The kids from ZOOM learn how to care for potted plants. Zoomers learn how to make a boat out of cardboard and they learn a new pencil game.

A ZOOM viewer show how she decorated her room using double stick tape. The Zoomers make some colorful art and they make a tower using straws and clay. Targeted to kids ages six to eleven, the series combines cutting-edge technology with an innovative outreach program to help kids ZOOM into the twenty-first century with stronger learning and social skills, as well as a greater confidence to express themselves.

The pilot is being broadcast to get kids to send in their ideas which will in turn fuel the production of the ZOOM series - 40 half-hour daily programs to air on PBS in January 1999 to PBS's Ready to Learn lineup.Ĭreated for kids and by kids, ZOOM is a uniquely interactive series that features games, plays, science experiments, and other activities all based on contributions sent in by kids from across the country. What' s new about ZOOM is an enhanced educational focus and an outreach campaign that makes use of new communication technologies, including e-mail, home video, and web sites. Every idea and activity on the pilot comes from kids who are credited on-air for their contributions. Like the original series, the ZOOM pilot features a cast of seven children who dance, sing, build bridges, solve puzzles, play games, and tell jokes. WGBH brings ZOOM back to PBS to give a new generation of 6- to 12-year-olds a chance to explore, experiment, and share their creativity with the world.

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