Waves and Bridges | Vegas PBS STEAM Camp

Vegas PBS STEAM Camp | Waves and Bridges

SEASON 1: EPISODE 1 | Airdate: 8/7/2020

Explore how PBS KIDS programs travel to your television through waves with the help of Vegas PBS broadcast engineers. Then, the Nevada Department of Transportation explains how the second longest bridge in Nevada is being built.

Investigate each topic further through interactive at-home STEAM challenges and book talks with librarians from the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District.

Episode Guests

• Gary Clendenning, Master Control Operator, Vegas PBS
• Joe Volpe, Telecommunication Specialist II, Vegas PBS
• Noel Jones, Librarian, Las Vegas-Clark County Library District
• Tony Illia, Public Information Officer, Nevada Department of Transportation
• Abid Sulharia, Resident Engineer, Nevada Department of Transportation
• Kalee Aragaw, Assistant Resident Engineer, Nevada Department of Transportation
• Luis, Student
• Zinnia, Student

Lesson Plans

• Waves - Virtual Instruction Lesson Plan (PDF)
• Bridges - Virtual Instruction Lesson Plan (PDF)

Resources

• Ready Jet Go! Sound Waves: Science Crafts for Kids
• Ready Jet Go!: How Do Satellites Work?
• Ready Jet Go!: The Engineering Song
• Sesame Street| Murray Experiment: Build a Bridge
• Zoom: Investigating a Suspension Bridge
• Zoom: Designing a Straw Bridge
• The Engineering Design Process
• Remote Control Waves Data Collection Chart

Books Featured

• How to Make a Box Guitar by Barbara Alpert
• Waves by Meg Gaertner
• Waves: Physical Science for Kids by Andi Diehn
• The Great Wave by Véronique Massenot
• What is a Wave? By Linda Ivancic
• A Book of Bridges: Here to There and Me to You by Cheryl Keely

If you would like ideas and free resources to help you implement Vegas PBS STEAM Camp in your afterschool or summer program, contact us at:
steamcamp@vegaspbs.org