All-New CYBERCHASE Adventures Premiere May 3-7 on PBS KIDS with Cool New Kid Characters and Simultaneous Launch of 'The CYBERCHASE Mystery' Outreach Campaign.Entertainment Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 2004 Season 3 Opener Of The Hit Cartoon Investigates The Science-Math Connection It's Jackie, Matt, Inez, and Digit to the rescue with more action-packed adventures in the third season of CYBERCHASE premiering May 3-7, 2004 on PBS KIDS(R) (check local listings). The CyberSquad's mission to save the virtual universe from the dastardly das·tard·ly adj. Cowardly and malicious; base. das  tard·li·ness n. Hacker (Christopher Lloyd) continues in five stunning new mysteries. Their quest takes Digit (Gilbert Gottfried) and the kids to new cybersites like glamorous Gollywood and the shadowy jungles of Eco-Haven, and returns them to one of their favorite places, the "way cool" skateboarding cybersite, Radopolis. In the first show of the season, EcoHaven CSE (Certified Systems Engineer) See Microsoft certification. , the CyberSquad sleuths out who stole legendary cyberbeast Choocroca by using their knowledge of forensic science The application of scientific knowledge and methodology to legal problems and criminal investigations. Sometimes called simply forensics, forensic science encompasses many different fields of science, including anthropology, biology, chemistry, engineering, genetics, and deciphering the principles of "body math." In other episodes, they encounter intriguing new kid characters, including a cool and secretive cyberteen from Radopolis named Slider and a spunky spunk·y adj. spunk·i·er, spunk·i·est Informal Spirited; plucky. spunk i·ly adv. girl named Creech who needs to win a wild race to keep Hacker from taking over cybersite Tikiville. The young heroes of CYBERCHASE use brain power to save the day. In the latest shows, they tackle important math topics like proportional reasoning, percentages, and more. Viewers tell us - and research confirms - that CYBERCHASE helps kids understand math. As one young fan said, "Last month I had a big test and I got an A+. Thanks to your show I passed math class!!" On-air, online and in the real world, CYBERCHASE finds innovative ways to relate math to the everyday lives of kids (ages 8-11). The new outreach campaign called "The CYBERCHASE Mystery," uses the math-science connection in EcoHaven CSE as a springboard to fun online games, print activities and hands-on workshops designed to help kids enhance their critical-thinking power. Through collaborations with organizations such as the American Library Association American Library Association, founded 1876, organization whose purpose is to increase the usefulness of books through the improvement and extension of library services. , TERC/ASTC, Girls Inc. and the Intel Innovation in Education initiative, "The CYBERCHASE Mystery" will reach kids across the country at libraries, schools and after-school programs. At CYBERCHASE Online (pbskids.org/cyberchase), "The CYBERCHASE Mystery" launches mid-April with a feature sure to get fans psyched for the new shows in May. This intriguing puzzler will test kids' sleuthing Sleuthing See also Crime Fighting. Alleyn, Inspector detective in Ngaio Marsh’s many mystery stories. [New Zealand Lit.: Harvey, 520] Archer, Lew tough solver of brutal crimes. [Am. Lit. skills as they decipher clues to figure out the names of the new characters the CyberSquad meets in their latest adventures. There's more mystery in May as cool new games, activities, downloads, and more are unveiled at CYBERCHASE Online. Fans will be challenged to solve unique new mini-mysteries available only online and have the chance to write their own stealthy stealth·y adj. stealth·i·er, stealth·i·est Marked by or acting with quiet, caution, and secrecy intended to avoid notice. See Synonyms at secret. cyberstories and send them in to be published at CYBERCHASE Online, one of the most popular destinations at PBS KIDS Online. The series has recently been honored with the 2003 Cine Golden Eagle, 2003 Clarion Awards, and 2003 Parent's Choice Awards Silver Honor. CYBERCHASE is produced by Thirteen/WNET New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Nelvana Limited. Executive producers are Sandra Sheppard, director of children's and educational programming at Thirteen, and Kristin Laskas Martin, former executive producer of the award-winning Magic School Bus. Larry Jacobs, former director of Magic School Bus, is animation director for Nelvana Limited. Major funding for CYBERCHASE is provided by the National Science Foundation, PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is a private non-profit corporation which is chartered and funded by the United States Federal Government to promote public broadcasting. The CPB was created on November 7, 1967 when U.S. president Lyndon B. . Additional funding is provided by The Intel Foundation and The Volckhausen Family. Corporate funding provided by Jif Peanut Butter and Intel Corporation. This press release is available in its entirety along with further press materials in the Thirteen Online Pressroom: www.thirteen.org/pressroom. |
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