May 28 | Grades 4–8

Thursday on Arizona PBS

6:30 a.m. NOVA: Cuba’s Cancer Hope (Science)

How Cancer Grows – Interactive
The Legacy of Cuba’s Fidel Castro / PBS NewsHour – Video and Support Materials
President Obama Makes Historic Trip to Cuba / PBS NewsHour – Video and Support Materials
DNA and the Science of Genetic Engineering – Collection

Graphic featuring the DNA of a normal cell in pink and blue tones.
DNA of a normal cell. | Still from “How Cancer Grows” VITAL NY State Test Prep/PBS LearningMedia

7:30 a.m. History Detectives: Belgian War Medal/Pennant/Cartoon Cel (Social Studies)

The European Theater – Media Gallery and Support Materials
Alice Paul and Women’s Suffrage / The Great War – Video and Support Materials
Library of Congress: Media Gallery / Women’s Suffrage – Media Gallery and Support Materials
Iowa / Activity 7.7: Carrie Chapman Catt – Lesson Plan


8:30 a.m. Spy in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries – The Poles (Nature)

The Spy Penguin – Video and Support Materials
Scientist Profile: Robotic Life Scientist – Video
Compare the Poles – Interactive and Support Materials
Arctic Ecosystem – Interactive and Support Materials
Antarctic Ecosystem – Interactive and Support Materials
Antarctic Food Web Game – Interactive and Support Materials

A robot shaped like a penguin lies among several real penguins in Antarctica
Learn how filmmakers for the PBS series, “NATURE,” have brought robotics into their work in the form of animal-like robots with cameras, like this emperor penguin cam. | Still from “The Spy Penguin” PBS LearningMedia

9:30 a.m. Food – Delicious Science: A Matter of Taste (Science)

The Science of Taste / QUEST – Video and Support Materials
Can You Taste with Your Ears? / Braincraft – Video 


10:30 a.m. NOVA: Cuba’s Cancer Hope (Science)

Cancer: A New Treatment – Video and Support Materials
Character Development: Cancer – A New Treatment – Lesson Plan
How Cancer Cells Grow and Divide – Video and Support Materials

Endeavour Watch Party

“Endeavour” Season 9 Watch Party!

National Memorial Day Concert image
aired May 28

National Memorial Day Concert

Super Why characters

Join a Super Why Reading Camp to play, learn and grow

NOVA will talk about how your brain determines your reality in
aired May 17

NOVA’s two part series on “Your Brain”

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