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January-February 2010 We Connect New York... to dynamic educational resources! In an effort to help educators plan ahead, we will be posting our online newsletter bi-monthly. As information often changes quickly, please visit our What’s New page regularly to keep abreast of the latest information on WCNY educational resources.
UPSTATE NEW YORK PUBLIC TELEVISION STATIONS ANNOUNCE MODIFICATION OF EDVIDEO ONLINE SERVICE
Innovation Awards
Are you an innovative educator?
Show us how you inspire your students and you could win a behind-the-scenes trip to the Premier Annual PBS Event! America’s teachers innovate every day. From math and science to music and the arts, your inventive thinking continuously fuels, inspires and engages young minds. Whether you teach your students physics with rocket launchers, social studies by re-enacting historical events, or literature by inviting kids to create digital stories, you are innovating and making a difference – and we want to recognize and thank YOU! PBS and local public television stations invite you to enter the PBS Teachers Innovation Awards! Entry is easy — simply...
1-Join PBS Teachers.
2-Tell us why you are an innovative educator.
3-Submit a video clip or a photograph showing us how you inspire your students. Be sure to have the video or image ready before you click "Enter Now".
(*Innovations using PBS content are a plus, but not required.) The PBS Teachers Innovation Awards runs January 25th through March 12th. Winners will be announced April 5, 2010 and winning entries will be featured on the PBS Teachers web site. PBS and local member stations thank you for your daily boundless energy and innovation! You inspire us to create high-quality programs and local services that we hope help make your work a little bit easier. Thank you! For complete contest rules, go to pbsteachers.org
It’s Time To Enter This Year’s Treehouse Tales 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!
Season 5 Champion Will Be Crowned February 14 In November 32 teams began season 5 eyeing the championship. With less the half of the teams remaining, Double Down is rapidly approaching the February 14th Championship. Double Down is our high school academic quiz show. Each week, two Central New York teams square off each episode to test their knowledge of science, math, literature, history, current events and more. Missed an episode and want to get caught up? No problem, watch it online. Want more information? Visit the Double Down Web site at wcny.org/doubledown. Sundays @ 6 pm and 6:30 pm (through 2/7)
Sunday, February 14 @ 5:30 pm, 6 pm, and 6:30 pm (Final Four and Championship)
Scholastic Art Awards Scholastic, Inc. was founded in 1927. The Central New York Region has sponsored an annual art competition for over 55 years. Scholastic’s Art Awards Program is the largest annual student art competition in Central New York and nationally. Over 5,000 entries are submitted to the CNY competition each year. Art awards are given in 19 categories of 2 and 3 dimensional media. Nationally, over 100 scholarships are offered each year to qualified seniors. The CNY Region encompasses 13 counties and over 400 eligible schools. More than 60 professional educators, artists, and photographers select the award winners. Gold Key, Silver Key and Honorable Mention winners are recognized along with American Vision winners, Best of Show, scholarship winners and other cash award winners. The entire awards show is broadcast to 19 counties in Central New York by WCNY-TV. The exhibit and opening reception are housed at the Whitney Applied Technology Center on the campus of Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, NY.
Sunday, 1/24 @ 9:30 am
Post-Standard/WCNY Spelling Bee The 35 best spellers from across Central New York will compete in The Post-Standard/WCNY Spelling Bee. The lucky winner of the spelldown will go on to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, DC in May 2010 courtesy of The Post-Standard. The 2009 Champion was Katherine Schumacher of Baldwinsville.
Saturday, February 6 @ 2 pm
Colonial Williamsburg 2009-2010 Electronic Field Trip Series Westward! (premiere)
Explore the story of the early days of American westward expansion. Daniel Boone recounts the exciting experiences and unexpected consequences associated with moving west. Learn about the risks and grueling personal hardships of creating new settlements.
Thursday, January 14, 2010 @ 10 am 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 Click here for complete 2009-2010 schedule For more information about the Emmy Award-winning series of live, interactive television broadcasts, teacher guides and online resources call 1.800.761.8331, email EFTSupport@cwf.org or visit www.history.org/trips © 2009 The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
INFLUENZA 1918 - Sheds light on the devastating flu epidemic that ravaged America and killed 600,000 people.
Monday, 1/18 @ 9 pm WYATT EARP - Earp was a caricature Western lawman who was transformed into a folk hero after his death.
Monday, 1/25 @ 9 pm DONNER PARTY - What began as a trek to the West became a terrifying tale of misery for the 19th-century pioneers.
