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Arkansas Educational Television Network
KETS 2/Little RockKEMV 6/Mountain View
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KAFT 13/Fayetteville
KTEJ 19/Jonesboro
KETZ 12/El Dorado
Summer 2009
PREVIEW KEN BURNS’ BREATHTAKING NATIONAL PARKS COMING TO AETN IN SEPTEMBER
BE MORE: THE NEW PBS EDUCATIONAL MEDIA SHOP
PBS Educational Media has launched a new website designed specifically to meet the needs of educators, librarians, and trainers in their search for educational media products. With enhanced searching capabilities Shop PBS Educational Media presents a faster, easier, and more rewarding way to find media for the classroom, the boardroom, and the living room. Features of the new website include:
- Expanded product descriptions
- ISBN numbers and better grade level searches
- Quick Catalog feature which allows the user to input numbers directly from the catalog, bypassing the traditional shopping cart
- Professional, published reviews
- An expanding collection of video clips
- Links to other PBS education resources
- And we still guarantee your satisfaction with product purchases
AETN'S ADULT EDUCATION WEB SITE PROVIDES RESOURCES FOR ADULT
LEARNERS
http://ideas.aetn.org/adeducation
This Web site links adult learners to resources that enhance their educational opportunities and options. The mission of PBS Literacy Link is to provide quality adult basic education that is exciting, relevant, accessible and flexible by providing several different services to meet different needs.
GED Connection covers the content and format of the GED exam. Workplace Essential Skills teaches skills and attitudes necessary to succeed at work. Learners see how to prepare resumes and applications and how to prepare themselves for interviews and work. Emmy Award-winning TV411 focuses on parenting, money matters and health. English For All is a free Web-based multimedia system for adults learning English as a second language.
ARKANSAS STUDIES
ARKANSAS STORIES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN
http://www.arkansasstories.com/bbcd.html
Summer is a great time to take advantage of this extraordinary site. Stories and other resources are organized by grade level from kindergarten to sixth grade and include a teacher’s guide.
WAS THAT AN IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER SIGHTED IN ARKANSAS
SWAMP?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3302/03.html
Was it an Ivory-Billed Woodpecker thought to be extinct that was sighted in an Arkansas swamp? Help unravel the mystery and see what you think.
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ART AND MUSIC
SECRETS OF THE DEAD “MICHELANGELO REVEALED”
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/
Grades: 6-12
Michelangelo's involvement with a clandestine fellowship trying to reform the Catholic Church from within put him at dangerous odds with powerful officials who held his livelihood – and life -- in their hands.
IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Join Stevie Wonder, Tony Bennett, Diana Krall, Mary Mary, India Ari and Martina McBride in this toe-tapping performance at the White House.
GREAT PERFORMANCES CARNEGIE HALL OPENING NIGHT 2008: IN CELEBRATION OF LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Get ready to celebrate the power of the music of Leonard Bernstein!
LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER: NEW YORK CITY BALLET'S "ROMEO AND JULIET"
Grades: 6-12
The New York City Ballet presents Peter Martins' interpretation of Prokofiev's beloved ballet Romeo and Juliet, from the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center.
SOURCE: PBS Teachers Newsletter
“HARDING BLACK: AN AMERICAN TREASURE – DESIGNS AND GLAZES”
LESSON PLAN AND VIDEO
http://www.klrn.org/learning/hardingblack/
Grades: 3-8
Learn how Harding Black discovered his innovative crystalline glaze by "accident." Consider how this expert in ceramics taught himself everything he needed to know, and view some of his remarkable "one-of-a-kind" glazed pieces.
SOURCE: PBS Teachers Newsletter
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/preferences/
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COUNSELING
“DYING TO BE THIN”
What causes the drive to be excessively thin, and what can be done about it?
PBS CHILD DEVELOPMENT TRACKER
This site will not only help you track your child’s emotional development,it will also link you to activity resources that can help you work with your child in a positive way.
ARTHUR “ABOUT FACE”
Grades: PreK-2
Develop social skills and increase awareness of feelings and facial expressions that match feelings. Listen to a short story and choose from three facial expressions the one that best matches the character's feelings.
