Audience: General; Grades: 6-8; Subject Areas: Hawaiian Studies, Social Studies.
Audience: General; Grades: 6-8; Subject Areas: Hawaiian Studies, Social Studies.
Audience: General; Grades: 6-8; Subject Areas: Hawaiian Studies, Social Studies.
Highlights the scenic landscape and natural history of the Aegean Islands. Travels to the islands of Cyclades, Mykonos, Lesbos, and Melos, exploring the history, geography and antiquities of these ancient Greek islands. Visits a number of historical sites that feature the architecture, ruins and fortifications of ancient Greek civilization. Features a hike through the Samaria Gorge and tours the restored Palace of Knossos, discussing the Greek gods and Greek mythology.
Travels throughout Greece, describing the landscape, history and culture of this ancient country. Tours the city of Athens, exploring historical sites, Greek architecture, and Greek antiquities, including the Acropolis, Parthenon and Meteora Monasteries. Visits Hydra Island, Peloponnesus, and the ruins of the extinct city, Epidaurus. Travels to the ancient cities of Olympia and Corinth and features the art, theater, philosophy, and legends depicting Greek civilization.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-8; Subject: Music. (1998) Introduces Nikos, a twelve-years-old boy in Athens, Greece. Joins Nikos as he rehearses on his clarino for a concert to be performed on his name day, which, in his country, is as important as a birthday.
Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Math. (2013) With the help of exciting math fairy tales, children are introduced to abstract mathematical concepts such as counting, categorizing, shapes and colors. Each program in the series will familiarize students with a different aspect of math by using familiar living environments as its theme. At the end of each program a fun math song repeats and reviews the contents of the fairy tale and its lesson. Correlates to Math Common Core State Standards.
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject Areas: History, Cultures. (2002) Focuses on the emergence of Athens as the capital of the Hellenistic world. Covers the early period of Greece with the arrival of Indo-Europeans, rural communities, building of palaces, Homer's Iliad and Troy. Describes the reign of Pericles and how he rebuilt the acropolis, strengthened the army and created democratic reforms. Follows the route that the Panathenaic Procession would have taken through the acropolis every four years. Includes the Propylea, the square, Erectheum, Porch of the Karyatids and Parthenon. Presents the history of Phidias' statue of Athena that was located in the Parthenon. Shows the temple that the Athenians built at Delphi. Uses buildings, statutes and pottery to describe the life of the Athenians. Illustrates the Acropolis, the Porch of the Karyatids, the Parthenon, the statue of Athena, the Athenian temple at Delphi, the Tholos, Altar of the Twelve Gods and the Stoa of Zeus Eleutherios.
Grades: All; Subject areas: Fine Arts. (2019)
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject Areas: History, Cultures. (2002) Explores the marriage of Greek and Persian civilizations and the resulting period of Hellenism. Discusses Alexander the Great, the influence of Hippodamus of Miletus in the planning of Greek and Roman cities, and the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Explains that Pergamum, the second major Hellenistic city in Ionia, revolutionized the art of writing with the invention of parchment and possessed one of the largest libraries in the ancient world. Chronicles how German archaeologist Carl Humann found Pergamum being used as a quarry, excavated it and how the altar, statues and friezes were sent to Berlin. Uses three dimensional graphics to illustrate the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Leptis Magna and the Altar of Zeus complex at Pergamum.
Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Science. (2008) Nick begins by pulling carrots from a garden, then picks other vegetables from garden plots, These include potatoes, corn, pumpkins, cabbage, and cauliflower picked according to the season. He demonstrates how to plant vegetable seeds, lettuce seedlings, and others that end up in large vegetables. He shows how we use stem, leaves and roots in a variety of vegetables, and demonstrates how to grow vegetables in a vegetable box. He also stresses the need to watch for veggie pests and to use organic fertilizers to get rid of them.
First hand accounts show how governments, industries, and people worldwide are developing bio fuels. Part 1: At the Norfolk Race track films a racing car fueled by detropha, an inedible oil from a plant grown in India and Africa. Part 2: In Uganda, shows that palm oil is being used for biomass energy at the cost of deforestation. In the Solomon Islands coconut fuel is being used as a substitute for diesel. Part 3: In London, hemp, potatoes and cashew nuts have been used to create a biodegradable racing car. Part 4: In Mumbai, India, ferries are becoming environmentally friendly by using bio-diesel and recycling wastes collected on the boats. Part 5: In Argentina a bio-diesel processing plant uses soybeans. Part 6: In Israel, cow manure from dairy farms is being used to generate electricity. Part 7: From Alaska to Argentina, follows the trip of adventurers who fueled their truck on used vegetable oils.
