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May 1 | 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.

Friday on KLCS

8:00 a.m.

Nova, The Planets: Ice Worlds

Tour the Solar System - Interactive
To Scale: The Solar System - Media Gallery and Support Materials
All Eyes on Pluto for Historic Flyby - Video and Support Materials

A person holds a large ball close to the sun
A scale model of the solar system. | Still from "To Scale: The Solar System" PBS LearningMedia


9:00 a.m.

History Detectives: Space Exploration

Evaluating the Evidence for the Formation of Earth’s Moon - Lesson Plan
Solar System Formation - Media Gallery and Support Materials


10:00 a.m.

The Farthest Voyager in Space

Voyager Becomes First Spacecraft to Enter Interstellar Space (PBS Newshour) - Lesson Plan
Voyager: Humanity’s Farthest Journey (NASA Planetary Sciences) - Video, Background Reading and Teaching Tips
Saturn’s Rings and Moons (NASA Planetary Sciences) - Video and Support Materials
Jupiter’s Moons: Crash Course Astronomy - Video

Artistic rendering of the spacecraft Voyager close to Saturn
Artistic rendering of the spacecraft Voyager. | Still from "Voyager: Humanity's Farthest Journey | NASA Planetary Sciences" PBS LearningMedia


12:00 p.m.

Nova, The Planets: Ice Worlds

First Spacecraft at Neptune (NASA Planetary Sciences) - Video, Background Reading and Teaching Tips
First Spacecraft at Uranus (NASA Planetary Sciences) - Video and Support Materials