This Teachers’ Domain special collection includes high-school level science resources on Percy Julian’s scientific achievements in chemistry, showing the step-by-step processes Julian used to synthesize an alkaloid and a steroid, which serves as a key resource in understanding the process of scientific experimentation. Middle school and high school civil rights resources address the African American struggle in the 20th century to overcome education inequality (used in collaboration with additional resources in the civil rights collection adapted from the Eyes on the Prize series).

These chemistry and civil rights resources can be found on the Teachers’ Domain at http://www.teachersdomain.org/exhibits/pj07-ex/index.html. For more information regarding “Forgotten Genius”, please visit the NOVA web page at http://www.pbs.org/nova/julian.

About Teachers’ Domain
The award-winning Teachers’ Domain supports educators in their quest for materials and new media applications that go beyond static textbook presentation to engage students by providing media-rich resources infused with practical real world applications. Developed from high-quality, critically-acclaimed and trusted information sources such as the award-winning PBS science programs NOVA, ZOOM, and A Science Odyssey, the free Teachers’ Domain collections currently include nearly 1,000 resources for students and teachers covering the sciences, engineering and history. Additionally, Teachers’ Domain has developed online professional development courses that assist K-12 life and physical science teachers in effectively utilizing the collections, which are available by license to educational service agencies, districts, schools, and universities for delivery to the K-12 teachers they serve. For more information about Teachers‘ Domain, please visit www.teachersdomain.org.

About NOVA
Now in its 35th year of broadcasting, NOVA is produced for PBS by the WGBH Science Unit at WGBH Boston. The director of the WGBH Science Unit and senior executive producer of NOVA is Paula S. Apsell. Funding is provided by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.

About WGBH
WGBH is the leading producer of PBS prime-time programs and online content, a major producer for public radio, and a pioneer in educational multimedia (including the Web, broadband, and interactive television) and in technologies and services that make media accessible for people with disabilities. WGBH is also recognized as one of the nation’s leading producers of media-based resources to support teacher training and student learning. Focusing on both content and methodology at all grade levels, these products represent effective standards-based teaching in classrooms across the country, and address a wide variety of subject areas and educational challenges.

For further information please get in touch with Olivia Wong, WGBH Boston,at (617) 300-5349
or via email to olivia_wong-at-wgbh.org

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