May 4, Programming and Activities A Florida education standards alignment is included with each resource found at the PBS LearningMedia links below. Grades 4-8 8:00 a.m. Nova: Building Great Cathedrals Physics of Stone Arches - Background Reading Building Big / Civil Engineer Interview: Susan Knack - Article 9:00 a.m. History Detectives: Lauste Film Clip, Baker’s Gold, Transatlantic The Gold Rush - Video and Support Materials Baker’s Gold - Lesson Plan 10:00 a.m. Ancient Skies: Gods and Monsters The Beginnings of the Telescope - Essay and Support Materials Introduction to Astronomy / Crash Course Astronomy - Video 11:00 a.m. Secrets of the Dead: Building Notre Dame Why Notre Dame’s Gargoyles Are More Than Art - Video Notre Dame Fire and the Cathedral’s Significance / PBS NewsHour - Video and Support Materials Triangles and Arches in Architecture - Interactive 12:00 p.m. NOVA: Building Great Cathedrals Reims Cathedral - Video The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers / Emily Whiting - Video Building Big: Building Challenge - Activity NOVA: Sacred Architecture - Article WEDU PBS | 1300 North Blvd, Tampa, FL 33607 [email protected] | (813) 254-9338 wedu.org/edconnect Proud supporter of WEDU PBS At-Home Learning May 5, Programming and Activities A Florida education standards alignment is included with each resource found at the PBS LearningMedia links below. Grades 4-8 8:00 a.m. Nova: Secrets of the Shining Knight Egyptian Armor - Video King Arthur / In Search of Myths and Heroes - Webpage Reading 9:00 a.m. History Detectives: Andrew Jackson’s Mouth/Barton Letter Spybook Civil War Letters - Lesson Plan Clara Barton, Biography / Ken Burns: The Civil War - Lesson Plan Multiple Perspectives of the War of 1812 - Lesson Plan and Support Materials Crackdown on Dissent / The Great War - Video and Teaching Tips 10:00 a.m. Ancient Skies: Finding the Center Galileo’s Telescope - Video and Support Materials Transforming the Solar System: Copernicus and Galileo / Genius by Stephen Hawking - Video 11:00 a.m. Impossible Builds: The Floating House NOVA Online / Floating Buildings - Video Environmental Engineering: Adapting to Rising Sea Levels with Floating Buildings / Sinking Cities - Videos and Support Materials How Coral Grows - Video and Support Materials 12:00 p.m. NOVA: Secrets of the Shining Knight Arms and Armor - Video NOVA: Musket v Medieval Armor - Video WEDU PBS | 1300 North Blvd, Tampa, FL 33607 [email protected] | (813) 254-9338 wedu.org/edconnect Proud supporter of WEDU PBS At-Home Learning May 6, Programming and Activities A Florida education standards alignment is included with each resource found at the PBS LearningMedia links below. Grades 4-8 8:00 a.m. Nova: Secrets of the Forbidden City Which Emperor Are You? / The Story of China - Interactive Urbanization During The Ming Dynasty - Reading and Activity Urbanization During The Ming Dynasty - Crossword Puzzle 9:00 a.m. History Detectives: Korean War Letter, Diana, Lookout Mt. Painting The Korean War - Media Gallery and Support Materials The Korean War: 1950-1953 - Activity Life During the War - Media Gallery 10:00 a.m. Ancient Skies: Our Place in the Universe Map a Model Solar System - Interactive and Support Materials Tour the Solar System - Interactive and Support Materials Our Knowledge of the Universe - Lesson Plan How Big Is Our Universe - Interactive and Support Materials 11:00 a.m. Eero Saarinen: American Masters Aline Louchheim and Eero Saarinen - Video Eero Saarinen’s Revolutionary Design of the Dulles Airport Marking Man’s Time on Earth at General Motors - Video Eero Saarinen’s Design of the MIT Chapel - Video Saarinen’s St. Louis Gateway Arch, Monument Design, and Westward Expansion - Video and Support Materials 12:00 p.m. NOVA: Secrets of the Forbidden City Forbidden City Facts - Video Emperor Young-Lo - Image