WEDU Promotes STEM Learning through FREE Workshop
DECEMBER 22, 2011 (Tampa, FL) — West Central Florida’s leading PBS station and source for public media, WEDU, will host an Early Childhood Educator Workshop featuring the PBS series “Sid the Science Kid.” The workshop will incorporate a variety of additional PBS educational resources focusing on the early childhood STEM learning environment.
“Sid the Science Kid,” an educational animated television series produced by The Jim Henson Company and KCET/Los Angeles for PBS KIDS®, features a practical curriculum using music and humor to promote exploration, discovery and science readiness among preschoolers. The conceptual content of the series is based in national science learning standards, cognitive learning theory, and on the preschool science curriculum, Preschool Pathways to Science©.
The workshop will be held on Thursday, January 19, 2012 from 2 pm to 4 pm at the WEDU Studios, 1300 North Boulevard in Tampa. This is a FREE workshop, but reservations are required due to limited seating. Visit www.wedu.org/events/littlescientist/ to register. Registrations must be received by Wednesday, January 11, 2012.
For more information, contact Gail Taylor, WEDU Director of Educational Services at [email protected] or 813‐254‐9338, x2205.
This workshop is supported in part by a grant from WNET, New York Public Media.
ABOUT WNET NEW YORK PUBLIC MEDIA WNET is America’s flagship public media outlet, bringing quality arts, education and public affairs programming to over 5 million viewers each week. The parent company of public television stations THIRTEEN and WLIW21 and operator of NJTV, WNET produces such acclaimed PBS series as Great Performances, American Masters, Nature, Need to Know, Charlie Rose, Tavis Smiley and a range of documentaries, children’s programs, and local news and cultural offerings available on air and online. Pioneers in educational programming, WNET has created such groundbreaking series as Get the Math, Noah Comprende and Cyberchase and provides tools for educators that bring compelling content to life in the classroom and at home. WNET highlights the tri‐state’s unique culture and diverse communities through SundayArts, Reel 13, NJ Today and the new online newsmagazine MetroFocus.
