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May 4 | Grades 4–8

Monday on Arizona PBS

6:30 a.m. Nova, The Planets: Inner Worlds

NOVA: Finding Life Beyond Earth | How the Inner Solar System Formed – Video and Support Materials

What’s Unusual About Mercury? | NASA Planetary Sciences – Video and Support Materials

Mercury and Venus Transits – Media Gallery and Support Materials

The Earth | Crash Course Astronomy – Video


7:30 a.m. History Detectives: Stories from the American West

Native Americans in the West: 1838-1900 – Media Gallery, Discussion Questions and Activity

White Farmers in the American West: 1800s – Media Gallery and Support Materials

The Transcontinental Railroad – Media Gallery and Support Materials

The Gold Rush – Media Gallery and Support Materials

“Wild West” Lost LA – Video

Several men pose on horses. | Still from “Wild West” Lost LA

8:30 a.m. The Andes: Kingdoms of the Sky

Grass Bridge – Video, Background Reading and Discussion Questions

The Inca’s Sacred City of Cuzco – Video and Support Materials


9:30 a.m. NOVA, Apollo’s Daring Mission

Explore the Moon – Background Reading and Discussion Questions

Explore the Moon – Interactive

Apollo 8 – Around the Moon (Space Chase USA) – Video

John Glenn’s Official Communication with the Command Center (1962) – Background Essay


10:30 a.m. NOVA, The Planets: Inner Worlds

Development of a Habitable Planet – Lesson Plan

NOVA: Finding Life Beyond Earth: Life on Enceladus? – Video, Background Reading, and Discussion Questions

NOVA: Life on Titan? – Video and Discussion Questions

NOVA: Finding Life Beyond Earth – Education Collection

Saturn | Still from “NOVA: Finding Life Beyond Earth | Life on Enceladus?” PBS LearningMedia
Highclere Castle featured on
Sept. 10

‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale’ exclusive screening

Guests discuss ageism in the workplace
airs Sept. 1

Working Forward, parts 1 and 2

A collage of people in the workforce with text reading: Free Career Resource Fair and film screening event
Sept. 11

FREE career resource fair and film screening event

Ken Burns

Stream ‘The Statue of Liberty’ and ‘Thomas Jefferson’ for free in August

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