Science; Grades 4-8. 30 minute episodes. 
 Broadcast Wednesday afternoons on SDPB Television.  The DragonflyTV program site includes a section for teachers. Download the DragonflyTV Educator's Guides to get kids started on their own inquiry investigations. The activities are developed with the National Science Teacher's Association. They're aligned with today's science standards, and they're ideal for the classroom or for after-school programs..

DragonflyTV is an Emmy® Award winning multi-media science education program combining television, community outreach, the Web, and fun. Produced by Twin Cities Public Television (TPT), creator of the long-running family science series Newton's Apple, DragonflyTV engages tens of millions of children, parents and teachers in accessible, hands-on science activities. DragonflyTV is designed to appeal to children from diverse ethnic, socioeconomic, and educational backgrounds. By modeling and celebrating children's science capabilities, DragonflyTV shows that if kids can dream it, they can do it!

DragonflyTV's first step has been to attract children with a TV show unlike anything they've seen before. DragonflyTV is broadcast nationwide on PBS stations, and presents real-life science investigations in a style that captures the attention of today's media-savvy generation. Against a pop-music soundtrack, children tell about their investigations, communicating the infectious excitement that comes with making their own discoveries

DragonflyTV extends beyond the television screen, offering a variety of standards-based learning tools. A rich, interactive Web site, an annual children's science magazine, educators' guides, and other outreach materials are available to schools, homes, community organizations, or any place kids gather to explore, create, and discover.

The philosophy of DRAGONFLYTV is rooted in a strong commitment to inquiry-based learning, which is at the heart of current reforms in science education, articulated in the National Science Education Standards. Our particular focus is to model scientific inquiry through real investigations conducted by real children, with a related objective of communicating basic science concepts appropriate for grades 4 through 6. DRAGONFLYTV aggressively promotes diversity and the idea that all children are capable of understanding and doing science.