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Friday, August 26, 2011

Media Menu for August 27, 2011


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, August 27, 2011,

10-11 p.m. E/P

National Geographic Channel
World History and Economics
Middle and High School


Explorer: Secret History Of Gold

Gold is in the news this year because, when economic times are troubled, people buy gold for protection.
Gold's appeal and value span time and cultures, but there is a little-known secret to the story of gold. Most
of the gold mined throughout history remains in circulation today -- even the gold closest to your heart
may have dark origins. From the Amazon jungle to the markets of Dubai, this documentary examines the
underbelly of the modern gold trade with a treasure hunter and an illegal miner to expose its volatile history.

Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/explorer/3822/Overview

Sunday, August 28, 2011,

10-11 p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
U.S. History
Middle and High School

George W. Bush: The 9/11 Interview

In this documentary, the most in-depth on-camera interview he has ever given on the subject, President Bush
recalls what he was thinking and feeling and what drove the real-time, life-or-death decisions he faced in the
first minutes, hours and days after the most lethal terrorist attacks ever on U.S. soil. Hear in unprecedented,
intimate detail what he grappled with as both commander in chief, and as a man concerned for his family
and fellow citizens. George W. Bush: The program also takes viewers behind the scenes with extensive
archival footage and exclusive materials directly from his library that open a new window into his personal
experiences during that historic day that changed the face of America, and the world, forever.

Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/series/remembering-9-11/6683/Overview

Monday, August 29, 2011,

4-5 p.m. E/P

History Channel
Science and Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School


How the Earth Was Made: Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon is nearly 300 miles long and over a mile deep. You could stack four Empire State buildings
one on top of the other and they still wouldn't reach the lip of the Canyon. As vast tectonic plates clash and
grind against one another a giant plateau has been pushed up over a mile in the air. The Colorado river,
flowing from high in the Rockies and carrying a thick load of sediment, has carved an amazing canyon in the
rising plateau.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011,

8-9 p.m. ET, 5-6 p.m. PT

CNBC
Economics and Math
Middle and High School


Price Of Admission: America’s College Debt Crisis

As millions of American families struggle to cope with college costs that are rising at twice the rate of
inflation, this documentary investigates a system that encourages widespread borrowing—often with little
regard to a student's ability to pay—leaving the average college graduate with tens of thousands of dollars in
student-loan debt.How long can the system be sustained? Are student loans the next subprime mortgages?
And if the bubble bursts, who will pay the price? In this documentary correspondent Scott Cohn speaks to
borrowers, lenders and school administrators to measure the real price of admission to the nation's higher-
education system.

Log on http://www.cnbc.com/id/39911910

Wednesday, August 31 , 2011,

8-11 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science
Middle and High School

NOVA: Becoming Human: First Steps/ Birth of Humanity/ Last Human Standing

NOVA presents a comprehensive three-part, three-hour special - investigating new discoveries that are
transforming the picture of how we became human. Filmed as discoveries were unearthed throughout Africa
and Europe, each hour of "Becoming Human" unfolds with a forensic investigation into the life and death of
a specific hominid ancestor. Dry bones spring back to vivid life with computer animation, the product of a
unique NOVA collaboration between top anthropologists and a talented team of film makers.

Log on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/becoming-human-part-1.html, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/
nova/evolution/becoming-human-part-2.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/becoming-human-
part-3.html

Thursday, September 1 2011,

9-10 p.m. E/P

MSNBC
U.S. History and
Government
Middle and High School


9/11: Day of Destruction, Decade of War

This is Part 1 of a 2 Part documentary anchored by MSNBC correspondents Richard Engel and Rachel
Maddow exploring how America responded to the 9/11 attacks and how the country has changed over the
past decade. Part 2 airs in this time slot September 2.