SOURCE: PBS Teachers Newsletter
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/preferences/
CAUGHT IN THE GIRL NET?
http://www.pbs.org/parents/raisinggirls/net/
Experts joined together on a PBS panel dealing with the “Girl Net” – marketing to girls in a combination of tantalizing marketing and interactive activities that's woven into every aspect of girls' lives. Some of the activities in this Girl Net enrich and expand their lives in positive ways, but experts are concerned by the myriad messages marketers aim at girls through this Girl Net and how this influences girls' behavior and self-image. Join the experts to address these issues.
“WITH EYES OPEN: DEFINING AND DISCUSSING DEATH” LESSON
PLAN
http://www.pbs.org/witheyesopen/mourning_teachers_k5.html
Grades: K-5
Develop an awareness of the kinds of losses that one may experience as a human being and the different ways people deal with them. Discuss experiences with dying and the emotions involved, and participate in an imaginary scenario dealing with death.
SOURCE: PBS Teachers Newsletter
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/preferences/
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EARLY CHILDHOOD
“A FRIEND IS A PRESENT YOU GIVE YOURSELF” LESSON PLAN
Grades: K-2
Explore what it means to be a friend. Brainstorm, list and role play different ways to make new friends.
SOURCE: PBS Teachers Newsletter
PBS PARENTS GUIDE TO CREATIVITY “DESIGNER BUTTERFLIES”
Grades: PreK -2
Design virtual butterflies by combining different bodies and wings. Select a background and animate the butterflies.
“TEACHING KIDS TO BE SMART CONSUMERS”
Grades: PreK-5
Ads are everywhere, and children are especially susceptible to their persuasive messages. Encourage your child to question marketing claims about snack foods, toys, clothing and other products geared toward kids. Make your whole family more media-savvy.
SOURCE: PBS Teachers Newsletter
PRACTICING HEALTHY HABITS
Staying healthy depends on children and parents practicing healthy habits. Find out what to do and how to do it.
PROGRAMS BY AGE AND FOCUS AREAS AT PBS KIDS WEB SITES: ACTIVITIES,FUN AND GAMES
PROGRAM | AGE | FOCUS |
Sesame Street | 2-4 years | Reading, math, social skills |
Dragon Tales | 2-7 years | Social skills |
Curious George | 3-5 years | Science, engineering, math |
Mr. Rogers | 3-5 years | Social skills, self-esteem |
Caillou | 3-6 years | Social skills |
It’s A Big, Big World | 3-6 years | Life science, geography |
Sid the Science Kid | 3-6 years | Science |
Between The Lions | 4-7 years | Reading |
Martha Speaks | 4-7 years | Reading |
Clifford the Big Red Dog | 4-7 years | Social skills |
Reading Rainbow | 4-8 years | Reading |
Super WHY! | 6-8 years |
Reading |
Word Girl |
6-8 years |
Reading |
6-8 years |
Reading |
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Electric
Company |
6-9 years |
Reading |
Arthur |
6-9 years |
Reading, writing, social skills |
Fetch with Ruff
Ruffman |
6-10 years |
Social skills, problem solving |
Maya &
Miguel | 6-11 years | Spanish language, social skills |
Cyberchase | 8-12 years | Math |
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GRANTS, AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
CVS: CAREMARK COMMUNITY GRANTShttp://www.cvscaremark.com/community/our-impact/community-grants
Maximum Award: $5,000
Eligibility: public schools with programs for children underage 18 with disabilities
Deadline: October 31, 2009
The CVS Caremark Community Grants program awards funds to nonprofit organizations for:
- programs targeting children with disabilities;
- programs focusing on health and rehabilitation services; and
- public schools promoting a greater level of inclusion in student activities and extracurricular programs, and
- initiatives that give greater access to physical movement and play.
Additionally, some contributions are made to organizations that provide uninsured individuals with needed care, in particular programs where the care received is of higher quality and delivered by providers who participate in accountable community health care programs.
