Volume 20 | Issue 8

VOLUME 20 | ISSUE 8 AUGUST 2018 From the Chief Executive Officer AUGUST 2018 VOLUME 20 | ISSUE 8 Whether it’s rising seas or the management opportunities for gainful employment in of natural resources, today’s children high-demand, middle-skill jobs. The intent A publication of WHRO Public Media for Eastern Virginia. are going to face new environmental of this program is to foster community challenges at some point during their partnerships and highlight alternative paths We appreciate the support of all of our members, and thank each and every one of you! lives. The best way to help them become to rewarding careers that are in demand informed and active community stewards by local Hampton Roads industries. You WHRO Public Media maintains an open meeting policy is through education starting at an early can read more about it on page 15. for our Board of Directors and Community Advisory Boards. Members of the public are welcome to attend age. For the last year, WHRO has been and observe these meetings. To find out when and incorporating environmental education into As usual, our airwaves this month will be where these meetings are held, consult the Corporate the services we provide to schools and to full of the educational and inspirational section of our website, whro.org, or call 757-889-9420. our local community through the Batten programming that we are known for— including several programs focused on PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Environmental Education Initiative. Bert Schmidt 757-889-9410 environmental issues. If you’d like even This all-encompassing initiative supports more great science and environmental CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER the development of a wide-range of programs, check out our online archives of Tom Burton 757-889-9115 educational products including new NOVA and Nature or our archived podcasts digital courses, a student-oriented video including Science Friday or Innovation Now. VICE PRESIDENT OF CONTENT Heather Mazzoni 757-889-9396 series, and an interactive mobile student You can find them at whro.org/digital lab—placing WHRO at the forefront of DIRECTOR, CORPORATE SUPPORT environmental education in Hampton Roads As our environment continues to change, Diane Rogic 757-724-4423 and throughout the Commonwealth. In this there is always more we can all learn issue, you’ll see a few of the many ways about protecting our natural resources, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS and WHRO is your trusted place for the Madeline Carey, Laura Dresen, Belinda Elliott, we’ve incorporated environmental topics Kathy Martin, Dory Morrison, Nancy Rogan, into our educational offerings including our latest information. I hope you will take time and Elmer Seward coding camps, the annual Great Computer to become familiar with all we are doing Challenge, local Raising Readers Van around this important subject. And thank MANAGING EDITOR you for your faithful support of our work. Belinda Elliott 757-889-9339 visits, and our popular writing contest. Without you, none of it would be possible!

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Educating Virginia’s Environmental Stewards of Tomorrow

WHRO is proud to celebrate the first full year of the Batten Great Computer Challenge and Environmental Education Initiative. Launched in August 2017, PBS KIDS Writers Contest the initiative, a product of a generous gift by Jane Batten, is an all-encompassing effort to educate local youth on the Meanwhile, the STEM and literacy vans aren’t the only ones importance of environmental stewardship. getting in on this proactive initiative. The Great Computer Challenge, a product of the partnership between WHRO, Old Dominion University, and the Consortium for Interactive Coastal Virginia is experiencing the highest rates of sea level Instruction, added environmental challenges in many rise on the East Coast of the U.S. according to the World categories of its competition for students in Kindergarten Resources Institute. This alone places Hampton Roads second, through 12th grade. In addition, WHRO added an behind New Orleans, as the largest and most vulnerable environmental category to its annual PBS KIDS Writers Contest population center in the U.S. Likewise, sea level is projected to in which students write and illustrate creative stories. rise an estimated 1.5 ft. in the next 20–50 years.

In an effort to highlight this issue, the Batten Environmental Scratch Jr. and Coding Camp Education Initiative has incorporated environmental education Rosalie Rodriguez, an education specialist at WHRO, conducts into WHRO’s expanse of community outreach programs. literacy and STEM presentations across the community via the The initiative, which targets students in elementary school STEM Van. As a part of her services, Rosalie teaches coding through high school, aims to bring environmentally focused using the PBS KIDS ScratchJr App. While the sessions focus learning to the Hampton Roads community. While this effort on PBS KIDS shows, she has also implemented an ocean life aims to enhance the longevity of our community, it includes and pollution prevention aspect to the coding classes. other benefits as well. A study by the California Department of Education found that students who participated in environment- Rosalie, who taught in local schools prior to coming to WHRO, based education programs outperformed their traditionally lights up at the chance to share her students’ work. “There educated peers in reading, spelling, language and math. are some students who get very creative,” she explains. “They fulfill the objective of learning about coding as well STEM & Raising Readers Literacy Vans as storytelling.” These tutorials include creating storylines, drawing characters, and coding specific movements. While the Batten Environmental Initiative has spurred a number of new environmentally conscious programs, the WHRO family has integrated these values into a number of its already While the Batten Initiative has enabled WHRO to implement existing community services. For instance, the WHRO STEM new programs into our community services, it has also and literacy vans have joined the call to action by adding green allowed us to integrate environmental aspects into already content to their repertoires. existing programs that have the potential to affect our next generation in great ways. To learn more about the initiative, visit whro.org/environment The literacy van, which provides reading activities throughout the community, has added environmentally friendly books to its collection. Likewise, the STEM van, which also visits By Madeline Carey Online Media Intern local schools, community centers, and libraries in Title I communities, provides STEM curricula through the use of 20 iPads, 12 Chromebooks, two touchscreen monitors, and two mobile labs. Adding to the existing curricula, the Batten Initiative has made possible a number of video segments, online games, mobile apps, and hands-on activities, all of which encourage environmental stewardship.