Thursday, September 1 2011,

10-11 p.m. E/P

Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders
PBS
Arts and Geography
Middle and High School

This documentary travels into the heart of international music. It traces the legend of Afrobeat creator and
superstar Fela Kuti; examines the raging popularity of Vladimir Putin's sexy propaganda song; finds out if
music can help the creators of Borat make amends with the insulted people of Kazakhstan; and captures the
mood of a cozy Portuguese bar with diva Mariza. With stirring performances and soulful interviews. It's an
audio-visual geography lesson pulsating with humanity, culture and unforgettable stories. TV-PG

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

Friday, September 2 2011,

6-7 p.m. E/P

History Channel
Science
Elementary, Middle and High School


Modern Marvels: Acid

This documentary is an exploration of the caustic chemicals found in nearly every facet of modern life. It is
the most widely produced chemical in the world and possibly the most dangerous. This program takes you
on an in-depth tour of the almost endless properties and applications of acid. See how the military harnesses
acid to make the explosive ''Comp B-4.'' Visit a sulfuric acid plant to see how acid can take the stain out of
stainless steel and learn how it can be mixed to dissolve precious metal. At the Heinz vinegar plant discover
why acid's sour taste is sweet. Finally, meet a mad scientist who will demonstrate how acid can hollow out a
penny and turn a hot dog to sludge.

Saturday, September 3 2011,

4-5 p.m. E/P

National Geographic Channel
U.S. and World History
Middle and High School


National Geographic Explorer: Camp Leatherneck

In January 2009 it was a patch of lawless Afghan desert, riddled with Taliban fighters. Today, Camp
Leatherneck is home to more than 10,000 troops. This documentary goes inside the epicenter of the war in
Afghanistan and meets the men and women who work in and pass through the camp. Learn what daily life
is like for the people who find themselves in this place. How violence, boredom, excessive heat, separation
from family and cultural differences affect the mind-set of the warriors

Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/explorer/4832/Overview

Friday, August 19, 2011

Media Menu for August 20, 2011

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, August 20, 2011,
6-7 p.m. E/P
Planet Green Channel
Science
Middle and High School

Giant Squid Caught On Camera

This documentary follows the 2006 mission to find the giant squid wherever in the world it might be. This species lives so far down in the ocean- 3,000 feet and below – that it never sees light. It’s as long as a sperm whale and a fierce predator. It’s never been filmed in its natural habitat.
Log on http://www.squid-world.com/giant_squid_caught_on_camera.html

Sunday, August 21, 2011,
8-9 p.m. E/P
CNN
U.S. History and Economics
Middle and High School

Battle for Blair Mountain: Working in America

In this documentary CNN anchor and special correspondent Soledad O’Brien reports on a battle that is dividing communities in West Virginia and beyond. On one side are coal miners, their families, and the mining industry who are collectively supportive of mountain top removal – a destructive, yet highly-effective form of strip mining. On the other side of this debate is a mix of interests: community activists, environmentalists, and the EPA feel mountaintop removal threatens the environment; and still others feel the practice threatens future coal mining. All sides feel their arguments support a way of life that has existed for generations. With nearly 50 percent of America’s relatively inexpensive electrical power still coming from coal, it’s a battle whose outcome affects everyone.
Log on http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/13/blair.mountain.history/index.html?iref=allsearch

Monday, August 22, 2011,
8-9 p.m. ET, 5-6 p.m. PT
National Geographic Channel
U.S. and World History
Middle and High School

Remembering 9/11: CIA Confidential - Hunt for Bin Laden

Just days after the horrific attacks of 9/11, a team of seven CIA agents snuck into northern Afghanistan and began to lay the groundwork for war. Dubbed operation "Jawbreaker," their goal was to take out al Qaeda, find Osama bin Laden and kill him. This documentary tells the story of this dangerous covert mission from the point of view of the CIA officers and top-secret Delta Force operators involved.
Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/remembering-9-11/4199/Overview

Tuesday, August 23, 2011,
9-10 p.m. E/P
PBS
U.S. History, Science and Economics
Middle and High School

FRONTLINE: Football High

High school football has never had a higher profile, with nationally televised games, corporate sponsorships and minute-by-minute coverage on sports websites. In northwest Arkansas, this documentary examines one ambitious high school team working its way towards national renown. With a superstar quarterback at the helm, tiny Shiloh Christian is striving to join the ranks of the country’s best high school teams—teams whose workout schedules, practices, and styles of play increasingly imitate the pros. But as high school players grow bigger, faster, and stronger, there are growing concerns about the health and safety of these young players—with rising rates of concussions, career-ending injuries, even death. In Arkansas, the program documents a tragic story of heat-stroke injuries that reveal how weak regulation has created a crucial lack of athletic trainers at most high schools. It all raises a critical question: has the amped-up culture of high school football outrun necessary protections for the boys who play the game?
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/football-high

