May 2024

• Enter to Win

• Educators Pre-K through High School

• Winner Announced, My Life Outdoors

• Biomimicry

• New: Family Math Workshops in Idaho

• Wombats in Potlatch

• Building Hovercrafts in Rigby

• Upcoming Idaho Events

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Educators

Junior High, High School

Educators: Scope what’s new on Student Reporting Lab’s Storymaker and KQED Youth Media Challenge.

Here is a new video produced by students at the Community School in Spokane. Josephine Kahler, Avery Hacker, Artemis Chanse, and Brady Scheoder produced about the local music scene and the effect of streaming on the industry.

We're here to help you develop media programs in your junior high or high school. Free curriculum, material supports, tours, mentorship, and class visits. Contact us

Winner: Henry Baldiga,

Boise High School

Congratulations to Henry Baldiga, the Grand Prize Winner of the My Life Outdoors: Teen Multimedia Contest.

Last week, IdahoPTV joined Dick Jordan, Executive Director and Founder of Life Outdoors, along with Henry's family to surprise him during his English class at Boise High School.

Elementary

The theme for May Science Trek is biomimicry!

Each month, Science Trek looks at a different topic, with short videos available on the free PBS App.

Find facts, games, links, books, and teacher resources aligned to Idaho and national science standards at ScienceTrek.org.

Pre-K to Grade 2

Teach Your Way calendars are super helpful for planning Pre-K to Grade 2 activities for the month. The newest calendar is Creative Problem Solving.

Families

Family Math Night in Idaho

Our brand-new Family Math Night workshops are research-based, multi-platform programs that focus on building math positivity, confidence, and knowledge of math skills for families with children ages 2-5.

Educators or organizations interested in bringing a Family Math Night workshop to your community, contact us.

Learn More

Families at Peregrine Elementary in Meridian went home with $100 worth of math games and activities, funded by a generous grant from the Idaho STEM Action Center.

Wombats in Potlatch

IdahoPTV Education Specialist Lenea Pierzchanowski hosted three Work It Out Wombats! workshops for families at The Garden Daycare in Potlatch in April. We traverse the state to host a variety of workshops to foster early childhood growth through problem-solving, computational learning, and literacy development! Invite us.

Communities

Building Hovercrafts in Rigby

One of our favorite activities is making hovercrafts, and we brought this fun craft to families at Harwood Elementary in Rigby in April. We learned about lift, propulsion, friction, and testing designs. Thanks to IdahoPTV Education Specialist Cheryl Kimber for this awesome afternoon of STEM learning.

Make Your Own Hovercraft

IdahoPTV Education at the Idaho Prevention and Support Conference

In addition to hosting an interactive session showing how different kinds of experiences affect early brain development, IdahoPTV Education Manager Kari Wardle shared Resilience resources educators at Idaho Department of Education's annual Idaho Prevention and Support Conference, which provides professional development that focuses on innovation, best practices, collective problem-solving, and motivation techniques to effectively support historically underserved students.