WFAA-TV (Channel 8) is north Texas’ leading source for news and information on television. News 8 has set national standards for credibility and reliable news coverage, and remains one of America’s most decorated local stations. WFAA has been honored with four prestigious George Foster Peabody Awards as well as seven duPont-Columbia University Silver Batons--broadcasting’s equivalent of print journalism’s famed Pulitzer Prize. From news investigations that garner not only accolades, but have also been known to change laws and lives, to stories that help communities connect to each other and stay on top of health, environmental and other important issues, WFAA is the news station north Texas has relied on for more than 50 years.

Widely known as the “Spirit of Texas,” the station is a solid community touchstone, and the area’s most sophisticated weather technology is used extensively during nightly presentation. Chief weathercaster Troy Dungan and his team of meteorologists Pete Delkus, Greg Fields and Steve McCauley keep viewers up to date on severe weather issues, and routinely present special Weather Extras—interesting information to help viewers better understand the atmosphere around them.

WFAA.com provides viewers with an extended source of News 8 on the web. Connecting communities and providing cutting edge news coverage to north Texans is WFAA’s mission.

Established in 1885, The Dallas Morning News is the tenth largest newspaper in the country, according to Editor & Publisher, and serves a population of more than three million. The newspaper has received seven Pulitzer Prizes since 1986, as well as multiple awards recognizing the quality of its investigative and feature journalism, design and photojournalism. Its web site, dallasnews.com, received the Scripps Howard Foundation National Award for Web Reporting in 2005. In 2003, the paper launched the nation’s first editorial blog; the area’s most widely read Spanish-language daily, al día; and the standard-setting free weekday paper, Quick. The Dallas Morning News is the flagship newspaper subsidiary of Belo Corp. (NYSE: BLC), one of the nation’s largest media companies with a diversified group of market-leading television, newspaper, cable and interactive media assets.

LearnMore Publishing, Inc. was established in 2003 in Dallas, Texas. Educator, administrator and educational advocate Robbie Riggs created a consortium of talent to integrate multiple sources of information into education content that enhances the education process of children grades K-6. Riggs and her team provides professional consulting to school districts, private entities, administrators and parent groups regarding products, philosophy, metrics and more. LearnMore is committed to improving education, as Riggs says, “… from the inside out,” beginning with the premise that the product needs to entice and encourage as well as pique the interest of the student. LearnMore combines the insight of respected administrators and educators with the entire community to create a product that embraces the excitement and satisfaction of learning without intimidation.

Belo Corp. is one of the nation’s largest media companies with a diversified group of market-leading television, newspaper, cable and interactive media assets. A Fortune 1000 company with 7,600 employees and $1.5 billion in annual revenues, Belo operates in some of America’s most dynamic markets in Texas, the Northwest, the Southwest, Rhode Island, and the Mid-Atlantic. Belo owns 19 television stations, six of which are in the 15 largest U.S. broadcast markets. The Company also owns or operates seven cable news channels and manages one television station through a local marketing agreement. Belo’s daily newspapers are The Dallas Morning News, The Providence Journal, The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA) and the Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, TX). The Company also publishes specialty publications targeting young adults, affluent populations and the fast-growing Hispanic market, including Quick and al dia in Dallas/Fort Worth, and the d, El D and La Prensa in Riverside. Belo operates more than 30 Web sites associated with its operating companies.

Science Minds Advisory Panel

Every great idea needs people to help it grow. WFAA, The Dallas Morning News and LearnMore Publishing, Inc. have enlisted the services of a distinguished panel of experts to advise and consult on the curriculum. They include:

Dr. Kenneth Dickson, professor of biological sciences and director of the Institute of Applied Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

Kevin Sharpe, manager, Newspapers in Education, The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas

Dr. Doug Otto, superintendent, Plano Independent School District, Plano, Texas

Pete Delkus, meteorologist, WFAA-TV, Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

The inclusion of each panelist does not constitute a personal endorsement on his or her part. All of these panelists serve in a non-compensated, advisory role.