12:01 AM 

Arts In Every Classroom, The: A Video Library, K-5  "Developing An Arts-Based Unit"  A team of first– and second–grade teachers at Lusher Alternative Elementary School in New Orleans plans a year–end project that will let students show what they have learned in science, math, and English. The students write and perform an original play, using a painting by Breughel and an opera by Stravinsky as their starting points. [P]

12:30 AM 

Arts In Every Classroom, The: A Video Library, K-5  "Working with Local Artists"  Students and teachers at P.S. 156 (The Waverly School of the Arts) in Brooklyn, New York, benefit from the school. [P]

1:01 AM 

Teaching High School Science  "Physics of Optics"  An 11th- and 12th-grade physics class looks at light, lenses, and the human eye. [P]

2:01 AM 

Growing Old in a New Age  "Love, Intimacy, and Sexuality"  Examines the sources of love and affection in old age and describes how agingnmay affect sexual and reproductive functioning. Older adults discuss theirncontinuing need for companionship, intimacy, love, and sex. [P]

3:01 AM 

Teaching Geography  "North America"  Through studies of ethnic and economic diversity in Boston and suburban sprawl in Chicago, this session illustrates issues of urban development and expansion in North America. Classroom segments demonstrate how teachers can use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and census data to investigate similar issues in their own communities. [P]

4:01 AM 

Earth Revealed  "Running Water I: Rivers, Erosion and Deposition"  Rivers are the most common land feature on Earth and play a vital role in the sculpting of land. This program shows landscapes formed by rivers, the various types of rivers, the basic parts of a river, and how characteristics of rivers — their slope, channel, and discharge — erode and build the surrounding terrain. [P]

4:29 AM 

Earth Revealed  "Running Water Ii: Landscape Evolution"  The Colorado River is a powerful geologic agent — powerful enough to have carved the Grand Canyon. This program focuses on how such carving takes place over time, looking at erosion and deposition processes as they relate to river characteristics and type of rock. [P]

5:01 AM 

Fokus Deutsch  "Episode 25. Ein Familiengeschichte (A Family History), Lebensstile (Life Styles)"  The professor, Susanne, and native speakers discuss their upbringings. A historical biography and three contemporary profiles give a picture of German life in the twentieth century. [P]

5:15 AM 

Fokus Deutsch  "Episode 26. Jugend In Bewegung (Young People on the Move), Drei Jugendportr"  One documentary on German youth from the 1950s to today and another with three contemporary portraits, with comments from native speakers. Vocabulary related to youth issues. [P]

5:29 AM 

Fokus Deutsch  "Episode 27. Geschichte Eines Gymnasiums (History of a Gymnasium), Der Schulalltag (A Typical School Day)"  A historical documentary about secondary education and a contemporary portrait of a rural high school student, with comments from Susanne and native speakers. [P]

5:43 AM 

Fokus Deutsch  "Wiederholung (Review) 9"  Ein Familiengeschichte (A Family History), Drei Jugendportr. [P]

6:00 AM 

Made In Spain  "The Magic of Saffron and Cervantes"  Andres shows the food eaten by Cervantes' Don Quiote. Then, he witnesses the emergence of the crocus that produces the world's most expensive spice. He cooks a traditional dish of rabbit with saffron. [G]

6:30 AM 

Everyday Food  "Chicken Cookery"  Today's EVERYDAY FOOD is all about chicken, one of the most popular and versatile foods. Lucinda coats chicken wings in a crust of crushed corn tortilla chips for crispy chicken wings that are baked to a golden, crunchy perfection. [P]

7:00 AM 

Rick Steves' Europe Classics  "Israel"  Rick visits Jerusalem, home to ancient holy sites of Jews, Christians, Muslims and Armenians. He also travels to the Dead Sea, Bethlehem, Jericho and the desert mountain fortress of Masada. [G]

7:30 AM 

Classical Destinations  "Tuscany: Verdi and Puccini"  More than just one of Italy's most beautiful regions, Tuscany also produced two of the greatest operatic composers. We visit the cities and towns that shaped their lives: Lucca, Pisa, and Milan. [P]

