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KSPS PBS At-Home Learning Newsletter
(PreK-6)
Week of January 17th, 2022
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Honoring the Real Meaning of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
How can your family honor the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. without glossing over the hard stuff? Engaging in self-reflection is the first step. Gather more ideas for how to help children embrace his legacy more fully. 
Books About Scientists and Inventors
Celebrate Kid Inventors' Day with this picture book biography collection that will inspire your young inventor or scientist to explore how the world works! 
Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman reads "Talking Gets Us There" | PBS KIDS Talk About
Watch Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, recite her original poem "Talking Gets Us There" from the "PBS KIDS Talk About: Race and Racism" special. 

Share this with your kids and talk about celebrating differences and speaking out against racism today and every day.
Theme: Science
Lessons & Activities
Wolves of Yellowstone | EARTH A New Wild
Gray wolves were reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park in 1995, which have since resulted in a trophic cascade through the entire ecosystem. After the wolves were driven extinct in the region nearly 100 years ago, scientists began to fully understand their role in the food web as a keystone species.
Kids Go Green: Waste Less
Learn about kids who are helping the environment by reducing waste in their school. This Cyberchase-presented video features P.S. 110's Green Team who is helping their school recycle and compost more.
Energy in a Roller Coaster Ride
This interactive roller coaster ride produced by WGBH illustrates the relationship between potential and kinetic energy. As the coaster cars go up and down the hills and around the loop of the track, a pie chart shows how the relative transformation back and forth between gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy.