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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.
Thursday, March 7, 2012
7-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
Science and
Geography
Middle and High School
Nature: Cold Warriors – Wolves and Buffalo
Airing on KLCs, this documentary shows that, for thousands of years, wolves have hunted buffalo across the vast North American plains. Although westward settlement of the continent saw the virtual extinction of these vast herds and their eternal predators, this ancient relationship was not lost altogether. On the northern edge of the continent’s central plains, in a place named Wood Buffalo National Park, buffalo and wolves still engage in epic life and death dramas. By following one pack of wolves, wildlife filmmaker Jeff Turner captures how these two animal species live together in what seems like a forgotten corner of the world.
Log on http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/cold-warriors-wolves-and-buffalo/full-episode/8187/
Friday, March 8, 2012
7-8 p.m. E/P
PBS
U.S. History and Economics
Middle and High School
Latino State of the Union
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), the nation's leading Latino legal civil rights organization, hosts the annual Latino State of the Union policy round table. Airing on KCET, the panel discussion will be moderated by Giselle Fernandez, President of Creative World Management. Panelists: The Honorable Hilda L. Solis - Former U.S. Secretary of Labor ,Thomas A. Saenz - MALDEF President and General Counsel, Aracely Muñoz Petrich - Commissioner, Commission on Hispanic Legal
Rights and Responsibilities, Hector Sanchez - Executive Director, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement .
Log on http://www.kcet.org/shows/2013_latino_state_of_the_union/with-giselle-fernandez.html
Saturday, March 9, 2012
2-3 p.m. E/P
National Geographic Channel
Science
Middle and High School
The Science of Obesity
Today, 65 percent of adult Americans are overweight, but few are morbidly obese. What are the physical stresses of weighing more than 500 pounds and what steps can reverse it? This documentary explores the genetics of weight gain and medical advances to treat it.
Log on http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/episodes/science-of-obesity
Sunday, March 10, 2012
8-9 p.m. E/P
CNN
Science and Economics
Middle and High School
Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare
Americans spend far more than the rest of the world, yet health outcomes are worse. This documentary examines the powerful forces maintaining the current system, a medical industry designed for profit rather than patients and quick fixes rather than prevention. How do we find our way out and save the health of our nation?
Log on http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/01/cnn-launches-escape-fire-on-cable-television-in-march/
Monday, March 11, 2012
6:45-9 p.m. ET, 9:45 p.m. -midnight PT
TCM – Turner Classic Movie Channel
Science and World History
Middle and High School
Madame Curie
This is a movie biography of Marie Curie, a Polish physicist working in France when she, along with her husband and partner Pierre, discovered the scientific element radium. The discovery opened up the science of radioactivity. Radium proved key in the development of many scientific technologies from wartime bombs to medical breakthroughs such as using radiation to treat cancer. Marie Curie was the first woman in France to receive a Ph.D., the first woman ever to receive a Nobel Prize, and the first person ever to receive two Nobel Prizes. Curie's daughter Eve published a well-received book on her extraordinary mother's life called Madame Curie: A Biography. TV-PG
Log on http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/82296/Madame-Curie/
Tuesday, March 12, 2012
4-5 p.m. E/P
History Channel
Science
Middle and High School
Modern Marvels: Horsepower
This documentary explains how the term horsepower was first coined as a marketing tool for the steam engine in the early 1800s. Viewers will also meet the horsepower police--the Society of Automotive Engineers who test today's most powerful car engines. Feel the amazing power of Unlimited Hydroplane racing as 3-ton boat-beasts careen across water at speeds of over 200 miles per hour. Journey to the bowels of an enormous container ship where the world's most powerful diesel engine provides over 100,000 horsepower. At the Hoover Dam, watch as it harnesses the enormous power of water. Explore the 80,000 horsepower pumping units at the Edmonston Pumping Plant that delivers 2-billion gallons of water a day to thirsty Californians. And sit behind the steering wheel of a new generation of hybrid cars that boast 400-horsepower yet get 42 miles per gallon of gas. TV-PG
Log on http://auto.howstuffworks.com/horsepower.htm
Wednesday, March 13, 2012
9-10 p.m. E/P
Discovery Channel
Geography and Government
Middle and High School
Under Siege: America’s Northern Border
As shown in this documentary every day, money, guns and drugs pour across America's northern border into the United States. Many consider this border to be the focal point for illegal crossings by individuals with ties to terrorist organizations. Charged with protecting our borders is the Department of Homeland Security, and nowhere is their job more challenging than along the 863-mile stretch of water on either side of Detroit's
Ambassador Bridge. Here, thousands of landing spots, narrow crossings and tremendous boat traffic make this region nearly impossible to patrol. It's up to the men and women of the DHS, armed with the latest technology, to patrol the water, guard the checkpoints and track down the criminals. TV-14
Log on http://press.discovery.com/us/dsc/programs/under-siege-americas-northern-border
Book TV Schedule
Saturday, March 9th
8am (ET)
Approx. 52 min.
"On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines - and Future"
Karen Elliott House
Approx. 52 min.
"On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines - and Future"
Karen Elliott House
7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 12 min.
"Taps on the Walls: Poems from the Hanoi Hilton"
Maj. Gen. John Borling (Ret)
Approx. 1 hr. 12 min.
"Taps on the Walls: Poems from the Hanoi Hilton"
Maj. Gen. John Borling (Ret)
Sunday, March 10th
9am (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
"Whitey: The Life of America's Most Notorious Mob Boss"
Dick Lehr; Gerard O'Neill
Approx. 48 min.
"Whitey: The Life of America's Most Notorious Mob Boss"
Dick Lehr; Gerard O'Neill
10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 26 min.
"The Measure of Manhattan: The Tumultuous Career and Surprising Legacy of John Randel Jr. Cartographer, Surveyor, Inventor"
Marguerite Holloway
Approx. 1 hr. 26 min.
"The Measure of Manhattan: The Tumultuous Career and Surprising Legacy of John Randel Jr. Cartographer, Surveyor, Inventor"
Marguerite Holloway
11:30pm (ET)
Approx. 18 min.
Book TV at American University: Jennifer Lawless, "Becoming a Candidate: Political Ambition and the Decision to Run for Office"
Jennifer Lawless
Approx. 18 min.
Book TV at American University: Jennifer Lawless, "Becoming a Candidate: Political Ambition and the Decision to Run for Office"
Jennifer Lawless
Monday, March 11th
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