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  • Program 3

    The hosts travel to Las Vegas to give the audience a glimpse of the gambling capital of the world. Joey visits with a snake handler who breeds and collects venom. Zubi follows a professional photographer for the San Diego Union Tribune who takes photos of people in their everyday lives. During their interview they spot a woman who is stuck in a street flood and help her call for assistance. Meaghan talks with a Cincinnati Bengals coach, one of the youngest coaches in the NFL, and he takes her behind the scenes of a pro team. Finally, Jeremy and Maya take a dancing lesson while interviewing pro dancing instructors who teach the Tango and Meringue, among other dances.

  • Program 4

    Meaghan gets a chance to interview a NASA Launch Director at the Kennedy Space Centre named Dave King, who is the guy who says ‘yes we will launch’ or ‘no we won’t.’ Maya and Joey interview a young rodeo clown who puts his life at risk when he goes to work. Bulls weigh about 2,000 pounds! That’s some serious danger. Zubi sits down to chat with Vasile Petrutio, the Artistic Director for the Southern Ballet Theater, who began dancing at the age of nine. And Jeremy had time to talk with two projectionists at a United Artists Theater to see how all those films are shown on the big screen.

  • Program 5

    Guest host Stephanie joins Christina on the slopes of Beaver Creek in Colorado. Christina tells her what it’s like to teach skiing and snow boarding. Zubi takes a turn with a helicopter pilot who works for WFTV in Orlando. He tells him he’s on call for his job twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Then, another guest host talks with a fireman about his dangerous line of work. She gets a tour of a real firehouse to learn what happens when a call comes in!

  • Nutrition and the New Food Pyramid

    For Josh, ‘dinner’ will never be the same! In this engaging production children learn the importance of making good food choices for health, growth, and energy. Specific nutrients; proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, vitamins, and fibers are all presented and discussed in a memorable way. Students are introduced to the new individualized food guide MyPyramid, and will learn how to read and apply this tool to their lives.

  • Thinking Like A Scientist: Scientific Method #1

    Teach students to think like scientists with this colorful, kid-friendly introduction to the scientific method. Difficult terms like ‘hypothesis’ and concepts like ‘interpreting results’ will be made understandable with the use of real world activities. Each of the simplified steps is converted to a memorable icon (poster ready art of steps available on-line). Students will understand how that already use (prior knowledge) information to investigate through questioning, observing, guessing, testing and evaluating ideas and phenomena.

  • My Pyramid #1: Choosing Nutritious Food and Healthy Activities

    What is Food? Drawing on prior knowledge our young nutritionist leads kids on an exploration of nutritious foods, healthy activities and appropriate serving sizes. They’ll learn to classify and compare foods by nutritional value and food group. Students will prepare attractive examples of healthy meals and snacks and practice making healthy choices when eating out! Label reading skills are introduced so, after viewing, students will be ‘certified hidden fat and sugar detectives.’ The new food guide, MyPyramid, comes alive with animated elements that children will remember and apply in habits for a healthy lifestyle.

  • ArtPrints – Grade 4

    Includes one set of ten (10) 22″ x 28″ mounted and laminated art prints. Art prints for this grade include: I and the Village by Marc Chagall; The Banjo Lesson by Henry Tanner; Interior with Eggplants by Henri Matisse; Les Sables d’Olonne by Albert Marquet; Dempsey and Firpo by George Bellows; Hot Springtime by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff; Cypress Trees by Vincent Van Gogh; Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci; Pot of Flowers with Pears by Paul Cezanne; Plaza After the Rain by Paul Cornoyer.

  • ArtPrints – Grade 5

    Includes one set of ten (10) 22″ x 28″ mounted and laminated art prints. Art prints for this grade include: Rocky Mountains by Currier & Ives; Fur Traders on the Missouri by George Bingham; My Gems by William Michael Harnett; Corryell’s Ferry 1776 by Joseph Pickett; Breezing Up by Winslow Homer; Virgin Forest by Henri Rousseau; From the Lake No.1 by Georgia O’Keeffe; Dismounted by Frederic Remington; Boy with Tire by Hughie Lee-Smith; Seven A.M. by Edward Hopper.

  • ArtPrints – Grade 6

    Includes one set of ten (10) 22″ x 28″ mounted and laminated art prints. Art prints for this grade include: Redwoods by Ansel Adams; View of Toledo by El Greco; Nightwatch by Rembrandt van Rijn; Trains de Soir by Paul Delvaux; Tulip Fields by Claude Monet; The Open Window by Pierre Bonnard; She-Ba by Romare Bearden; Portrait of a Woman by Pablo Picasso; Poster-Moulin Rouge by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec; Beaded Crown by Yoruba Peoples (Africa)

  • ArtPrints – Grade 7

    Includes one set of ten (10) 22″ x 28″ mounted and laminated art prints. Art prints for this grade include: The Brooklyn Bridge by Joseph Stella; Peaceful Harbor by Henry Gasser; Mrs. Kuerner by Andrew Wyeth; Summertime by Romare Bearden; The Coming Storm by Wassily Kandinsky; Approaching a City by Edward Hopper; Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer; Man with Helmet by Rembrandt van Rijn; Queen Elizabeth I by Nicholas Hilliard; the Scream by Edvard Munch.