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Here are home viewing suggestions for the week, selected from online advanced TV program listings and aligned with the state and national K-12 academic standards available online. Please consult local listings also, since actual broadcast times may vary. The Websites cited in the “Log on“ box below the tv listing provide further details about the show’s topic and may contain links to video clips from the show or a complete streaming video version of the show.

Saturday, October 9, 2010,
9-9:30 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science and Technology
Elementary, Middle and High School

" The Rocket Project”

In this documentary eight high school students begin a journey to design, build and launch a rocket out of the stratosphere. As inevitable delays and mechanical troubles set in, even a healthy dose of support and know-how may not be enough to get the rocket off the ground. TV-G

Log on http://science.discovery.com/tv/ldrs/rocket-basics/make-a-rocket.html

Sunday, October 10, 2010,
7-8 p.m. E/P
CBS
Economics, World History and Arts
Middle and High School

" 60 Minutes”

This news magazine’s leading story, “Speed Traders”, looks inside the secretive world “high-frequency trading,” a controversial technique the SEC is scrutinizing in which computers can make thousands of stock trades in less than a second. Then, “Madela”, a report on the recently published collection of his memoirs, mostly from the 27 years he spent in prison, reveal the innermost thoughts of the international civil rights giant Nelson Mandela, whose movement brought down the apartheid regime of South Africa. Finally, “Eminem”, is a profile of the chart-topping rapper from Detroit who overcame addiction to reclaim the winning style that made him the biggest selling artist of the past decade.

Log on http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/60minutes/main3415.shtml

Sunday, October 10, 2010,
8-9 p.m. E/P
Discovery Channel
Science and Geography
Middle and High School

" Life: Hunters ”

This documentary describes how the ability to learn from past experiences and develop novel solutions to problems have allowed mammals to find prey - and avoid being preyed upon - in every environment on Earth TV-PG

Log on http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/life/hunters-and-hunted

Monday, October 11, 2010,
9-11:00 p.m. E/P
PBS
U.S. History and Government
Middle and High School

" God In America: A New Adam/A New Eden”

How has religious belief shaped American history? What role have religious ideas and spiritual experience played in shaping the social, political and cultural life of what has become the world’s most religiously diverse nation? In a joint presentation of PBS’ AMERICAN EXPERIENCE and FRONTLINE, the historical role of religion in the public life of the United States is explored in a six-hour series which interweaves documentary footage, historical dramatization and interviews with religious historians. The first hour explores the origins of America’s unique religious landscape, while hour two considers the origins of America’s experiment in religious liberty. The second two hours, airing tomorrow October 12 in this time slot are entitled “A Nation Reborn/A New Light” and explore how religion suffused the Civil War and how the forces of modernity challenged traditional faith and drove a wedge between liberal and conservative believers. The final two hours, airing Wednesday October 13 in the same timeslot are entitled “Soul of a Nation/Of God and Caesar” they explore the post-World War II era and bring the series into the present day

Log on http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/

Tuesday ,October 12, 2010,
8- 9- p.m. E/P
Travel Channel
U.S. History and Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School

"Ghost Adventures: La Purisma Mission – Lompoc, CA”

This documentary investigates reported but unexplained occurrences at the La Purisima Mission in Lompoc, California. The former Spanish residence of padres, soldiers and the native Chumash is beautiful, but the atmosphere there is tinged with tragedy - disease and war. TV-PG

Log on to website with historical information for students about the mission http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Ghost_Adventures/Special_Features/La_Purisima_Missions_Haunted_History?tablabel=selected

Wednesday, October 13, 2010,
8-9 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science
Elementary, Middle and High School

" What You Can’t See: In The Earth”

Our world is alive with creatures that we can't see, acting in ways that have more influence on humans than we might think. As shown in this documentary, using thermal imaging to see through vegetation, ultra-low-light color imaging helps us see in the dark. TV-G

Thursday, October 14, 2010,
9-11 p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
Science and Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School

" Into The Lost Crystal Caves”

This documentary takes viewers inside one of the greatest natural marvels on the planet - a giant crystal cave described as “Superman's fortress”, with magnificent crystals up to 36 feet long and weighing 55 tons. A team of experts venture into the cavern, enduring scorching-hot temperatures that could kill a human after just 15 minutes of exposure. They'll push the boundaries of physical limitation to explore a crevasse that could lead to another - and perhaps more spectacular - crystal cave. The website below has further details about crystals are formed in nature and also how viewers can make crystals - in the form of rock candy (a recipe is provided).

Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/into-the-lost-crystal-caves-4636?source=email_channel#tab-Overview

Friday, October 15, 2010,
7:30-8 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science and Technology
Elementary, Middle and High School

" How It's Made ”

This technology documentary shows how Carbon Fiber Bicycles, Blood Products and a Ballpoint Pens are made

Log on http://science.discovery.com/tv/how-its-made/

Saturday, October 16, 2010,
10-11 p.m. E/P
History Channel
Science
Middle and High School

" The Universe: Total Eclipse”

Once they were dreaded and thought to be dragons eating the sun--but modern science has dispelled mythology and we now look forward to total Solar Eclipses as one of the most spectacular phenomena in the heavens. This documentary explores the complex movements of Earth, Moon and Sun that produce these unusual events and details why we may be the only intelligent beings in the known Universe to witness eclipses like we see on Earth. Man-made eclipses also figure into the science in the form of instruments called "coronagraphs." They blot out the sun and reveal its corona, uncovering secrets which, while enlightening, also warn of a disaster that could make our advanced technology crash and burn. Finally, the program travels into deep space, where the tiny eclipses caused by planets circling distant stars is now beginning to reveal hundreds more stars where "exoplanets" exist... perhaps even those in habitable zones like the Earth. TV-PG

Log on http://www.history.com/shows/the-universe