Wednesday, August 24, 2011,
9-10 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science and Math
Middle and High School

NOVA: Hunting the Hidden Dimension

What do movie special effects, the stock market, heart attacks and the rings of Saturn have in common? They're all connected by a revolutionary new branch of math called fractals, which has changed the way we see the world and opened up a vast new territory to scientific analysis and understanding. This documentary tells the story of a group of pioneering mathematicians who developed fractals from a curiosity that few took seriously to an approach that is touching nearly every branch of understanding — including what happened after the Big Bang and the ultimate fate of our universe. TV-PG
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/hunting-hidden-dimension.html

Wednesday, August 24, 2011,
10-11 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science and Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School

Earth: the Operator’s Manual

An operators’ manual helps keep your car or computer running at peak performance. Earth science can do the same for the planet. Viewers of this documentary can follow geologist Richard Alley as he travels the world, from New Zealand to China, Brazil, Spain and Morocco with stops in New Orleans, Texas and military bases in California. This accurate, understandable and upbeat report on the interconnected stories of humans and fossil fuels, Earth’s climate history and our future energy options will leave you amazed at the beauty and bounty of the planet, inspired by human ingenuity, and optimistic about the future. TV-G
Log on http://www.pbs.org/programs/earth-the-operators-manual

Thursday, August 25, 2011,
10-11 p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
Science and Technology
Middle and High School

Earth Overhaul

A group of scientists are thinking outside the box for ways to reverse the effects of global warming. And who better to save the earth than NGC's host of the World's Toughest Fixes, Sean Riley? In this documentary he will join these experts in the labs and in the field to see what wacky new technologies are being developed, like sending mirrors into space and reducing the greenhouse emissions chickens produce.
Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/earth-overhaul-5686/Overview

Friday, August 26, 2011,
10 p.m. – Midnight E/P
CNBC
History and Technology
Middle and High School

Sprawling From Grace: The Consequences of Suburbanization

You will never look at your car the same way again. This feature length documentary explores the ravages of American suburban sprawl, what America has lost as a result, and the perils we face if we don't change the way in which we build our cities. Americans have been lulled into a false sense of security by cheap energy that has allowed us to spread endlessly into our landscape. We are trapped behind the wheels of our automobiles. With the demand for oil outpacing the Earth's ability to supply it, this suburban living arrangement will fail. America's love affair with the automobile is unsustainable and, like Nero, we are fiddling away, confident that tomorrow will be as promising as today.

Saturday, August 27, 2011,
10-11 p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
World History and Economics
Middle and High School

Explorer: Secret History Of Gold

Gold is in the news this year because, when economic times are troubled, people buy gold for protection. Gold's appeal and value span time and cultures, but there is a little-known secret to the story of gold. Most of the gold mined throughout history remains in circulation today -- even the gold closest to your heart may have dark origins. From the Amazon jungle to the markets of Dubai, this documentary examines the underbelly of the modern gold trade with a treasure hunter and an illegal miner to expose its volatile history.
Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/explorer/3822/Overview

Friday, August 12, 2011

Media Menu for August 13, 2011

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, August 13, 2011,
9-11 p.m. E/P
Planet Green Channel
World History and Geography
Middle and High School

Mekong: Soul of a River : Mothers of Waters/Laos & Thailand/ Source of Life/Burma & China

Here are two episode in a documentary miniseries about the Mekong River in Asia. In the first episode, scientists in Laos have discovered rich habitat for tigers, clouded leopards, fishing cats, civets, and Asiatic black bears. Thailand is taking steps to recover its forests. Together, they are truly wildlife gems. In the second hour a Tibetan monk takes us to the very source of the Mekong, the sacred spring he calls, "water of stone." This is a sacred pilgrimage to the source of life. TV-PG
Log on http://www.mrcmekong.org/about_mekong/about_mekong.htm

