SDPB Education Update "October 31 - November 6"
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1.
SDPB Online Schedules and Featured Resources
2.
Arts and Culture
3.
Health, Wellness and Fitness
4.
Language Arts
5.
Math
6.
Science and Technology
7.
Social Studies
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1.
SDPB Television Schedules/ Children’s Programming Schedule/ SDPB Radio Schedules/ SDPB Video
Player
Featured Event and Resource:
SD High School All-State Chorus and Orchestra
All-State Chorus & Orchestra from Rapid City on Oct. 30 - Oct. 31. Both Online and SDPB1
Television will feature the grand concert:
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Live on Saturday, October 31, at 8:00pm CT
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SDPB1 Encore: Thursday, Nov. 26, 1pm CT (Elementary-aged singers will be
featured at 3:00pm CT.)
NPR Science Friday: Spooky Science
Online
Don’t let these science stories send a shiver down your spine.
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2. Arts and Culture
Online Resources:
Organic Shape Collage Like Martina Huson
Activity/ Grade: Elementary – HS
Create your own organic art collage in the style of Martina Huson by following the directions in
this demonstration
Hidden Pictures
Activity
Did you know that many laundry detergents glow in the dark? Most of them contain phosphors,
a powder that glows or “fluoresces” under ultraviolet light AKA black light. Use them to paint
hidden pictures that are only revealed in the dark! (Read Cautions on Detergent)
Spooky Paper Plate Eyes
Craft/ Grade: PreK – Early Elementary
Turn ordinary paper plates into super Spooky Paper Plate Eyes for Halloween with this fun craft!
With a little paint, you can transform ordinary white paper plates into creepy eyeballs.
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3. Health, Wellness and Fitness
Online Resources:
Brain: The Science of Fear
Audio Story/ HS
Things That Go Bump In The Lab: Halloween And The Science Of Fear
Muscles and Mitochondria
Lesson Plan & Video/ Related Video/ Grade: MS-HS
Students learn about the role of mitochondria in a cell's energy production.
Protect Your Health and Environment
Blended Lesson/ Grade: 3-4
In this self-paced lesson, students learn what they can do to protect themselves from health
hazards in their environment. They learn about potential hazards, how these can affect their
health, and what they can do to minimize their exposure. As they work through the lesson, they
will view videos, play an interactive activity, respond to questions, take a quiz, and complete a
final assignment.
Healthy Week Challenge for Your Students
Activity/ Grade: PreK-Early Elementary
What did you and your family do this week to be healthy? Write or draw healthy things you did
this week, like trying a new nutritious food or taking a walk. At the end of the week, count them
up and write the number at the bottom of the page.
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4. Language Arts
SDPB TV:
Frontline: Terror In Little Saigon
SDPB TV, Tuesday, November 3, 9:00pm – 10:00pm CT
FRONTLINE and ProPublica team up to investigate a wave of terror that targeted VietnameseAmerican journalists. Uncovering a trail that leads from American cities to jungles in Southeast
Asia, FRONTLINE and ProPublica shine new light on a series of unsolved murders and attacks.
(More)
Online Resources:
Exploring Social Media With #Hashtags
Video/ Grade: 6-HS
Learn more about hashtags and see them in action across different social media platforms with
this video.
Word World: Dog's Letter Pit
Interactive/ Grade: PreK-2
Practice spelling words by matching letters to their sound. (Emergent Literacy Skills and
Spelling)
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5. Math
Online Resources:
How Many Licks? Controlling Lollipop Licker Variation
Lesson/ Grade: Upper Elementary-HS
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? Navigate the perils of licker
variation by designing your own lollipop-licking experiment.
Adding Coins Together | The Electric Company Math Activities
Lesson/ Entire Episode/ Clips/ Grade: 1-3
In this activity, students will review the value associated with each standard US coin, add coins,
and solve word problems involving coins. Included are simple teacher-led activities and hands-on
exercises for students.
