Special Notice - Discontinuation of Instructional Television
NHPTV Knowledge Network will be discontinuing its
Instructional Television Service beginning with the 2009-2010 School Year. We will continue to offer programming and services to New Hampshire schools and are looking for feedback from educators on this change and our future plans. Please take a few minutes to complete an
online survey. Your input is very important to us and helps determine what programs and services we offer now and in the future. Also please note that many of the series we are airing for the remaining school year have rights in perpetuity, which allows schools to record these series and keep them for the life of the tape. We will be highlighting these series with a "
Rights in Perpetuity" in all future listings.
Airs May 24-27 from 1:30-3:30 p.m.
This workshop helps teachers learn effective practices and strategies to use with middle school students in writing instruction.
Rights in Perpetuity
Airs May 28-May 31 from 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Explore science concepts in force and motion and come away with a deeper understanding that will help you engage your students in their own explorations. With science and education experts as your guides, learn more about gravity, friction, air resistance, magnetism, and tension through activities, discussions, and demonstrations.
Rights in Perpetuity
Airs May 21 from 4:00-5:15 a.m. and May 22 from 3:30-5:00 a.m.

THE EDDIE FILES features East Harlem teacher, Kay Toliver, and her innovative approach to teaching mathematics. The series follows "Eddie," a fictional student in Miss Toliver's classroom, as he investigates the world of careers by meeting real people in real jobs.
Airs May 22 from 5:00-5:30 a.m.

This series explores the four deserts in the US: the Chihuahuan, Sonoran, Mojave, and Great Basin. Students will learn about the adaptations of desert plants and animals and how the availability of water controls the range of flora and fauna found in the desert.
Airs May 24-25 from 3:30-5:30 a.m. and May 26 from 3:30-4:31 a.m.
This series takes students on a journey through the Solar System to learn about the different characteristics of the planets. Students also get a close-up view of the Earth, Sun, and Moon, and learn about some of the pioneers of astronomy.
Rights in Perpetuity
Airs May 26 from 4:00-5:30 a.m., May 27-28, from 3:30-5:30 a.m. and May 29 from 3:30-4:45 a.m.
This series of nature programs looks at the physical characteristics, behaviors, life cycles, adaptations, and habitats of several very different animals. Close-up photography and animation are used to explain animal life in a way that shows how the natural world works. Rights
in Perpetuity
Airs May 30 from 4:30-5:30 a.m.
PHOTOSYNTHESIS uses computer animation to show this dynamic process at the molecular level. The series examines the adaptation of light by plants and follows the energy pathways to the production of carbohydrates and other organic materials. The series also illustrates the Calvin Cycle, as it functions in carbon 3 and carbon 4 plants, and the fluid transport system that delivers water and nutrients throughout the plant structure.
Airs May 31 from 3:30-4:30 a.m.

ELECTRON ARRANGEMENT AND BONDING uses computer animation to demonstrate how the structure of the atom can be used to explain how atoms bond. It examines the theories of Rutherford, Bohr, Planck and others. The series relates these contributions to a basic understanding of the function of electrons. It illustrates various aspects, such as energy levels, orbitals, charges, relative mass, bonding, and electron configuration.
Airs May 31 from 4:30-5:30 a.m.

THE MOLE CONCEPT clarifies the reasoning behind the historical development of the mole concept -- the mole is the ultimate “standard container” for directly comparing large numbers of atoms -- and opens the way to understanding chemical reactions at the molecular level. Each program uses animation of scientific concepts and analogies from daily life to simplify the material. Exercises in reasoning, using such theories as Gay-Lussac’s law of combining gas volumes and Avogadro’s hypothesis, encourage class discussion.