Wednesday, Feb. 27
9-10:30 p.m. E/P

PBS

Subjects: Arts and US History

Elementary, Middle and High School

"AMERICAN MASTERS: Pete Seeger: The Power of Song"

This first authorized film poetically documents Pete Seeger's unique experience and contributions. The man who introduced America to its own folk heritage, he deeply believes in the power of song and is convinced that individuals can make a difference. He made a whole generation passionate about playing the guitar and picking the banjo, and got them singing together and using music as a force for social change. Largely misunderstood by his critics, including the U.S. government, for his views on peace, civil rights and ecology, Seeger went from the top of the hit parade to the top of the blacklist - banned from commercial television for more than 17 years. In this documentary his inspiring, but not always easy, story is told by everyone from Bob Dylan to the Dixie Chicks and through a remarkable historical archive - a history that Seeger himself, now almost 90 years-old, helped create.

Log on http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/seeger_p.html

Thursday, Feb. 28
7-8 p.m. ET, 4-5 p.m. PT

National Geographic Channel

Subjects: Science

Middle and High School

"Science Of Steroids"

It is one of the most controversial issues of our day, jeopardizing the health and smearing the reputations of Olympians, professional sports players and even high school athletes. The government has declared them illegal without a prescription, athletes call them unfair, and some doctors say they are potentially deadly. What are the real dangers of these drugs? We've seen what's happening outside the body; now this documentary reveals what's happening inside the body. Rated TV-14

Friday, Feb. 29
7-8 p.m. E/P

History Channel

Subjects: Science

Elementary, Middle and High School

"Modern Marvels - Magnets"

The magnet serves as the underpinning for much of modern technology. They can be found in computers, cars, phones, VCRs, TVs, vacuum cleaners, the washer and dryer, the ubiquitous refrigerator magnet, and even in an electric guitar! In this documentary scientists experiment with a variety of magnets. Magnets' amazing forces of attraction and repulsion may some day take us to the far reaches of outer space.

Friday, Feb. 29
9-10 p.m. E/P

CNBC

Subjects: Economics and US History

Elementary, Middle and High School

"SWOOSH! Inside Nike"

Nike dominates the sporting apparel world through constant innovation, advertising and grit. This documentary takes an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at how Nike designs, manufactures and markets its sneakers. Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, LeBron James and other superstar/endorsers explain how they helped Nike establish its brand; the man behind Nike's most famous commercials reveals how founder Phil Knight came to stop hating advertising; and fanatic "sneakerheads" describe how Nike seduces them with its "hot kicks." The program also travels to Vietnam to examine the current state of labor conditions that gave it so much trouble in the '90s. And Phil Knight gives his version of how Nike has transcended sport to embody its customers aspirations.

Log on http://www.cnbc.com/id/22492149

Saturday, Mar. 1
6-8 p.m. E/P

Discovery Channel

Subjects: Science

Elementary, Middle and High School

"Raising the Mammoth"

This is a broadcast of both episodes of a documentary miniseries. Scientists go to northern Siberia to excavate a 20,380 year-old woolly mammoth. It is flown to an ice cave and carefully defrosted to keep the hair and other "soft tissues" in tact. Geneticists may even be able to clone this ancient mammal so it may live again.