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May 18 | Grades 4–8

Monday on Arizona PBS

6:30 a.m. Nova: Inside Animal Minds: Bird Genius

As the Crow Thinks – Video and Support Materials
Cornell Bird Cams Lab: Citizen Science for Your Classroom – Video and Support Materials

A crow holds a stone in its mouth over a transparent tube
007, a crow, puts a stone inside a tube. | Still from “As the Crow Thinks” PBS LearningMedia

7:30 a.m. History Detectives: WB Cartoons, Galvez Papers, Mussolini Dagger

The African Americans: Antebellum Agents of Change, Causes and Effects of Abolition
Primary Source Set: The Rise of Italian Fascism and Its Influence on Europe – Interactive


8:30 a.m. When Whales Walked: Journeys in Deep Time

Crocodile Ancestors – Video and Support Materials
Birds Are Living Dinosaurs – Video and Support Materials
Pakicetus: Walking Whale Ancestor – Video and Support Materials
Age of Elephants – Video and Support Materials
When Whales Walked – Video

The reconstructed skeleton of Pakicetus, a four-legged whale ancestor.
The reconstructed skeleton of Pakicetus, a four-legged whale ancestor, at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris. | Still from “Pakicetus: Walking Whale Ancestor” PBS LearningMedia

10:30 a.m. Nova: Inside Animal Minds: Bird Genius

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology: “I Wonder” – Activity
Bird Brains: The Life of Birds – Webpage

Mark Tarbell and Kristen Keogh with text reading: Go See AZ
airs Feb. 5

‘Check Please, Arizona!’ and ‘Trail Mix’d’ return Feb. 5

Saguaro Cactus

The Saguaro Cactus and Its Sacred Role in O’odham Culture

Graphic for PBS Books Readers Club - January

Join us for PBS Books Readers Club!

Fountain Hills with text reading: Food Festival Saturday, April 11, 2026, Fountain Hills, Arizona
April 11

Join us for the We-Ko-Pa ‘Check, Please! Arizona’ Food Festival

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