Week of March 29
Monday, March 29
10:00am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum “I am Wilma Rudolph / I am Jonas Salk”
Not being very good with athletics, Xavier decides not to participate in a competition. Together with Yadina and Brad he meets the fastest woman in the world: Wilma Randolph. Brad, Yadina and Xavier meet Jonas Salk, the scientist who discovered the polio vaccine. Thanks to him, the trio learn a great lesson.
10:30am California Missions with Huell Howser
Huell visits these Missions in this episode: Santa Cruz, Santa Clara de Asis and San Jose.
Tuesday, March 30
10:00am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum “I am Louis Pasteur / I am Rachel Carson”
Louis Pasteur helps Xavier with his volcano experiment project. Rachel Carson helps Brad figure out a way to help butterflies migrate.
10:30am California Missions with Huell Howser
Huell visits these Missions in this episode: San Francisco de Asis (Mission Dolores), San Rafael Arcangel and San Francisco Solano.
Wednesday, March 31
10:00am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum “I am Jesse Owens / I am Ella Fitzgerald”
Jesse Owens encourages Brad after he becomes frustrated with bowling. The gang is going to a dance party and Brad is too embarrassed to show off his dance moves, so Ella Fitzgerald helps Brad to not be embarrassed to dance.
10:30am California Missions with Huell Howser
In this episode Huell visits the last remaining “extension mission” that most people don’t know about: The San Antonio de Pala Mission, located on the Pala Indian reservation.
Thursday, April 1
10:00am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum “I am Winston Churchill / I am Cleopatra”
Brad is excited to join a small group of boys building a castle in the KidZone, but his enthusiasm quickly disappears when they refuse to listen to any of his ideas. Brad knows he could help make their castle amazing, if only they'd listen. To the Secret Museum! Our heroes go back in time to meet someone who knew exactly how to command attention: Winston Churchill. They meet Winston just as he's about to play a game of capture the flag with his new schoolmates, but none of them want to listen to his ideas on how to play the game! Knowing he could lead his team to victory, Winston keeps on sharing his ideas, confidently and politely, until the boys finally listen. Their big win shows Brad how important it is to speak up for yourself.
Xavier is stoked to see a super awesome super moon in real life! There's just one problem: he'd have to stay up past bedtime. How can he ask his parents? What if they say no? To the Secret Museum! Our heroes go back in time to meet someone who was skilled at the art of negotiation: Cleopatra. They arrive in Ancient Egypt and find Cleopatra just as she's preparing to ask her father a big question of her own: she wants to end her daily lessons a full hour early so she can attend a festival in town. Luckily, Cleopatra knows exactly how to ask! You have to be prepared, confident, and polite. Seeing how well Cleopatra's strategy works shows Xavier how important it is to ask for things the right way.
10:30am California Missions with Huell Howser
Huell visits the gardens of Mission La Purisima Concepcion in this episode.
Friday, April 2
10:00am Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum “I am George Washington / I am Susan B. Anthony”
Yadina is excited when she's chosen to be the leader of her Nature Troop, thinking this a great first step toward becoming President one day. Only problem is, she isn't entirely sure how to be a good leader. To the Secret Museum! Our heroes are sent back in time to meet one of the greatest leaders in the history of the United States: George Washington. Yadina is awe struck as she gets to meet her country's very first president, who offers to take them on a fishing trip. As he leads them through the woods to the fishing hole, George is polite, helpful, and supportive, showing Yadina that a good leader takes care of his or her team. Xavier and Yadina are putting artifacts away on the shelves of the Secret Museum, deciding between the two of them where everything should go, and unintentionally leaving Brad out. To the Secret Museum! Our heroes are sent back in time to meet someone who always stood up for the rights of all people: Susan B. Anthony. Watching the young Susan advocate for all of her siblings to have a vote in what to name their new baby goat, and then for all women everywhere to have a vote over matters that affect their country, helps Xavier and Yadina to realize how important it is for Brad to have a say over what happens in the Secret Museum. Because everyone should have a vote.
10:30am California Missions with Huell Howser
Over the years countless artists have depicted the California Missions in drawings, paintings, etchings and photographs. Huell visits the Huntington Library, which has one of the largest collections of Mission art in the world. We’ll also visit Luis Tur, who has made 19 of the 21 Mission models using nothing but pieces of junk.