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

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

Arizona PBS presents candidate debates

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

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

An evening with ‘Poetry in America’

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