Teacher to Teacher
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007
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content: Mr. Wizard Papers
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content: Mr. Wizard Papers / Series 6: Educational Programs/Projects
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1993 - 2008
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1326, Subseries 6.17
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content: Archival materials
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content: This subseries documents Teacher to Teacher with Mr. Wizard, a video series that debuted on September 27, 1994 on the Nickelodeon cable channel.  The innovative, educational series provided a candid, close-up and in-depth visit to classrooms of outstanding teachers using hands-on, inquiry-based techniques.  Herbert felt having a camera in the classroom watching teachers at work and interviewing them about what they were doing and why was an effective method. The series was broadcast on Nickelodeon Cable in the Classroom, a non-profit formed to use the nation-wide resources of cable television for the benefit of America's schools. 

The materials consist of program summaries, press releases, newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, correspondence, and a transcript of a 1994 phone interview with Sally Shuler (Deputy Director of the National Science Resource Center), Dennis Harlan (President of Mr. Wizard Foundation), Scott Lorenz (Publicist), and Don Herbert. In the interview, Herbert and the participants discuss what hands-on- inquiry-based science is, its benefits, and the adoption of this teaching method.