Programs That Explore the Environment
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Instructional Television
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This series for students in grades K-3 airs overnight as part of our instructional television service to NH schools. The 15-part series is is designed to develop in young students an awareness and appreciation of the wonders of the natural world. The programs encourage students to sharpen their skills of observation, description, and classification, by taking them to the lakes, fields, and forests around Holderness, New Hampshire.
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This series for students in airs overnight as part of our instructional television service to NH schools. This 16-part series for students in grades 3-6. Student host Patrice Forrester and Senior Naturalist Dave Erler of the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, explore the ways living things interact with the environment. NatureWorks is designed to align with state and national science frameworks and standards and is a great way to introduce young people to the natural sciences.
Children's Programming
 Buster's Green Thumb/My Fair Tommy (Show 904)
Buster finds out that his collection of old food makes excellent compost. / Neither of the Tibble twins has ever won the coveted "Good Behavior of the Week" cupcake award. Related Activities : Green Thumb / High Five
Springtime (Show 416)
When Rexy discovers some tiny "snowpeople" in the yard, he can hardly believe his luck. He works hard at building a relationship with them, but they are clearly very shy. Teddy has a new burst of energy and Gilbert has a yearning for a sunbeam snooze on the porch. Outside Teddy discovers the crocuses and Rexy learns that they are not tiny people, but the first flowers of spring. EcoHaven Ooze (Show 504)
When Hacker discovers that the liquid ooze that feeds the animals of EcoHaven also gives him a super energy boost, he decides to drain the pond and take the ooze home. Math Topic: Inventions 3: Testing with Models Big Idea: Build a working model of your invention to communicate and test your ideas, and make necessary improvements so the invention works the way you want it to.
Green Thumbs / Hand in Hand (Show 326)
When a baby flower gets uprooted by the rain, the gang has to figure out how to keep her healthy and happy. They find out that, in addition to soil, Lily needs sun and water to live-just not too much! Related activity / Max and Emmy get stuck hand in hand when Enrique wishes that they would stop fighting and become closer. Related activity
That Doesn't Float My Boat (Show 112)
Ruff falls asleep and leaves the water running in the bathtub, and soon the doghouse is filled with floating junk. So he challenges Khalil, Anna, and Julia to design a boat out of materials from the dump. Every Day is Earth Day (Show 163)
For a school Earth Day project, the kids decide to clean up a vacant lot and plant a community garden. But as the deadline approaches, a rainstorm turns the patch of dirt into a muddy mess. And Still the Turtle Watched
A turtle carved in rock many years ago by Native Americans watches the river below. In the span of time it observes many ecological changes with a great deal of sadness. LeVar takes viewers on a historical journey from the first settlers in this country to the present, and explores our responsibility to care for the earth. Scientists show how they care for and raise nearly extinct bald eagles and release them into their natural habitat.
Tooth-Gnasher Superflash
The Popsnorkles need a new car, so they test drive the amazing Tooth-Gnasher Superflash, and are amazed when it changes its shape into several different animals. LeVar explores different kinds of fantasy cars and learns how GM's "Sunraycer" was developed by computer, built, tested and it's performance in the World Solar Challenge.
Chickens Aren't the Only Ones
Chickens are not the only animals that lay eggs. In this book we learn that many animals lay eggs and they are called oviparous. LeVar is an EGG-TV reporter, who tries to find the answer to the question - "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" from roosters and chickens at the Moyer Hatchery and then joins a turtle biologist to watch loggerhead turtles lay their eggs in the sand. They later return to watch the turtles hatch and make their way back to the ocean.
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Our beautiful world is the only one we have, so it's important to take good care of the environment around us and respect all living things, both plants and animals.