Harrisburg School District-Science

Harrisburg School District-Science - "Big Ideas" Plan paired w/PBS Programming repeated programming Please scroll WITFTV (TV Station channel) down to locate WITFKids (PBS24/7 channel) also Math Curriculum grade level: K-12

"Big Ideas" May 11-May 15 May 18-May 22 Kindergarten suggested Programming: 5/11, 7:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Curious George 5/18, 7:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Curious George (“Amazing (“Mulch Ado About Nothing/What Goes Up” - Maze Race/Color of Monkey” --mapping, navigation, Monday -composting-how to fertilize plants/levers- orienteering/colors--mixing primary colors to make how they work, STEM) more colors)

5/11, 4:00 (WITFKids) The Cat in the Hat Knows A 5/18, 12 p.m. (WITFKids) Sid the Science Kid Lot About That! (“Teeny Weeny Adventure; I See (“Reused Robot!” --concept of recycling, reuse) Seeds” --single-celled creatures/how seeds travel via air, water and on animals)

5/11, 6:30 p.m. (WITFKids) Wild Kratts (“This Orca 5/18, 4:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Cat in the Hat Likes Sharks” --ocean habitat; concept: Knows A Lot About That! (“Digging the predator/prey) Deep/Puddle Puzzle” --exploring ocean depths and floor/water vapor, evaporation)

5/12, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) and 5:30 p.m. (WITFKids) & 5/19, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) Nature Cat (“Ocean Tuesday 5/15, 7:30 p.m. (WITFKids) Nature Cat (“Tally Ho, A Commotion Part 1” --waterways: drains to rivers to Volcano/No Rest for the Squeeky”--volcanoes and how oceans) *Part 2 airs on 5/20 they are created) *Special: Natural Wonders Week

5/12, 11:30 a.m. (WITFKids) Splash and Bubbles 5/19, 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Ready Jet (“Seal Sitters/From Ray to Zee” --Pacific Harbor seals Go! (“How We Find Your Sun/Tree House and kelp forest as habitat) Observatory” --sun in relation to other stars, yellow dwarf and red dwarf stars/observation, using a telescope) 5/12, 12 p.m. (WITFKids) Sid the Science Kid 5/19, 12 p.m. (WITFKids) Sid the Science Kid (“My (“Super Science Tools” --exploring science Ice Pops” --concept: liquids to solids, freezing; tools: ruler, estimation jar, chart, solids to liquids, melting) magnifying glass)

5/13, 7:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Curious George (“Fun Ball 5/20, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) Nature Cat (“Ocean Wednesday Talley/Red Sky at Night, Monkey Delight” -- concept: Commotion Part 2” --waterways: drains to rivers to estimation/weather observation, prediction, wind) oceans) *Part 1 airs on 5/19

5/13, 4:00 p.m. (WITFKids) The Cat in the Hat 5/20, 8:00 a.m. & 9:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Ready Jet Go! Knows A Lot About That! (“Flutterby (“How Come the Moon Changes Shape? /Night of a Butterfly/Pretty in Pink” --butterflies, their wings Bazillion Stars” --phases of moon: position relative to and many uses/flamingos) Earth and Sun/star and planet gazing; explore why stars twinkle and planets do not) 5/13, 4:30 p.m. (WITFKids) Dinosaur Train (“Solar 5/20, 11:30 a.m. (WITFKids) Splash and Bubbles Train/Birdwatching”- solar power/observing nature) (“The End of the Ocean/Antarctic Ranger” -- difference b/w fresh water and seawater; where the water goes beyond the ocean/Antarctic habitat-penguins can live in and out of water)

5/14, 12 p.m. (WITFKids) Sid the Science Kid (“Slide to 5/21, 8:00 a.m. & 9:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Ready Jet Go! Thursday the Side” --concept of friction—Forces and Motion) (“Mission to the Moon/Mindy’s Moon Bounce House” - -explores first manned mission to moon, Apollo 11 in 1969, concept of gravity)

5/14, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) and 5:30 p.m. (WITFKids) & 5/21, 12 p.m. (WITFKids) Sid the Science Kid (“The 5/15, 8:30 p.m. (WITFKids) Nature Cat (“The Grand Perfect Pancake”--how heat can change things) Mystery of Grand Canyon/Strongest Show on Earth” -- Grand Canyon and how it was created) *Special: Natural Wonders Week

5/14, 6:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Wild Kratts (“Zig- 5/21, 4:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Cat in the Hat Knows Zagged"--zebras, patterns in nature, concept of A Lot About That! (“Secret Super Digger/Pucker camouflage) Up and Blow” --plant roots need water, air and compost to grow; how earthworms help plants grow; gardening/concept of whistling and how birds “whistle”)

