D ouglas points out that Sallie Curtis' young fans and teachers have been faithful viewers of H.E.B. programming since the early days of the five-year series. In the beginning, teachers would take children to the library because that was the only room in the building wired for satellite reception. We would have as many as 110 students in the library at one time watching the broadcast. All of the broadcasts are so interesting. They keep the children's attention because the shows are about subjects they're interested in.
Teachers here use the programming in different ways.
Several teachers introduce the subject to the students prior to the broadcast and the children try to come up with questions they would really like to have answered. They write down their questions and then check them off as they listen for their answers. For example, our 5th grade planned a field trip to the Museum of Natural Science in Houston. The students were particularly interested in seeing one of the IMax productions shown at the museum. Prior to our trip, we were fortunate to watch the H.E.B. program called 'Take It to the Max,' which demonstrated how these films are produced.