Edward TelJcr. who helped develop the bomb; Paul Ni1Ze. who production of currency. Part 1. "What's it Worth." discusses what participated in the Strategic Bombing Survey, George Elsey. a sets the value of currency, how did money develop and how naval aide to Truman; Donald Russell. an aide to Secretary of money has changed over the centuries. Part 2. "It's as Gold," is State Arthur Byrnes; and other participants in the U.S.• Britain. all about gold and the value ofgold. Part 3. "Minting Money." Japan and Russia. takes you to the United States Mint in Philadelphia where you can watch the making ofaquarter. Part 4. "Printing Money," takes you to Washington DC to the Bureau ofEngraving and THE HISTORY CHANNEL - TRIO: AMUNDSEN, Printing to learn about paper money. Part 5, ''Money in Other SCOTT AND BYRD Countries," is about how currencies are made and used in other M-J,.H countries. ThursdJzy. August. 03, 9:00-10:00 am Exclusive expeditionary scenes and actual recordings TLC - TLC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: MONEY: chronicle the dramatic stories ofthese Arctic explorers. KIDS AND CASH: MONEY AND YOU K-3.~,SM l1li Tuesday, September. 12, 4:00-5:00 am Tuesday, October, 17, 4:00-5:00 am TLC - OFF-AIR TAPING Tuesday, November, 21. 4:00-5:00 am Tuesday, December. 26. 4:00-5:00 am Educators will be able to videotape "TLC Elementary School." the new commercial-free series and use up to two years This five part series profiles finance. youth and the entrepre­ from the last date the programs airs. For additional information, neurial spirit The first segment "What's aBank?" explores the contact The Learning Channel, 7700 Wisconsin Avenue, history ofbanking and includes a trip to a modem day bank. Bethesda. MD 20814-3522, (800) 321-1832. Subsequent segments explore how money is kept safe and secure. and what a checking and savings account are and how TLC - TLC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL they function. The series also profiles young entrepreneurs who K-3, 4-6, CC. SM have made money through their own successrul businesses, and TuesdJzys. 4:00-5:00 am, during the school year ice cn:am makers Ben and leny who own success provides a positive role model for managing a business and making money. The Learning Channel will become the first television network to air a curriculum-based, regularly scheduled prognm designed specifically for elementary school teachers to use in TLC - TLC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: OCEANS their dassrooms. Educators will be able to videotape the new K-3,~.SM commercial-free series and use up to two years from the last date Tuesday, August. 29, 4:00-5:00 am the programs air. Each hour ofprogramming will consist ofa Tuesday, October. 03, 4:00-5:00 am variely offive to IS-minute segments thatteaehas can inc0rpo­ Tuesday, November, 07, 4:00-5:00 am rate into the curriculum. The topics include life.cycle concepts Tuesday, December, 12, 4:00-5:00 am of animals. how things work. other chiIdm1. and stories about other cultures, as well as classic tales. Aseven-part series that provides young viewers with a vision ofthe ocean, its myths, inhabitants and human interaction. Part I Support Materials: Each hour will begin with a complete "In the Company ofWhales" explores how whales learn and table ofcontents to clearly identify the segments that are on the communicatc~ Part n. "The Man Who Loves Sharts... profiles tape to make it easier for teachers to usc. Educators may tape Stan Waterman. an undersea explorer who has dedicated his life and use "TLC Elementary School" in the classroom for two to undersWtding sharks; Part In. "The Loch Ness Monster." years. Educators' suggested activities and lists ofresourees examines the mydt ofthe Loch Ness mons=- by taking viewers related to the video segments will appear on air with each hour. on a scientific examination ofthe Iakc and its contents; Part IV "Coral Reefs" looks at the "rain forests ofthe seas;" Part V, TLC - TLC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: MONEY: "Acrylic Submersible" introduces artist Bruce Beasley. who has KIDS AND CASH: ALL ABOUT MONEY invented a way to use acrylic that is being used by the Naval K-3,4-6. SM Underseas Center to develop better research submersibles; Part Tuesday. September. 05, 4:00-5:00 am VI, '"Exploring Underwater" demonstrates how scientists design Tuesday. October, 10. 4:00-5:00 am special vehicles and robots capable ofstaying underwater for Tuesday. November, 14, 4:00-5:00 am long periods oftime; and Part vn, "Submarines" shows how Tuesday. December. 19, 4:00-5:00 am submarines - and crews - are able to stay under water for up to six months This five-part program examines the history and 26 C KIDSNET August 1995 TLC - TLC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: ANIMAL Educator Networks: Big Sky Telegraph (Montana); CoSN STORIES (Consortium for School Networking); FIRN(Florida Information K-3,4-6, SM Resource Network); Sendit Project (North Dakota); SERVE Tuesday, September. 