5/15, 8:00 a.m. (WITFKids) Ready Jet Go! (“Mindy’s 5/22, 7:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Curious George (“Water to Friday Bedtime/Galileo, Galileo!” --earth and sun orbits and Ducks/Animal Magnetism” --evaporation/magnets) rotations) 5/15, 12 p.m. (WITFKids) Sid the Science Kid (“The 5/22, 8:00 a.m. & 9:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Whale Episode” --using non-standard measurement to Ready Jet Go! (“How Come the Moon has measure objects that are big) Craters? /Backyard Moon Base” --moon craters probably caused by asteroids/moon habitat for humans: what conditions are needed to allow humans to live on moon) 5/15, 4:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Cat in the Hat Knows 5/22, 12 p.m. (WITFKids) Sid the Science Kid (“Sid’s A lot About That! (“Pick your Friends/Finola’s Farm” -- Super Kick” --concept of Force—makes something move cows: producing milk, cream, cheese, etc.) far and fast)

Grade 1 May 11-15 May 18-22

5/13, 7:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Curious George (“Fun Ball 5/18, 4:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Cat in the Hat Knows A Weather vs Climate Talley/Red Sky at Night, Monkey Delight” -- concept: Lot About That! (“Digging the Deep/Puddle estimation/weather observation, prediction, wind) Puzzle” --exploring ocean depths and floor/water vapor, evaporation) 5/13, 8:00 a.m. & 9:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Ready Jet Go! 5/18, 5:30 p.m. (WITFKids) Nature Cat (“Breezy (“Eye in the Sky/Total Eclipse Block Party” --weather Rider/Swamp Thing” --wind and power of gusts/swamp observation, prediction/solar eclipse) habitat) 5/15, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) and 5:30 p.m. & 9:00 p.m. 5/22, 7:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Curious George (“Water to (WITFKids) Nature Cat (“Under Pressure/Rainy Day” Ducks/Animal Magnetism” --evaporation/magnets) --geysers and how they are created/rain and animals that like rain) *Special: Natural Wonders Week

5/19, 12 p.m. (WITFKids) Sid the Science Kid (“My Ice Pops” --concept: liquids to solids, freezing; Types of precipitation solids to liquids, melting)

Earth Science: 5/11, 11:30 a.m. (WITFKids) Splash and Bubbles (“The 5/19, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) Nature Cat (“Ocean Natural resources Sand is Grand/The Treasure Trove” --how sand is Commotion Part 1” --waterways: drains to rivers to renewable vs made/invertebrates) oceans) *Part 2 airs on 5/20 nonrenewable

5/12, 7:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Curious George (“CG 5/19, 6:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Wild Kratts and the Dam Builders/CG’s Low High Score” -- (“Seasquatch”--ocean depths, hydrothermal vents concept of dams: water flow, management, in sea floor, concept of chemosynthesis: how habitats; concept of number scores, data) deep-sea creatures transform toxic chemicals into energy)

5/13, 4:30 p.m. (WITFKids) Dinosaur Train (“Solar 5/20, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) Nature Cat (“Ocean Train/Birdwatching”- solar power/observing nature) Commotion Part 2” --waterways: drains to rivers to oceans) *Part 1 airs on 5/19

5/14, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) and 5:30 p.m. (WITFKids) & 5/20, 8:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Wild Kratts (“Choose 5/15, 8:30 p.m. (WITFKids) Nature Cat (“The Grand Your Swordfish” --explore ‘billfish”: swordfish, Mystery of Grand Canyon/Strongest Show on Earth” -- marlin, sailfish; concept of hydrodynamics—physics Grand Canyon and how it was created) *Special: of motion and action of fluids) Natural Wonders Week

5/14, 11:30 a.m. (WITFKids) Splash and Bubbles 5/20, 11:30 a.m. (WITFKids) Splash and Bubbles (“Puffy/The Big Shake” --sand patterns/earthquakes (“The End of the Ocean/Antarctic Ranger” -- and causes) difference b/w fresh water and seawater; where the water goes beyond the ocean/Antarctic habitat-penguins can live in and out of water)

5/20, 5:30 p.m. (WITFKids) Nature Cat (“Amber Rocks/The Big Stink” --geology: rocks and amber)

5/18, 12 p.m. (WITFKids) Sid the Science Kid Recycling (“Reused Robot!” --concept of recycling, reuse)

5/14, 4:00 p.m. (WITFKids) The Cat in the Hat 5/18, 8:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Wild Kratts (“Elephant Life Science-genetics Knows A Lot About That! (“Sniff and Seek/Aye Brains!” --African and Asian Elephants, intelligence and heredity Aye!” --sense of smell/species evolution and and social and emotional intelligence) adaptation to survive) plant life-seed to adult 5/11, 7:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Curious George 5/18, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) Nature Cat (“Niagara plant (“Mulch Ado About Nothing/What Goes Up” - Falls/Nature Plant” -- -Niagara Falls and how -composting-how to fertilize plants/levers- waterfalls are formed/plant life) *Special: Natural how they work, STEM) Wonders Week