Sunday, August 13, 2011,
7-8 p.m. E/P
ABC
Science and Technology
Middle and High School

i.am FIRST: Science Is Rock and Roll

The Black Eyed Peas front man/entrepreneur/tech wizard, will.i.am pairs up with inventor/FIRST founder Dean Kamen for this one-hour special promoting education, science and technology. The special takes an inside, up close look at the 20th Annual FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Championship, a worldwide science and robotics K-12 competition that celebrates technology and features live performances by The Black Eyed Peas and Willow Smith, as well as special appearances from a host of high profile celebrities speaking out to support STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education. Aneesh Chopra, Assistant to the President and Chief Technology Officer of the U.S., along with 30,000 students, fans, families, educators and industry leaders came together at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, MO to celebrate the engineering prowess of talented students from around the world. Watch for special appearances by such celebrities as Justin Bieber, Jack Black, Bono, Miranda Cosgrove, Miley Cyrus, Josh Duhamel, Willow Smith, Britney Spears, Snoop Dogg, Justin Timberlake and Steven Tyler. The program documents the challenges that the country's best and brightest students faced in the FIRST Regional Competitions leading up to and culminating in the international Championship. TV-PG
Log on http://abc.go.com/shows/iam-first-science-is-rock-and-roll

Sunday , August 14, 2011,
11:30 p.m. -2 a.m. ET,
8:30 -11 p.m. PT
TCM – Turner Classic Movie Channel (also available on DVD)
U.S. History
Elementary,
Middle and High School

Sunrise At Campobello

Before Franklin D. Roosevelt could lead the nation in the Depression and WWII, he had to overcome one of the greatest of personal challenges any would be president ever had to overcome. This Oscar-nominated movie, based on a Tony Award winning Broadway play, is the story of Roosevelt’ battle to regain the use of his legs at the age of 39 after contracting polio. He was at his family summer house on Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada when he contracted the disease with no known cure. By that time he already had a long history of public service and had run for Vice President on the Democratic ticket in 1920. He and those around him realized that any political ambitions he may have had would be dashed if he was unable to regain at least the partial use of his legs. When he's asked to nominate Al Smith at the Democratic convention in 1924 he realized he would have to walk 10 paces to the podium and then stand for 45 minutes. It marked his return to public life. The film is recommended especially for younger viewers who want to get a glimpse of incipient presidential greatness. TV-G
Log on http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/16110/Sunrise-at-Campobello/full-synopsis.html

Monday, August 15, 2011,
7-8 p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
World History and Science
Middle and High School

National Geographic Explorer: 24 Hours After Hiroshima

This documentary tells the second-by-second story of a moment that changed the world forever: the dropping of the atomic bomb on August 6, 1945. Through the eyes of those in the air and on the ground, including the last interview with the weapons test officer who armed the bomb, viewers will experience the events as they unfolded that tragic day.
Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/explorer/4826/Overview

Tuesday, August 16, 2011,
8-9 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science and Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School

When Earth Erupts Pacific Rim

The western Pacific Rim is among the most dangerous places on earth. In New Zealand residents live in fear of earthquakes causing total devastation. In Japan 128 million people prepare for the next inevitable disaster and look to technology to save them. TV-G
Log on http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_13/b4221022522328.htm

Wednesday, August 17, 2011,
9-11 p.m. E/P
History Channel
U.S. History and Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School

You Don’t Know Dixie

The concept that history is written by the victors is perhaps nowhere truer than in the aftermath of America’s Civil War. The Union's defeat of the Confederacy brought the southern states back into the American fold, but in many ways, the two regions would remain divided, with the North inheriting the credit for its impact on history. What many people don't know is that the South is responsible for shaping American history and culture. Our first permanent English settlement was in Jamestown, Virginia. Our most treasured founding documents, the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, were written by Southerners. Built on a pioneering spirit of self-reliance and grit, the South developed a distinct culture that set it apart. This documentary travels to the U.S. South for a look at its influence on American culture. How did the South get its twang? Is the Southern accent really the nearest surviving relative of the American colonial accent? And what, exactly, are grits? Some of today's best known Southerners, including Trace Adkins, Al Bell, Bobby Bowden, James Carville, Jeff Foxworthy, Ty Pennington, Ricky Skaggs, Herschel Walker and Michael Waltrip, offer their insight on Southern culture. Along the way, uncover hidden and surprising truths about how the South shaped America.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011,
10-11 p.m. E/P
Animal Planet Channel
Science and Technology
Middle and High School