First hand accounts show how individuals, government and industry are recycling waste into green products. Part 1: In Sicily a town has replaced garbage trucks with donkeys carrying recycling bins. Part 2: In the United Kingdom, Recycler the Robot teaches children about recycling waste. Government organizations are also interested in a factory that recycles plastics into a high-density board that can be used just like wood. Part 3: In Manila's Smoky Mountain, a garbage dump, scavengers have formed a co-op to make their lving by fashioning newspapers into handbags. In the United States, waste computers are kept out of landfills by E-waste recycling plants. Part 5: Films the action in Rome, when trash sculptors exhibited sculptures created from garbage. Part 6: In Cambodia, Green Matters films fashions made out of waste products. Part 6: In Taiwan, a recycling plant takes waste home appliances, discarded bicycles and old furniture. Part 7: Students display art made from discarded products.
First hand accounts show how governments, industries, and people worldwide are finding new ways to reduce their energy dependency and environmental impact by investing in sustainable energy alternatives. Part 1 films activities at Spain's first solar energy plant, Solucar, a plant that reduces carbon emissions and serves the energy needs of a city as large as Seville. Part 2 reviews the plans for Britains's first off-shore wind farm. Part 3 follows the adventures of a Swiss taxi driver who is driving a solartaxi fueled by solar cells. Part 4 visits wind farms in rural India. Part 5 films hydrogen fuel cell taxis being used in Tokyo. Part 6 films the use of glass mirrors to concentrate light on solar cell receptors. Part 7 films a protective bubble designed to protect babies from urban air pollution and Volvo's hybrid buses that use an electric motor and diesel engine.
First hand accounts show how individuals are choosing a more environmentally friendly approach to life. Part 1: In New York City a travelling greenhouse barge will encourage New Yorkers to grown vegetable gardens on their rooftops. Part 2: Welsh sheep are allowing a small industry to provide organic mattresses that is also fireproof. Part 3: Visits the Royal Horticulture greenhouse to observe exotic plants and the educational programs provided for children and adults. Part 4: In the Philippines waste is being controlling by reusable packaging and baskets made from native plants. Part 5: in the Green Shop, people in the United Kingdom can purchase environmentally friendly products. Part 6: In Brooklyn, a writer has created a farm in his urban back yard. Part 7: In Chile, human and industrial wastes are purified by earthworms. Part 8: In Devon, England, a wedding in a fairytale setting is environmentally friendly.
First hand accounts show how governments, industries, and people worldwide are protecting natural resources by using principles of wise resource allocation. Part 1: In Masai communities in Africa, women are collecting rain water and runoff and storing it in tanks. Part 2: In Britain, a wetland area is being restored to a salt marsh for seabirds and for the prevention of flooding that may occur as a result of global warming. Part 3: In India, freshwater turtles are being protected from poachers. Part 4: Introduces U.N. initiatives and the efforts of non-governmental agencies to increase the supply of clean water in Africa. Part 5: in Brazil, an indigenous group has opened their own school to teach Amazon residents how to make a living without harming the environment. Part 6: annual sandstorms in the Gobi Desert have displaced Chinese people who are now fighting back by planting trees. Part 7: In Japan the slaughter of dolphins has become a source of public outcry.
Audience: General, Grades 4-12. Subjects: Social Studies. 1989: The Fall Of The Berlin Wall, 1980's (2010)
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies.(2017) This program features the fascinating history of Lana'i island from its early geology to the end of the 19th century. Included are the first settlement of the island by Polynesians with some traditional stories; Western contact and the resulting sociological and ecological changes; Protestant missions and Mormon settlement; land ownership consolidation under Walter Murray Gibson and the beginning of the island?s sheep industry.
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies. (2017) This program will continue to cover the unique history of Lana'i island from the end of the 19th century to present day. Included are: the further consolidation of land ownership, the transition from sugar to cattle ranching; the establishment of the pineapple industry on Lana'i and the immigration of workers; the change from an agricultural based economy to tourism; the establishment of the Lana'i Heritage and Cultural Center.
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies.(2017) The island of Lana'i is moving toward building a sustainable island community. This video features the elements of natural and cultural resources and how these will guide water use, the development of renewable energy, a stable economy, education, housing, and health. Interviewed are those key individuals dedicated to guiding and building a sustainable island community on Lana'i.
