From: Jan Wee <jwee@mail.arc.nasa.gov>
Subject: November PTK programs airing on NASA-TV (Education File)
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 17:59:00 -0600
Dear discuss-lfm members, The November Education file for NASA-TV has just been released. You will not find the latest Live From Mars Program 4: "Destination Mars" contained within this schedule but look for it to be re-broadcast in December. Until then, you can order a copy of "Destination Mars" via the PTK office by sending a check, money order or purchase order for $19.95 made out to Passport to Knowledge and send to: Passport to Knowledge P.O. Box 1502 Summit, NJ 07902-1502 Jan Wee, moderator NOVEMBER EDUCATION FILE SCHEDULE - NASA TV GE-2, Transponder 9C at 85 degrees West longitude, vertical polarization, with a frequency of 3880 Mhz, and audio of 6.8 Mhz. 2-3 pm 5-6 pm 8-9 pm 11 pm-12 am 2-3 am All times Eastern NASA TV may pre-empt scheduled programming for live Agency events. ________________________________________________________________________ Nov 3 Mon and Nov 27 Thur Live From Antarctica 2: Oceans, Ice & Life Level: Grades 4-8 (60:00) Sail to Palmer Station aboard the R.V. Polar Duke, across the Drake Passage, the roughest waters on Earth. During this first live telecast, from on board ship, meet the researchers who are studying the interaction of the marine food chain, and see how life on and in the ocean waxes and wanes along with the seasonal ice sheets. This program demonstrates the adaptation of life to such extreme conditions, and shows how scientists must also adapt their lives and research techniques to the environment. ________________________________________________________________________ Nov 4 Tue and Nov 20 Thur Live From Mars Program I "Countdown" (rebroadcast of live performance) Level: Grades 4-12 (57:30) "Countdown" introduces a new series of "Passport to Knowledge" electronic field trips. Live From Mars Program I takes students behind closed doors at Cape Canaveral to see NASA's Pathfinder spacecraft close-up, just days before its successful early December launch, and invites students and teachers to follow Pathfinder and Mars Global Surveyor on-line via the Internet and with hands-on discovery activities throughout the next two school years. ________________________________________________________________________ Nov 5 Wed and Nov 21 Fri Live From Mars Program II: "Cruising Between the Planets" Level: Grades 4-12 (60:00) Behind the scenes at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, lead center for planetary exploration. How rocket fuel, momentum, gravity and ingenuity get spacecraft from Earth to Mars. Mars Pathfinder's and Global Surveyor's progress to date. Portraits of the men and women who control the missions. Building and testing the robotic rover, Sojourner. Highlights of hands-on student activities including the LFM Planet Explorer Toolkit, the Egg Drop Challenge, and Red Rover, Red Rover. ________________________________________________________________________ Nov 12 Wed and Nov 25 Tue Live From Antarctica 2: The Secrets of Survival Level: Grades 4-8 (60:00) For the fifty researchers and their support teams who live at Palmer during the Antarctic summer, commuting to work involves a daily trip from the relative safety and comfort of the main research station aboard small Zodiac inflatables out to their desolate study sites, over waters that would kill in minutes in the event of an accident. Travel with them, live, to Torgerson Island, to study Adelie penguins and their newborn chicks; to Humble and Dream Island to observe the skuas who prey on them, and find out the fascinating connections between each season's ice and weather, and which young creatures will live and die. This program looks at the secrets of survival for both the wildlife and the human researchers who journey to the ends of the Earth to study them. ________________________________________________________________________ Nov 13 Thur and Nov 26 Wed Live From Antarctica 2: Seeing the Future Level: Grade 4-8 (60:00) Antarctica was the place which first showed humans the ozone hole, and Palmer Station is one of the key sites which helps us understand how global climate change may affect the ecosystem of which we are all part. Palmer is the only place on the Continent where microscopic plants can grow on land, and the site of an ambitious Long Term Ecological Research project seeking to understand the ongoing interaction of ocean, ice, atmosphere and life. This program presents the latest on ozone and the effects of increased ultraviolet radiation, and shows how research in Antarctica helps us understand our entire planetary environment. ________________________________________________________________________