2008-2009 Instructional Television (ITV)

ITV Programs By Subject Area

ITV Programs: Alphabetical Listing

ITV Block Schedule

Watch our ITV Programs Online

Proficiency Correlation

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Online Teacher Guides

ITV Programs Web sites

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ITV Handbook (PDF File)

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ITV Programs By Subject Area
Science, Math, Language Arts, Social Studies, Health/Wellness, Art, Music and more!

ITV Programs: Alphabetical Listing
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Key to the ITV Program Listings
This Key will help you understand all of the information provided in our individual ITV program listings.

ITV Block Schedule
3 a.m.-to-5 a.m. schedule of our full-series feeds.

ITV Program Web Sites
Visit Web site for the Instructional Television programs.

Between the Lions Monthly Schedule
Get the day-to-day broadcast schedule here.

Video Library (VL)
You can purchase copies of instructional television series from our Video Library. Here's a list of the programs that are available.

Know Your School-Use Rights for ITV Programs
What are your program use rights in the classroom?

Western Reserve Public Media’s Membership Services
A full explanation of membership services and fees.

Proficiency Correlation
Proficiency subject areas for grades 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 & 10 in Math, Social Studies, Science, Reading and Writing.

Online Teacher Guides
FREE online teachers guides for over 35 ITV series and specials.

 

Local ITV Programs

Act of Duty
A tribute to our local veterans.

Ama-Zone: The Rain Forest Project
Are you ready for an adventure in the jungle?

Antarctica: 90 Degrees South
This Western Reserve Public Media series goes south — so far south that it's almost north! — to discover the little-understood continent of Antarctica.

Big or Small: Measure It All
Five 10-minute videos focus on how mathematics is used in the real world. The Web site contains the teacher guide, streaming video and more.

Constitution Challenge
In the form of a game show, the Constitution Challenge multimedia package features both “the man of the street” and student contestants as they answer questions about the constitution.

Dirty Little Secrets: Foundations From the Past
Geological findings of CSU, UA researchers.

Economics Academy 101
Economics helps us understand how goods and services are provided and acquired (supply and demand). The focus of this project is to provide an understanding of the basics of economics, and to view economics with a historical perspective.

Floating on Air
Lighter-than-air enthusiasts share the fond memories and fascinating history of Akron’s unofficial mascot of the skies.

It’s a Gas: Math and Science of the Blimp
The workings of the blimp provide the framework for teachers to illustrate the concepts students must understand to pass Ohio’s proficiency tests.

The Language of Trauma and Loss
The Language of Trauma and Loss provides teachers with information about the effect of trauma and loss on children, and the teacher’s role in identifying and referring appropriate students.

Main Street America
Is downtown Akron worth saving? Do "revitalization" plans actually work? Jody Miller of NewsNight Akron looks at revitalization projects in four U.S. cities, including Akron, to see once-decayed Main Streets in various stages of revitalization.

Math and Science Gumbo
Weights, measures, cooking times and temps, physical and chemical changes … you name it and the Kitchen Mathematician will beat, mix, blanche, toast, boil and fricassee food to explore the math and science that goes into cooking.

108 Stitches: The Physics in Baseball
This multimedia project offers a science-based curriculum that uses the game of baseball to demonstrate basic principles of physics as set forth by the National Science Education Standards and the Ohio Science Academic Content Standards.  

One State-Many Nations: Native Americans of Ohio
This Western Reserve Public Media multimedia project studies the rich cultural and historical heritage of the Native American nations that have populated Ohio since prehistoric times.

Sharing Art
There are artists among us who actually make a living making art!

Shortcuts to Happiness: The Performing Arts
This 10-video series offers insight into the careers that work together to make “theater.” Each segment shows a person whose profession is acting, writing, directing, etc.

A Simple Life
Explore Amish country in Holmes County. Visit the people and the places that populate the beautiful rolling hills and farms of this rural northeastern Ohio county to find out what draws the millions of visitors each year.

Snapshot: The Decades
Using historical footage and narration, this series focuses on the social, economic, political and scientific events of each decade — from the 1920s to the 1960s.

Speaking of History … Doing Oral History Projects
Collecting and archiving oral histories is a wonderful way to build community, present proficiency skills in a real-life setting, preserve histories that may soon be gone forever and make these collections available to the entire community.

Test Quest
Welcome to Test Quest, where you can set forth on an adventure to pass the Ultimate Challenge — the Proficiency Test.

Twenty-four Hours
Find out how local news works.

You Be the Producer
In today’s classroom, digital photography and digital video enable students to make a clear visual connection with their subject matter. The purpose of this project is to provide guidance and resources for teachers so they can help students tell their stories digitally.

 

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