May 25 | Grades 4–8

Monday on Arizona PBS

6:30 a.m. Nova: Cat Tales

Cats – Video and Support Materials

Study finds kittens bond with their human caregivers like babies do – Article

Cats: Yesterday and Today – Video and Support Materials

A sculpture of a black cat with earrings and a nosering
A sculpture of Bastet, the Egyptian cat goddess of fertility. | Still from “Cats – Yesterday and Today” / PBS LearningMedia

7:30 a.m. History Detectives: Japanese Characters Carved Into Cane/Wooden Telescope/Gold Nugget Drawing

Remembering Japanese Internment, 75 Years Later / PBS NewsHour – Video and Support Materials

The Gold Rush – The Media Gallery and Support Materials


8:30 a.m. The Mississippi: Rivers of Life

Taming the Mississippi – Media Gallery and Support Materials

Minnesota / Activity 1.4: Itasca State Park – Lesson Plan

Hurricane Katrina: Wetland Destruction – Video and Support Materials


9:30 a.m. Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed The World – The Rocket

Launch It – Activity and Support Materials

Design a Liquid Fuel Rocket Engine – Interactive and Support Materials

NOVA: How Do You Get to the Moon? – Video and Support Materials

Two men stand at the base of a rocket
Two men stand at the base of a rocket. | Still from “NOVA: How Do You Get to the Moon?” / PBS LearningMedia

10:30 a.m. NOVA: Cat Tales

Cat tongues are covered in hundreds of body-cooling, moisture-wicking quill pens – Article

The Fierce But Forgotten Sandcat Makes a Comeback After 10 Years – Article

Form an Opinion: Cats – Lesson Plan

Illustration of columns of a capitol building with text reading: Arizona PBS AZ Votes 2024

Arizona PBS presents candidate debates

The Capital building with text reading: Circle on Circle: Robert Lowell's D.C.
May 2

An evening with ‘Poetry in America’

Earth Day Challenge graphic with the Arizona PBS logo and an illustration of the earth

Help us meet the Earth Day Challenge!

Graphic for the AZPBS kids LEARN! Writing Contest with a child sitting in a chair writing on a table and text reading: The Ultimate Field Trip
May 12

Submit your entry for the 2024 Writing Contest

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