NOVA: Knowledge Keepers (PBS, 2026) - Worksheet & Key + Google Forms

A one-period fill-in-the-blank worksheet for NOVA: Knowledge Keepers (PBS, 2026), plus answer key. Designed to be completed during the film's 54-minute runtime. Print, hand out, and you're set. Ready as a no-prep sub plan, emergency sub plan, or movie-day lesson.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

• Worksheet (1 page, 15 fill-in-the-blank questions in transcript order)
• Answer key (1 page, simple numbered list)
• PDF format
• A self-grading Google Forms quiz - auto-graded the moment students submit
• Multiple choice, built from the same questions as the printable worksheet
• Assign paperless through Google Classroom, or by link - works on any device
• One-click access: the last page of the PDF carries a "make a copy" link that copies the quiz straight into your own Google Drive
• Use the printable worksheet, the digital quiz, or both

PERFECT FOR

• Middle and high school science classes (grades 6-12) teaching ecosystems, human impact and engineering design - sea gardens, canebrake restoration and the clay-walled hogan are three worked design problems with measurable outcomes
• Native American Heritage Month in November, Environmental Science and Earth Science units, and any class looking at how observation built over generations produces working science and engineering
• Sub plans, movie days, emergency no-prep days and homeschool science units - the film streams on pbs.org and the PBS app

ALSO WORKS FOR

• Emergency sub plans - leave the film and this worksheet; a sub needs no prep and no subject knowledge.
• First week of school - a low-stakes, self-contained assignment while routines are still settling.
• Movie day with accountability - students have something to complete while the documentary runs.
• No-prep days - print and go, or assign the PDF digitally.

PAIRS WITH

• NOVA: Operation Space Station video worksheets - the other NOVA hour in the catalog, for classes building a NOVA unit rather than a one-off movie day
• A Life on Our Planet video worksheets - for a follow-on lesson on biodiversity loss and ecosystem recovery

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