Show #11
Initial Air Dates:
Monday, January 29, 2007, at 6:30 pm
Saturday, February 3, 2007, at 9:00 am

Teacher of the Year 2007 – This year’s top teacher in New Jersey is Karen Ginty, a kindergarten teacher at Monmouth Beach Elementary School. The 33-year veteran uses creative approaches to excite her students about learning.

Whodunnit? – Advance Placement Biology students at Nottingham North High School in Hamilton participate in a CSI-type "Whodunnit?" With the help of Princeton University, which supplies the school with equipment for cheek cell extraction, students use DNA analysis to determine which administrator stole a chocolate cake from the Teacher's Lounge.

History Detectives – Children from Jersey City’s PS 34 visit the Afro American Historical Society Museum, where they meet Tukufu Zuberi, co-host of the PBS television show History Detectives.

Aquaculture - Chuck Gehman's high school horticulture class at Middle Township High School in Cape May County learns how to farm tilapia. The interdisciplinary project involves biology, chemistry, physics, horticulture and ecology. This program is funded through the NJEA Frederick L. Hipp Foundation for Excellence in Education.