SOURCE: PEN WEEKLY NEWSBLAST
http://www.publiceducation.org/newsblast_grants.asp
NSTA/MATH SOLUTIONS: MICKELSON EXXONMOBIL TEACHERS ACADEMY
Maximum Award:all-expenses-paid, five-day program in July 2010in Jersey City, NJ.
Eligibility:third- through fifth-grade teachers in the United States
Deadline:October 31, 2009
The Mickelson ExxonMobil 2010 Teachers Academy offers a five-day program designed to provide third- through fifth-grade teachers with knowledge and skills to motivate students to pursue careers in science and math.
SOURCE: PEN WEEKLY NEWSBLAST
ALLSTATE: GRANTS FOR NATIONAL AND LOCAL PROGRAMS
Maximum Award: varies
Eligibility: 501(c)(3) organizations
Deadline: rolling
The Allstate Foundation supports national and local programs in three focus areas.
- Safe and Vital Communities programs address catastrophe response, youth anti-violence, neighborhood revitalization, or teen safe driving.
- Economic Empowerment programs address financial and economic literacy, insurance education, or empowerment for victims of domestic violence.
- Tolerance, Inclusion, and Diversity programs address teaching tolerance to youth, ending hate crimes, or alleviating discrimination.
SOURCE: PEN WEEKLY NEWSBLAST
BARNES AND NOBLE GRANTS
http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/our_company/sponsorship/Sponsorship_main.html
Maximum Award: varies
Eligibility: nonprofits that focus on art, literacy, or education (K-12)
Deadline: rolling
Barnes and Noble booksellers is considering requests for grants from nonprofit organizations that focus on art, literacy, or education (K-12).Applicants must have a plan for promoting the grants program with Barnes and Noble and must be willing to work with the local stores on in-store programming.
SOURCE: PEN WEEKLY NEWSBLAST
CAMPBELL'S, INC.: LABELS FOR EDUCATION
Maximum Award: varies.
Eligibility: Schools or parents can coordinate label drives to raise resources for schools
Deadline: N/A
The Labels for Education Program gives schools free educational equipment in exchange for labels from Campbell products.
SOURCE: PEN WEEKLY NEWSBLAST
COMCAST GRANTS FOR DIVERSITY-ORIENTED PROGRAMS
Maximum Award: $500,000
Eligibility: 501(c)3 organizations operating within communities that Comcast serves
Deadline: N/A
The Comcast Foundation is awarding grants to maximize the impact of community investments so they yield tangible, measurable benefits to the neighborhoods Comcast serves and the people who live there. The Foundation's primary focus is in funding diversity-oriented programs that address literacy,volunteerism, and youth leadership development.
For more information: http://www.comcast.com/foundation
SOURCE: PEN WEEKLY NEWSBLAST
EPALS, INC.: FREE IN2BOOKS CURRICULUM
http://in2books.epals.com/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fdefault.aspx
Maximum Award: the online program, books and professional development (valued at more than $500).
Eligibility: all 3rd-5th grade classrooms in Title I schools from any one district
In2Books, the curriculum-based e-mentoring program from ePals, Inc., will be offered for free to some Title I schools. Students participating in In2Booksselect and read age-appropriate, high-quality books from a list compiled by a team of children's literature experts. The students are matched with carefully screened adult pen pals who read the same books as the students. After reading each book, students and their pen pals exchange thoughts about the important issues in the book via online letters. Teachers reinforce these activities in the classroom with related lessons and discussion.
SOURCE: PEN WEEKLY NEWSBLAST
LIVE MONARCH FOUNDATION: FREE SEEDS
Maximum Award: 15+ butterfly garden seeds, including milkweed seeds
Eligibility: anyone in the Monarch migration path who will plant seeds
Deadline: N/A
The Live Monarch Foundation is offering free milkweed seeds to classes,groups, and individuals in the migration path of the Monarch butterfly to help rehabilitate the natural habitat of the Monarch in North America. In recent years, over 75 percent of the wintering Monarchs butterflies from North America have frozen to death in Mexico as a result rain and sub-freezing conditions,and a nationwide shortage of milkweed, which Monarchs need to procreate, has further decimated their population. Please plant milkweed seeds to ensure Monarch survival. A milkweed in every yard!
