Austin fifth grader student Chinmay Murthy, from Paragon Preparatory Middle School, will represent Texas in the 2013 National Geographic Bee airing Friday, May 24 at 1 pm, Saturday, May 25 at 5 pm and Sunday, May 26 at 5 pm. By using materials prepared by the National Geographic Society, students from around the country compete in the annual National Geographic Bee. The National Geographic Bee is constructed to encourage teachers to include geography in their class rooms in order to increase student and public interest in the subject.

Prepare for the 2013 National Geographic Bee and take Take a GeoBee Quiz!

The 2013 National Geographic Bee State Winners are:

Alabama – Christopher Lough, 7th Grade, Prattville Christian Academy, Prattville
Alaska – Kenny Petrini, 8th Grade, Central Middle School of Science, Anchorage
Arizona – Cameron Danesh, 6th Grade, Mountainside Middle School, Scottsdale
Arkansas – Christian Boekhout, 7th Grade, Hot Springs Intermediate School, Hot Springs
Atlantic Territories - Leonides Diaz, 7th Grade, St. John’s School, San Juan
California – Tuvya Bergson-Michelson, 6th Grade, Nueva School, Hillsborough
Colorado -Pranit Nanda, 7th Grade, Aurora Quest K-8 School, Aurora
Connecticut  – Michael Borecki, 8th Grade, Middlesex Middle School, Darien
Delaware - Kevin M. Orzada, 8th Grade, The Independence School, Newark
Department Of Defense Dependents Schools - Patrick LeWallen, 7th Grade, Ryukyu Middle School, Okinawa
District Of Columbia – Lars Nordquist, 5th Grade, St. Albans School
Florida – Walker Miler, 7th Grade, James Weldon Johnson Middle School, Jacksonville
Georgia – Sanjeev Uppalari, 5th Grade, Fulton Sunshine Academy, Roswell
Hawaii – Andrew Anderton, 8th Grade, Island School, Lihue
Idaho – Amrit Singh, 7th Grade, Grangeville Elementary/Middle School, Grangeville
Illinois – Conrad Oberhaus, 7th Grade, Daniel Wright Junior High School, Lincolnshire
Indiana – Sean Ives, 7th Grade, Trinity Lutheran School, Crown Point
Iowa – Jonathan Grunenwald, 8th Grade, Ames Homeschool Assistance Program, Ames
Kansas – Preneeta Nalluri, 6th Grade, Overland Trail Middle School, Overland Park
Kentucky – Hunter Watkins, 8th Grade, Calloway, Marshall, & McCracken Cty Homeschoolers, Farmington
Louisiana – Cécile Girard, 7th Grade, Bishop Noland Episcopal Day School, Lake Charles
Maine – Archer Thomas, 8th Grade, Bonny Eagle Middle School, Buxton
Maryland – Abhinav Karthikeyan, 4th Grade, Clearspring Elementary School, Damascus
Massachusetts – Sathwik Karnik, 7th Grade, King Philip Regional Middle School, Norfolk
Michigan – Neha Middela, 6th Grade, Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills
Minnesota – Alexander Conrad, 7th Grade, Valley View Middle School, Edina
Mississippi – Jun Chen, 8th Grade, Margaret Green Junior High School, Cleveland
Missouri – Aviral Misra, 5th Grade, Academy Montessori Internationale, Kansas City
Montana – Grace Rembert, 5th Grade, Morning Star Elementary, Bozeman
Nebraska – Theodore Jansen, 5th Grade, Paddock Road Elementary, Omaha
Nevada – Nick Vazeen, 8th Grade, Challenger School ? Summerlin Campus, Las Vegas
New Hampshire – Neelam Sandhu, 8th Grade, Ross A. Lurgio Middle School, Bedford
New Jersey – William DiGrande, 8th Grade, Warren Middle School, Warren
New Mexico – Huy Tran, 7th Grade, Albuquerque Academy,  Albuquerque
New York – Gabriel Straus, 7th Grade, Collegiate School for Boys, New York
North Carolina – Matthew Janson, 8th Grade, Randolph Middle School, Charlotte
North Dakota – Luke Bowan, 8th Grade, Jamestown Area Homeschoolers, Jamestown
Ohio – Kyle Yu, 7th Grade, Lee Burneson Middle School, Westlake
Oklahoma – Matthew Armor, 8th Grade, Whittier Middle School, Norman
Oregon – Harish Palani, 7th Grade, Stoller Middle School, Portland
Pacific Territories – Jacob Augelli, 7th Grade, Cmd. William C. McCool Elem/Middle, Guam
Pennsylvania – Sai Vaddadi, 8th Grade, Eagle View Middle School, Mechanicsburg
Rhode Island – Jacob Polatty, 7th Grade, Rhode Island Home Educators, North Kingstown
South Carolina – Krish Patel, 7th Grade, Pinewood Preparatory School, Summerville
South Dakota – Mark Vanderzee, 8th Grade, George S. Mickelson Middle School, Brookings
Tennessee – Adithyan Sujithkumar, 7th Grade, Robertsville Middle School, Oak Ridge
Texas – Chinmay Murthy, 5th Grade, Paragon Preparatory Middle School, Austin
Utah – Joshua Nkoy, 8th Grade, Challenger School, Sandy
Vermont – Tyler Jager, 7th Grade, Manchester Elementary/Middle School, Manchester Center
Virginia – Akhil Rekulapelli, 7th Grade, Stone Hill Middle School, Ashburn
Washington – Owen Benda, 7th Grade, Open Window School, Bellevue
West Virginia -Andrew Christy, 7th Grade, St. Francis Central Catholic School, Morgantown
Wisconsin – Asha Jain, 7th Grade, MHLT Elementary School, Minocqua
Wyoming – Garrett Means, 8th Grade, Snowy Range Academy, Laramie