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6. Science and Technology
SDPB TV:
Earth’s Natural Wonders: Extreme Wonders
SDPB TV, Wednesday, November 4, 7:00pm – 8:00pm CT
Visit extreme locales — from the highest mountain to the greatest canyon — and learn how
these places test their inhabitants to the limit. (More)
NOVA: Making American (3 Part Series)
SDPB TV, Wednesday, November 4, 8:00pm – 9:00pm CT
Origins - The epic 3 billion-year story of how our continent came to be. From the palm trees
that once flourished in Alaska to titanic eruptions that nearly tore the Midwest in two, discover
how forces of almost unimaginable power gave birth to North America. (More)
The Brain with David Eagleman: How Do I Decide (Episode IV)
SDPB TV, Wednesday, November 4, 9:00pm -10:00pm CT
Every time you are faced with a decision, there is a storm of activity inside your brain. (More)
Online Resources:
Make a Model Eardrum to Detect Sound Waves and Observe Resonance
Online/ Grade: Elementary-HS
Sound is the transfer of energy in the form of waves through a substance, or medium, such as
air, water, or a flexible solid. You can picture sound waves as a series of nudges that cause
particles in a medium to bump into one another in successive collisions. Sound can also travel
between different media, which is why you can hear loud music coming from a room with the
door closed.
The Water Cycle Activity
Activity/ Grade: PreK-Elementary
This simple activity will show your kids how the water cycle works.
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7. Social Studies
SDPB TV:
Lost Bird of Wounded Knee
SDPB TV, Saturday, October 31, 4:00am – 4:30am CT (Overnight Schedule – record late Friday
night)
Late in the 19th century, a Lakota child survived a massacre and was adopted by a prominent
white couple, only to endure a life of racism, abuse and poverty. Her poignant story is told in Lost
Bird Of Wounded Knee. The program is based on the acclaimed book, Lost Bird of Wounded
Knee: Spirit of the Lakota, by Renee Sansom Flood. (Watch it) (Program details and guides)
Dakota Pathways: A Dark Day & People of the Bison
SDPB TV, Saturday, October 31, 4:30am – 5:00am CT (Overnight Schedule – record late Friday
night)
A Dark Day (Massacre at Wounded Knee) - There are dark days in history. Usually they dawn
without a hint of being anything but ordinary…yet end with everybody knowing the day’s events
won’t be forgotten. Sadness and anger, in fact, can remain even after those who actually lived
the dark day are gone. Historians can help…by examining what led to the tragedy, and why
those events hold so much meaning afterwards. A dark day in South Dakota history happened
on December 29, 1890.
People of the Bison - For many lifetimes, the people who spoke the Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota
languages followed great bison herds across the land we now call South Dakota. They used great,
wooly bison skins to keep warm through winter, they ate bison meat and found uses for almost
every part of the animal. (More/ Traditional Uses of Tatanka (buffalo)/ Grade: Elementary-HS)
Great Sioux Horse Effigy Return Celebration
SDPB TV, Sunday. November 1, 2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
The South Dakota State Historical Society’s recent banquet held during the celebration for the
return of the Great Sioux Horse Effigy will be broadcast on South Dakota Public Broadcasting
Television. (More)
Ball of Confusion: The 1968 Election
SDPB TV, Sunday. November 1, 3:00pm – 4:00pm CT
Has there ever been a year like 1968? Assassinations, racial unrest, nationwide riots, and an
endless war in Vietnam put the nation on edge and produced a historic three-way presidential
election where all the candidates were deeply flawed. Backed into a corner by rising casualties in
Vietnam and with no easy exit strategy, President Johnson stunned the nation in March 1968
when he announced he would not seek a second full term in the White House. As his efforts to
secure a compromise peace proved futile, LBJ's popularity plummeted further. Even darker hours
came when Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy were cut down by assassins' bullets.
(More/ Preview)
Online Resources:
The Railroad Journey and the Industrial Revolution
Video Lesson/ Grade: Upper Elementary-HS
Join host John Green to learn about railroads, some of the ways they changed the world, and
how they were a microcosm for the Industrial Revolution as a whole.
Native American Heritage Month
Video/ Related Resources (More)/ Grade: K-HS
Native American Heritage Month honors the indigenous people living in the United States before
the arrival of the Europeans. In November, the United States honors and celebrates the customs
and legacy of Native Americans.
Here I Am
Online/ Grade: PreK-1
Mr. Steve sings about how we all live in a city or town in this video from KET's All Around Me
collection. Many cities and towns are different, but they make up a great big world that we all
have a place in.
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