SOURCE: PEN WEEKLY NEWSBLAST
SCHOLASTIC/LEXUS: ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE
Maximum Award: $10,000
Eligibility: students grades 6-12 and their teachers
Deadline: varies
The Scholastic/Lexus Environmental Challenge seeks to encourage middle- and high-school students to develop and implement environmental programs for their communities.
SOURCE: PEN WEEKLY NEWSBLAST
Grant Sources
These sources will help locate foundation, government and other grant opportunities. It’s best to start when you have some time to invest, because one thing frequently leads to another link. Grant Writing Tips and Tools
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND FITNESS
NEW! PBS DISEASE AND PREVENTION RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS
PBS Teachers has compiled a list of PBS disease and prevention resources for educators. This resource roundup contains links to topics such as the recent H1N1 flu, or swine flu, virus, the importance hand washing plays in combating the transmission of germs and more.
BRAIN TRAUMA
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0306/02.html
How can this new method identify the damage to “white matter” as a result of brain trauma? See for yourself what it’s like to suffer from brain trauma.
PBS KIDS “PRACTICE FIRE SAFETY EVERY
DAY” SITE
http://www.sproutonline.com/sprout/originals/firesafety.aspx
This site allows children to: play a fire safety game; create a fire safety badge; and color an activity page.
PBS FUN IN THE SUN WITH CLIFFORD
http://pbskids.org/clifford/parentsteachers/activities/have_respect/06_have_respect.html
Learning to play with friends in a respectful and positive way is important to a child's social and emotional growth. By giving your child opportunities to interact with others, you are helping him/her learn how to build lasting relationships.
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HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES
CALLING ALL MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATORS
The producers of the award-winning television series, History Detectives, are developing a new episode of History Detectivesgeared at a student audience (middle through high school grades). They will also be creating a Web site with interactive games and experiences to go with the new show. Now is your chance to tell the History Detectivesproducers what shows they should make for your students. Please click on the link above and take 10 minutes to fill out the form. Help make great TV while making your voice count!
WORLD WAR II: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WEB SITE LAUNCHES EDUCATOR RESOURCES
In secret meetings held throughout the duration of World War II, Joseph Stalin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Winston Churchill sparred and negotiated for the political and economic interests of their nations -- making deals that often had more to do with expediency than right or wrong.
Historian and filmmaker Laurence Rees tells the unknown story of Stalin's backroom dealings -- first with the Nazis and then with Roosevelt and Churchill. This companion site includes a host of additional educational resources including lesson plans, activities, more than 30 articles, an essay by a famed historian, interactive maps, primary sources, witness testimonies,archival film footage, video clips from the series itself, and photographs.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “ROBERTO CLEMENTE”
Clemente's baseball talent and inimitable style drew legions of fans, but as this American Experience production reveals, he was more than an exceptional baseball player. He was also a committed humanitarian who challenged racial discrimination and worked for social justice.
Through interviews with relatives, childhood friends, former teammates and journalists, this biography will tell the inspiring and tragic story of Roberto Clemente, focusing on him as both an athlete and a man, whose career sheds light on larger issues of immigration, civil rights and cultural change.
GREENING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
http://www.pbs.org/video/video/1094004504/subject/957383555
What will be the cultural impact of green design within the federal government and its buildings?
THE ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/assassination/
What were the causes of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and how did revenge, despair and pain reshape the nation?
SECRETS OF THE DEAD “HERCULANEUM
UNCOVERED”
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/video-chapters/herculaneum-uncovered-chapter-1
Scientists and the public have assumed that most of the residents of Herculaneum escaped the certain death of the residents of Pompeii in the 79 A.D. volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Join scientists as they uncover the actual events at that time.
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LIBRARY, LITERATURE AND READING
RETELLING STORIES
Grades: K-5
Encourage English Language Learners to retell stories using pictures and props to help them learn to organize and describe events. Help students develop skills in storytelling, sequencing plot events and characterization.
