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Discovery Education’s Planet Earth Education Edition Honored with 2009 Teachers’ Choice Award for the Classroom

The Planet Earth Education Edition offers educators and students engaging, never-before-seen video in high-definition

Silver Spring, MD (August 27, 2008) – Learning magazine has honored Discovery Education with a 2009 Teachers’ Choice Award for the Classroom, recognizing the value of the Planet Earth Education Edition in teaching. Promoting critical thinking and developing a cross-curricular framework for instruction, the Planet Earth Education Edition, and the accompanying resources from Discovery Education, empower educators to connect essential concepts in science, social studies and the humanities.

The Planet Earth Education Edition combines the Planet Earth series from Discovery Channel w ith a variety of educational resources. The DVD set includes 14 programs chaptered into core-concept clips, including Pole to Pole, Fresh Water, The Future: Saving Species, Deserts and more. In addition, the set includes more than 30 teacher guides spanning grades 3-12. Each guide provides educators with learning objectives, discussion questions, academic standards, and more than 30 writing prompts to spur student creativity. The package also contains 11 animal guides and posters in PDF format, sized for printing on-demand. Planet Earth also is available online through Discovery Education streaming Plus.

Students can journey from the rain forests of Borneo to the peaks of the Himalayas to uncover the beauty and mystery of life on our planet. More than five years in the making, the series presents never-before-seen animal behaviors, startling views of locations captured by cameras for the first time, and an unprecedented look at Earth’s creatures from biologica l and ecological perspectives. Supplementary programs Saving Species, Into the Wilderness, and Living Together interweave key arguments from leading environmental commentators about what the future may hold for the world’s most threatened plants, animals and ecosystems.

“Planet Earth is a stunning documentary, vividly depicting the places, animals and environments that make the natural world just awesome,” said Kelli Campbell, Discovery Education Senior Vice President of Content and Product Development. “Discovery Education is honored that Learning magazine has highlighted the Planet Earth Education Edition with this award.”

For the last decade, the Learning magazine Teachers’ Choice Awards for the Classroom have heralded the very best in classroom-tested, teacher-recommended products. Each year the program’s nationwide panel of teacher-judges names the standouts in books, classroom supplies, educational games, software, Web sites, and more. For more information about the awards program and the winners of the 15th Annual Teachers’ Choice Awards for the Classroom, visit www.theeducationcenter.com.

For more information on the Planet Earth Education Edition, or any other products and services from Discovery Education, please visit www.discoveryeducation.com or call 800-323-9084.

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Discovery Communications revolutionized television with the Discovery Channel and is now transforming classrooms through Discovery Education. Powered by the #1 non-fiction media company in the world, Discovery Education combines scientifically proven, standards-based digital media and a dynamic user community in order to empower teachers to improve student achievement. Already, more than half of all U.S. schools access Discovery Education digital services. Explore the future of education at www.discoveryeducation.com.