Screen capture of ETV “Kids Work” Interactive

Educators know the value of students taking on roles that enable them to think and act in the adult world they’ll grow up to inhabit.  You’ll find a series of valuable Kids Work! interactives at PBS LearningMedia that let young people learn about jobs in health care, theater and broadcasting in a virtual community.

Among the many Kids Work! interactives you’ll find are:

Job Play:  Pharmacist where students can learn to understand the importance of math skills in correctly dispensing prescription drugs to patients.  This interactive is aligned to standards for Mathematics.

Work Zone:  Interactive Hospital designed for students to connect schoolwork with real work as they explore a virtual representation of a hospital with specific work areas labeled and defined.  This interactive is aligned to standards for Health and Physical Education and Science.

Work Zone:  Television Station  provides students the opportunity to connect schoolwork with real work as they explore a virtual representation of a television station with specific work areas labeled and defined.  This interactive is aligned to standards for the Arts.

Signing up for PBS LearningMedia is free at www.pbslearningmedia.org. (If already registered as a PBS Teacher, you can activate your PBS LearningMedia account using those credentials.)