SOURCE: PBS Teachers Newsletter
“MAURICE SENDAK: IMAGINATION AND ART” LESSON PLAN
Grades: K-8
Read the works of Maurice Sendak, and write a class book based on one of Sendak's stories (grades K-2). Learn how Sendak's book, "Where the Wild Things Are," was turned into an opera, and produce an opera (grades 6-8).
ANNOTATED POE
Grades: 6-12
Discover hidden meanings in Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poem,"The Raven."Use annotated notes to explore unusual words and phrases, poetic devices and hidden meanings.
SOURCE: PBS Teachers Newsletter
WORDGIRL “SENTENCE FLUENCY, WORD SPILL” LESSON PLAN
Grades: K-5
Apply new vocabulary and develop fluency in speaking and writing by creating sentences from word cards "spilled" during this game.
SOURCE: PBS Teachers Newsletter
“SEEING IN THE DARK: SKY HEROES” LESSON PLAN
Grades: 3-8
Discover how star patterns, or constellations, got their names from heroes of legend or history. Identify a living hero and rename an existing constellation in honor of that hero.
SOURCE: PBS Teachers Newsletter
NOVA “CRACKING THE MAYA CODE”
Grades: 6-12
This is a definitive look back at how a handful of pioneers deciphered the intricate system of hieroglyphs developed by the Maya. One of the greatest detective stories in all of archaeology, it has never before been told in depth on television. With glorious footage of Mayan temples and art, this documentary culminates in the fascinating account of this once magnificent ancient civilization's ingenious method of communication.
SOURCE: PBS Teachers Newsletter
MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! BRINGS SUMMER PUZZLES AND FAVORITE DETECTIVES
Each summer, Masterpiece Mystery! presents the best British mysteries.
Hercule Poirot |
Agatha Christie’s Belgian detective
Hercule Poirot: |
Miss Marple |
Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple: |
Inspector Lewis |
Inspector Lewis: |
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MATH AND SCIENCE
NOVA SCIENCE NOW “T. REXBLOOD?”
Examine the evidence for a most unusual find – soft tissue from a T. Rex fossil.
SECOND GRADE GEOMETRY GAME
Grades: K-2
Match plane and three-dimensional geometric figures with their names in this online interactive game.
SOURCE: PBS Teachers Newsletter
EPIGENETICS
Our lifestyles and environment can change the way our genes are expressed,leading even identical twins to become distinct as they age.
LISTEN TO THE MYSTERIOUS BOOMING SANDS
In only 30 places on earth do the sands produce these eerie sounds. Scientists cause the mysterious song of the sands literally by the “seat of their pants.” What are the ingredients and conditions nature needs to cookup sand dunes that croak, burp, sing, and boom?
FOUR-WINGED DINOSAUR
http://www.pbs.org/video/video/1050822242/feature/67
Could this feathered four-winged dinosaur fly? Did it glide? Help solve the puzzle of this mysterious creature.
“EQUIVALENCY SENTENCE MATCH” LESSON PLAN
http://www.mathcantakeyouplaces.org/teachers/games.lasso
Grades: 3-5
This lesson plan allows students to work in pairs to match word problems to equation strips. Solve the equation for the missing quantity that makes the equation true.
SOURCE: PBS Teachers Newsletter
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/preferences/
NOVA “HUNTING THE HIDDEN DIMENSION: A SENSE OF SCALE”
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/fractals/scale.html
Grades: 6-12
Explore the Mandelbrot set, the most famous of fractals, to a magnification of 250,000,000x. Discover what is meant by self-similarity and understand how the iconic Mandelbrot-set shape keeps turning up at smaller scales.
SOURCE: PBS Teachers Newsletter
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/preferences/
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
FREE AETN IDEAS PORTAL AND AETN VIDEOSTREAMING WORKSHOPS
AETN offers free professional development workshops for Arkansas teachers.
The Arkansas IDEAS Workshop walks educators through all educational resources offered by AETN and a hands-on experience using the IDEAS portal. AETN Videostreaming Workshop will help educators understand the full range of features videostreaming offers.
Participants in either workshop will earn three technology professional development hours.
For registration, please call 1-800-488-6689, or email to education@aetn.org.
We also conduct workshops at schools around the state at no cost to the school district. You can contact us to schedule one for your school today!
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