3 August 2018 Primetime

8:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. 1 Outback - The Kimberley Comes Alive Wonders of Mexico - Forests of the Maya NOVA - Making North America: Origins WED POV - Whose Streets? Frontline PBS NewsHour Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s Country Chef’s Life Mike Colameco’s Real Food Ask This Old House Rick Steves’ Europe 2 This Old House Chef’s Life Reel South - See The Keepers Globe Trekker THU Wonders of Mexico - Forests of the Maya Spy in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries PBS NewsHour Martha Stewart’s Cooking America’s Test Kitchen Moveable Feast Mike Colameco’s Real Food Rough Cut Rosendo’s Travelscope 3 Washington Week Breaking Big The Great British Baking Show - Biscuits Brandi Carlile In Concert: A Bluegrass Underground Special FRI Forces of Nature - Elements Animals with Cameras, A Nature Miniseries PBS NewsHour Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s Country Chef’s Life Mike Colameco’s Real Food This Old House Rick Steves Special 4 Cinema15: A Star Is Born Father Brown - The Cat of Mastigatus SAT Soundbreaking - The Art of Recording Soundbreaking - Painting with Sound America Reframed - Divide In Concord Pati’s Mexican Table Taste the Islands Joanne Weir’s Cooking Nick Stellino Cooking Lidia’s Kitchen Taste the Islands 5 Poldark: On Masterpiece - Episode 8 Sherlock: On Masterpiece - The Six Thatchers Tunnel: Vengeance SUN Earth’s Natural Wonders - Extreme Wonders Rare - Creatures of the Photo Ark Earth A New Wild - Home/Plains Martha Stewart’s Cooking America’s Test Kitchen Moveable Feast Mike Colameco’s Real Food Ask This Old House Rick Steves’ Europe 6 Antiques Roadshow - Vintage San Francisco Antiques Roadshow - Vintage Salt Lake City POV - Still Tomorrow MON Life on the Reef - Episode 1 Lost L.A. - Wild L.A. Stories from the Stage PBS NewsHour Lidia’s Kitchen America’s Test Kitchen Chef’s Life Mike Colameco’s Real Food This Old House Real Rail Adventures 7 10 Towns That Changed America No Passport Required - Miami Frontline - Documenting Hate: Charlottesville TUE America Reframed - Children of the Arctic PBS NewsHour Martha Stewart’s Cooking America’s Test Kitchen Food Flirts Nigella: At My Table Rough Cut Rosendo’s Travelscope 8 Outback - The Dry Season Wonders of Mexico - Mountain Worlds NOVA - Making North America: Life WED POV - Bill Nye: Science Guy POV - Still Tomorrow PBS NewsHour Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s Country Chef’s Life Nigella: At My Table Ask This Old House Rick Steves’ Europe 9 This Old House Chef’s Life Reel South - Honky Tonk Heaven Globe Trekker THU Wonders of Mexico - Mountain Worlds Spy in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries - Intelligence PBS NewsHour Martha Stewart’s Cooking America’s Test Kitchen Food Flirts Nigella: At My Table Rough Cut Rosendo’s Travelscope 10 Washington Week Breaking Big The Great British Baking Show - Patisserie Great Performances - Chicago Voices FRI Forces of Nature - Motion Animals with Cameras, A Nature Miniseries PBS NewsHour Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s Country Chef’s Life Nigella: At My Table This Old House Rick Steves Specialzzzz 11 Sherlock: On Masterpiece - The Six Thatchers Father Brown - The Flower of the Fairway SAT Soundbreaking - The Human Instrument Soundbreaking - Going Electric America Reframed - Children of the Arctic Rick Steves’ Europe New Scandinavian Cooking In The Americas Travels to the Edge Smart Travels Travelscope 12 Poldark: On Masterpiece - Episode 9 Sherlock: On Masterpiece - The Lying Detective SUN Earth’s Natural Wonders - Wonders of Water Outback - The Kimberley Comes Alive Earth A New Wild - Plains Martha Stewart’s Cooking America’s Test Kitchen Food Flirts Nigella: At My Table Ask This Old House Rick Steves’ Europe 13 Antiques Roadshow - Cleveland, Hour Two Frontline - Our Man In Tehran MON Life on the Reef - Episode 2 Lost L.A. - Reshaping L.A. Stories from the Stage PBS NewsHour Lidia’s Kitchen America’s Test Kitchen Chef’s Life Nigella: At My Table This Old House Rick Steves Special 14 No Passport Required - D.C. Frontline - Our Man In Tehran TUE America Reframed - Kivalina Changing Seas PBS NewsHour Martha Stewart’s Cooking America’s Test Kitchen Food Flirts Nigella: At My Table Rough Cut Rosendo’s Travelscope 15 Outback - Return of the Wet Wonders of Mexico - Burning North NOVA - Making North America: Human WED Supernature: Wild Flyers - Masters of the Sky Supernature: Wild Flyers - Crowded Skies PBS NewsHour Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s Country Chef’s Life Nigella: At My Table Ask This Old House Rick Steves’ Europe