The Art Bento Program at the Hawai?i State Art Museum (HiSAM) is a museum education program of the Hawai?i State Art Museum serving Oahu Department of Education elementary students, Grades 2 ? 6, and their teachers. This four-part inquiry-based program actively engages students and teachers through activities connected to current arts standards and ELA Common Core Standards. This unique multi-disciplinary educational opportunity emphasizes arts and visual literacy and is led by qualified teaching artists from the Hawai?i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA) Artistic Teaching Partners (ATP) roster. There is no cost to schools to participate in the program and funds for bus transportation are also provided.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Language Arts. Write Right! Learning Cursive tackles the drudgery and redundant nature of learning to write in cursive handwriting for elementary age children and helps them develop good habits in order to write right! Concepts: Letters: x, z, X, Z, Words: X-ray, Zebra, Sentences: Exit the Zoo.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject: Social Studies. (2002) Traces the life of Chief Sitting Bull, who defended his people and their promised land against the invasion of American settlers. Shows how his mystical visions proved true both in the Indian victory at Little Big Horn and in his death at Standing Rock. Depicts a man who was a loving father, a composer of songs, an artist, and a loyal friend.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject: Social Studies. (2002) Traces the life of hero, warrior and backwoods statesman Davy Crockett, who symbolized the adventurous spirit of the American frontier. Follows his election to the Tennessee state legislature in 1821 and later to the U.S. Congress in 1826. Documents his heroic death at the Alamo while helping Texas win independence from Mexico.
At 'Iolani Palace in Honolulu you step back into Hawai'i's royal past, relive the story of Hawai'i's kings and queens, and explore the palace King Kalakaua built in 1882.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-12; Subject Areas: Sustainability, STEM. (2020) In this episode: Water rescue, Four Awesome Discoveries, Navigating the new Arctic, and much more!
A sunny day in paradise turned into one of the deadliest, most catastrophic natural disasters ever. An earthquake deep in the Indian ocean caused tsunamis that battered countries from Southeast Asia all the way to Africa. Hundreds of thousands of people died. Millions were left without food and shelter. Whole cites were wiped out not unlike from a nuclear explosion. The only solace is the creation of an early warning system that has already proven its worth.
A devastating earthquake hit Haiti?s capitol and surrounding area killing 250,000 people and affecting three million more. The impact was magnified by poorly built structures and a poverty stricken country without the means to adequately respond. As aid flooded in it could not reach the people. Recovery remains slow but what is built is better than before.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-12; Subject Areas: Science. This energetic and upbeat program introduces students to the world of animals by visiting them in a zoo setting and talking with the zookeepers and other professionals who care for them. Birds Students visit the National Zoo and learn what makes a bird,...well, a bird! Scientists discuss the importance of feathers on birds. A game show spoof "What Do Birds Eat?" focuses on different birds and how they grow and develop. Birds Segment Time: 15 minutes
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject Areas: Science. (2010) "The Heat is On: Desert Tortoises and Survival" is a thirty minute television program exploring the world of the Mojave Desert Tortoise. It highlights the USGS research program on the Desert Tortoise and the role of that research in managing desert environments to allow the species to recover and escape the threat of extinction. The program was originally released on the internet in segmented form in 2010. This re-release presents the program in its entirety. The program was produced jointly by the USGS Western Ecological Research Center (www.werc.usgs.gov) in cooperation with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Desert Tortoise Recovery Office.
Audience: General; Subject Areas: Science. (2017) Neil deploys his veterinary skills to help save Bermuda's Green sea turtles and assist with groundbreaking scientific research on their health and populations. Follow the team as they capture and release wild green sea turtles in a bid to study their health and populations before fitting a satellite tag to a mature specimen that will collect vital data on it's oceanic migrations. Neil also works with Bermuda's turtle stranding network, assisting with the diagnoses, treatment and re-release of an injured green sea turtle washed up on one of Bermuda?s many beautiful beaches.
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject Areas: Science. (2014) Designing Life. Man has been doing it for over 10,000 years. You may not be aware of it, but we are surrounded by "Superlife," life-forms manipulated by Man. Superlife looks at the stories of how these super organisms came to permeate our planet, and how the latest science is pushing the boundaries to create more with less time and resources and at a higher quality. Note- Superlife explores the science of how mankind is manipulating life for its benefit. The series does not attempt to address the concerns surrounding cloning, genetically modified organisms or the ethics of certain farming practices.