Make sure to also check out the great educational resources at KLRU’s ipad station and enjoy getting your picture taken with Clifford and Maya & Miguel. (Be sure to bring your camera!)

This month, WordGirl will be saving the environment!
Tune in on April 22nd for a special Earth Day episode!

From April 15-19, The Cat in the Hat shows kids some amazing animals, including three premiere episodes April 15-17.

Babies / Fast – Monday, April 15 at 8:30 am & 2 pm
Babies – Sally is looking after some baby hamsters, but how can she and Nick hold them right? Well, different animals hold their babies different ways.
Fast – It’s a race to the treehouse, but Nick and Sally wish they could go as fast as an airplane! How about a peregrine? asks The Cat. What’s that? The fastest creature in the world!

Little Lemmings / Keep The Beat — Tuesday, April 16 at 8:30 am & 2 pm
Little Lemmings – It’s cold outside, but Nick and Sally want to keep playing. Is there a way to stay warm out in the cold? Cat’s friend Lars the Lemming will know! He lives in the Wundra-Bundra-Tundra. It’s cold out, but with Lars’ fur coat, he doesn’t even notice!
Keep the Beat – Nick and Sally have been running around the backyard and now their chests are thumpity thumping! The Cat explains that that is their hearts boom boom booming! But why? wonders Sally.

Gorillas In The Nest / Tale Of A Dragon — Wednesday, April 17 at 8:30 am & 2 pm
Gorillas in the Nest – Sally and Nick have made a sleepover tent on the floor. But it’s not very comfortable. The Cat’s friend Gordon the Gorilla knows how to make a comfortable bed.
Tale of a Dragon – Dragons don’t really exist, but Cat knows some lizard friends who are oh-so like dragons! They can show Nick and Sally how to pretend to be dragons.

Monday-Friday, April 8-12 at 9:30 am

In a week of encore episodes, kids can enjoy the most musical moments of DINOSAUR TRAIN for a week of dance-tastic adventures. Buddy, Shiny, Tiny and Don explore ponds, gardens, oceans and more in “That’s Not a Dinosaur/Tiny’s Garden,” “Remember the Alamosaurus/Sunrise, Sunset,” “Elmer Elasmosaurus/Dinosaur Block Party,” “Junior Conductor Jamboree/Troodon Train Day” and “Buddy Explores the Tyrannosaurs/Rainy Day Fight.” They sing and dance as they encourage kids to get outside, get into nature and make their own discoveries.