NOVA / Earthquakes: The Seismograph - Video WEDU PBS | 1300 North Blvd, Tampa, FL 33607 [email protected] | (813) 254-9338 wedu.org/edconnect Proud supporter of WEDU PBS At-Home Learning May 7, Programming and Activities A Florida education standards alignment is included with each resource found at the PBS LearningMedia links below. Grades 4-8 8:00 a.m. Nova - Decoding the Great Pyramid How the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids Were Built - Video, Background Reading and Discussion Questions Building the Pyramids of Ancient Egypt - Interactive Lesson and Support Materials 9:00 a.m. History Detectives: Hot Town Poster, Face Jug, Lost City of Gold The West: Cities of Gold - Article Civil War: Face Jug - Activity Graphic Organizer: Unit Reflection Sheet - Printable Activity How to Conduct Historical Research - Article How to Examine Art and Photographs - Article Jim McDowell / Muse Moments - Media Gallery and Support Materials 1968 Protests and Politics - Lesson and Activity A Convention in Chaos - Video The 1968 Democratic National Convention - Lesson Plan 10:00 a.m. Spy in the Wild: A Nature Miniseries - The North The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies - Videos Monarch Butterflies Drop 53 Percent in Wintering Area Official Say - Article Migration of the Monarch - Video and Support Materials 11:00 a.m. H2O: The Molecule That Made Us - Crisis California’s Water Supply - Video and Support Materials PBS NewsHour: Is the World’s Fresh Water Supply Running Out? - Video and Transcript Impacts of Water Management | H2O: The Molecule That Made Us - Media Gallery and Support Materials PBS NewsHour: How Scientists are Harvesting Fog to Secure the World’s Water Supply - Video and Transcript The Impacts of a Megadrought on the Amazon Rainforest | H2O: The Molecule That Made Us - Video and Support Materials WEDU PBS | 1300 North Blvd, Tampa, FL 33607 [email protected] | (813) 254-9338 wedu.org/edconnect Proud supporter of WEDU PBS At-Home Learning 12:00 p.m. NOVA - Decoding the Great Pyramid Pharaoh Khufu - Video and Support Materials How the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids Were Built - Video, Background Reading and Discussion Questions Building the Pyramids of Ancient Egypt - Interactive Lesson and Support Materials WEDU PBS | 1300 North Blvd, Tampa, FL 33607 [email protected] | (813) 254-9338 wedu.org/edconnect Proud supporter of WEDU PBS At-Home Learning May 8, Programming and Activities A Florida education standards alignment is included with each resource found at the PBS LearningMedia links below. Grades 4-8 8:00 a.m. Nova: Why Bridges Collapse (Science) Building Big / Brooklyn Bridge - Article Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 - Image The Silver Bridge Tragedy - Video and Support Materials 9:00 a.m. History Detectives: Jackie Robinson All-Stars, Modoc Basket (Social Studies) Racism and Exclusion in Jackie Robinson’s Early Career - Video and Support Materials Jackie Robinson: 3-2-1 Strategy Chart - Activity The Settlement of the American West - Interactive Biography: J. Edgar Hoover - Article 10:00 a.m. Nova: Polar Extremes (Science) Changing Arctic Landscape - Video and Support Materials Adaptations to Changes in Temperature / Polar Extremes - Media Gallery and Support Materials Community Outreach Toolkit / Polar Extremes - Lesson NOVA: Polar Extremes - Collection of Support Materials 12:00 p.m. Nova: Why Bridges Collapse (Science) PBS NewsHour: Experts Warned Before Italy Bridge Collapse That Cables Were Corroding, Report Says - Article Survivors Recount Bridge Collapse in Genoa, Italy - Video What are the Responsibilities of a Bridge Inspector? - Video and Support Materials WEDU PBS | 1300 North Blvd, Tampa, FL 33607 [email protected] | (813) 254-9338 wedu.org/edconnect Proud supporter of WEDU PBS At-Home Learning .