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05/03/2025

Science Steve here; I had an amazing time performing at the Homeschool South Dakota Conference! Due to health issues, this was the first science show I could provide in 25 months. I was a little rusty (not the chemical kind), but I had fun meeting everyone! SDPB is excited to announce that Science Steve will start with a full fall schedule. I hope to see you soon! https://www.sdpb.org/learn/sciencesteve

04/10/2025

Thank you to everyone who visited the SDPB photo booth at the Youth & Family Services (YFS) Kids Fair! We had a wonderful time meeting all of you!

04/10/2025

If you’ve spent time in downtown Chamberlain, you may have noticed the marble animal sculptures on Main Street — a fox and a pair of eagles and squirrels — outside the Chamberlain City Pool and on either side of the Avenue of Flags. These critters are expatriates. Their original home was on a Missouri River Atlantis called American Island — a once-popular island park lost to Lake Francis Case.

In downtown Chamberlain, six animal sculptures created by WPA artists are reminders of a submerged island Shangri-la.

03/30/2025

Want to make your next video chat with family and friends just a little extra special? Download one of these special backgrounds from your favorite PBS KIDS shows!

Have fun on your next family video chat with these backgrounds from PBS KIDS shows!

03/21/2025

NEW Dissection Resource from SDPB - The latest episode features the sheep brain and includes additional resources for teachers and students.

As an educator, you are responsible for implementing the dissection activity described in this lesson plan. You must establish safety procedures and rules for your classroom and ensure that all students follow them to provide a safe environment.  SDPB, the host, the guest anatomist, hosting website...

03/14/2025

Create Your Own Dance Studio is Now on PBS LearningMedia - Any space can be a dance studio! Create Your Own Dance Studio conveys the message that you can dance in whatever space is available: a home, school, gym, or even a backyard.

Learn how to transform any room into a dance studio.

02/28/2025

This video clip is from a 1992 documentary about the history of Mount Moriah. The segment tells a part of Hickok's life story that emphasizes the details surrounding his death and burial.

In Deadwood, Wild Bill is probably better known for being dead than alive. Hickok lived there for only a month but his grave has been a local tourist attraction for decades.

02/19/2025

Laura Ingalls Wilder's The Long Winter - Fact or Fiction? This study takes a closer look - https://journals.ametsoc.org/configurable/content/journals$002fbams$002f101$002f6$002fbamsD190014.xml?t:ac=journals%24002fbams%24002f101%24002f6%24002fbamsD190014.xml

The difficult winter led to significant flooding in South Dakota during the spring of 1881 - https://www.sdpb.org/blogs/images-of-the-past/the-missouri-river-flood-of-1881/

A devastating spring flood changed Yankton, Vermillion, and other river towns forever.

02/04/2025

Tootsie the Coyote - With a bit of practice and some gentle persuasion, Tootsie could change the pitch of her howl to match that of her singing companion, Fred Borsch. The singing duo even cut a record titled South Dakota Tootsie.

Deadwood's unofficial mascot of the 1950s gained fame and a long-lived South Dakota legacy.

01/28/2025

Watch FNX | First Nations Experience on SDPB - It is the first and only national broadcast television network in the United States exclusively devoted to Native American and World Indigenous content. https://www.sdpb.org/native-american-studies-multimedia

01/06/2025

Winter months in South Dakota mean moving snow…sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. And while the fact of snow removal remains the same, how we go about it has changed a lot over the years.

The problem of snow removal is nothing new for South Dakota but the way we approach it has changed over the decades.

12/30/2024

Are your kids or grandkids looking for something cool to do over break? Try these five holiday-themed physics experiments to keep you and your family busy with science during the winter holidays! All experiments involve materials found around the house. Parental supervision is advised.

These five holiday-themed physics experiments will keep you and your family busy with science during the winter holidays! All experiments involve materials found around the house. Parental supervision advised.