to experience Discovery Education? Request a Demo

Does your school/district access Discovery Education from a custom URL?

Enter your district's custom URL to sign in using Single Sign On (SSO).

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Use your existing Discovery Education username and password. Want to experience Discovery Education? Request a Demo Does your school/district access Discovery Education from a custom URL? Enter your district's custom URL to sign in using Single Sign On (SSO).

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Check out these 172 research-based teaching strategies that will engage and excite your students.
Our favorites include: AEIOU, Snowball Fight, Tabletop Texting, Exit Ticket, Connect the Dots, Tweet Tweet, Six Word Story,  Make It Concrete, Visual Walkabout, Stickyback, 3 Truths and 1 Lie.

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Javascript must be enabled to use Discovery Education.

Additional setup is required. Learn more.

Does your school/district access Discovery Education from a custom URL? Enter your district's custom URL to sign in using Single Sign On (SSO).

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Javascript must be enabled to use Discovery Education. Additional setup is required. Learn more. Does your school/district access Discovery Education from a custom URL? Enter your district's custom URL to sign in using Single Sign On (SSO).

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Access dozens of content collections with DE's "Browse By Topic" feature.

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Use your existing Discovery Education username and password.

Want to experience Discovery Education? Request a Demo

Does your school/district access Discovery Education from a custom URL?

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Use your existing Discovery Education username and password. Want to experience Discovery Education? Request a Demo Does your school/district access Discovery Education from a custom URL? Enter your district's custom URL to sign in using Single Sign On (SSO).

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Looking for content addressing a specific GSE? Check out DE's "Browse By Standard" option.

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Use your existing Discovery Education username and password.

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No login required! Take your students beyond the classroom walls and into some of the world's most iconic locations for rich and immersive learning experiences.

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Virtual Field Trips | Interactive Field Trips | Discovery Education

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Take your students beyond the classroom walls and into some of the world's most iconic locations for rich and immersive learning experiences. Learn more!

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Virtual Reality opens up new worlds of learning. As VR continues to evolve, so will its use in the classroom to support instruction. Explore these ideas and resources for integrating VR in your classroom.

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Want to experience Discovery Education? Request a Demo

Does your school/district access Discovery Education from a custom URL?

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PBS LearningMedia offers trusted, high-quality content, a user-friendly interface, and has the ability to engage students in the classroom.

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PBS LearningMedia | Teaching Resources For Students And Teachers

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Inspire your students with thousands of free teaching resources including videos, lesson plans, and games aligned to state and national standards.

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This tutorial will show you how to search for content, save and assign content from PBS LearningMedia.

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Professional Learning and Support From GPB Education

GPB Education creates, curates, and distributes quality programs and services through our state-of-the-art production facility, cutting edge digital media division, and dynamic educational partnerships. Our outreach team publishes comprehensive online training webinars and travels the state to offer free professional development sessions at your location on digital integration strategies, Discovery Education, PBS LearningMedia, Georgia Studies Digital Collection and more!

Outreach Training

GPB's Education Outreach Specialists provide free professional development training at your location and convenience.

Online Training

GPB Education's professional development videos offer thorough, self-guided tutorials on trusted educational resources.

Request a Session

Outreach Training and Workshops

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GPB Education creates, curates, and distributes quality programs and services through our state-of-the-art production facility, cutting edge digital media division, and dynamic educational partnerships. Our outreach team publishes comprehensive online training webinars and travels the state to offer free professional development sessions at your location on digital integration strategies, Discovery Education, PBS LearningMedia, Georgia Studies Digital Collection and more!

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With ScratchJr, young children (ages 5-7) can program their own interactive stories and games. In the process, they learn to solve problems, design projects, and express themselves creatively on the computer.

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With ScratchJr, young children (ages 5-7) can program their own interactive stories and games.

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PBS KIDS offers dozens of interactive, educational apps for children. Play them online or download them for free!

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Apps & More | PBS KIDS Mobile Downloads | PBS KIDS

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This collection is designed to engage young learners in everyday learning by teaching core skills in Math, Literacy, STEM, and Social and Emotional Development. Here you'll find hundreds of videos, games, and printable materials to help you to excite even the youngest learners.

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Do you know how to get to Sesame Street? This collection is designed to engage preschoolers in everyday learning by teaching core skills in Math, Literacy, STEM, and Social and Emotional Development. Here you'll find hundreds of videos, games, and printable materials to help you to excite even the youngest learners.

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Children will learn how to build calculation skills and think about larger concepts that will help them form the foundation for learning math at any level, from kindergarten through calculus.

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In addition to segments from the animated portion of the show, this collection of resources includes live-action For Real segments, in which hosts Bianca and Harry explore the show's math topics in everyday life.

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Cyberchase is the Emmy award-winning animated math mystery show featuring a team of curious kids who use their math and problem solving skills to outwit and outsmart the villain Hacker in their quest to save Cyberspace.

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ZOOM is an interactive series that challenges 5-to-11-year-olds to "turn off the TV and do it!"

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PLUM LANDING is a unique experience in the digital universe, designed to help kids develop a love for, and connection to, this amazing, beautiful, diverse and dramatic planet we call home.