Audience: General; Subject Areas: Science. (2017) Neil and the Ocean Vet team are faced with an intense day of veterinary work checking the health of endangered spotted eagle rays. They face a tricky task to capture one of the most intelligent fish in the ocean. Watch as the team attach satellite tracking tags, take DNA samples, and ultrasound these animals to see if they're carrying pups. The teams research will answer long standing scientific questions on how these elegant elasmobranchs arrived in Bermuda's waters.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Science. (2013) Little Scientist helps children develop scientific reasoning by exploring the world of science that surrounds them. The unique structure of each program combines a short story with scientific information, enabling children to easily and naturally become interested and engaged. While focusing on the story, children will naturally absorb the science that is presented in various "fun" formats. Science is fun!
Audience: General; Subject Areas: Science. (2017) Neil works with a team of scientists and marine mammal toxicologists on an expedition to prove the presence of deadly toxins inside Bermuda's mid migratory humpback whales. They collect biopsy samples from 50 ton humpbacks using an adapted compound bow. The team also deploy their aerial drone to observe a mother humpback and calf, and Choy has a dangerous encounter when he receives a report of a dead sperm whale being torn to shreds by hungry sharks.
Explores the mythology, legends and history found in the Harry Potter novels by J.K. Rowling.
Audience: General; Subject Areas: Fine Arts. Daven Hee - Ceramics, Cade Roster - Multi-Media
Grades: 9-12; Language Arts. This series features six island women who are distinguished poets in our community: Kathy Song, Juliet Kono, Carolyn Sinavaiana, Mahealani Perez-Wendt, Brandy Nalani McDougall, and Amalia Bueno. These women come from varied ethnic backgrounds and have all worked hard to contribute to the growing presence of a literary community in Hawai'i. Many of them are dedicated teachers who have mentored others to become writers, and many of them also enjoy a national reputation. Each segment features one poet speaking about their lives and work, and sharing several of their poems on camera. Amalia B. Bueno's poetry and short stories have been recently published in Tinfish 20, Bamboo Ridge 98, Walang Hiya: Literature Taking Risks Toward Liberatory Practice and Growing Up Filipino II. Born in Manila and raised in Honoulu, she has worked in public relations, community development, and policy research and is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in English from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
Grades: 9-12; Language Arts. This series features six island women who are distinguished poets in our community: Kathy Song, Juliet Kono, Carolyn Sinavaiana, Mahealani Perez-Wendt, Brandy Nalani McDougall, and Amalia Bueno. These women come from varied ethnic backgrounds and have all worked hard to contribute to the growing presence of a literary community in Hawai'i. Many of them are dedicated teachers who have mentored others to become writers, and many of them also enjoy a national reputation. Each segment features one poet speaking about their lives and work, and sharing several of their poems on camera. Brandy Nalani McDougall, is of Kanaka Maoli (Hawai'i, Maui, O'ahu and Kaua'i lineages), Chinese and Scottish descent. She is the author of a poetry collection, The Salt-Wind, Ka Makani Pa'akai (2008) and a chapbook, "Return to the Kula House," featured in Effigies: An Anthology of New Indigenous Writing, edited by Allison Hedge Coke (2009). She is a co-founder of Ala Press and Kahuaom'noa Press.
Grades: 9-12; Language Arts. This series features six island women who are distinguished poets in our community: Kathy Song, Juliet Kono, Carolyn Sinavaiana, Mahealani Perez-Wendt, Brandy Nalani McDougall, and Amalia Bueno. These women come from varied ethnic backgrounds and have all worked hard to contribute to the growing presence of a literary community in Hawai'i. Many of them are dedicated teachers who have mentored others to become writers, and many of them also enjoy a national reputation. Each segment features one poet speaking about their lives and work, and sharing several of their poems on camera. Caroline Sinavaiana is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Hawai?i at Manoa, where she teaches Oceanic/Pacific and Comparative Ethnic Literatures, and Creative Writing. Author of two collections of poetry, Alchemies of Distance and Mohawk/Samoa: Transmigrations (with James Thomas Stevens), her poetry and scholarship appear in national and international journals.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Language Arts. Write Right! Learning Cursive tackles the drudgery and redundant nature of learning to write in cursive handwriting for elementary age children and helps them develop good habits in order to write right! Concepts: Letter: b, f, Words: leek, keel.