Thanks to all the families that joined us for the Sid the Science Kid Movie Premiere at Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek and Slaughter locations on Saturday.

Before the movie, we had fun playing catapult games in the lobby, posing for photos with Sid, and meeting Clifford the Big Red Dog!

See photos from both locations: Sid the Science Kid Movie Premiere | March 30, 2013

Be a part of future KLRU kids events by signing up as a KLRU Explorer.

In a week of episodes set in the rainforest, three new WILD KRATTS episodes featuring rainforest creatures premiere on April 1-3.

Monday, April 1, 4pm
Bugs Or Monkeys? – A miniaturized Martin wants to check out insects in the rainforest, but Chris wants to investigate the world of the Spider monkey. Chris wins when he puts “mini” Martin in his pack back and heads off through the treetops.

Tuesday, April 2, 4pm
Shadow: The Black Jaguar – Martin and Chris are trying to decide on their next wild cat adventure when they learn that Zach Varmitech has decided to “catnap” a Black Jaguar to use as a symbol for his new spybots.

Wednesday, April 3, 4pm
Rainforest Stew – When Chris and Martin go in search of an obscure rainforest creature to add to their Life Lists, the Wild Kratts becomes embroiled in the complex relationships of a tropical rainforest.

Thursday, April 4, 4pm
Walk On The Wetside – When Chris and Martin locate an amazing water-walking Basilisk lizard in Costa Rica, they try to replicate its actions in order to learn how this rare lizard is able to walk on water. They discover that by using its wide feet, churning its legs to create water pockets and keeping up a certain speed, the Basilisk is able to run on water in order to escape from predators. And when Donita Donata begins capturing basilisks, Martin and Chris us their new water walking powers to rescue these rare lizards.

Friday, April 5, 4pm
Kerhonk – When Martin’s and Chris’ Creature Power Suits unexpectedly get jammed in Proboscis monkey mode and the top monkey of the troop is injured protecting a youngster from a crocodile, the Kratt brothers find themselves stepping into the injured monkey’s role. While Aviva nurses the monkey back to health, Chris and Martin must keep the troop together and soon discover the important communication function of the proboscis monkeys strangest feature – his huge, droopy, bulbous nose! They uncover some of the different methods animals utilize to communicate important information to each other.

It’s Passover, Grover! showcases the Passover story, holiday preparations, and Hebrew words and phrases related to Passover. In the episode, viewers meet families whose holiday traditions originate in Ethiopia and Morocco, providing a glimpse into the diversity of the Jewish people.

Friday, March 22nd at 12 noon

When: March 30, 2013, 9 – 11 a.m.

Where: Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek and Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter

• Come dressed in your best Hollywood glamour or mad scientist outfit.
• Walk the red carpet and take photos in our photo booth.
• Meet Clifford the Big Red Dog.
• Enjoy hands-on science activities in the lobby with the KLRU-TV, Austin PBS education team.
• If you are not already, now’s your chance to become a KLRU Explorers family!

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED: Click here to go the Alamo Drafthouse reservation site.

ALL AGES ARE WELCOME, BUT CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT. PLEASE RESERVE ONLY THE SEATS YOU EXPECT TO USE, AND RESERVE ENOUGH SEATS FOR ALL ATTENDEES, REGARDLESS OF AGE. ALL UNCLAIMED SEATS WILL BE RELEASED TO THE WAITING LIST AT 9:30 AM.

