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Learning At Home | Week of 4/19 – 4/23

Take advantage of this week’s Learning at Home broadcast schedule – great for students engaged in hybrid or distance instruction, and families looking to spend some extra, quality time together!

After watching these fascinating programs, explore the PBS LearningMedia and web resources to learn more.

Highlight of the Week

Australia’s First Billion Years: Monsters
Thursday, April 22, 1 PM

Monsters begins Down Under at the dawn of the Age of Dinosaurs. Host Richard Smith comes face-to-face with the previously unknown reptilian rulers of prehistoric Australia. NOVA resurrects the giants that stalked the Great Southern Land, and scientists unearth an ancient inland ocean full of sea monsters. But reptiles didn’t have the world all to themselves. Mammals like the enigmatic platypus lived alongside them, ready for their moment in the sun.

Learning at Home
Week of 4/19 – 4/23

Monday, April 19

12 PM: Let’s Learn – What Sounds Do You Hear in Bump?

“Let’s Learn” helps children ages 3-8 with at-home learning. Play bottle cap hockey, sing songs from around the world, read “How Do You Wokka Wokka?”, decode words with final blends.

1 PM: NATURE: The Leopard Legacy

Follow the story of a leopard mother as she raises her cubs near the Luangwa River, facing a constant battle to hunt successfully, defend her territory and protect her cubs against enemies.

2 PM: NATURE: Pandas: Born to be Wild

Unlock the mysteries of wild pandas whose counterparts in captivity are known for their gentle image. Journey through the steep Qinling Mountains with filmmakers, scientists and rangers to witness pandas’ startling courtship and aggressive behaviors.

Tuesday, April 20

12 PM: Let’s Learn – What Sounds Do You Hear in Rock?

“Let’s Learn” helps children ages 3-8 with at-home learning. Learn about public and private spaces, compare “more than” and “same as,” read “I Got the Rhythm,” practice final blends.

1 PM: NOVA: Picture a Scientist

Women make up less than a quarter of STEM professionals in the United States, and numbers are even lower for women of color. But a growing group of researchers is exposing longstanding discrimination and making science more inclusive.

Wednesday, April 21

12 PM: Let’s Learn – What Sounds Do You Hear in Strong?

“Let’s Learn” helps children ages 3-8 with at-home learning. Measure how high different balls bounce, read “Harbor,” review final blends, learn a technique to handle stress.

1 PM: NOVA: Australia’s First 4 Billion Years: Awakening

What can Australia reveal about how Earth was born and how life took hold? Join NOVA and host Dr. Richard Smith as they journey back to the very beginning of the Australian story in Awakening. The first stop is Western Australia, around four and a half billion years ago, where we encounter an Earth shortly after its fiery birth.

2 PM: NOVA: Australia’s First 4 Billion Years: Life Explodes

How did life storm the beaches and dominate planet Earth? Ancient Australian fossils offer clues in Life Explodes. Half a billion years ago, Australia was still part of the super-continent Gondwana. The oceans were teeming with weird and wonderful animals, but the world above the waves remained an almost lifeless wasteland. All that was about to change, though.

Thursday, April 22

12 PM: Let’s Learn – Can You Find the Long “e” in Here?

“Let’s Learn” helps children ages 3-8 with at-home learning. Learn about primary colors and what animals eat, read “We are Water Protectors,” blend and decode long e, i, o.

1 PM: NOVA: Australia’s First 4 Billion Years: Monsters

Monsters begins Down Under at the dawn of the Age of Dinosaurs. Host Richard Smith comes face-to-face with the previously unknown reptilian rulers of prehistoric Australia. NOVA resurrects the giants that stalked the Great Southern Land, and scientists unearth an ancient inland ocean full of sea monsters. But reptiles didn’t have the world all to themselves. Mammals like the enigmatic platypus lived alongside them, ready for their moment in the sun.

2 PM: NOVA: Australia’s First 4 Billion Years: Strange Creatures

In the wake of the catastrophic asteroid impact believed to have wiped out the dinosaurs, Australia was set adrift on a lonely voyage across southern seas. Prehistoric jungles retreated, replaced by eucalypt forests, grasslands, and deserts. When humans first arrived, giant marsupials dominated the land and the Great Barrier Reef was yet to form. This is a tale of calamity and conquest; how a conspiracy of climate, biology, and geology shaped the Earth we now call home.

Friday, April 23

12 PM: Let’s Learn – Can You Find the Long “i” in Right?

“Let’s Learn” helps children ages 3-8 with at-home learning. Learn to sort things you find in nature, mix colors, read “Truck,” practice long e, I, o.

1 PM: Articulate | Reuben Margolin, Jennifer Higdon, Chemi Rosado, Sara Rahbar

Reuben Margolin attempts to evoke the natural world with his kinetic sculptures. Composer Jennifer Higdon makes classical music, but still loves Beyonce. The art of skater/painter Chemi Rosado-Seijo is founded in community activism. Rahbar has found the antidote to her existential angst in her work.

1:30 PM: Poetry in America: This Is Your Home Now

Series creator Elisa New talks with poet Mark Doty, psychologist Steven Pinker, choreographer Bill T. Jones, design maven Simon Doonan and designer Jonathan Adler about “This Your Home Now,” where a visit to the barber shop sparks a meditation on love, the AIDS crisis, and the satisfactions of getting older.

2 PM: Artbound | Electric Earth: The Art of Doug Aitken

This episode profiles prominent artist Doug Aitken who for more than 20 years has shifted the perception and location of images and narratives. His multichannel video installations, sculptures, photographs, publications, happenings and architectural works demonstrate the nature and structure of our ever-mobile, ever-changing, image-based contemporary condition.

Learning at Home on Mountain Lake PBS is supported by:
Adirondack Foundation
With additional support by:
North Country Behavioral Medicine
Stafford, Owens, Piller, Murnane, Kelleher & Trombley, PLLC