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4 Monday–Friday repeats at 2am–4am TV listings are subject to change without notice. For the most up-to-date listing, visit whro.org/tvschedule TV Highlights The Outback Wednesday, August 1, 8:00 p.m. Over the course of a year, journey with the people and animals of the Kimberley region in North West Australia: a vast, rugged, and remote wilderness, bursting with character.

Wonders of Mexico Wednesday, August 1, 9:00 p.m. Travel south along Mexico’s mountain spine, explore the tropical forests of the Maya, and journey across the deserts of northern Mexico to discover its amazing wildlife and culture.

Brandi Carlile in Concert - A Bluegrass Underground Special Friday, August 3, 10:00 p.m. Deep inside The Caverns, Bluegrass Underground presents a concert special by roots-rocker Brandi Carlile. With amazing vocals, string arrangements, and searing guitar, here are personal songs of love, joy, and loss from a growing Americana legend.

Frontline: Documenting Hate: Charlottesville Tuesday, August 7, 10:00 pm Exposing the white supremacists and Neo-Nazis involved in the 2017 Charlottesville rally, an investigation with ProPublica shows how some of those behind the racist violence went unpunished and continued to operate around the country. 5 August 2018 Primetime

8:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. 16 This Old House Chef’s Life Reel South Globe Trekker - Food Hour: The Story of Beer THU Wonders of Mexico - Burning North Spy in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries - Friendship PBS NewsHour Martha Stewart’s Cooking America’s Test Kitchen Food Flirts Nigella: At My Table Rough Cut Rosendo’s Travelscope 17 Washington Week Breaking Big The Great British Baking Show - The Final Great Performances - Vienna Philharmonic FRI Frontline Animals with Cameras, A Nature Miniseries PBS NewsHour Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s Country Chef’s Life Nigella: At My Table This Old House Real Rail Adventures 18 Zoltan Maga: with David Foster in Budapest Fleetwood Mac: The Dance SAT Soundbreaking - Four on the Floor Soundbreaking - The World Is Yours America Reframed - Kivalina Ciao Italia Baking with Julia America’s Test Kitchen Martha Bakes Ciao Italia Baking with Julia 19 Mannheim Steamroller 30/40 Live Hamilton’s America SUN Earth’s Natural Wonders - Living Wonders Outback - The Dry Season Earth A New Wild - Forests Martha Stewart’s Cooking America’s Test Kitchen Food Flirts Nigella: At My Table Ask This Old House Rick Steves’ Europe 20 Independent Lens - Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges & Universities Roy Orbison: Black & White Night MON Life on the Reef - Episode 3 Lost L.A. Stories from the Stage PBS NewsHour Lidia’s Kitchen America’s Test Kitchen Chef’s Life Nigella: At My Table This Old House Chesapeake Bay By Air 21 Betty White: First Lady of Television Buddy Holly: Rave On TUE America Reframed - City of Trees Changing Seas PBS NewsHour Martha Stewart’s Cooking America’s Test Kitchen Food Flirts Nigella: At My Table Rough Cut Rosendo’s Travelscope 22 Dionne Warwick: Then Came You (My Music) The Wrecking Crew WED POV - Swim Team John Paul II in Ireland: A Plea for Peace PBS NewsHour Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s Country Chef’s Life Nigella: At My Table Ask This Old House Rick Steves’ Europe 23 Leonard Cohen - Tower of Song The Highwaymen Live at Nassau Coliseum THU Plants Behaving Badly - Murder & Mayhem Spy in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries - Bad