Bedbug Apocalypse

In 2010, bedbugs plagued the United States, ravaging entire regions, cities and towns. They infiltrated businesses, hid in movie theaters, infested homes and disgusted hotel guests. This documentary transports viewers to the front lines of a war against these near-microscopic demons and investigates the ways they tormented and baffled a nation. With their vampire-like ability to penetrate skin and zombie-esque ability to rise from the dead, bedbugs became public health enemy number one. With first-hand accounts from entomologists, pest management technicians and victims of these predatory pests, this one-hour special sheds light on the grim reality of the bedbug situation then and now and discusses how infestation is reaching near-pandemic heights. TV-PG

Thursday, August 18, 2011,
9-10 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science and Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School

Masters Of The Arctic Ice

The Arctic is the largest expanse of frozen water on the planet. All creatures that make their home there are masters of survival, superbly adapted to the Arctic ice. But climate change has begun to eat away at the ice on which these creatures depend. Two teams of researchers are racing to find out how global warming is rocking the Arctic world - before there's nothing left but water. TV-G
Log on http://video.pbs.org/video/2074612743/

Friday, August 19, 2011,
7-8 p.m. E/P
History Channel
Science
Middle and High School

Modern Marvels: Mold & Fungus

Viewers of this documentary will learn about various fungal organisms that live in the human body, grow from the ground, float in the air, and help create some foods and beverages. Follow professional remediators as they battle millions of growing invaders, all within the walls of mold-infested homes. We see how Phillips Mushroom Farms, America's largest producer of specialty mushrooms, carefully grows over 35 million pounds of various colorful fungi every year. We'll get sick with deadly mushrooms, and get well with penicillin: all fungi. We visit scientists, looking for ways to use fungi to fuel our car and clean up hazardous waste. Yes, the lowly fungi may be the salvation of mankind. TV-PG
Log on http://shop.history.com/modern-marvels-mold-fungus-dvd/detail.php?p=108101#tabs

Saturday, August 20, 2011,
6-7 p.m. E/P
Planet Green Channel
Science
Middle and High School

Giant Squid Caught On Camera

This follows the 2006 mission to find the giant squid wherever in the world it might be. This species lives so far down in the ocean- 3,000 feet and below – that it never sees light. It’s as long as a sperm whale and a fierce predator. It’s never been filmed in its natural habitat.
Log on http://www.squid-world.com/giant_squid_caught_on_camera.html

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Media Menu for August 6, 2011

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, August 6, 2011,
3-4 p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
Science and World History
Middle and High School

The Truth Behind The Dead Sea Scrolls

In this documentary archaeologists and historians unravel the mystery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and explore theories about their creation, including the Church's 50-year embargo on their publication. TV-PG
Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/the-truth-behind-the-dead-sea-scrolls-3087/Overview

Sunday, August 7, 2011,
9-10 p.m. E/P
National Geographic
Channel
Science and Geography
Elementary,
Middle and High School

How To Build A Volcano

In this documentary scientists partner with Hollywood special effects to build the world's largest model volcano. The plan: Create a four-story-tall, 150-foot-wide volcano that can erupt and spew simulated magma and ash. Scientists test cutting-edge scientific theories on the model to learn more about one of the most volatile natural forces on the planet. (Don’t try this at home.) The program also follows the team as they brave the dangers of real volcanoes including getting hazardously close to an active lava flow to gather data that could be crucial to other scientist as well as to the success of the model-building project.
Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/how-to-build-a-volcano-5146/Overview

Monday, August 8, 2011,
8-9 p.m. E/P
National Geographic
Channel
Science and Geography
Elementary,
Middle and High School

Drain The Ocean

Depicted in this documentary is a world you have never seen before - a world normally hidden under miles of water, the ocean floor. We'll remove the water using CGI animation, revealing a landscape of unimaginable scale with features more dramatic than anything on dry land.
Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/drain-the-ocean-3639/Overview

Tuesday, August 9, 2011,
7-8 p.m. E/P
History Channel
Science and U.S. History
Elementary,
Middle and High School

Modern Marvels: Edison Tech

From Edison’s famous successes to false starts and failures, this documentary examines the inventing career of the "father of the future." Rare footage and photos from his lab show Edison at work. Learn the fascinating stories behind his incredible inventions - and frequent failures. See how today's engineers are still building on his legacy. He was the father of the future...electric lights, power systems, motion pictures, recorded sound--even the tattoo pen. Life as we know it would be inconceivable without the prodigious output of Thomas Alva Edison. His intense focus on his work came with a hefty personal price, but his reward was a world forever changed by his genius. Years after his death, Edison's effect is seen, heard, and felt everywhere. The program follows the technological descendants of his motion-picture camera to the tops of Earth's highest mountains, to the bottoms of its deepest oceans, and even into outer space. We track his innovations in recorded sound to CDs, iPods, sophisticated movie sound, and satellite radio. And we illuminate his world of electric light, powering the world and turning night into day.
Log on http://www.thomasedison.com

