Bill Nye the Science Guy is all pumped up about hearts.
Your heart pumps your blood around your body, all hours, every day of the week, to keep you alive. Your heart is about the size of your fist, and it’s made of special muscle called “cardiac” (KAR-dee-ak) muscle.
Emily is ready and excited for the first day of school. She has a lot to learn! Her teacher, Miss Cribbage, makes the alphabet, counting, writing, drawing, singing, and dancing exciting and fun.
Hondo the dog and Fabian the cat get ready for a day’s worth of fun. Hondo goes on an adventure with his friend Fred and Fabian stays home with the baby.
It’s big. It’s round. It’s really fuzzy. But…what is it? Whatever it is, there’s no end of trouble when this big, round, really fuzzy thing tumbles into the prairie dog town.
This program explores the daily life and customs of enslaved children and adults from colonial times through Emancipation. Through these activities students will come to better understand and appreciate the hardships and plight of African Americans living under the institution of slavery.