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April 29 | Programming and Activities | Grades 4–8

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At-Home Learning: PBS SoCal and KCET, in partnership with LAUSD and in collaboration with California PBS stations, are offering broadcast programming with digital resources that adhere to California’s state curriculum. Download this week’s schedule.

Wednesday on KLCS

8:00 a.m.

Nova, The Planets: Jupiter

Jupiter’s Moon: Crash Course Astronomy - Video

Jupiter: Crash Course Astronomy - Video

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Jupiter's moons | Still from "Jupiter's Moons | Crash Course Astronomy" PBS LearningMedia

9:00 a.m.

History Detectives: Amelia Earhart Plane; Fillmore Pardon; Boxcar Home

Amelia Earhart: Aviator, Record-breaker, and Activist - Lesson Plan

Millard Fillmore - Video

10:00 a.m.

Get the Math: Apt Exchange 

Thinking Algebraically about Inequalities: Constructing and Solving a One-Step Inequality Word Problem (Khan Academy) - Video

Doorman’s Code - Activity

10:30 a.m.

8 Days: To The Moon and Back

Apollo Space Shuttle Astronauts Reflect on NASA’s Changing Mission: Moonwalk - Video, Background Reading and Discussion Questions

Signature on the Moon (Moon Memories) - Video

The Road to Apollo: An Interactive Journey - Interactive and Support Materials

Operation Moon Rock: The Hunt for Lost Lunar Samples - Article

Astronaut practices picking up moon rocks with tongs
Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, wearing an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), participates in lunar surface simulation training on April 18, 1969, in Building 9, Manned Spacecraft Center (now Johnson Space Center). In the months immediately before the Apollo 11 mission, the crew and the ground support teams had an intense schedule of training and simulation. Here, Armstrong practices scooping up a lunar sample. | Flickr/NASA/Creative Commons

12:00 p.m.

NOVA, The Planets: Jupiter

Finding Life Beyond Earth: Io and Volcanism - Video and Support Materials

Jupiter: Earth’s Shield