Show #8

Airs Monday, January 14, 2008 at 6:30 pm;
Repeats Saturday, January 19 at 9:00 am

Digital Classroom – Chatham High School explores NJN's Digital Classroom, a program designed to provide instant access to short video clips on virtually any subject in the curriculum, giving teachers an effective and dynamic tool to supplement their lesson plans. For more about Digital Classroom, go to http://www.njn.net/education/digitalclassroom/.

Clean Ocean – Seaside Park Elementary students attend a student summit at Island Beach State Park. Sponsored by Clean Ocean Action, the program focuses on marine and environmental education at the Jersey Shore. The summit features beach scavenger hunts, seine nets to identify marine life and half a dozen stations explaining the flora and fauna of the Jersey shores.

Making Headlines – Fourth graders at Sparta Alpine produce a newspaper after participating in a two-week workshop. The students learn how to brainstorm story ideas, take concise notes, conduct interviews, snap photographs and write a news story. They also will be exposed to the news happening around them by reading the local newspaper for homework.

What moves U? – Eli Manning, quarterback for the New York Giants, visits children at Hedgepeth-Williams School in Trenton to stress the importance of staying fit. As part of a program called What Moves U?, the Giants produced a Public Service Announcement featuring the Trenton children.