5/11, 4:00 (WITFKids) The Cat in the Hat Knows A 5/20, 7:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Curious George Lot About That! (“Teeny Weeny Adventure; I See (“Wheels on the Bus/Seed Trouble” --seeds to Seeds” --single-celled creatures/how seeds travel plants, what seeds need to grow, planting a via air, water and on animals) garden) 5/13, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) and 5:30 p.m. (WITFKids) 5/21, 4:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Cat in the Hat Knows & 5/15, 8:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Nature Cat A Lot About That! (“Secret Super Digger/Pucker (“Niagara Falls/Nature Plant” -Niagara Falls and Up and Blow” --plant roots need water, air and how waterfalls are formed/plant life) *Special: compost to grow; how earthworms help plants Natural Wonders Week grow; gardening/concept of whistling and how birds “whistle”) 5/13, 6:00 a.m. and 5/15, 6:30 a.m.(WITFKids) 5/19, 6:00 a.m. and 5/21, 6:30 a.m.(WITFKids) Cyberchase (“Composting in the Clutch” --concept of Cyberchase (“Composting in the Clutch” --concept of composting and its benefits) composting and its benefits)

Grade 2 May 11-15 May 18-22

Life Science: 5/11, 7:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Curious George 5/18, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) Nature Cat (“Niagara Plants (“Mulch Ado About Nothing/What Goes Up” - Falls/Nature Plant” --Niagara Falls and how -composting-how to fertilize plants/levers- waterfalls are formed/plant life) *Special: Natural how they work, STEM) Wonders Week 5/11, 4:00 (WITFKids) The Cat in the Hat Knows A 5/20, 7:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Curious George Lot About That! (“Teeny Weeny Adventure; I See (“Wheels on the Bus/Seed Trouble” --seeds to Seeds” --single-celled creatures/how seeds travel plants, what seeds need to grow, planting a via air, water and on animals) garden) 5/13, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) and 5:30 p.m. (WITFKids) 5/21, 4:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Cat in the Hat Knows & 5/15, 8:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Nature Cat A Lot About That! (“Secret Super Digger/Pucker (“Niagara Falls/Nature Plant” -- Niagara Falls and Up and Blow” --plant roots need water, air and how waterfalls are formed/plant life) *Special: compost to grow; how earthworms help plants Natural Wonders Week grow; gardening/concept of whistling and how birds “whistle”)

5/13, 12 p.m. (WITFKids) Sid the Science Kid (“My 5/19, 6:00 a.m. and 5/21, 6:30 a.m.(WITFKids) Mushy Banana” --concept of decay, fruits and Cyberchase (“Composting in the Clutch” --concept of vegetables) composting and its benefits)

5/11, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) and 5:30 p.m. (WITFKids) & 5/18, 8:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Wild Kratts (“Elephant Animals (habitats) 5/15, 7:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Nature Cat (“Great Salt Brains!” --African and Asian Elephants, intelligence Lake/The Praying Mantis Hunters” --Salt Lake and social and emotional intelligence) habitat/praying mantis and habitat) *Special: Natural Wonders Week 5/11, 8:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Wild Kratts (“Mosquito 5/18, 5:30 p.m. (WITFKids) Nature Cat (“Breezy Dragon” --mosquitos, habitat: Cypress Swamp) Rider/Swamp Thing” --wind and power of gusts/swamp habitat)

5/11, 11:30 a.m. (WITFKids) Splash and Bubbles (“The 5/18, 6:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Wild Kratts (“Mimic” -- Sand is Grand/The Treasure Trove” --how sand is cheetahs and using mimicry for communication and made/invertebrates) defense mechanism)