19, 4:00-5:00 am (South Eastern Regional Vision for Education); Armadino Tuesday, October, 24, 4:00-5:00 am (Texas); and Tenet (Texas). Tuesday. November; 28. 4:00-5:00 am Tuesday. January. 02. 4:00-5:00 am TLC·ARCBAEOLOGY M-l,H,F Afive-part program focusing on animals from around the Sundays, 8:30-9:00 pm world. Part L "Animals ofthe Nile" fonows the 4,000 miles of Mondays, 8:00-8:30 pm the Ntle River to observe the animals who inhabit each geo­ graphic region along the river, Part n, "Animals of the Hosted by actor 10hn Rhys-Davies, the 13 half-hour Rainforest" visits the rainforest ecosystem of the Manu Bio­ episodes will examine past civilizations around the globe - from sphere reserve in Peru; Part m, "Emperors of Antarctica" the desert southwest ofthe United States to Great Zimbabwe, the introduces the Emperor penguins ofAn1lrCtica; Part IV, "Asian first city ofSouthern Africa, to early Roman expeditions in Elephants" foUows Parbarti Barua, India's only female mahout, Germany. Interwoven through many episodes is the usc of as she leads her elephants on a trek and reveals why the popula­ modem science and technology, such as computer simulation and tion ofAsian elephants is dwindling; and Part V, "The Big Wee' bone analysis, to solve intriguing mysteries and to challenge long­ looks at the weather and animals of the Australian north. standing beliefs about past civilizations. The series will animate history with original footage, riveting first-person accounts, archival film footage, computer animation, photographs, artwork, TLC - TLC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD and interviews with leading archaeologists. K-3,4-6, SM TLC - BATILES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD Tuesday. September, 26, 4:00-5:00 am M-l,H Tuesday. October; 31. 4:00-5:00 am Thursdays, 10:00-10:30 pm Tuesday. December; 05, 4:00-5:00 am Tuesday. January. 09. 4:00-5:00 am This series recounts some ofthe most pivotal military confrontations the world has known and examines how each This fivc-pat't program introduces the culture and traditions of battle radically altered society and the world views ofthose people from around the world. Segment One, "People ofthe involved. Artifacts, reenactments and archival footage featured in Ntle" introduces the different groups ofpeople who live along the each episode provide a historical context for the environment in 4,000 mile expanse ofthe Ntle River, Segment Two, "People of which these campaigns were waged. the Rainforest" visits the Manu rainforest in Peru to see how the "Machiguenga" people have lived for hundreds ofyears; TLC - BEAKMAN'S WORLD Segment Three, "Mustang: The Tale ofTwo Journeys" takes K-3,~, M-l, LIT, SM, HV viewm to the remote region ofMustang in North West Nepal to Sundays. 9:00-9:30 am & 9:30-10:00 am see how people live in an area that has been isolated from the outside world for centuries; Segment IV, "Rice Harvesf' follows Based on the comic strip "You Can With Beakman" by Jok the members ofthe Shikdar family, who work together on a farm Church in Bangladesh; Segment V, "Counting Around the World" shows American children counting to ten in the language oftheir This half-hour series humorously explains scientific ancestors - English, Spanish, Omaha, Arabic, Swahili and matters to children and young adults using Iive-action and Vietnamese. animated elements. It is based on the comic strip "You Can With Beakman," running in about 100 newspapers. Performance TLC - THE DISCOVERY NETWORK'S EDUCATOR artist Paul ZaIoom stars as Beakman, a slightly nutty but always GUIDE ON-LINE SITES inquisitive scientist who has dedicated himselfto answering E, SM, ON-LINE questions about how the world works. Using state- of-the-art visuals and humorous situations, main topics spin off into subsets The Discovery Network's Educator Guide, a publication that of questions and answers which reveal relationships between offers lesson plans for selected Discovery and TLC programming principles ofscience and nature and how they affect our daily can be accessed at the following on-line sites: America On-Line: environment. keyword: DSC-E.I}, AskERIC at Syracuse University: Gopher Access: discovery.syr.educ:95 (some browsers require port #), or Support Materials: The book You Can with Bealanan, by Jok WWW Access: http://Discovery.syr.educ/Discovery/ Area Church is available at local bookstores across the country. The () KIDSNET August 1995 27 book contains relatively simple science experiments designed to enactments to help chronicle the string ofevents that led up to interest children. the decision to drop the nuclear bomb. The prognun explores the dilemma that president Franklin D. Roosevelt and his advisors in TLC - DISMANTLING THE BOMB their search for answers, the mastermind operation ofJ.