WCVE Education Blog
Ice Age Death Trap
Ice Age Death Trap, a one-hour NOVA-National Geographic program about the fossil find, will premiere on WCVE PBS / WHTJ PBS Wednesday, February 1, 2012. The television special follows scientists as they race against time to uncover this unique site packed with astonishingly well-preserved bones of mammoths, mastodons, and other giant extinct beasts, opening a vivid window into the vanished world of the Ice Age.
The War of 1812
Bring your students to Colonial Williamsburg without ever leaving the classroom! The Colonial Williamsburg Electronic Field Trips allow students to travel through time to experience life in colonial America.
NOVA: 3D Spies of World War II
During World War II, Hitler’s scientists developed terrifying new weapons of mass destruction. Alarmed by rumors of advanced rockets and missiles, Allied intelligence recruited a team of brilliant minds from British universities and Hollywood studios to a country house near London. Here, they secretly pored over millions of air photos shot at great risk over German territory by specially converted, high-flying Spitfires. Peering at the photos through 3D stereoscopes, the team spotted telltale clues that revealed hidden Nazi rocket bases. The photos led to devas
Sharpen Your Pencils for the PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest
Thanks to the support of the Virginia College Savings Plan and Studentpublishing.com, the PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest is now underway. All contest entries must be received by March 23, 2012. Since the only thing better than reading a good story is writing one, the Community Idea Stations are looking for your original stories.
Idea Kids . . . Sign Up for the January Edition
You may have missed the December edition, but it is not too late to sign up for January!
What a pleasure it is to see children having fun while they are learning. Our monthly early childhood e-newsletter, Idea Kids, offers engaging ways to help children be successful in school. It is designed to meet the developmental needs of children primarily between the ages of 2-8 years old.
EdTech 2012: Register Now for this Exciting Two-day Conference for Educators
Attention Teachers, Library Media Specialists, ITRTs and Administrators! EdTech 2012 will be held at Virginia State University March 14 and 15, 2012. Register online (Credit Card) for one of the most dynamic professional development opportunities in the state of Virginia.
Colonial Williamsburg Presents: Westward!
Bring your students to Colonial Williamsburg without ever leaving the classroom! The Colonial Williamsburg Electronic Field Trips allow students to travel through time to experience life in colonial America.
EdTech 2012: Call for Presenters
EdTech has become one of central Virginia’s most valued educational resources for teachers, principals, library media specialists and administrators. It is an annual two-day conference hosted by the Educational Services staff of your Community Idea Stations and highlights the wealth of technology available to educators from K-12. Everyone is offered an opportunity to network and share ideas on technology application and integration for classroom use in hands-on workshops and sessions.
Nature: My Life as a Turkey
Based on the true story of writer and naturalist Joe Hutto, portrayed by wildlife photographer Jeff Palmer, this film chronicles Hutto’s remarkable experience of imprinting wild turkey eggs and raising the hatchlings to adulthood. Teacher resources may be found at the following website: www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/.
Tune in November 16 at 8:00 p.m. on WCVE PBS / WHTJ PBS
Coming Soon: Idea Kids e-Newsletter
Calling all Parents, Grandparents, Early Childhood Educators, Early Learning Providers...
The Community Idea Stations’ Ready To Learn Program would like to keep you informed with the latest happenings on air, online, and in the community. To help with that, a monthly electronic newsletter designed with you in mind will be coming soon.
Colonial Williamsburg Presents: Harsh World, This World
Bring your students to Colonial Williamsburg without ever leaving the classroom! The Colonial Williamsburg Electronic Field Trips allow students to travel through time to experience life in colonial America.
The second installment in this seven-part series, entitled Harsh World, This World, explores what slavery was really like for enslaved people and their masters. Traditional proverbs guide students through personal stories, based on primary sources, showing kindness, betrayal, trust, cruelty, and the many emotions that govern complex human relationships.
NATURE: The Animal House
Why do some animals build structures and others don’t? And how do animals decide where to build?
Animal homes need to be safe and secure, protected from predators and the weather. An eagle’s nest can weigh up to one ton, a termite mound can stand eight feet tall, and some falcon nest sites have been around for centuries.
Going above ground and under, Nature investigates just what goes into making a home when you’re wild and cost is not a factor.
NOVA’s “The Fabric of the Cosmos” to Broadcast in November
Next month, NOVA’s The Fabric of the Cosmos will premiere over four consecutive Wednesday nights beginning November 2. The series, hosted by Brian Greene, renowned physicist and New York Times best-selling author, takes audiences to the frontiers of physics to see how scientists are piecing together the most complete picture of space, time and the universe. Interweaving provocative theories, experiments, and stories with crystal-clear explanations and imaginative metaphors, The Fabric of the Cosmos pro