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DiscoverySchool.com
Site News For June 2003
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In the online store at http://teacherstore.discovery.com
Israel & Palestine 2-pack video set
Can there be peace in the Middle East? Study the roots of conflict
and the obstacles that hinder peaceful resolution. Discovery Channel School
videos are edited and formatted for use in the classroom. Each video is
Closed Captioned and MARC Records are available.
New on the site at http://school.discovery.com/teachers/
CUSTOM CLASSROOM
Why Join? Custom Classroom gives you access to some of the most powerful
teaching tools available online plus the ability to save documents in your
own personal account. To Join. go to http://school.discovery.com/teachers/
and click on "Custom Classroom." You can create and save puzzles with Puzzlemaker,
create, save and administer quizzes with Quiz Center, and create and save
worksheets with our newest tool, Worksheet Generator. More tools will be
added, so keep checking. To learn more about what Puzzlemaker, Quiz Center
and Worksheet Generator can do for you, read the user guides:
How
to Use Puzzlemaker
How
to Use Quiz Center
How
to Use Worksheet Generator
On our TV Channels
Happy Summer vacation!
Don't worry...we'll give you plenty of advance notice for the great
new season of TV programs, lesson plans and other great curriculum aids
in time to prepare for your students in the fall. Stay tuned The
schedule of programs should be ready in mid-summer and the exciting new
Fall 2003 web site should be ready to launch in late August.
ASSIGNMENT DISCOVERY
During the school year, September to June, Assignment Discovery airs
Monday - Friday on the Discovery Channel at 9-10 a.m. ET/PT; 8-9 a.m. CT;
10-11 a.m. MT. As a service of Discovery Channel with Cable in the Classroom,
each program is commercial free and can be taped and used in the classroom
for up to a year. http://school.discovery.com/
TLC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
During the school year, September to June, TLC Elementary School airs
on The Learning Channel every Friday at 6:00 a.m. ET/PT, 5:00 a.m. CT,
4:00 a.m. MT. As a service of Discovery Channel with Cable in the Classroom,
each program is commercial free and can be taped and used in the classroom
for up to two years. Find the entire TLC Elementary School schedule at:
http://school.discovery.com/
NEXT WEEK ON OUR OTHER CHANNELS
The Discovery Networks: Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Travel
Channel, and Discovery Health provide continuing support to Cable in the
Classroom <http://www.ciconline.com> by offering educational programs
for grades K-12.
Discovery Health Classroom
Get a pulse on the serious and sometimes deadly circumstances students
face during puberty. Each half-hour ends with a wrap-up of the issues and
call-to-action.
Smoke Signals
Hear the children of Pat Smith, a 27-year-old mother on a lung machine,
as they endure the painful ordeal of watching her die of lung cancer.
Airs 6/14/03
- Discovery Health Classroom airs Saturdays 5:00 a.m. ET (April 5 -
June 21) on Discovery Health Channel.
- As a service of Discovery Health with Cable in the Classroom, each
program is commercial free and can be taped and used in the classroom for
up to a year.
Visit the DiscoverySchool.com Teacher Channel
http://school.discovery.com/teachers/
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