5/11, 6:30 p.m. (WITFKids) and 5/14, 8:00 a.m. 5/18, 6:30 p.m. (WITFKids) Wild Kratts (“Caracal- (WITFTV) Wild Kratts (“This Orca Likes Sharks” -- Minton” --Caracal cats, its musculature designed for ocean habitat; concept: predator/prey) jumping and stalking, concept of ‘form for function’) 5/12, 11:30 a.m. (WITFKids) Splash and Bubbles 5/19, 8:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Wild Kratts (“Liturgusa (“Seal Sitters/From Ray to Zee” --Pacific Harbor seals Krattorum”--praying mantis species, concept: taxonomy and kelp forest as habitat) and scientific classification) 5/12, 4:00 p.m. (WITFKids) The Cat in the Hat 5/19, 5:30 p.m. (WITFKids) and 5/21, 7:30 a.m. Knows A Lot About That! (“Blue Feet Are Neat/A (WITFTV) Nature Cat (“Great Salt Lake/The Praying Little Reef Magic” --Blue Footed Booby bird and Mantis Hunters” --Salt Lake habitat/praying mantis feet adaptation/coral reef as habitat, concept of and habitat) camouflage and blending into surroundings) 5/12, 6:30 p.m. (WITFKids) and 5/15, 8:00 a.m. 5/19, 6:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Wild Kratts (WITFTV) Wild Kratts (“Mystery of the Mini Monkey (“Seasquatch”--ocean depths, hydrothermal vents Models” --habitat: Amazon rain forest, monkeys, in sea floor, concept of chemosynthesis: how concept of species recognition) deep-sea creatures transform toxic chemicals into energy) 5/13, 4:00 p.m. (WITFKids) The Cat in the Hat 5/20, 8:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Wild Kratts (“Choose Your Knows A Lot About That! (“Flutterby Swordfish” --explore ‘billfish”: swordfish, marlin, Butterfly/Pretty in Pink” --butterflies, their wings sailfish; concept of Hydrodynamics—physics of and many uses/flamingos) motion and action of fluids)

5/13, 6:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Wild Kratts (“The 5/20, 11:30 a.m. (WITFKids) Splash and Bubbles Vanishing Stingray”-cartilaginous fish: fish without (“The End of the Ocean/Antarctic Ranger” -- bones) difference b/w fresh water and seawater; where the water goes beyond the ocean)/Antarctic habitat-penguins can live in and out of water)

5/13, 6:30 p.m. (WITFKids) Wild Kratts 5/20, 4:00 p.m. (WITFKids) The Cat in the Hat Knows A (“Cheetah Racer” --cheetahs, adaptation to Lot About That! (“Be Cool/Elephant Walk” --how habitat) creatures stay cool in hot climates/ the many uses of elephant trunks) 5/14, 4:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Cat in the Hat Knows A 5/20, 6:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Wild Kratts (“Bugs or Lot About That! (“Sniff and Seek/Aye Aye!” --sense Monkeys” --insects and monkeys in rainforest) of smell/species evolution and adaptation to survive)

5/14, 6:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Wild Kratts (“Zig- 5/21, 8:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Wild Kratts (“Sloth Bear Zagged"--zebras, patterns in nature, concept of Suction” --try to figure out if a Sloth Bear is a bear camouflage) or a sloth; uses suction to acquire food, concept of physics: suction) 5/14, 6:30 p.m. (WITFKids) Wild Kratts (“A 5/21, 6:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Wild Kratts (“Neck and Huge Orange Problem” --orangutans and Neck” --giraffes, adaptation of long necks to reach habitat: Borneo Forest) food sources; habitat) 5/15, 6:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Wild Kratts (“Kerhonk”-- 5/21, 6:30 p.m. (WITFKids) Wild Kratts (“The Food Proboscis monkeys, how animals communicate) Chain Game” --exploring the food web of African savannah; complex relationships b/w predators and prey; concept of herbivores and carnivores) 5/15, 6:30 p.m. (WITFKids) Wild Kratts (“Koala 5/22, 8:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Wild Kratts (“The Balloon” --Koalas and habitat: eucalyptus forest) Vanishing Stingray”-cartilaginous fish: fish without bones)

5/15, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) and 5:30 p.m. & 9:00 p.m. 5/22, 4:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot (WITFKids) Nature Cat (“Under Pressure/Rainy Day” About That! (“Help with Kelp/Treetop Tom” --kelp --geysers and how they are created/rain and animals forest as habitat/size: tall or small and advantages and that like rain) *Special: Natural Wonders Week disadvantages in nature)

Animals that benefit 5/14, 7:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Curious George (“The Clean, 5/20, 6:30 p.m. (WITFKids) Wild Kratts (“Secrets of Humans (i.e. bees) Perfect Yellow Hat/Bee is for Bear” --creative problem the Spiderweb” --spider silk and concept of biotech solving/bees and their contributions) engineering)

5/15, 4:00 p.m. (WITFKids) The Cat in the Hat Knows A lot About That! (“Pick your Friends/Finola’s Farm” -- cows: producing milk, cream, cheese, etc.)

