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6:30 a.m.	Nova: Inside Animal Minds: Who’s The Smartest Chimpanzee Deception – Video and Support Materials Elephant Stranger Danger – Video and Support Materials A herd of elephants \| Still from “Elephant Stranger Danger” / PBS LearningMedia

7:30 a.m.	History Detectives: Airplane Engine Part, Metal Shavings, Yakima Saddle Pearl Harbor: The Attack – Video and Support Materials Fort Sumter – Video

8:30 a.m.	Plants Behaving Badly: Sex & Lies Crash Course Biology: The Plants & The Bees, Plant Reproduction Our Hungry Planet: Why Protect Pollinators? – Video and Support Materials Detail of a male cone \| Still from “The Plants & The Bees: Plant Reproduction \| Crash Course Biology” / PBS LearningMedia

9:30 a.m.	Breakthrough, The Ideas That Changed The World: The Airplane STEM in 30: Kites to Flight, Inventing with the Wright Brothers – Video and Support Materials STEM in 30: Wilbur and Orville Wright, The Process of Invention – Video and Support Materials

10:30 a.m.	Nova: Inside Animal Minds: Who’s The Smartest Dolphins Plan Ahead – Video and Support Materials Your Favorite Smart Animal – Interactive and Support Materials

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