Behavior PBS NewsHour Martha Stewart’s Cooking America’s Test Kitchen Food Flirts Nigella: At My Table Rough Cut Rosendo’s Travelscope 24 The Chris Bott: Band in Concert Bee Gees One for All Tour FRI Frontline Sea Change PBS NewsHour Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s Country Chef’s Life Nigella: At My Table This Old House Over Hawai’i 25 Postmodern Jukebox Doo Wop Generations SAT Soundbreaking - Sound and Vision Soundbreaking - I Am My Music America Reframed - City of Trees Travels with Darley Travels with Darley Travels with Darley Travels with Darley Travels with Darley Travels with Darley 26 Tenors - Fan Favorites Special Programming SUN Nature - Raising the Dinosaur Giant Outback - Return of the Wet Earth A New Wild - Oceans Martha Stewart’s Cooking America’s Test Kitchen Food Flirts Nigella: At My Table Ask This Old House Rick Steves’ Europe 27 Antiques Roadshow - Austin, Hour One Antiques Roadshow - Austin, Hour Two POV - Nowhere to Hide MON Ireland’s Wild Coast Lost L.A. - Paciﬁ c Rim Stories from the Stage PBS NewsHour Lidia’s Kitchen America’s Test Kitchen Chef’s Life Nigella: At My Table This Old House Real Rail Adventures 28 Mark Twain - Part 1 Frontline - American Patriot TUE America Reframed - Bidder 70 Changing Seas PBS NewsHour Martha Stewart’s Cooking America’s Test Kitchen Food Flirts Steven Raichlen’s Project Rough Cut Rosendo’s Travelscope 29 Nature - India’s Wandering Lions Ancient Invisible Cities NOVA - The Origami Revolution WED POV - Art and Craft POV - Nowhere to Hide PBS NewsHour Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s Country Chef’s Life Steven Raichlen’s Project Ask This Old House Rick Steves’ Europe 30 This Old House Chef’s Life Reel South Globe Trekker - Myanmar THU Plants Behaving Badly - Sex & Lies Spy in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries - Meet the Spies PBS NewsHour Martha Stewart’s Cooking America’s Test Kitchen Food Flirts Steven Raichlen’s Project Rough Cut Rosendo’s Travelscope 31 Washington Week Breaking Big Eva Hesse: American Masters FRI Mark Twain - Part 1 Great Yellowstone Thaw PBS NewsHour Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s Country Chef’s Life Steven Raichlen’s Project This Old House Rudy Maxa’s World

6 Monday–Friday repeats at 2am–4am TV listings are subject to change without notice. For the most up-to-date listing, visit whro.org/tvschedule TV Highlights Zoltan Maga with David Foster in Budapest Saturday, August 18, 8:00 p.m. Join the Hungarian violinist and legendary songwriter for a musical extravaganza featuring special guests Katharine McPhee, Sheléa, opera superstar Aida, and tenor Fernando Varela. Recorded live on New Year’s Day 2018 at the Budapest Arena.

Betty White: First Lady of Television Tuesday, August 21, 8:00 p.m. The definitive look at Betty White’s life and career. Thanks to exclusive access, you’ll see Betty behind-the-scenes at work, entertaining at home, and interacting with her close friends, one of whom is a 900-pound grizzly bear.

Dionne Warwick: Then Came You Wednesday, August 22, 8:00 p.m. For half a century, Grammy-winning artist Dionne Warwick has achieved legendary status worldwide, with an unparalleled string of hits that remain popular among audiences of all ages today.

Ancient Invisible Cities Wednesday, August 29, 9:00 p.m. Professor Darius Arya explores the hidden secrets of three of the most fascinating cities of the ancient world: Cairo, Athens, and Istanbul. 3D scans allow us to view the architectural jewels of these cities as they’ve never been seen before.

