[ISTATALK-L] Science on PBS

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Nature "Animals Behaving Worse"  TV> PBSOL>  Elementary                 
                        /                                 Middle       
                                  /                                 
High School
Sunday,          October 22, 2006
7:00                 -                  8:00 PM
Tune in for this exploration of the wickedly ingenious ways our wild 
neighbors are staking their claim for territory in an increasingly 
human-controlled world. (CC, Stereo, DVI, 1 year)


Log on to the companion Web site to find out how invasive species are 
wreaking havoc; red imported fire ants are waging war; and bedbugs are 
making a comeback.  http://www.pbs.org/nature/behavingworse




NOVA "Magnetic Storm"  TV> PBSOL>  High School
Tuesday,          October 24, 2006
7:00                 -                  8:00 PM
Many scientists today are beginning to worry that changes to the 
planet's magnetic field could make earth ever more vulnerable to deadly 
radiation from space. This film explores one of the least-known but 
most serious threats to life on earth.   (CC, Stereo, DVI, 1 year)


Go online to watch a simulated flip of the Earth's magnetic field, from 
the first signs of instability to the final reversal.

http://www.pbs.org/nova/magnetic




Secrets of the Dead "Catastrophe!"  TV> PBSOL>  Middle                  
                       /                                 High School
Wednesday,          October 25, 2006
7:00                 -                  8:00 PM
Tune in for this exploration of whether a geological or meteorological 
event of cataclysmic proportions caused the Dark Ages. (CC, Stereo, 1 
year)


Take a virtual tour of a tree ring lab at the companion Web site.

http://www.pbs.org/secrets









Brian Poelker
Distinguished Colleague Illinois Science Teachers Association
bpoelker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.sdworkshops.org/brianpoelker.htm
http://www.primepresentations.com/biopoelker.thtml

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