Grade 3 May 11-15 May 18-22

Earth Science: 5/11, 6:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Ready Jet Go! (“Which 5/18, 4:00 p.m. (WITFKids) The Cat in the Hat Earth and Moon Matter Moon is Best/Detective Mindy” --comparing Knows A Lot About That! (“Digging the Moons of Jupiter and Saturn/Black Holes, Deep/Puddle Puzzle” --exploring ocean depths concept of gravity) and floor/water vapor, evaporation)

5/11, 11:30 a.m. (WITFKids) Splash and Bubbles (“The 5/19, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) Nature Cat (“Ocean Sand is Grand/The Treasure Trove” --how sand is Commotion Part 1” --waterways: drains to rivers to made/invertebrates) oceans) * Part 2 airs on 5/20

5/12, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) and 5:30 p.m. (WITFKids) & 5/19, 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Ready Jet 5/15, 7:30 p.m. (WITFKids) Nature Cat (“Tally Ho, A Go! (“How We Find Your Sun/Tree House Volcano/No Rest for the Squeeky”--volcanoes and how Observatory” --sun in relation to other stars, yellow they are created) *Special: Natural Wonders Week dwarf and red dwarf stars/observation, using a telescope to observe remote objects)

5/13, 8:00 a.m. & 9:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Ready Jet Go! 5/19, 6:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Wild Kratts (“Eye in the Sky/Total Eclipse Block Party” --weather (“Seasquatch”--ocean depths, hydrothermal vents observation, prediction/solar eclipse) in sea floor, concept of chemosynthesis: how deep-sea creatures transform toxic chemicals into energy)

5/14, 6:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Ready Jet Go! (“Date 5/20, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) Nature Cat (“Ocean Night/Face on Fritz” --Earth’s atmosphere compared Commotion Part 2” --waterways: drains to rivers to with other planets/technology as effective tool when oceans) *Part 1 airs on 5/19 people know how to monitor and program it) 5/14, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) and 5:30 p.m. (WITFKids) & 5/20, 8:00 a.m. & 9:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Ready Jet Go! 5/15, 8:30 p.m. (WITFKids) Nature Cat (“The Grand (“How Come the Moon Changes Shape? /Night of a Mystery of Grand Canyon/Strongest Show on Earth” -- Bazillion Stars” --phases of moon: position relative to Grand Canyon and how it was created) *Special: Earth and Sun/star and planet gazing; explore why Natural Wonders Week stars twinkle and planets do not)

5/14, 11:30 a.m. (WITFKids) Splash and Bubbles 5/20, 5:30 p.m. (WITFKids) Nature Cat (“Amber (“Puffy/The Big Shake” --sand Rocks/The Big Stink” --geology: rocks and amber) patterns/earthquakes and causes) 5/15, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) and 5:30 p.m. & 9:00 p.m. 5/20, 8:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Wild Kratts (“Choose Your (WITFKids) Nature Cat (“Under Pressure/Rainy Day” Swordfish” --explore ‘billfish”: swordfish, marlin, --geysers and how they are created/rain and animals sailfish; concept of Hydrodynamics—physics of that like rain) *Special: Natural Wonders Week motion and action of fluids)

5/14, 12 p.m. (WITFKids) Sid the Science Kid (“Slide to 5/21, 8:00 a.m. & 9:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Ready Jet the Side” --concept of friction—Forces and Motion) Go! (“Mission to the Moon/Mindy’s Moon Bounce House” --explores first manned mission to moon, Apollo 11 in 1969, concept of gravity) 5/21, 5:30 p.m. (WITFKids) and 5/22, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) Nature Cat (“Tally Ho, A Volcano/No Rest for the Squeeky”--volcanoes and how they are created) *Special: Natural Wonders Week 5/22, 12 p.m. (WITFKids) Sid the Science Kid (“Sid’s Super Kick” --concept of Force—makes something move far and fast)

Simple &Compound 5/11, 7:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Curious George machines (“Mulch Ado About Nothing/What Goes Up” - -composting-how to fertilize plants/levers- how they work, STEM)

Grade 4 May 11-15 May 18-22

Earth Science: 5/12, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) and 5:30 p.m. (WITFKids) & 5/18, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) Nature Cat (“Niagara Properties of Matter 5/15, 7:30 p.m. (WITFKids) Nature Cat (“Tally Ho, A Falls/Nature Plant” --Niagara Falls and how Volcano/No Rest for the Squeeky”--volcanoes and how waterfalls are formed/plant life) *Special: Natural they are created) *Special: Natural Wonders Week Wonders Week

5/14, 6:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Ready Jet Go! (“Date 5/19, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) Nature Cat (“Ocean Night/Face on Fritz” --Earth’s atmosphere compared Commotion Part 1” --waterways: drains to rivers to with other planets/technology as effective tool when oceans) *Part 2 airs on 5/20 people know how to monitor and program it)

5/14, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) and 5:30 p.m. (WITFKids) & 5/20, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) Nature Cat (“Ocean 5/15, 8:30 p.m. (WITFKids) Nature Cat (“The Grand Commotion Part 2” --waterways: drains to rivers to Mystery of Grand Canyon/Strongest Show on Earth” -- oceans) *Part 1 airs on 5/19 Grand Canyon and how it was created) *Special: Natural Wonders Week