Wednesday, August 10, 2011,
9-10 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science
Elementary,
Middle and High School

Wonders of the Universe :The Known and the Unknown

Gravity, the great orchestrator of the cosmos, is relatively weak. As shown in this documentary, its attractive force dictates our orbit around the sun, our relationship with the other planets in the Solar System, and even the shape of our universe. TV-G
Log on http://science.discovery.com/videos/wonders-of-the-universe-known-and-unknown

Thursday, August 11, 2011,
9-10 p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
Science and Technology
Elementary,
Middle and High School

Naked Science: Make Me Superhuman

Superhuman capabilities like running faster than a speeding bullet or being more powerful than a locomotive could be available at the push of a button. This documentary explores the latest in wearable mechanical getups, designed to duplicate human movement with enhanced strength and locomotion. See how these futuristic suits are being used for medical, military, industrial and recreational uses. Watch a variety of remarkable demonstrations, including a person carrying 150 pounds up the stairs of a football stadium, another who throws a car off a cliff and a man who runs faster than a world-class runner. We'll also see a paraplegic walk for the first time in 18 years.
Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/naked-science/5338/Overview

Friday, August 12, 2011,
8-9 p.m. E/P
CNBC Channel
Science and U.S. History
Middle and High School

60 Minutes on CNBC

This news-feature program takes viewers a step further into several investigative reports, interviews, profiles, and features stories that have made "60 Minutes" required viewing for millions. CNBC presents the latest on these classic stories with updates and never before seen footage of these award winning business news stories. The program is produced for CNBC by CBS News Productions.

Saturday, August 13, 2011,
9-11 p.m. E/P
Planet Green Channel
World History and Geography
Middle and High School

Mekong: Soul of a River : Mothers of Waters/Laos & Thailand/ Source of Life/Burma & China

Here are two episode in a documentary miniseries about the Mekong River in Asia. In the first episode, scientists in Laos have discovered rich habitat for tigers, clouded leopards, fishing cats, civets, and Asiatic black bears. Thailand is taking steps to recover its forests. Together, they are truly wildlife gems. In the second hour a Tibetan monk takes us to the very source of the Mekong, the sacred spring he calls, "water of stone." This is a sacred pilgrimage to the source of life. TV-PG
Log on http://www.mrcmekong.org/about_mekong/about_mekong.htm

Monday, August 1, 2011

Media Menu for July 30, 2011

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, July 30, 2011,
8- 10:30 p.m. ET, 5-7:30 p.m. PT
TCM - Turner Classic Movie Channel
World History and Literature
Middle and High School

All Quiet On The Western Front

This Oscar-winning 1930’s movie, based on Eric Maria Remarque’s classic novel, follows a young German soldier’s try to adjust to the horrors of World War I. Paul Baumer, as young German schoolboy, along with his friends, is inspired by his schoolmaster to "save the Fatherland" and joins the Kaiser's forces. Their illusions are soon dispelled, however, by the cruel realities of battle, relieved only by a brief romantic interlude with some French farm girls. When Paul, the only survivor of the group, returns home, he finds the professor still haranguing his young scholars to join the conflict; and when Paul denounces this attitude, he is proclaimed a coward by the youths. Tiring of the false impression of war at home, he returns to the front to instruct his new comrades in warfare. As the sole survivor of this group also, Paul reaches over the top of a trench to catch a butterfly and is killed by an enemy sniper. That day the official war news report is ‘All quiet on the western front”.
Log on http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020629/

Sunday , July 31, 2011,
4-6 p.m.
History Channel
World History and Geography
High School

Third Reich: The Fall

This documentary shows how Germans experience the Allied victory in WWII. It begins by taking viewers inside the Germany through the use of rare and never-before-seen home movies, German government propaganda films and other contemporaneous material. The narrative consists of personal recollections culled from German's diaries, journals and letters. The contemporary footage shot by people who were there as the events took place, isn’t at first particularly noteworthy, but it quickly sinks in that where some documentaries rely on reenactments or dramatizations of historical events, we're seeing what actually happened, when and where it happened. TV-14

