[ISTATALK-L] Science on PBS

[bpoelker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Nature
 "Rhinoceros"
TV> PBSOL>
Middle                                         /                        
          High School
Sunday,          January 28, 2007
7:00                 -                  8:00 PM
Once they roamed the Earth in millions, numbering hundreds of species  
of all shapes and sizes; today, the rhinoceros is one of the planet's  
rarest animals.  Join "Nature" as it trails rangers through the  
savannahs of South Africa, the grasslands of India and the jungles of  
Indonesia and visits rhino fertility experts at an American zoo.  (CC,  
Stereo, DVI, 1 year)


Want to learn more about rhinos?  Check out the companion Web site.

http://www.pbs.org/nature/rhino

(Available                  January 26, 2007                 )




NOVA
 "Crash of Flight 111"
TV> PBSOL>
Middle                                         /                        
          High School
Tuesday,          January 30, 2007
7:00                 -                  8:00 PM
On September 2, 1998, Swissair Flight 111 plummeted into the sea off  
Nova Scotia while en route from New York to Geneva. All 229 people on  
board were killed. In May of 2003, Canada's Transportation Safety  
Board published its final conclusions from an investigation that took  
more than four years and cost $30 million.  (CC, Stereo, DVI, 1 year)


Explore "Anatomy of a Jetliner" at the companion Web site; look under  
the floorboards, above the ceiling and inside the wings at a jet's  
sophisticated internal systems.

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




KQED -- Public Broadcasting for Northern California
 "Coastal Clash"
Station>
Middle                                         /                        
          High School

At this companion Web site to the film "Coastal Clash," learn more  
about the struggle over California's coastline.   Explore the online  
interactive features that explain how beaches work including where  
sand comes from and how sand moves.  Also included are lesson plans  
for high school students.

http://www.kqed.org/w/coastalclash/home.html








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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