Dino-MIGHT!
Climb aboard Dinosaur Train, a new TV series on KET. Buddy, a pint-sized T-rex, will help kids ages 3-6 explore different types of dinosaurs. The half-hour show features two animated episodes, each followed by a segment with a real paleontologist. • weekdays at 9:30/8:30 am CT and 2:30/1:30 pm CT on KET • Visit the web site »
Rolling on the River
We take a steamboat cruise on the Ohio River in KET’s Electronic Field Trip to the Belle of Louisville, the latest addition to the field trip series. On the Web site, you can watch the video, explore areas of the steamboat, and watch an animated explanation of the Belle’s steam system. Kids will also enjoy playing our interactive Belle game, “How Well Do You Know the Belle?”
Test Your News Knowledge
News Quiz, KET’s weekly current-events program for upper elementary and middle school students, has moved to a new time and channel! • live on Thursdays at 2/1 pm CT on KET; and repeating on Fridays at 5/4 am CT on KET and 2/1 pm CT on KETKY • Now in its 25th year of production, News Quiz can also be streamed or downloaded at the program Web site.
Show and Tell in Scale City
Scale City: The Road to Proportional Reasoning takes middle school students on a virtual road trip all over Kentucky to explore the mathematics of scale (think life-size dinosaur replicas at Dinosaur World and the world’s largest skillet at the World Chicken Festival in London). KET recently unveiled this free online math resource for middle school students and teachers, and CD-Rom versions of the Web site will be sent to schools later in the fall.
For Parents and Professionals
Our weekly child care hour offers programs on parenting and child development that will benefit anyone who cares for children. • Mondays at 1 p.m./noon CT on KET • And early childhood professionals can use these programs—plus a library of other past productions—to earn credit toward state licensing requirements. See our Child Care Training pages for schedule and registration information.