7 August 2018 Radio Schedules

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6:00 A.M.– NOON 5-10am Morning Classics 5-9am Morning Edition from NPR with Dwight Davis 9-10am BBC Newshour 6:00 Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman 10-11am 1A 10am-3pm Mid-Day Classics with 6:30 Cyberchase Anthony McSpadden 11am-Noon On Point Noon-1pm Mon-Thurs:HearSay with 7:00 Cyberchase 3-7pm Afternoon Delights with Cathy Lewis 7:30 Wordgirl Wayla Chambo Fri: Another View 7-9pm Performance Today with Barbara Hamm Lee 8:00 Arthur 1-2pm M: Left Right & Center 8:30 Arthur 9pm-Mid. Evening Classics with Raymond Jones T: The Jefferson Hour W: Radio Lab 9:00 Peg+Cat Mid.-5am 90.3 Overnight 9:30 Cat in the Hat Knows Th: A Way With Words a Lot About That Fri: The Moth Hour 2-3pm Here & Now 10:00 Super Why! SATURDAYS 3-4pm Fresh Air with Terry Gross 10:30 Clifford the Big Red Dog Mid.-6am 90.3 Overnight 4-6:30pm All Things Considered 11:00 Thomas & Friends 6-7am Harmonia 6:30-7pm Marketplace 11:30 Thomas & Friends 7-9pm Out of the Box with 7am-Noon Car Tunes Paul Shugrue (M-Th) Noon-1pm From the Top 7-8pm R&B Chronicles (Fri) 1-4pm Glyndebourne Opera 8-10pm A Shot of the Blues (Fri) AFTERNOON 8/04 Debusy: Pelléas et 9pm-1am Jazz with Jae Sinnett (M-Th) Mélisande 10pm-11pm Lost in the Shuffle (Fri) NOON – 7:00 P.M. Lyric Opera of Chicago 11pm-1am Mountain Stage (Fri) 12:00 Caillou 8/11 Mozart: Così fan tutte 1-5am BBC World Service 8/18 Gounod: Faust 12:30 Sid the Science Kid 8/25 Wagner: Das Rheingold 1:00 Bob the Builder SATURDAYS 4-6pm Intermezzo 1:30 WorldWide 6-8pm Performance Today Mid.-1am Lost in the Shuffle 2:00 Super Why! 8-11pm This Just In 1-5am Sinnett Overnight with Raymond Jones 2:30 Sesame Street 5-7am BBC News 11pm-Mid. Harmonia 7-8am You Bet Your Garden 3:00 Sesame Street 8-10am Weekend Edition Saturday 3:30 Dinosaur Train 10-11am Invisibilia 4:00 Dinosaur Train SUNDAYS 11am-Noon Wait, Wait! Don’t Tell Me! Noon-1pm This American Life 4:30 Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Mid.-7am 90.3 Overnight 7am-Noon Your Musical Brunch 1-5pm Out of the Box with 5:00 Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Paul Shugrue - 8:30 - BirdNotes 5:30 Splash and Bubbles 5-6pm All Things Considered Noon-1pm With Heart and Voice 6:00 Nature Cat 6-8pm Live from Here 1-3pm Performance Today 8-10pm The Saturday Night Fish Fry 6:30 Ready Jet Go! 3-4pm From the Parlor 10-11pm Vocal Sound of Jazz with Dwight Davis 11pm-Mid. Juke in the Back 4-7pm Afternoon Classics EVENING with Raymond Jones 7-8pm Classical Guitar Alive! SUNDAYS 7: 0 0 P.M.– MIDNIGHT 8-10pm Pipedreams 10pm-Mid. Evening Classics Mid.-5am Blues Before Sunrise 7:00 Wild Kratts with Raymond Jones 5-7am BBC News 7:30 Wild Kratts 7-8am With Good Reason 8-10am Weekend Edition Sunday 8:00 Odd Squad 10-11am On Being 8:30 Odd Squad 11-noon Ask Me Another/Writer’s Block 9:00 Arthur Noon-1pm The Splendid Table 9:30 Arthur 1-5pm Sinnett in Session 5-6pm All Things Considered 10:00 Super Why! Public Radio with classical music 6-7pm Thistle & Shamrock 10:30 Sesame Street on three great stations: WHRO 7-9pm Pickin’ on WHRV 11:00 Sesame Street 90.3 FM, serving Hampton 9-10pm Acoustic Highway Roads; WHRJ 89.9, serving the 10-11pm The Folk Sampler 11:30 Dinosaur Train Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck; and WHRF 98.3, serving 11pm-Mid. Art of Song the Eastern Shore. Mid.-1am Woodsongs 15.3 | Cox 108 | Charter Digital 120 Public Radio for Eastern Virginia and whro.org/radio Northeast North Carolina 89.5 FM WHRV FiOS 462 | whrokids.org Norfolk, WHRG 88.5 FM Gloucester Point, WHRE 91.9 FM Eastville, WHRX 90.1 FM Nassawadox, WHRL 88.1 FM Emporia.

