Fwd: PBS NATURE MATERIALS FREE on VHS!

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From: Deb Hunt (dhunt@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 13 2004 - 11:41:12 PDT 

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Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 11:41:12 -0700
From: Deb Hunt <dhunt@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: Fwd: PBS NATURE MATERIALS FREE on VHS!

>This looks good.
Please reply to
mailto:guiderequest@thirteen.org

if interested following the instructions below.
Deb
>***
> NATURE: Operation Preservation
> FREE EDUCATIONAL PACKAGE
> A TEACHER'S GUIDE & TWO COMPLETE PROGRAMS
>
> Thirteen/WNET, New York's flagship public television station, is
>offering FREE SETS of a NATURE education package: Operation
>Preservation, to environmental learning centers and other educational
>groups and institutions. The set includes TWO complete programs on
>VIDEOTAPE, a TEACHER'S GUIDE and a full-color series POSTER.
>
> This fascinating NATURE package includes Flight School and Land
>of the Falling Lakes. For a brief description, please read below.
>
> The beautifully designed Teacher's Guide engages students and
>teachers through images and activities that encourage learning about
>environmental stewardship - taking responsibility for nature and
>protecting it for future generations of all living things. Teacher's
>Pages include a list of program highlights, discussion questions,
>before- and after-viewing activities, and relevant science standards.
>Student Activity Master pages include hands-on activities and
>vocabulary.
>
> A limited number of FREE NATURE: Operation Preservation
>education packages are available now. To request a full set for your
>institution, please email us at guiderequest@thirteen.org. Please
>remember to include a description of how the materials and programs will
>be used as well as your name, institution and mailing address. Supplies
>are limited, so please send your request soon. If you are requesting
>multiple sets for affiliates of your institution, please include
>information about each affiliate.
>
> PROGRAMS INCLUDE:
>
> Flight School looks at an experiment to reintroduce a migrating
>flock of whooping cranes to the East Coast, from their early days as
>chicks to their first long-distance journey following an ultralight
>aircraft to their summer nesting grounds.
>
> Land of the Falling Lakes travels to Plitvice, an extraordinary
>national park in Croatia that is home to a variety of wildlife.
>
>Debra Steckler
>Assistant Editor, Educational Publishing
>Thirteen/WNET New York

Deborah Hunt
Senior Information Specialist
Exploratorium http://www.exploratorium.edu
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