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.