Monday, 2/1 @ 9 pm BOMBING OF GERMANY - Weaving iinterviews with WWII pilots and historians with stunning archival footage of the bombing and its aftermath, this film examines the defining moments of the offensive that led the U.S. across a moral divide.
Monday, 2/8 @ 9 pm KENNEDY’S - A saga of family loyalty, ambition and personal tragedy, their legacy continues to influence politics.
Monday, 2/15 @ 9 pm AMELIA EARHART - When her plane disappeared without a trace, the “First Lady of the Air” instantly became a legend.
Monday, 2/22 @ 9 pm
EMMA - A fiercely funny new adaptation of Jane Austen's delightful love story starring Romola Garai (Atonement) as a young woman whose attempts to play cupid go disastrously awry. Jonny Lee Miller (Endgame) stars as Mr. Knightley, and Michael Gambon (Cranford) as Emma's father.
Sunday, 1/24 @ 9 pm (part one)
Sunday, 1/31 @ 9 pm (part two)
Sunday, 2/7 @ 9 pm (part three) NORTHANGER ABBEY - Felicity Jones plays romance addict Catherine Morland in Jane Austen’s parody of gothic fiction.
Sunday, 2/14 @ 9 pm PERSUASION - Chance brings Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth together, 8 years after she refused his proposal.
Sunday 2/21 @ 9 pm THE 39 STEPS - Secret agent Richard Hannay battles German spies on the eve of World War I in a riveting and romantic new version of the classic thriller by John Buchan, made famous in Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 movie. Masterpiece favorite Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion) stars as Hannay.
Sunday, 2/28 @ 9 pm
KILLER SUBS IN PEARL HARBOR - Dive into the waters of Pearl Harbor to trace new clues in the historic sinking of USS Arizona.
Tuesday, 1/5 @ 8 pm BUILDING PHAROAH’S SHIP - Archeologists construct and launch a mysterious vessel.
Tuesday, 1/12 @ 8 pm RIDDLES OF THE SPHINX - A team in Egypt works to reverse the destructive forces of man and nature to save the Great Sphinx.
Tuesday, 1/19 @ 8 pm INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF THE BUTTERFLIES - Journey into the fascinating world of the Monarch butterfly and explore its migratory odyssey.
Tuesday, 1/26 @ 8 pm GHOSTS OF MACHU PICCHU - Archeologists probe the ruins of this “Lost City of the Incas” and unearth sacred burial grounds.
Tuesday, 2/2 @ 8 pm EXTREME CAVE DIVING - A team of scientists dive into Blue Holes, underwater caves that formed during the last ice age.
Tuesday, 2/9 @ 8 pm EXTREME ICE - Scientists use time-lapse cameras in the Arctic and Alaska to create an archive of melting glaciers.
Tuesday, 2/16 @ 8 pm LAST EXTINCTION - A new theory suggests prehistoric animals were killed off by a comet breaking over the Great Lakes.
Tuesday, 2/23 @ 8 pm
WHITE FALCON, WHITE WOLF - The enormous falcons and white wolves raise their families on Canada’s remote Ellesmere Island.
Sunday, 1/3 @ 8 pm HUMMINGBIRDS, MAGIC IN THE AIR - New scientific research sheds light on these tough, energetic flashing jewels.
Sunday, 1/10 @ 8 pm AMERICAN EAGLE - The drama of the bald eagle’s nest.
Sunday, 1/24 @ 8 pm WILD BALKANS - Wild animals, thick forests, vast wetlands and deep chasms highlight this jagged area of Europe.
Sunday, 1/31 @ 8 pm THE BEAUTY OF UGLY - From frogfish to hagfish learn how and why ugly can be beautiful even when it isn’t pretty.
Sunday, 2/7 @ 8 pm IN THE VALLEY OF THE WOLVES - An intimate record of the lives of the Druids, the most celebrated wolf pack in North America.
Sunday, 2/14 @ 8 pm INVASION OF THE GREAT PYTHONS - Predatory pythons slithered there way into the wilderness of Florida’s Everglades National Park and thrived.
Sunday, 2/21 @ 8 pm IS THAT SKUNK?
Intrepid researchers trace skunks and uncover how they hunt, forage, mate and raise their babies.
Sunday, 2/28 @ 8 pm
SAM COOKE: CROSSING OVER - Cooke’s blend of gospel and pop altered the course of popular music and race relations in America.
