IDAHO (MT)

2:00 am 

Artifacts & Fiction: Workshop In American Literature  "Workshop 4. Oral Histories"  Oral histories can serve a dual role in the classroom: as a type of literature to be studied in itself and as artifacts that help explain other literary works. This session focuses on how folk songs, interviews, and other oral histories provide alternative views of a text. D

3:00 am 

Learning Science Through Inquiry  "Process Begins: Launching The Inquiry Exploration"  To inquire into specific scientific phenomena, students need to draw upon a foundation of experience. This program shows how you can encourage students to share and discuss what they already know, and to explore the materials and phenomena in an open-ended manner.G

4:00 am 

Earth Revealed: Introductory Geology  "Metamorphic Rocks"  Interprets the causative factors of metamorphism and the kinds of rocks produced.G

4:30 am 

Economics U$A  "Federal Deficits"  This program examines efforts to reduce the deficit, including the Gramm-Rudman Act and a proposed constitutional amendment requiring balanced budgets. Updated 2003. D

5:00 am 

BBC World News   NULL

5:30 am 

Connect with English  "Changes/The Farm"  Sandy goes to a women's shelter. Kevin decides to go out to his uncle's farm and Rebecca and him pack up their apartment.G

6:00 am 

Functional Fitness with Suzanne Andrews  "Diabetes"  NULL

6:30 am 

Clifford The Big Red Dog  "T-Bone, Dog About Town/Clifford's Big Heart"  "T-Bone, Dog About Town"--A cute little poodle named Mimi comes to Birdwell Island on vacation, and T-Bone gets a crush. He starts trying to be the kind of dog he thinks she will like, but learns that it's always best to just be yourself. "Clifford's Big Heart"--Clifford works hard to try to make Emily the perfect Valentine to show her how much he loves her. D

7:00 am 

Arthur  "The Contest/Prove It"  What would happen if Arthur and his friends entered a contest to write story ideas for the favorite television show? The kids realize that winning would be great but that writing and sharing is the best part. In the sceond story, D.W. has discovered science. D

7:30 am 

Martha Speaks  "Firedog Martha/Martha's Pickle"  Firedog Martha - Martha wants to be a firehouse dog, just like her favorite book, Firehouse Freddie. Martha's Pickle - Have giant alien pickles invaded Wagstaff City?G

8:00 am 

Curious George  "Downhill Racer/Book Monkey"  Downhill Racer - When George hears about the annual soapbox derby, he enlists Allie to help him make the coolest car a monkey could drive. But even with the help of Bill's instruction manual, building a car takes a lot of work and car parts sure are hard to find. Will their car made out of wagon wheels, a kayak, and brakes from a buggy race past the finish line or are they on a crash course? Book Monkey - George loves books and helping others, so volunteering to help the librarian is a no-brainer! But when she is called away, George may have volunteered for a bigger job than he expected. D

8:30 am 

Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That!  "Secret Super Digger/Pucker Up and Blow"  Secret Super Digger - Sally is trying to grow a flower for her mom, but it just won't grow. Time to see Finola! At Finola's Farm, she introduces Cat, Sally and Nick to her secret super digger - Diggery the earthworm. Diggery shows them how plant roots need water air and compost, which Diggery helps to make. D

9:00 am 

Super Why!  "The Elves and the Shoemaker"  Whyatt has a secret admirer! The Super Readers visit the Elves and the Shoemaker and discover that the Shoemaker is just as curious about his own secret friends! The Super Readers help the Shoemaker write a note of his own, and Whyatt uncovers his mysterious admirer. Educational Objectives: To learn about making friends, explore the alphabet and rhyme with UN words. Kids will find that the power to read can change the story. D

9:30 am 

Dinosaur Train  "Dinosaur Camouflage/Family Scavenger Hunt"  Dinosaur Camouflage - Buddy and Tiny meet a shy dinosaur, Leslie Lesothosaurus, who is very good at hiding. The kids end up persuading Leslie to stop hiding, and come out to play with them. Scavenger Hunt - The Pteranodon family travels to the Big Pond for a Scavenger Hunt. D

10:00 am 

Sesame Street  "Mary, Mary Quite Contrary"  Mary Mary Quite Contrary walks along Sesame Street and dumps a pile of dirt outside Oscar's trashcan. Gordon explains that she can not leave the dirt, she is making a mess! Mary Mary insists that she is going to grow a garden with silver bells and cockle shells. Gordon tries to tell her that silver bells and cockleshells aren't alive. D

11:00 am 

Shalom Sesame: It's Passover, Grover!   It's almost time to celebrate Passover and there is no horseradish to be found. Grover, Anneliese and Avigail put their heads together to track it down, but things get tricky when there is an Oofnik involved!. D

11:30 am 

WordWorld  "Pl-Pl-Plane/Mail Mix Up"  Pl-Pl-Plane: Frog and the Bug Band are headed to have some fun on the beach, but not everything goes as Frog had planned. Frog loses the letters "PL" from his plane and must search through the jungle to find them. After some crazy jungle adventures (including a run-in with a giant Frog-kissing plant), Frog realizes that fun doesn't always have to be planned! Mail Mix Up: Duck offers to help Kangaroo deliver letters to his WordFriends, but he forgets Kangaroo's instructions and delivers the wrong letters to everyone. D

12:00 pm 

Caillou  "Knowing How"  Caillou learns the value of determination and the benefits of success! When Mom drives Sarah to her skating lesson, Caillou decides he wants to take skating lessons too! But the lessons are harder than Caillou expected, and if it weren't for the neato Zamboni, Caillou might not have gone back. When an invitation for Clementine's party accidentally ends up at Sarah's, Caillou learns the differences between the addresses of the two homes. Later, when Clementine tells Caillou how much she likes her older brother, Billy, to teach her things, Caillou sets out to teach something to Rosie. D