Monday, August 1, 2011,
7-8 p.m. E/P
CNBC
Economics
Middle and High School

Biography on CNBC: Home Depot

When Home Depot’s founders were fired from Handy Dan in the late 1970’s, they put on their tool belts and went to work on a new concept. As shown in this documentary, after the Home Depot’s disappointing opening day when “nobody came,” the do-it-yourself center goes on to become the fastest growing retailer in U.S. history.
Log on http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=1274069992

Tuesday, August 2, 2011,
8-10 p.m. E/P
PBS
Arts
Middle and High School

LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER: Opening Night Mostly Mozart Festival

This is a telecast of a concert from the Mostly Mozart series. Louis Langrée, Music Director of the series, will be on the podium and the soloists will be violinist Christian Tetzlaff; violist Antoine Tamestit; and soprano Susanna Phillips. The program combines examples of three of the many sides — opera, concerto solo, and symphony — of the musician considered by many to have been the greatest composer ever. TV-G
Log on http://www.pbs.org/programs/live-from-lincoln-center/

Wednesday, August 3, 2011,
8-9 p.m. E/P
Science Channel
Science
Elementary,
Middle and High School

Wonders of the Universe : Children of the Stars

The same 92 elements we have on Earth are found throughout the cosmos. Forged deep in the hearts of stars, the untold trillions of atoms that make up each of us link together to tell the story, aimed at a general audience, in this documentary of the universe's origin. TV-G

Wednesday, August 3, 2011,
9-10 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science and Geography
Middle and High School

NOVA: Rat Attack

Every 48 years, the inhabitants of the remote Indian state of Mizoram suffer a horrendous ordeal known locally as mautam. An indigenous species of bamboo, blanketing 30 percent of Mizoram's 8,100 square miles, blooms once every half-century, spurring an explosion in the rat population that feeds off the bamboo's fruit. The rats run amok, destroying crops and precipitating a crippling famine throughout Mizoram. This documentary follows this gripping tale of nature's capacity to engender human suffering and investigates the botanical mystery of why the bamboo flowers with clockwork precision every half-century. TV-PG
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/rat-attack.html

Thursday, August 4, 2011,
8-10:15 p.m. ET, 5-7:15 p.m. PT
PBS
English and History
Middle and High School

A Tale Of Two Cities

This is an Oscar-nominated adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale of the French Revolution. It begins in England where English lawyer Sydney Carton defends French emigre Charles Darnay from charges of spying against England. He becomes enamored of Darnay's fiancée, Lucie Manette, and agrees to help her save Darnay from the guillotine when Darnay returns to France and is captured by Revolutionaries in Paris. Carton realizes that he can save Darnay by going to the Bastille and switching places with him. Because Darnay and Sydney physically resemble each other, the trick is successful, and Darnay is able to escape with his family to England. As Sydney faces his execution, he befriends a frightened seamstress who seems to gain strength from his presence. As he approaches the guillotine the next morning, Sydney holds the seamstress close to him and knows that he has done the right thing.
Log on http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1614/A-Tale-of-Two-Cities

Friday, August 5, 2011,
6-7 p.m. E/P
History Channel
Science and Geography
Elementary, Middle and High School

Modern Marvels: Salt

It is the only rock we eat, and has 14,000 known uses. This documentary travels to a salt mine 1,800 feet below Lake Erie where workers blast salt from a massive deposit spanning four states, to an evaporation facility near San Francisco where machines harvest salt from the briny ocean. Visit a Florida restaurant that offers 40 different varieties of salt, and journey to New York to explore salt’s surprising number one application: de-icing snowy winter roads. See how a high-tech desalination plant removes salt from ocean water, producing 25 million gallons of drinkable water every day. If it’s speed you’re after, look no further than a natural drag strip in Utah made of pure salt.

Saturday, August 6, 2011,
3-4 p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
Science and World History
Middle and High School

The Truth Behind The Dead Sea Scrolls

In this documentary archaeologists and historians unravel the mystery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and explore theories about their creation, including the Church's 50-year embargo on their publication. TV-PG
Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/the-truth-behind-the-dead-sea-scrolls-3087/Overview