SDPB
Educational Programming

Science is Elementary

When it airs: Overnight schedule 

Grades K-2; Science - Ten 15-minute programs
Channel children's natural curiosity into hands-on explorations of science. Investigate how
science affects students everyday, and apply scientific concepts across curriculum areas.
Engage students in observation and thinking with open-ended questions, visual examples, a
three-step learning cycle, and You Try It! challenges.

Introduction
101. Let's Explore Plants  How do air, light, and water help plants grow?
102. Let's Explore Animals Why do animals have camouflage and other specialized body parts?
103. Let's Explore Water How does water freeze and melt?
104. Let's Explore Light and Shadows How do shadows move and change size?
105. Let's Explore Sound  How do sounds travel through water, air and solids?
106. Let's Explore Tools and Work When is a seesaw a tool?
107. Let's Explore Magnets How do like and opposite magnetic poles attract each other?
108. Let's Explore Air What is inside and empty jar?
109. Let's Explore Weather and the Seasons How do buildings protect us from seasonal weather?
110. Let's Explore Soil and Rocks  What are rock, soil, and sand made of?

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