8 Matinée WHRO Matinée WEEKDAYS All your favorite PBS programs every weekday afternoon 5-9am Morning Edition from NPR 9-10am BBC Newshour starting at 3:30 p.m. on WHRO TV 15 10-11am 1A 11am-Noon On Point See what's on at whro.org/matinee Noon-1pm Mon-Thurs:HearSay with Cathy Lewis Fri: Another View August Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

3:30 - 4:30pm Father Brown Tunnel Special Program 1-2pm M: Left Right & Center Aug The Dance Of Death Vengeance T: The Jefferson Hour 1-3 4:30 - 5:30pm Hillary Great Fire Special Program W: Radio Lab Race To The Pole Episode 1 Th: A Way With Words 3:30 - 4:30pm Poldark on Masterpiece Father Brown Tunnel Fri: The Moth Hour Aug Episode 8 Sherlock on Masterpiece The Cat Of Mastigatus Vengeance Cinema15 2-3pm Here & Now The Six Thatchers A Star Is Born 6-10 4:30 - 5:30pm Great Fire Hillary Great Fire 3-4pm Fresh Air with Terry Gross Episode 2 Heartbreak Episode 3 4-6:30pm All Things Considered 3:30 - 4:30pm Poldark on Masterpiece Father Brown Little Women on Masterpiece 6:30-7pm Marketplace Aug Episode 9 Sherlock on Masterpiece The Flower Of The Fairway Part Two American Masters Louisa May Alcott : 7-9pm Out of the Box with The Lying Detective 13-17 4:30 - 5:30pm Great Fire Little Women on Masterpiece Little Women on Masterpiece The Woman Behind Little Women Paul Shugrue (M-Th) Episode 4 Part One Part Three 7-8pm R&B Chronicles (Fri) 3:30 - 4:30pm 8-10pm A Shot of the Blues (Fri) Aug Independent Lens Betty White Dionne Warwick Leonard Cohen Hamilton’s America Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of 9pm-1am Jazz with Jae Sinnett (M-Th) First Lady Of Television Then Came You (My Music) Tower Of Song Black Colleges and Universities 10pm-11pm Lost in the Shuffle (Fri) 20-24 4:30 - 5:30pm 11pm-1am Mountain Stage (Fri) Poldark On Masterpiece Father Brown Endeavour On Masterpiece 1-5am BBC World Service 3:30 - 4:30pm Special Program Aug Poldark On Masterpiece Episode 2 The Two Deaths of Hercule Flambe Episode 5 Episode 1 27-31 4:30 - 5:30pm Poldark On Masterpiece Poldark On Masterpiece Special Program Episode 3 Episode 4

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WHRO Creates New Earth Science Video Course Do you know where Earth’s longest we do not always witness this every day, by highly qualified Virginia educators. mountain range is located? Earth’s longest the Earth can be an exciting planet.” This course meets all of the required mountain range is actually underwater. Standards of Learning criteria.” This mountain range is called the The Earth Science course will cover all mid-ocean ridge system, and it stretches aspects of our changing planet. Likewise, Parsons hopes students will find the over 80,000 kilometers even if you can’t Parsons would like for the students to course interesting and will pursue always see it. The longest mountain range “learn about astronomy, meteorology, careers in one of the scientific fields on the surface is the Andes mountain oceanography, and environmental science, that make up Earth Science. “Perhaps range. These are just some of the which will help students to understand our next astronaut, weather forecaster, interesting facts that students will learn the processes that take place on the or pioneer in the field of environmental in our new Earth Science video course. Earth, in space, in the oceans, and help science will take the course.” them understand how we can conserve To help with the growing shortage of the planet for future generations.” Educators, students, and parents Earth Science teachers in the region will be able to access the course on and throughout the Commonwealth, The video course can be used in a eMediaVA.org and it will also be featured local superintendents asked WHRO to variety of ways including: to support on the WHRO Education website. The develop an Earth Science video course. substitute teachers, to help support Earth Science video course is projected The Earth Science video course is parents who are assisting their children to be released in the fall of 2018. being taught by Mark Parsons, a highly with homework, and to aid school qualified and award winning teacher. divisions that do not have access to By Laura Dresen a qualified Earth Science teacher. Administrative Assistant “I have always been fascinated by [email protected] the landscape and how it was always Parsons believes, “It is important for changing,” said Parsons. “When I was educators, parents, and superintendents younger, my family vacationed at areas to know the Earth Science course was that were volcanically active. Even though planned, designed, taught, and reviewed

