Highlights: May 2008

Students Can Turn Trash Into Treasure! The Design Squad Trash to Treasure Competition has begun! Challenge your students of all ages to take everyday discarded or recycled material and re-engineer it into an out-of-the-box invention. Enter online from now until June 30.

Jane Goodall Delivers "A Reason for Hope" to Educators Jane Goodall, renowned primatologist, conservationist and humanitarian, delivered the keynote address at the 2008 Teaching & Learning Celebration. If you missed Goodall's presentation, or if you caught it and wished you could share the experience with colleagues, now everyone can enjoy it online.

What are UNC-TV's Teachers and Childcare Providers Services?
UNC-TV's Ready To Learn for teachers and childcare providers is an unprecedented combination of services, including the full line-up of PBS children's series--the quality educational, nonviolent, noncommercial programming that parents have trusted for two generations; specially-produced "program break" segments delivering educational messages; and a variety of outreach services and materials for parents, teachers, and other caregivers. The service is targeted to children ages 2-12. Continues...