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Three Weeks Left Enter This Year’s Contest!

Few things capture a child’s imagination like a good story! The 5th Annual Treehouse Tales Young Writers & Illustrators Contest promotes literacy and creative expression by encouraging children to write and illustrate their own stories. Connect with WCNY as we encourage children to use their writing and literacy skills.

The contest runs through February 26, 2010. It is open to students in First through Fourth Grade (1-4). All entrants will be recognized with a Certificate of Participation. Each grade level will have a First, Second, and Third Place winner. An awards ceremony will be held the Dewitt Barnes & Noble in April 2010 and winners will be video taped reading their stories.  The winners will receive prizes and have their winning stories scanned and posted online along with the video of their reading of the story.

Visit wcny.org/treehousetales to review contest rules, get an entry form, and check out previous year’s winning entries. We look forward to receiving your stories. Happy Writing!

EXTREME CAVE DIVING
Earth's climate history is explored via underwater caves that were formed during the last ice age (when the sea level was almost 400 feet lower than it is today) by ecological anthropologist Kenny Broad.
Tuesday, 2/9 @ 8 pm

FLYING CHEAP
An investigation into the Feb. 12, 2009 crash of Continental 3407 in Buffalo, which took the lives of 50 people. The report also examines the history of airline deregulation, the rise of regional carriers.
Tuesday, 2/9 @ 9 pm

HERSKOVITS AT THE HEART OF BLACKNESS
The story of anthropologist Melville Herskovits (1895-1963), whom Harvard professor Vincent Brown calls "the Elvis of African-American studies." The son of Jewish immigrants, Herskovits founded the nation's first major African studies program.
Tuesday, 2/9 @ 11 pm

THE EMPIRE OF GRANDEUR 1915-1919
The years 1915-19, when the conservation movement successfully pressured the federal government to create the National Park Service to oversee the nation's national parks, are recalled.
Wednesday, 2/10 @ 9 pm

FACES OF AMERICA WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. - THE PROMISE OF AMERICA
Utilizing genealogical and genetic tools, Henry Louis Gates Jr. unearths the family histories of 12 prominent Americans in this series, beginning with cellist Yo-Yo Ma, director Mike Nichols and figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi.
Wednesday, 2/10 @ 11 pm

The Slave Trade
Beginning with the American Revolution, this program explores the U.S. law of 1807 that abolished the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Meet the people who were involved in or influenced by this pivotal legislation: the slaves, plantation owners, slave-ship captains, common seamen, government officials, Navy officers, and anti-slavery activists.
Thursday, February 11, 2010 @ 10 am

Two Central New York academic high school teams square off each episode to test their knowledge of science, math, literature, history, current events and more. Watch the semifinal and final games to discover who earn the right to be called Season 5 Double Down Champion!

Cooperstown vs. Ithaca
Sunday, 2/14 @ 5:30 pm

West Genesee vs. Whitesboro
Sunday, 2/14 @ 6 pm

Cooperstown/Ithaca winner vs. West Genesee/Whitesboro winner
Sunday, 2/14 @ 6:30 pm

Double Down Bracketology
Watch games online and check current standings

Teaching Biotechnology:
New Tools and Resources for the STEM Career Pipeline

Date: Wednesday, February 17
Time: 6:30-8 p.m. Eastern
Topic: Biotechnology
Grade Level:  Middle School, High School or Higher Ed

You’re Invited to a FREE Web Seminar: Teaching Biotechnology: New Tools and Resources for the STEM Career Pipeline.

Need a way to refresh your lessons in genetics through multimedia resources? Help students understand how gene cloning, DNA sequencing, and bio-engineering touch their every day lives. From the food we eat, to the drugs we take, and the jobs that we train for, biotechnology is a science for the new millennium.

Join WGBH Teachers’ Domain and Dr. Lisa Rapp for a FREE web seminar that will discuss ways to deepen the teaching and learning of biotechnology in your classroom.  Learn about some extra-ordinary free resources developed and organized by Teachers’ Domain that cover biotechnology applications, concepts, tools and techniques, and feature career profiles in this promising field. Register today at: http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/symposia_seminars/NSDL4/webseminar5.aspx

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