AGENDA:
9:00 Doors open, guest check in, red carpet photos and lobby activities
9:30 Movie starts. Fidgety guests are welcome in the lobby for activities during the show.
11:00 Event ends

WordGirl  will premiere five new episodes on KLRU, starting March 11 at 3:30 PM, as part of “(M)Arch Enemy Week,” during which WordGirl will fight against a variety of the series’ most popular – and fan favorite – villains. WordGirl’s adventures that week will include battles for word domination against such formidable villains as Big Left Hand Guy, InvisiBill, Granny May, Dr. Two Brains, and many others.

Monday, March 11, 3:30 pm
PLAIN OLD MISCHIEF MAKERS
When best friends Big Left Hand Guy and InvisiBill risk losing their super villain status, they decide to pull off their biggest heist to date. Can WordGirl stop this determined duo who always manage to escape her at the last minute?
Vocabulary Words: Diminish, Declare
HOUSE ARREST
While Chuck’s jail cell is being painted, he’s put under house arrest at the Botsfords’. Becky is stuck spending more time waiting on Chuck than fighting the other villains.
Vocabulary Words: Release, Rowdy

Tuesday, March 12, 3:30 pm
MONKEY BUSINESS
After a battle, WordGirl accidentally leaves Captain Huggy Face behind (again), so he spends the day doing all of his favorite things. When an overzealous Chuck strikes, it’s up to Captain Huggy Face to single-handedly save the day.
Vocabulary Words: Recall, Zeal
SAY IT AGAIN, EILEEN
Eileen won’t stop copying Becky ? and it’s driving Becky nuts! Can WordGirl stop Eileen from transforming into the Birthday Girl before the bake sale (and Becky’s treasured crumpets) is ruined?
Vocabulary Words: Stymie, Guidance

Wednesday, March 13, 3:30 pm
DAY AT THE MUSEUM
Scoops takes Becky, Bob and Violet to the museum to find inspiration for his news story for The Big City Times. The team goes on a search when they hear a rumor about a haunted treasure – with The Butcher close behind! Can Scoops, Becky, Bob and Violet find the treasure and evade The Butcher in time for Scoops to meet his deadline?
Vocabulary Words: Rumor, Deadline
BEST FAN CLUB MEETING EVER
TJ plans a meeting to divulge a secret about WordGirl to International WordGirl Fan Club members. However, when Tobey finds out that a secret about his love/nemesis will be revealed, he crashes the meeting with an eavesdropping robot and threatens to destroy the clubhouse. WordGirl has to spring into action to save the clubhouse and her fans!
Vocabulary Words: Divulge, Eavesdrop

Thursday, March 14, 3:30 pm
WHO’S YOUR GRANNY?
Granny May decides to become more notorious by committing bigger crimes involving crazy contraptions. Meanwhile, Becky is frustrated that she does not appear in any yearbook photos since she always has to escape to fight crime as WordGirl. Will Becky/WordGirl ever be able to get her photo in the yearbook and find time to interact with the new, high tech Granny May?
Vocabulary Words: Interact, Contraption
WIN A DAY WITH WORDGIRL
The Big City Times announces a writing contest prize: win a day with WordGirl! A chance at a full-day encounter with everyone’s favorite superhero causes Tobey, Scoops and TJ to go to extremes to win ? ending in a robot-filled squabble at the library.
Vocabulary Words: Encounter, Squabble

Friday, March 15, 3:30 pm
DINNER OR CONSEQUENCES, PART 1
Dr. Two Brains is stealing the entire city’s milk and using it?with help from the unusually talkative Energy Monster?to superpower his new ray and turn the whole city into cheese! It’s up to WordGirl to find the disappearing dairy and stop Dr. Two Brains, even if it means missing her family feast and having to face the consequences.
Vocabulary Words: Feast, Consequences
DINNER OR CONSEQUENCES, PART 2
Becky has to rely on an old Botsford tradition ? the family trial ? to convince her family that she vanished from the feast for a good reason. But when the Energy Monster breaks Dr. Two Brains out of jail and the two head over to the Botsfords’ to take back a powerful invention, will Becky be able to prove her innocence and transform into WordGirl in time to stop two super villains?
Vocabulary Words: Vanish, Rely