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Just as caring for our local community is a team effort, so was the creation “Get Up, Get Out of GreenBeats. Whether Zentz was co-writing songs in the studio with her co-producer and long-time friend, Jacki Paolella, or coaching kids on and Get Outside” vocals, “We always seemed to have a blast and stay on the same page.” Music, environmental education and She considers her interest in music fun come to a head in WHRO’s newest education a product of her favorite GreenBeats is a product of the Batten educational series, GreenBeats. album as a child. While Zentz’s family Environmental Education Initiative owned a music store throughout her dedicated to creating environmental From the same team that created the childhood, they frequently brought home awareness and education in the popular HealthBeats series comes a educational albums for their musically Hampton Roads community. 15-part animated series that promotes inclined daughter. The artist recalls environmental education and stewardship. one album, A Kid’s Eye View of the By Madeline Carey Targeted toward children grades three Environment, as particularly inspiring. Online Media Intern through five, the first episode of the animated series centers around one “I found it really cool that the artist simple phrase, “Get up, get out and get was able to inform kids of really outside.” From awareness to action, the critical information, in a way that first episode begins by promoting the was fun and catchy, so I think that “infinite number of things to discover,” planted a seed for me,” says Zentz. while later episodes will tackle habits such as recycling and repurposing, From this initial seed grew Zentz’s love each of which directly correlate with for music as well as the environment, and different Virginia standards of learning. she has been more than happy to share this knowledge with those around her. Modeled after the popular Schoolhouse Rock! series, songwriter Skye Zentz describes the series as a compilation of “fun, inspiring, animated songs for kids about the environment and the simple things we can do to care for it.”

“GreenBeats is talking about owning your own piece of a much bigger puzzle,” continues Zentz. “How the small steps you can take as one person can really impact your community and the whole planet!”

Zentz, a Norfolk native, has released two full-length original albums and four EPs and toured the East Coast.

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As the next generation of leaders, Student Contest: Tell today’s students have a crucial seat in shaping the conversation and course of our nation’s future. Events that changed the world can change yours too. “Our ‘Our American Story’ American Story” inspires a modern The first legislature, the arrival of the first The contest is open to teams of at least personal connection to the 1619 Virginia Africans at Port Comfort, the recruitment two students with an adult sponsor, events that indelibly influenced and of women to the new world, the first and they are encouraged to choose continue to shape today’s America. Find Thanksgiving, and entrepreneurialism in one of three video prompts as the more information on the contest and the Virginia Colony all occurred within inspiration for their project and then how to enter at americanevolution2019. the year 1619. As a way to commemorate unleash their creativity in expressing com/education/ouramericanstory this pivotal year in Virginian as well their interpretation of the themes of as American history, WHRO has Democracy, Diversity, and Opportunity. By Kathy Martin partnered with American Evolution to How the student team responds to the Project Manager commemorate these great leaps. prompt is up to them: an original dance, [email protected] play, documentary, or visual arts piece. As part of this commemoration, WHRO will present “Our American Story,” a digital contest for 8th–12th grade students currently enrolled in public, private, or homeschooling in the United States or its territories. The contest is designed to foster creativity, cooperative learning, critical examination, and discussion among our country’s next generation of leaders. eMediaVA: A Gateway to Environmental Education projections of a loss of 91 billion dollars including lesson plans, videos, graphics, in real estate and infrastructure as the and interactivities through eMediaVA. result of sea level rise by 2050. His remarks highlighted the need to educate eMediaVA will also host environmental our future environmental stewards. learning objects created by WHRO’s online learning staff for the new online Earth An important piece of the Batten Science course that was recently revised Environmental Education Initiative is to include the Foundational Concepts for eMediaVA, a repository of over 156,000 Environmental Literacy released by the learning objects utilized by teachers VDOE. In addition, a full-year video Earth and students throughout Virginia. Science course, which also incorporates WHRO makes eMediaVA available the foundational environmental concepts, “The idea that... we are going to get through a partnership with the Virginia is being recorded in the WHRO studios. students at a very young age thinking Department of Education (VDOE). about environmental science is critical.” As part of the Batten Environmental By Elmer Seward Former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe Education Initiative, WHRO is also Director, eMediaVA made this comment in announcing partnering with organizations such as [email protected] WHRO’s - Batten Environmental Education the Virginia Institute for Marine Science, Initiative. He underscored the importance Virginia Wesleyan, Hampton University, of environmental literacy by noting that, the Science Museum of Virginia, the after Louisiana, the Hampton Roads Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and the region is the second most vulnerable to Virginia Aquarium to create and/or sea level rise in the nation, with moderate share environmental teaching resources