Monday, 1/11 @ 9 pm MARVIN GAYE: WHAT’S GOING ON - The motown star created his own intimate style but his glamorous career was tainted by torment.
Monday, 1/11 @ 10 pm ZORA NEALE HURSTON: JUMP AT THE SUN - This uniquely successful writer was one of the most controversial figures of the Harlem Renaissance.
Monday, 2/22 @ 10 pm
BECOMING US (part 1 of 3) - Alan Alda visits sites where Neanderthals once lived.
Sunday, 1/10 @ 2 pm SO HUMAN, SO CHIMP (part 2 of 3) - Similarities and differences between humans and chimps.
Sunday, 1/17 @ 2 pm BRAIN MATTERS (part 3 of 3) - Language centers in the brain are investigated with highly detailed brain scans and EEGs.
Sunday, 1/24 @ 2 pm
THE SCRIPTURE OF NATURE - In 1872, Congress acts to protect land that will become America’s first national park, Yellowstone.
Wednesday, 1/27 @ 9 pm THE LAST REFUGE 1890-1915 - At the end of the 19th century conservation movement takes shape to protect America’s wilderness.
Wednesday, 2/3 @ 9 pm THE EMPIRE OF GRANDEUR 1915-1919 - The National Parks Service protects the Grand Canyon from commerical interests.
Wednesday, 2/10 @ 9 pm GOING HOME 1920-1933 - The automobile allows more people to see parks. The Smoky Mountains and Tetons become parks.
Wednesday, 2/17 @ 9 pm GREAT NATURE 1933-1945 - During the economic crisis and a world war, the parks provided a source of jobs and much needed space.
Wednesday, 2/24 @ 9 pm
Additional Program Highlights
(January, 1 2010 - February 28, 2010)
BUILT FOR THE PEOPLE: THE STORY OF THE TVA - President Roosevelt’s signing of the TVA Act of 1933.
Monday, 1/11 @ 11 pm COME WALK IN MY SHOES - Casts light on the experiences of men and women at the forefront of the U.S. civil rights movement.
Tuesday, 1/12 @ 11 pm FORGOTTEN WAR: THE STRUGGLE FOR NORTH AMERICA - Sheds light on battles fought by Indian nations of the Northeast during the French and Indian War.
Monday, 2/1 @ 10:30 pm
Sunday, 2/28 @ 6 pm SISTERS OF SELMA: BEARING WITNESS FOR CHANGE - Explore the role of Catholic nuns on the voting rights marches of 1965 in Selma, Alabama.
Tuesday, 2/2 @ 11 pm FOOTPRINTS OF THE ICE AGE EFFECTS OF LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET ON LANDSCAPE OF UPSTATE NEW YORK
Tuesday, 2/9 @ 9 pm
Sunday, 2/21 @ 6 pm BARRIER DUNES OF EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO - Examines the 17-mile barrier dune system that runs from the mouth of the Salmon River to Henderson Harbor along the eastern shore of Lake Ontario.
Sunday, 2/28 @ 3 pm and 10:30 pm WINTER WATERBIRDS OF EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO
Sunday, 2/28 @ 3:30 pm SYRACUSE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - This Film is set in the confined world of a catholic monastery just after the Second World War. The story shows how the chaos following the war loosened up and excited the members of the strict, severe enclosed community, just as it did for those living outside its walls. The traditional hierarchy has lost its place to Communism. The priests argue that value of the impending new social order and its connection to religious principles and dogma while other “established” beliefs that are prohibited are barely being noticed while entering into the religious community. Black and white cinematography expresses the stark atmosphere of the monastery and the film engages the viewer on a desolate but emotional level. Fragment is a powerful and beautifully acted film.
Sunday, 2/28 @ 11 pm (Program ends at 12:26 am) AUSTIN CITY LIMITS
GNARLS BARKLEY / THIEVERY CORPORATION - Saturday, 1/2 @ 11:05 pm
MOS DEF/K’NAAN - Saturday, 1/16 @ 11 pm
AVETT BROTHERS / HEARTLESS BASTARDS - Saturday, 1/23 @ 11 pm
STEVE EARLE / KRIS KRISTOFFERSON - Saturday, 1/30 @ 11 pm
ESPERANZA SPALDING / MADELEINE PEYROUX - Saturday, 2/6 @ 11:30 pm
THEM CROOKED VULTURES - Saturday, 2/13 @ 11 pm
R.E.M. - Saturday, 2/20 @ 11 pm
KENNY CHESNEY - Saturday, 2/27 @ 11:20 pm
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