8:00 AM 

P. Allen Smith's Garden Home  "Color Inside and Out"  Smith shows ways to bring colors from the outside in and vice versa. He offers tips for transforming an outdoor space into an addition to the home. [G]

8:30 AM 

Ask This Old House  "Lawn Improvements/Leaky Ceiling"  Kevin O'Connor visits the architectural marvel next door to the project house. Norm Abrams and Tom Silva help put down pine engineered flooring in the family room. [G]

9:00 AM 

For Your Home  "Quick Decorating Ideas"  Vicki and Sloan show how to update a room or two without spending a fortune by implementing some fun, easy, affordable and quick decorating updates. [P]

9:30 AM 

Cultivating Life  "Rock"  Topics include stone covered planters, building a rock garden and a visit with a Vermont stone mason. [G]

10:00 AM 

Beads, Baubles & Jewels  "Seed Beads"  Up first is Sherry Serafini with a square stitch bracelet with fringe. Then Katie Hacker's beading lesson is all about the brick stitch. [P]

10:30 AM 

Landscapes Through Time with David Dunlop  "Honfleur "Turner - The Harbor of Dieppe""  Dunlop believes that Joseph Mallord William Turner is the greatest and most influential English landscape painter - perhaps, even, of all time. In this episode, he visits the dramatic northern French coast at the harbor of Honfleur to recreate Turner's innovative techniques in composition and paint. [P]

11:00 AM 

America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated  "Pasta and Tomatoes Reimagined"  Chris Kimball and the kitchen experts prepare penne with vodka sauce and pasta Caprese. [G]

11:30 AM 

Lidia's Italy  "The Raw & The Cooked & The Tossed"  Lidia goes to Sicily where she uncovers the secret to a delicious salad Sicilian style. She also demonstrates a classic scallopine with Marsala. [G]

12:01 PM 

Arts In Every Classroom, The: A Video Library, K-5  "Collaborating with a Cultural Resource"  A fourth–grade teacher and a museum educator in New Orleans collaborate to develop a unit of study with ties to language arts, social studies, and visual art. Students explore the work of a well–known artist, visit an exhibition of his work, meet for a drawing lesson alongside the Mississippi River, and create poems and pictures that they proudly display to their parents. [P]

12:30 PM 

Arts In Every Classroom, The: A Video Library, K-5  "Bringing Artists to Your Community"  Successful collaborations between classroom teachers and artists who come for a residency enrich the curriculum of this rural school in Idalia, Colorado. A visiting actor brings story–telling and vocabulary to life for kindergarten and fourth–grade students and their teachers, while a musician engages first– and third–grade students in writing songs that relate to subjects they are studying. [P]

1:00 PM 

Journey North  "Introduction"  This program introduces the three sets of investigations that are featured in the Journey North program: Seasonal Migrations, Plants and the Seasons and Sunlight and the Seasons. [P]

1:11 PM 

Journey North  "Seasonal Migration"  One of Journey North's most popular migration--that of the monarch butterflies is featured in this program. [P]

1:30 PM 

Journey North  "Plants and Seasons"  Join several Journey North classrooms as they become engaged in the study of tulip bulbs, and track their growth from fall to spring. [P]

1:43 PM 

Journey North  "Sunlight and Seasons"  This program follows a number of classrooms as they try to find the exact location of 10 secret Mystery Classes located around the world. [P]

2:01 PM 

Growing Old in a New Age  "Learning, Memory, and Speed of Behavior"  Explores what happens to our mental capacities as we age. Techniques used tonmaintain and augment mental functioning are examined. [P]

3:01 PM 

Teaching Geography  "North Africa/Southwest Asia"  This session explores problems of religious conflict and urban organization with a case study on Jerusalem as sacred space. It also looks at urban and agricultural use of scarce water resources by studying Egypt. [P]

4:01 PM 

Earth Revealed  "Groundwater"  Approximately three-quarters of Earth. [P]

