What is D4K: Dialogue for Kids?
D4K is a great Web site with a lot of different ways to learn about science. There is a series of monthly call-in programs, airing September to May and hosted by Joan Cartan-Hansen. There are also video shorts and a Web Extra program, facts, links, archived programs and lots more. D4K is designed to introduce science topics to elementary age school children.
When is the show?
D4K airs the third Tuesday of each month during the school
year at
2:00 p.m/1:00 p.m. Mountain/Pacific. Watch the live show on Idaho Public
Television or here on the web. View all our past
programs.
How do I get my question on the air?
First you have to send one in! You can call in during the program at (800) 973-9800 or email here anytime or you can fax a question in before the program at (208) 373-7245. There is no magic way to have your question answered on the show but questions received via email or fax a day or two before the program are more likely to be used. If you want to call in your question, try phoning in when the show first starts and keep trying!
How do I win a DVD player and DVDs for my classroom?
Anyone between the ages of 4 and 13 who submits a question for a live or future show is entered into a drawing. There are some restrictions. Check out the rules on our contest page.
What happens to the questions that are emailed in?
After each new episode, the Top 10 favorite questions are posted on this Web site.
I sent in a question asking for a response and didn't hear anything. What happened?
Sorry, we can't answer individual questions. We can only take in questions for our experts to answer on the air. If you have a specific question you need answered, check out the facts and links on each archived show's page.
How do you pick topics for the shows?
The show 's producer, Joan Cartan-Hansen, meets with educators and the show's partners to develop each season's topics. These partners include the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service. Other agencies like NASA also contribute to the show. We also love to hear from students and teachers about show topics. Do you have a suggestion? Send it in.
Who pays for D4K?
The Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation is our program's sponsor. We really appreciate their support.
Who makes D4K?
It takes a lot of great people to bring D4K to the air and to the Web. Here is the staff list with titles:
Joan Cartan-Hansen, Producer/Host
Al Hagenlock, Director/Editor
Ricardo, Ochoa, Director/Editor
Gerry Fields, Call Screener
Derek Stone, Production Assistant
Monica Degard, Production Assistant
Kris Freeland, Web Producer
Karen Byers, Web Content Writer
Steve Wiltse, Web Content Writer
Stephanie Dickey, Web Design
Rick Penticoff, Web Development
Paul Sahner, Web Home Page Artist
Strikefish, Flash Developer
Morgan Dethman, Graphic Design
Lisa Sommer, Print Graphic Designer
Cassandra Groll, Digital Graphic Designer
Anne Peterson, Public Information Officer
Sandy Streiff, Director of Communications
Ted Poe, Engineer
Michael Studor, Engineer
Craig Koster, Engineer
Dan Ward, Engineer
Jeff Tucker, Production Manager
Bruce Reichert, Executive Producer
D4K Awards
2007
Emmy, Children/Teen Program, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Emmy, Advanced Media: Children/Teens, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
First Place, D4K Web site, National Educational Telecommunication Association (NETA)
First Place, Instructional Series, National Educational Telecommunication Association (NETA)
First Place,Specialty Web site, Idaho Press Club
Silver, Education program, Telly Awards
Third Place, Public Affairs-Studio program, Idaho Press Club
2006
First Place, for Web site, National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA)
Second Place - "King Tut," Public Affairs-Studio, Idaho Press Club
Bronze Award, "Archaeology," Educational/Children Category, Worldfest, Houston International Film Festival
Second Place - "D4K," Special Purpose-Broadcast, Idaho Press Club
Third Place - for Website, Creative Use of the Medium, Society of Professional Journalists, Pacific Northwest
2005
First Place - Instructional, National Educational Telecommunications Association
First Place - Print Design for Poster, Promotion, National Educational Telecommunications Association
Bronze World Medal - "Space Careers," New York Film Festival, Educational/Instructional Elementary
2004
Regional Emmy - "A T-Rex named Sue, Single Spot, Non-News, National
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS)
First Place - "Space Careers," Public Affairs-Studio, Idaho Press Club
Gold - "Building Sue," Educational Commercial, Worldfest,
The Houston International Film and Video Festival
Winner - "Space Careers," Children's Programming, The Telly
Awards
Bronze - "Dinosaurs," Educational/Instructional Elementary,
The New York Festivals
Third Place - D4K Web site, Special Purpose Web site,
Idaho Press Club
Bronze - “Space Careers,” Educational/Instructional/Children,
Worldfest, The Houston International Film Festival
2003
First Place - D4K Web Site, Instructional teacher resource,
NETA Awards
Second Place - “The Brain,” Public Affairs-Studio, Idaho
Press Club
2000-2002
First Place - "Dinosaurs 2," Public Affairs-Studio, Idaho
Press Club
Second Place -“Dinosaurs 1,” Public Affairs-Studio, Idaho
Press Club
Honorable Mention -“Astronauts,” Honorable Mention, Education,
National Park Partnership Awards, National Park Service
*given as part of award prepared by NPS officials at Craters of the
Moon National Monument
BLM's 2000 Excellence in Interpretation/Environmental Education Award
* given to BLM for their work with the D4K project