5/15, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) and 5:30 p.m. & 9:00 p.m. 5/20, 5:30 p.m. (WITFKids) Nature Cat (“Amber (WITFKids) Nature Cat (“Under Pressure/Rainy Day” Rocks/The Big Stink” --geology: rocks and amber) --geysers and how they are created/rain and animals that like rain) *Special: Natural Wonders Week 5/21, 5:30 p.m. (WITFKids) and 5/22, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) Nature Cat (“Tally Ho, A Volcano/No Rest for the Squeeky”--volcanoes and how they are created) *Special: Natural Wonders Week

Changes of matter 5/19, 12 p.m. (WITFKids) Sid the Science Kid (“My Ice Pops” --concept: liquids to solids, freezing; solids to liquids, melting) 5/21, 12 p.m. (WITFKids) Sid the Science Kid (“The Perfect Pancake”--how heat can change things)

Energy 5/11, 6:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Ready Jet Go! (“Which 5/19, 6:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Wild Kratts Moon is Best/Detective Mindy” --comparing (“Seasquatch”--ocean depths, hydrothermal vents Moons of Jupiter and Saturn/Black Holes, in sea floor, concept of chemosynthesis: how concept of gravity) deep-sea creatures transform toxic chemicals into energy) 5/11, 12 p.m. (WITFKids) Sid the Science Kid (“Ignatz’s 5/20, 8:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Wild Kratts (“Choose Your Inertia” --concept of inertia—Forces and Motion) Swordfish” --explore ‘billfish”: swordfish, marlin, sailfish; concept of Hydrodynamics—physics of motion and action of fluids) 5/14, 12 p.m. (WITFKids) Sid the Science Kid (“Slide to 5/22, 12 p.m. (WITFKids) Sid the Science Kid (“Sid’s the Side” --concept of friction—Forces and Motion) Super Kick” --concept of Force—makes something move far and fast)

Electricity

Grade 5 May 11-15 May 18-22

5/12, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) and 5:30 p.m. (WITFKids) & 5/19, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) Nature Cat (“Ocean Earth Science 5/15, 7:30 p.m. (WITFKids) Nature Cat (“Tally Ho, A Commotion Part 1” --waterways: drains to rivers to Volcano/No Rest for the Squeeky”--volcanoes and how oceans) *Part 2 airs on 5/20 they are created) *Special: Natural Wonders Week 5/14, 6:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Ready Jet Go! (“Date 5/19, 6:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Wild Kratts Night/Face on Fritz” --Earth’s atmosphere compared (“Seasquatch”--ocean depths, hydrothermal vents with other planets/technology as effective tool when in sea floor, concept of chemosynthesis: how people know how to monitor and program it) deep-sea creatures transform toxic chemicals into energy) 5/14, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) and 5:30 p.m. (WITFKids) & 5/20, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) Nature Cat (“Ocean 5/15, 8:30 p.m. (WITFKids) Nature Cat (“The Grand Commotion Part 2” --waterways: drains to rivers to Mystery of Grand Canyon/Strongest Show on Earth” -- oceans) *Part 1 airs on 5/19 Grand Canyon and how it was created) *Special: Natural Wonders Week 5/15, 7:30 a.m. (WITFTV) and 5:30 p.m. & 9:00 p.m. 5/21, 5:30 p.m. (WITFKids) and 5/22, 7:30 a.m. (WITFKids) Nature Cat (“Under Pressure/Rainy Day” (WITFTV) Nature Cat (“Tally Ho, A Volcano/No Rest for --geysers and how they are created/rain and animals the Squeeky”--volcanoes and how they are created) that like rain) *Special: Natural Wonders Week *Special: Natural Wonders Week

5/11, 6:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Ready Jet Go! (“Which 5/20, 8:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Wild Kratts (“Choose Your Moon is Best/Detective Mindy” --comparing Swordfish” --explore ‘billfish”: swordfish, marlin, Forces and Motion Moons of Jupiter and Saturn/Black Holes, sailfish; concept of Hydrodynamics—physics of concept of gravity) motion and action of fluids) 5/11, 12 p.m. (WITFKids) Sid the Science Kid (“Ignatz’s 5/21, 8:00 a.m. (WITFTV) Wild Kratts (“Sloth Bear Inertia” --concept of inertia—Forces and Motion) Suction” --try to figure out if a Sloth Bear is a bear or a sloth; uses suction to acquire food, concept of physics: suction) 5/14, 12 p.m. (WITFKids) Sid the Science Kid (“Slide to 5/21, 8:00 a.m. & 9:00 p.m. (WITFKids) Ready Jet Go! the Side” --concept of friction—Forces and Motion) (“Mission to the Moon/Mindy’s Moon Bounce House” -- explores first manned mission to moon, Apollo 11 in 1969, concept of gravity) 5/22, 12 p.m. (WITFKids) Sid the Science Kid (“Sid’s Super Kick” --concept of Force—makes something move far and fast)