4:30 PM 

Earth Revealed  "Wind, Dust and Deserts"  Land in arid climates is shaped in particular ways. This program shows how deserts are defined by infrequent precipitation and how desertification relates to proximity to the equator, proximity to mountains, and ultimately plate tectonics. [P]

5:01 PM 

Fokus Deutsch  "Episode 28. Geschichte Einer Universit"  A look at the founding of Heidelberg University and a portrait of an engineering student from Cameroon. Native speakers, Susanne, and Sabine discuss their lives as students. [P]

5:14 PM 

Fokus Deutsch  "Episode 29. Wirstchaft Im Wandel (A Changing Economy), Hilfe F"  Germany's changing economy, including a short documentary about unemployment. Vocabulary for economics and industry. [P]

5:29 PM 

Fokus Deutsch  "Episode 30. Die Frauenbewegung (The Womens Movement), Im Auftrag Der Frauen (Representing Women)"  The role of women in twentieth-century Germany. Vocabulary related to women's issues and history. [P]

5:44 PM 

Fokus Deutsch  "Wiederholung (Review) 10"  Geschichte einer Universit. [P]

6:00 PM 

Made In Spain  "The Magic of Saffron and Cervantes"  Andres shows the food eaten by Cervantes' Don Quiote. Then, he witnesses the emergence of the crocus that produces the world's most expensive spice. He cooks a traditional dish of rabbit with saffron. [G]

6:30 PM 

Everyday Food  "Chicken Cookery"  Today's EVERYDAY FOOD is all about chicken, one of the most popular and versatile foods. Lucinda coats chicken wings in a crust of crushed corn tortilla chips for crispy chicken wings that are baked to a golden, crunchy perfection. [P]

7:00 PM 

Rick Steves' Europe Classics  "Israel"  Rick visits Jerusalem, home to ancient holy sites of Jews, Christians, Muslims and Armenians. He also travels to the Dead Sea, Bethlehem, Jericho and the desert mountain fortress of Masada. [G]

7:30 PM 

Classical Destinations  "Tuscany: Verdi and Puccini"  More than just one of Italy's most beautiful regions, Tuscany also produced two of the greatest operatic composers. We visit the cities and towns that shaped their lives: Lucca, Pisa, and Milan. [P]

8:00 PM 

P. Allen Smith's Garden Home  "Color Inside and Out"  Smith shows ways to bring colors from the outside in and vice versa. He offers tips for transforming an outdoor space into an addition to the home. [G]

8:30 PM 

Ask This Old House  "Lawn Improvements/Leaky Ceiling"  Kevin O'Connor visits the architectural marvel next door to the project house. Norm Abrams and Tom Silva help put down pine engineered flooring in the family room. [G]

9:00 PM 

For Your Home  "Quick Decorating Ideas"  Vicki and Sloan show how to update a room or two without spending a fortune by implementing some fun, easy, affordable and quick decorating updates. [P]

9:30 PM 

Cultivating Life  "Rock"  Topics include stone covered planters, building a rock garden and a visit with a Vermont stone mason. [G]

10:00 PM 

Beads, Baubles & Jewels  "Seed Beads"  Up first is Sherry Serafini with a square stitch bracelet with fringe. Then Katie Hacker's beading lesson is all about the brick stitch. [P]

10:30 PM 

Landscapes Through Time with David Dunlop  "Honfleur "Turner - The Harbor of Dieppe""  Dunlop believes that Joseph Mallord William Turner is the greatest and most influential English landscape painter - perhaps, even, of all time. In this episode, he visits the dramatic northern French coast at the harbor of Honfleur to recreate Turner's innovative techniques in composition and paint. [P]

11:00 PM 

America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated  "Pasta and Tomatoes Reimagined"  Chris Kimball and the kitchen experts prepare penne with vodka sauce and pasta Caprese. [G]

11:30 PM 

Lidia's Italy  "The Raw & The Cooked & The Tossed"  Lidia goes to Sicily where she uncovers the secret to a delicious salad Sicilian style. She also demonstrates a classic scallopine with Marsala. [G]