12 WHRO Education 2018 Young Storytellers: First Place Winners Kindergarten McKinley Meeder Environmental Category The Rainbow Fossil Chesapeake On May 18, winners and their families the importance of maintaining a clean attended the Young Storytellers Award green environment which I found very First Grade ceremony at WHRO. The students read interesting and creative,” said Blue Elyza Julian their stories in the WHRO studio and Ribbon Panel Judge Vernell Kilpatrick. A Scary Bird In The Jungle enjoyed a special reception where each Portsmouth Catholic child was honored. As part of the Batten The storytellers wrote about various topics Environmental Initiative, an environmental such as fossils coming to back to life, or a Second Grade category was added this year, and WHRO bird who did not have any friends because Adam Putthoff received more than 100 environmental his chirp was so loud it was considered Owl Learns To Recycle entries. All winners received cash awards, noise pollution. Other stories submitted Portsmouth Catholic and those students who submitted an by our winners included a turtle who environmental story received a Batten was a doctor and taught his patients Third Grade Environmental Education Award. about recycling, a forest fire caused by Gabriella Chambers lightning separating a young fox from his Alone In The Fire The stories were judged on originality, family, global warming, and a young boy Larchmont Elementary creative expression, storytelling, and who invented robots out of recyclable integration of illustrations by a group of materials to clean the environment. Fourth Grade (two winners) volunteers known as the Blue Ribbon Karma Robinson Panel. “The best part of being a Blue Adventures Of Jena and Darick… By Laura Dresen Frostbite And The Global Warmer Ribbon Panel judge was experiencing Administrative Assistant Kiptopeke Elementary all the places you can go and things [email protected] you can do with a great story. This Eli Casey year’s contest included stories about My Plan To Save The Earth Home School

Fifth Grade Pictured below: The winners of the Victoria Luna 2018 young storytellers contest await Recycling their names to be called at the award Hermitage Elementary ceremony in the WHRO TV studio.

13 WHRO Education education.whro.org Students Tackle Environmental Themes at The Great Computer Challenge Students at the annual Great Computer apply their technology skills while Challenge never know what interesting contemplating real-world environmental assignment they may receive for their challenges,” explained WHRO Chief category of the timed competition. This Education Officer Brian Callahan. year was no exception. As part of WHRO’s Batten Environmental Education Initiative, Just as in all the years before, the several of the competition problems students’ creativity shined through. In the focused on environmental topics. Music Composition category, students were tasked with composing an original In the Junior Division, students in instrumental piece about local marine Kindergarten through fifth grade life that could be used in a documentary completed assignments like creating series. One team’s answer? A beautiful a desktop presentation explaining composition about a female bottlenose facts and myths of electric vehicles. dolphin and her young waking up to join Students in the Graphic Design their group on a journey to warmer waters. category created art about how to keep local beaches clean and protect the “We wanted to get students engaged and plants and wildlife that live there. thinking about environmental topics,” Callahan said. “Some of the solutions In the Senior Division, students in grades they created just blew us away.” 6–12 designed promotional flyers for featured events and animal exhibits at By Belinda Elliott the Virginia Aquarium. Competitors in Managing Editor, Dimensions the Video Editing category created a [email protected] one-minute promotional video for the Urbanna Oyster Festival Education Day.

“We decided that incorporating environmental themes into the competition would provide a great opportunity for students to

14 WHRO Education Calling Outdoor Enthusiasts

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If you answered yes to the above In an associate degree program in environmental resources, which would questions, you may enjoy being an environmental science, students may increase the demand for technicians. environmental science technician. learn about protection regulations, WHRO Public Media has been selected natural resource management, and There are many more programs that to participate in the national public how to collect and analyze data. lead to a rewarding career in areas media initiative: “American Graduate: Starting as an environmental science such as maritime, health, logistics, Getting to Work” to help promote technician also allows you to explore and transportation. Throughout the alternative career pathways that lead to other career opportunities in this field, next two years, WHRO will be working gainful employment after high school. such as forestry, recreation, water, soil, to help increase awareness of local wildlife, and other natural resource/ opportunities for unique pathways There are great opportunities for environmental management areas. from high school to career. youth that require two years or less Individuals can then decide whether to of post-secondary education. If you pursue further education to specialize. By Nancy Rogan said “yes” to the above questions, an Director of Community Engagement environmental science technician is And, there is good news for those [email protected] one great career path, and there are interested in this career path. associate degrees available in this field. According to the Department of Labor and Statistics, “The demand for What exactly is an environmental environmental science and protection science technician? These skilled technicians is projected to grow 12 positions involve working directly with percent from 2016 to 2026, faster scientists and engineers both in labs than the average for all occupations.” as well as in the field to help measure, manage, and lessen the effects that As the population increases, there will pollution have on the world around us. be increased demands on the nation’s

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