Resolve to Solve PBS Ep 3 Extreme Heat Shade Video Worksheet + Google Forms

A one-period fill-in-the-blank worksheet for Resolve to Solve with Miles O'Brien (PBS, 2026) - Episode 3: Extreme Heat: Arizona to Australia, plus answer key. Designed to be completed during the 28-minute episode 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

• Environmental Science and AP Environmental Science classes (grades 9-12) covering climate hazards, the urban heat island effect, albedo and heat vulnerability
• Earth Science and Physical Science classes teaching radiation, reflection, absorption and surface energy budgets with real instrument data
• Middle and high school STEM and engineering classes studying urban design, shade structures, cool pavement and testing a solution against measured data
• Anatomy, Physiology and Health classes covering thermoregulation, sweating and evaporative cooling, and heat illness
• Substitute teacher lesson plans, movie-day packets, and homeschool families running a climate, urban-planning or human-body block

ALSO WORKS FOR

• Emergency sub plans - leave the episode 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 - another Miles O'Brien-era PBS science build, following the engineering and problem-solving behind the International Space Station
• A Life on Our Planet video worksheets - David Attenborough's account of a changing climate, for the unit context behind the heat this episode is adapting to

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