12:30 pm 

Barney & Friends  "The Emperor's Contest and Beethoven's Hear!"  The Emperor's Contest: Everyone is excited about a fishing contest that is being held in the park, everyone except Ryan, who doesn't want to follow the contest rules. When Ryan is tempted not to follow the rules, Barney tells a story called "The Emperor's Contest" about a boy who had a similar problem. When it's over, Ryan decides that honesty is the best policy! Educational theme: Honesty. D

1:00 pm 

Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That!  "Secret Super Digger/Pucker Up and Blow"  Secret Super Digger - Sally is trying to grow a flower for her mom, but it just won't grow. Time to see Finola! At Finola's Farm, she introduces Cat, Sally and Nick to her secret super digger - Diggery the earthworm. Diggery shows them how plant roots need water air and compost, which Diggery helps to make. D

1:30 pm 

Zoboomafoo  "Stinky"  In the creature world, different smells mean different things. When a skunk visits the gang at Animal Junction, Zoboo, Martin and Chris discover the difference between a "come-here" smell and a "go away" smell.G

2:00 pm 

Curious George  "Downhill Racer/Book Monkey"  Downhill Racer - When George hears about the annual soapbox derby, he enlists Allie to help him make the coolest car a monkey could drive. But even with the help of Bill's instruction manual, building a car takes a lot of work and car parts sure are hard to find. Will their car made out of wagon wheels, a kayak, and brakes from a buggy race past the finish line or are they on a crash course? Book Monkey - George loves books and helping others, so volunteering to help the librarian is a no-brainer! But when she is called away, George may have volunteered for a bigger job than he expected. D

2:30 pm 

Martha Speaks  "Firedog Martha/Martha's Pickle"  Firedog Martha - Martha wants to be a firehouse dog, just like her favorite book, Firehouse Freddie. Martha's Pickle - Have giant alien pickles invaded Wagstaff City?G

3:00 pm 

The Electric Company  "Bananas"  Annie's Uncle Sigmund needs The Electric Company's help to talk to an old friend who has come back to visit the neighborhood. D

3:30 pm 

WordGirl  "You Can't Crush City Hall/Two Brain Highway"  Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy is threatening to smush City Hall with his giant sandwich press. unless WordGirl can guess his secret code-word in time! WordGirl must track down Dr. 2-Brains after he escapes from the Prison Warden's life-size maze, the same week there just happens to be lots of rare cheese to steal from events around town. D

4:00 pm 

Wild Kratts  "Caracal-Minton"  The Wild Kratts crew is are playing badminton on the African savannah when a high jumping wildcat called a caracal steals the birdie. And this is no ordinary birdie - it is Aviva's precious family heirloom. As they rush to get back the treasure from an elusive, leaping Caracal cat, they learn how the caracal's musculature is specifically designed stalking and leaping- a perfect example of the concept of "form for function. D

4:30 pm 

Cyberchase  "Out of Sync"  The balance and harmony of the Mount Olympus cybersite is controlled and protected by the Music of the Spheres. When Hacker disrupts this balance and throws the site into utter chaos, the kids and Digit have until sunset to make the sound of the music right! For the beat to go on, the kids must recreate the music and find the missing element in the musical pattern. The Big Idea: You can use mathematical patterns to create and understand memorable musical rhythMs. Math Topic: Patterns in Music NCTM Links: Algebra, Connections. D

5:00 pm 

Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman  "It's Ruff in the Ring"  Ruff gets accidentally booked in a boxing match against the legendary boxer Whipped Cream McGee, so he sends Shreya out to learn how to box, and sends Marc and Marco to engineer a safe boxing helmet for him. D

5:30 pm 

Nightly Business Report   Jobs were added in March, but the numbers are still a big disappointment. BNP Paribas' Julia Coronado shares her analysis with NBR Co-Anchor Susie Gharib. From New York to Las Vegas and Miami, a recap of our special coverage of the spring housing market. D

5:56 pm 

Newshour Promo   NULL

6:00 pm 

PBS NewsHour   NULL

7:00 pm 

Washington Week   NULL

7:30 pm 

Need to Know  "Help Wanted"  MARIA HINOJOSA ANCHORS. In this month's "HELP WANTED" edition, Need to Know travels to Philadelphia to examine the city's ambitious plan to reach out to and re-engage high school dropouts. The story is part of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's "American Graduate" initiative. D

8:00 pm 

Idaho Reports 2012   Idaho Public Television's weekly coverage of the Idaho Legislature looks at the results of this year's session.G

9:00 pm 

Midsomer Murders  "Garden of Death, Part 1"  The Inkpen family buys back its ancestral home, Inkpen Manor at Midsomer Deverell, with plans to turn a village Memorial Garden on the land into a tea shop. The family who previously owned the manor and installed the garden leads the opposition to the changes. When the eldest Inkpen granddaughter is found dead in the garden with her skull smashed in, DCI Tom Barnaby and DI Gavin Troy find more than one possible suspect. Part 1 of 2G

10:00 pm 

Live From Lincoln Center  "Renee Fleming @ The Penthouse"  The soprano performs Knoxville Summer of 1915 by American composer Samuel Barber in an intimate concert from the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse. Accompanied by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, she also sings compositions from her new pop and indie-rock album, Dark Hope. Appearing with her to present a collection of Broadway favorites and duets is vocalist Josh Groban.G

11:30 pm 

Charlie Rose   NULL