May 4 | Programming and Activities | Grades 9–12

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.

Monday on KCET

9:00 a.m.	The Woman in White, Part 4 of 5 Literary Elements and Techniques \| Theme - Video Suffragists \| Ken Burns: Not for Ourselves Alone - Photo Gallery
10:00 a.m.	Ancient Skies: Our Place in the Universe, Part 3 of 3 Map a Model Solar System - Interactive and Support Materials Tour the Solar System - Interactive and Support Materials Our Knowledge of the Universe - Lesson Plan How Big Is Our Universe? - Interactive and Support Materials The solar system is merely a tiny portion of the Milky Way. \| PBS LearningMedia
11:00 a.m.	Get the Math: Apt Exchange Math in Fashion - Interactive and Support Materials Song Maker \| The Majesty of Music and Math Melody Maker Experiment \| The Majesty of Music and Math
11:30 a.m.	Get the Math 2.0: Apt Exchange Math in Restaurants - Interactive and Support Materials Math in Special Effects - Interactive and Support Materials
12:00 p.m.	Impossible Builds: The Floating House NOVA Online \| Floating Buildings - Video Environmental Engineering: Adapting to Rising Sea Levels with Floating Buildings \| Sinking Cities - Media Gallery and Support Materials
1:00 p.m.	Secrets of the Dead: Building Notre Dame Notre Dame Fire and the Cathedral’s Significance \| PBS NewsHour - Video and Support Materials French Medieval Art - Media Gallery Relief from the tympanum depicting St. Michael and the dragon, 1137 (stone) by French School, (12th century); Church of St. Michel d'Entraygues, Charente, France \| PBS LearningMedia
2:00 p.m.	NOVA: Building Great Cathedrals Triangles and Arches in Architecture - Interactive and Support Materials Physics of Arches - Interactive and Support Material

Monday on KLCS

1:00 p.m.	Genius by Stephen Hawking: Where Did The Universe Come From? Hubble Telescope: Looking Deep - Video, Background Reading and Discussion Questions NOVA / Stellar Velocity: The Doppler Effect - Interactive
2:00 p.m.	The Great American Read: Other Worlds The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy / The Great American Read - Video and Discussion Questions Introducing Science Fiction - Videos George R.R. Martin Discusses Lord of the Rings / The Great American Read - Video and Support Materials Did you know "Lord of the Rings" is partly a tale about corruption? Watch to find out why. \| Still from "George R.R. Martin Discusses Lord of the Rings \| The Great American Read" PBS LearningMedia
3:00 p.m.	Eric Idle’s: The Entire Universe NOVA: The Real Newton - Article Einstein on Newton - Article The Higgs Mechanism Explained - Video and Support Materials Physics Girl: Seeing the Smallest Thing in the Universe - Video Seeing in the Dark / Explore the Sky - Webpage
4:00 p.m.	The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, The Common Cause (1939-1944) Letter from Albert Einstein to FDR, 8/2/39 - Reading Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Third Term - Video and Support Materials FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt Respond to Pearl Harbor - Video and Support Materials Eleanor’s Take on the Day - Article

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May 4 | Programming and Activities | Grades 9–12