Grade 6 May 11-15 May 18-22

Afternoon Science Programming for middle school Afternoon Science Programming for middle school students students 5/11, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) Great Yellowstone Thaw -- 5/18, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) NOVA—First Man on the Moon Part 1 (A Yellowstone winter is a brutal one and the (An intimate portrait of an American hero features wildlife must find strategies to survive.) interviews with Neil Armstrong’s family and friends.) 5/12, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) Great Yellowstone Thaw— 5/19, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) NOVA-Lethal Seas Part 2 (Cameras continue to follow the wildlife dramas in (As carbon emissions raise the oceans’ acidity, Yellowstone as Spring brings many new challenges.) experts try to crack the code of the changing seas). 5/13, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) Great Yellowstone Thaw-- 5/20, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) Inside Einstein’s Mind Part 3 (A wildfire in the Beartooth Mountains, a pack of (Albert Einstein's simple but powerful ideas that wolves and orphaned young grizzlies are featured.) reshaped our understanding of gravity are examined.) 5/14, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) Genius by Stephen Hawking— 5/21, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) Genius by Stephen Hawking— Can We Time Travel? Why Are We Here? (Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to (Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to determine if time travel is possible.) work out why they exist at all.)

Also Math Curriculum STEM Programming STEM Programming Physics 5/14, 5:00 p.m. (WITFTV) The Robot Doctor (Episode 5/21, 5:00 p.m. (WITFTV) The Robot Doctor (Episode Simple Machines 101: “Robotics: An Introduction” –Design elements and 102: “Robotics: Sense - Plan - Act Framework”-- Electricity how they relate to the purpose of a robot) *Episode runs How a robot can break down its tasks into sensing the

Magnetism 14 minutes and will be repeated surroundings, planning what to do next, then executing

that plan.) *Episode 101 will repeat followed by 102

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Grade 7 April 27-May 1 May 4-8 Afternoon Science Programming for middle school Afternoon Science Programming for middle school students students 5/11, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) Great Yellowstone Thaw -- 5/18, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) NOVA—First Man on the Moon Part 1 (A Yellowstone winter is a brutal one and the (An intimate portrait of an American hero features wildlife must find strategies to survive.) interviews with Neil Armstrong’s family and friends.) 5/12, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) Great Yellowstone Thaw— 5/19, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) NOVA-Lethal Seas Part 2 (Cameras continue to follow the wildlife dramas in (As carbon emissions raise the oceans’ acidity, Yellowstone as Spring brings many new challenges.) experts try to crack the code of the changing seas). 5/13, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) Great Yellowstone Thaw-- 5/20, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) Inside Einstein’s Mind Part 3 (A wildfire in the Beartooth Mountains, a pack of (Albert Einstein's simple but powerful ideas that wolves and orphaned young grizzlies are featured.) reshaped our understanding of gravity are examined.) 5/14, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) Genius by Stephen Hawking— 5/21, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) Genius by Stephen Hawking— Can We Time Travel? Why Are We Here? (Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to (Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to determine if time travel is possible.) work out why they exist at all.)

5/13, 4:00 p.m. (WITFTV) Surviving the Dust Bowl: 5/19, 8:00 p.m. (WITFTV) NOVA—Deadliest Life Science: Ecology American Experience (1930’s dust storms ravaged Tornadoes (Explores the science behind the Ecosystems the parched and over plowed southern plains, turning deadly outbreak of tornadoes in April 2011 bountiful wheat fields into desert) and how this outbreak relates to global climate change) 5/13, 8 p.m. (WITFTV) Spy in the Wild--A 5/20, 8:00 p.m. (WITFTV) Spy in the Wild--A Nature Nature Miniseries (The Islands—South Pacific: Miniseries (The Poles—Arctic and Antarctic: wildlife and wildlife and habitats) habitats) 5/20, 9:00 p.m. (WITFTV) NOVA: Eagle Power (Eagles—study of these remarkable birds and their powers of strength, eyesight and flying skills).

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Grade 8 April 27-May 1 May 4-8 Afternoon Science Programming for middle school Afternoon Science Programming for middle school students students 5/11, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) Great Yellowstone Thaw -- 5/18, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) NOVA—First Man on the Moon Part 1 (A Yellowstone winter is a brutal one and the (An intimate portrait of an American hero features wildlife must find strategies to survive.) interviews with Neil Armstrong’s family and friends.) 5/12, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) Great Yellowstone Thaw— 5/19, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) NOVA-Lethal Seas Part 2 (Cameras continue to follow the wildlife dramas in (As carbon emissions raise the oceans’ acidity, Yellowstone as Spring brings many new challenges.) experts try to crack the code of the changing seas). 5/13, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) Great Yellowstone Thaw-- 5/20, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) Inside Einstein’s Mind Part 3 (A wildfire in the Beartooth Mountains, a pack of (Albert Einstein's simple but powerful ideas that wolves and orphaned young grizzlies are featured.) reshaped our understanding of gravity are examined.) 5/14, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) Genius by Stephen Hawking— 5/21, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) Genius by Stephen Hawking— Can We Time Travel? Why Are We Here? (Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to (Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to determine if time travel is possible.) work out why they exist at all.)

