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Language
English
Description
Coding Fun backpack contains one book, one DVD, and three activities: Code Master board game, Scratch Jr. How-to-cards, and Scratch Jr. activity cards. In Code Master, your avatar travels to an exotic world in search of power crystals. Along the way, you use programming logic to navigate the map. Playing Code Master won't just teach you principles behind programming, you'll also build planning, sequential reasoning, and problem-solving skills. In...
Language
English
Description
Pattern puzzles backpack contains one book, one DVD, and three activities: Pattern Block Task Cards, Pattern Blocks Activity Cards-advanced, 1 tub of wooden Pattern Blocks. Pattern Block cards are a great way to learn about matching and how shapes fit together. These cards provide multiple levels of difficulty to accomodate a variety of skill levels. The cards incorporate geometry and introduce math vocabulary as well as challenging problem solving...
Publisher
Iowa Public Television
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Iowans Remember Vietnam examines one of the most turbulent times in American history from the perspective of those who were there. This Iowa PBS-produced documentary also chronicles the simultaneous battle at home, where thousands of young people took to the streets to demonstrate their strident opposition to the war. Iowans Remember Vietnam explores the causes - and outcomes - of both conflicts. From the first U.S. advisors in Vietnam; through the...
Publisher
Iowa Public Television
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
FarmHer the documentary, an Iowa Public Television production, is about Marji and the women she has profiled. The documentary follows seven women farmers and ranchers from around the country and visits with them about what it's like to be a woman in what is typically thought of as a man's world. They all vary in age, ethnicity and the type of farming or ranching they do. The FarmHers are inspirational and all share a deep passion for their chosen...
Publisher
Iowa Public Television
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
Quilts of Valor II reunites national quilting celebrities from the original Quilts of Valor to work jointly on one magnificent, new Quilt of Valor. As they sew, Alex Anderson, Mark Lipinski and host Marianne Fons share quilt making tips with viewers, as well as speak from the heart about what making quilts for veterans has come to mean to them.
Publisher
Iowa Public Television
Pub. Date
©2003.
Language
English
Description
Iowa amateur photographer Pete Wettach documented the lives of Iowa farm families during the Great Depression. This film features Wettach's work, which recorded themes of self-reliance and neighborliness among the families he photographed, and the stories of some of the people who appear in them.
Publisher
Iowa Public Television
Pub. Date
©2008.
Language
English
Description
This one-hour Iowa Public Television documentary takes a look back at girls' 6-on-6 basketball and what it meant to generations of young women who played it. One of the most acclaimed sports in Iowa history, 6-on-6 was especially popular in small towns. It was there that young women became queens of the court, where communities rallied behind their daughters, and where school leaders -- mostly male -- fought for girls' equality. Like nowhere else...
Publisher
Iowa Public Television
Pub. Date
©2001.
Language
English
Description
A documentary on the work and workers that are restoring the Iowa State Capitol. Includes a photo gallery, historical facts, a "For Teachers" section, and 11 featurettes, including "Time Travelers," "Iowa's Civil War Flags," "The Gold Dome," and "Iowa vs. Indiana."
Language
English
Description
The Pattern Block cards are a great way to learn about matching and how shapes fit together. The cards provide multiple levels of difficulty to accommodate a variety of skill levels. The cards are a great way to incorporate geometry and introduce math vocabulary as well as challenging their problem solving skills.
Publisher
Iowa Public Television
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
The program examines the resilience of Iowa's century farm families and the ways in which they've been able to continue their agricultural traditions for generations to come. The documentary profiles families from Rippey, Waterloo, Manning, Hudson, Washington and Minburn who share a profound passion for farming the land, and have a strong conviction to keep it in the family for future generations.
15) The farm crisis
Publisher
Iowa Public Television
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
"The farm crisis of the 1980s is explored and the families who struggled through it are showcased."