MINNESOTA EXPERIENCE AND HERO ELEMENTARY
National Children’s Programming
Celebrating Minnesota History
For more than 30 years, TPT has produced original children’s programming for national audiences, and is at the forefront of educational programming and outreach. Always research-grounded, data-infused, and equity-based, this year’s national programming efforts included: SciGirls : TPT’s science show for ages 8-12 has inspired children and families to explore science since 2010. This year, the team released season six, SciGirls in Space , and the seventh and final season of the series, SciGirls in the National Parks , which explored citizen science. In partnership with national advisors, TPT also developed and implemented the Black SciGirls initiative, an anti- racist STEM education training and student-facing program.
TPT is Minnesota’s storyteller. Our award-winning history series, Minnesota Experience , investigates how the past informs our present, and makes history relevant and engaging by telling impactful stories with and for community. MINNESOTA EXPERIENCE IN 2024 In 2024, TPT will release a new season of Minnesota Experience . The new season will put a face on Minnesota history, featuring films on Jesse Ventura, Henry Boucha, Josie Johnson, and the history of Latine education in Minnesota. Minnesota Experience is committed to producing multimedia content, creating immersive educational resources, and coordinating community experiences that spark conversation, deepen civic engagement, bridge divides, and enhance education for decades to come.
BRING HER HOME The award-winning 2022 TPT production Bring Her Home has continued to spread awareness and inspire action. Bring Her Home examines the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women through the powerful stories of three women – a politician, an artist, and an activist. After receiving national distribution from PBS for its original premiere, Bring Her Home has earned awards and received recognition at 34 national and international film festivals. It has also been contracted for international distribution with Espresso Media. Recognition for Bring Her Home • Best of the Fest, Ely Film Festival • Best Native American Film, Mesa International Film Festival • Best Documentary Feature, Red Nation Film Festival • Human Rights Winner, Quetzalcoatl Indigenous International Film Festival • Upper Midwest Regional Emmy, Documentary- Topical • Dog Iron Award, Will Rogers Motion Picture Festival • Best Feature Film, NatiVision Film Festival
National Award Finalist
Skillsville : TPT’s second national animated children’s series is in production. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Ready to Learn program, this series will help children ages 5-8 develop critical executive functioning skills that lay the groundwork for future success in school and the workplace. The project includes 80 11-minute animated television episodes in English and Spanish, a portfolio of interactive games and apps, an array of analog games and activities where children can explore future careers, and community outreach for children and families facing housing insecurity and/or from low-income communities. Formative testing conducted nationally with over 900 children at 10 different sites has contributed to the development of the TV characters, show name, episodes, digital games, and activities. Hero Elementary Gaming was a national Public Media Award Finalist in the Innovation in Education category. The Public Media Awards recognize the highest caliber content, education, marketing, and engagement in public media.
National Award Winner
Hero Elementary : A TPT-produced animated PBS Kids series about a school for budding superheroes designed especially for children from Latine and/or low-income communities, as well as for neurodivergent children. The series helps learners ages 4-7 solve problems by thinking and acting like scientists. Hero Elementary features a suite of thoughtfully designed and popular digital games. In the last year, Hero Elementary games have had over 9 million plays through the PBS KIDS Games app and PBS KIDS Hero Elementary website. In September 2023, SciGirls National Outreach Campaign received a national Public Media Award in the Education—Learning Events category.
It was interactive, engaging...good diverse activities for both kids and adults. – FATHER AT SKILLSVILLE EVENT
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