5/13, 4:00 p.m. (WITFTV) Surviving the Dust Bowl: 5/19, 8:00 p.m. (WITFTV) NOVA—Deadliest Climate Science: Human American Experience (1930’s dust storms ravaged the Tornadoes (Explores the science behind the Impact parched and over plowed southern plains, turning deadly outbreak of tornadoes in April 2011 bountiful wheat fields into desert and how this outbreak relates to global climate change)

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High School 9-12 April 27-May 1 May 4-8

Afternoon Science Programming for high school Afternoon Science Programming for high school students students 5/11, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) Great Yellowstone Thaw -- 5/18, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) NOVA—First Man on the Moon Part 1 (A Yellowstone winter is a brutal one and the (An intimate portrait of an American hero features wildlife must find strategies to survive.) interviews with Neil Armstrong’s family and friends.) 5/12, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) Great Yellowstone Thaw— 5/19, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) NOVA-Lethal Seas Part 2 (Cameras continue to follow the wildlife dramas in (As carbon emissions raise the oceans’ acidity, Yellowstone as Spring brings many new challenges.) experts try to crack the code of the changing seas). 5/13, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) Great Yellowstone Thaw-- 5/20, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) Inside Einstein’s Mind Part 3 (A wildfire in the Beartooth Mountains, a pack of (Albert Einstein's simple but powerful ideas that wolves and orphaned young grizzlies are featured.) reshaped our understanding of gravity are examined.) 5/14, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) Genius by Stephen Hawking— 5/21, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) Genius by Stephen Hawking— Can We Time Travel? Why Are We Here? (Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to (Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to determine if time travel is possible.) work out why they exist at all.)

5/15, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) Genius by Stephen Hawking— 5/22, 2 p.m. (WITFTV) Genius by Stephen Hawking-- Are We Alone? Where Did the Universe Come from? (Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people (Stephen Hawking challenges three ordinary people to work out the likelihood of alien life exists in the to work out where the universe came from.) universe.) Also Math Curriculum STEM Programming STEM Programming 5/14, 5:00 p.m. (WITFTV) The Robot Doctor (Episode 5/21, 5:00 p.m. (WITFTV) The Robot Doctor (Episode 101: “Robotics: An Introduction” –Design elements and 102: “Robotics: Sense - Plan - Act Framework”-- how they relate to the purpose of a robot) *Episode How a robot can break down its tasks into sensing the runs 14 minutes and will be repeated surroundings, planning what to do next, then executing that plan.) *Episode 101 will repeat followed by 102

WITF Radio (FM 89.5) 5/1, 2-4 p.m. Ideas Exchange (WITF Radio FM 89.5) 5/8, 2-4 p.m. Ideas Exchange (WITF Radio FM 89.5) Listening Programs Science Friday (two 1- hour segments) Science Friday (two 1- hour segments) https://www.sciencefriday.com/ Covering the outer https://www.sciencefriday.com/ Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science. Friday is the source for entertaining and Science. Friday is the source for entertaining and educational stories about science, technology, and educational stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff. other cool stuff.

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Biology Photosynthesis 5/13, 9:00 p.m. (WITFTV) NOVA—Decoding Covid-19 Cellular Respiration (understanding, containing and finding a treatment for Cell Division this deadly and contagious virus) Meiosis/Mitosis

Genetics/DNA

Evolution 5/13, 4:00 p.m. (WITFTV) Surviving the Dust Bowl: 5/19, 8:00 p.m. (WITFTV) NOVA—Deadliest American Experience (1930’s dust storms ravaged the Tornadoes (Explores the science behind the Ecology parched and over plowed southern plains, turning deadly outbreak of tornadoes in April 2011 bountiful wheat fields into desert) and how this outbreak relates to global climate change)

5/13, 8:00 p.m. (WITFTV) Spy in the Wild--A 5/20, 8:00 p.m. (WITFTV) Spy in the Wild--A Nature Nature Miniseries (The Islands—South Pacific: Miniseries (The Poles—Arctic and Antarctic: wildlife wildlife and habitats) and habitats)

5/20, 9:00 p.m. (WITFTV) NOVA: Eagle Power (Eagles—study of these remarkable birds and their powers of strength, eyesight and flying skills).

Chemistry Stoichiometry Acids/Bases Chemical Reactions Gases Solutions

Physics Newton's Law Projectile Motion Forces Momentum and Energy Magnets Waves Sound Light Electromagnetic Spectrum