Grades: 9-12; Language Arts. This series features six island women who are distinguished poets in our community: Kathy Song, Juliet Kono, Carolyn Sinavaiana, Mahealani Perez-Wendt, Brandy Nalani McDougall, and Amalia Bueno. They have distinctive literary voices that reflect with depth their roots in Hawai'i and the Pacific. Each segment features one poet speaking about their lives and work, and sharing several of their poems on camera. After reading a poem, they comment on each piece, giving the viewers insights into their creative process. Cathy Song was born in Honolulu, Hawai'i in 1955 of Chinese and Korean descent. She left the island to pursue her education, receiving her B.A. from Wellesley College in 1977 and an M.A. in creative writing from Boston University in 1981. She returned to Hawai'i after graduating. In 1983, Song published her first collection of poetry, Picture Bride, which won the Yale Series of Younger Poets competition, a very prestigious national poetry award.
Grades: 9-12; Language arts. Juliet S. Kono has written two books of poetry, a short story collection, and several children's books. She has been widely anthologized, most recently in Imagine What It's Like, which combines literature and medicine. Her most recent book is Anshuu, a historical novel about World War II, published in 2010. Ms. Kono has won several awards, most notably the American Japanese National Literary Award and U.S./Japan Friendship Commission Creative Artists Exchange Fellowship in 1999.
Grades: 9-12; Language Arts. This series features six island women who are distinguished poets in our community: Kathy Song, Juliet Kono, Carolyn Sinavaiana, Mahealani Perez-Wendt, Brandy Nalani McDougall, and Amalia Bueno. They have distinctive literary voices that reflect with depth their roots in Hawai'i and the Pacific. Each segment features one poet speaking about their lives and work, and sharing several of their poems on camera. After reading a poem, they comment on each piece, giving the viewers insights into their creative process. Mahealani Perez-Wendt is a Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) poet, writer and community activist residing in Hawai'i, on the island of Maui. She is the 1993 recipient of the Eliot Cades literary award, and is the author of Uluhaimalama, an anthology of her poetry. Her work has appeared in numerous publications. Her unique and accomplished voice is an important part of the development of indigenous literature in Hawai'i.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Language Arts. Write Right! Learning Cursive tackles the drudgery and redundant nature of learning to write in cursive handwriting for elementary age children and helps them develop good habits in order to write right! Concepts: Letter c, o, C, O. Words: cold, flock.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Fine Arts. (1999) Mark draws a hippo while demonstrating the Renaissance terms foreshortening, shading, and practice. At the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, he reviews a moose in the painting, "King's Knight." Animator Wil Panganiban quickly sketches out a ballerina hippo.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Fine Arts. (1999) Mark draws a girl hugging the Earth while he demonstrates the Renaissance terms size and overlapping. He visists the Cincinnati Art Museum to view the painting "Mother and Child" by Mary Cassat. Guest artist Wendy Ponca shares beading techniques of Native Americans.
Grades: All; Subject areas: Fine Arts. Guest artist Russell Lowrey teaches about the use of line in a pastel drawing of the ocean.
Grades: All; Subject areas: Fine Arts. Form is the most basic element in art. Artist Page Chang focuses on form to paint a self-portrait.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-8; Subject: Music. (1998) Introduces Itamar, who lives in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. Itamar explains that all the members of his family play a musical instrument and his specialty is the violin. Itamar and his family perform at his birthday concert.
Audience: General; Subject: Local businesses. (2014) Series on Hawaii's local businesses. This program is about Kodama Koi Farms located in Mililani, Oahu a koi farm specializing in Nishikigoi. For information on Kodama Koi Farms visit their website: http://www.kodamakoifarm.com/
Audience: General; Subject: Local businesses. (2015) Series on Hawaii's local businesses. This program is about Kawamoto Orchid Nursery located in Palolo Valley, Honolulu, Hawaii. For more information visit: http://www.kawamotoorchids.com/
Audience: General; Subject: Local businesses. (2015) Series on Hawaii's local businesses. This program is about Kamiya Papaya Farm, located in Hauula, Windward Oahu, Hawaii. Kamiya papayas are sold across supermarkets on Oahu.
Audience: General; Subject: Local businesses. (2017)
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject: Fine Arts. (2016)
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-12; Subject Areas: Sustainability, STEM. (2020) In this episode: Water rescue, Four Awesome Discoveries, Navigating the new Arctic, and much more!
A sunny day in paradise turned into one of the deadliest, most catastrophic natural disasters ever. An earthquake deep in the Indian ocean caused tsunamis that battered countries from Southeast Asia all the way to Africa. Hundreds of thousands of people died. Millions were left without food and shelter. Whole cites were wiped out not unlike from a nuclear explosion. The only solace is the creation of an early warning system that has already proven its worth.
A devastating earthquake hit Haiti?s capitol and surrounding area killing 250,000 people and affecting three million more. The impact was magnified by poorly built structures and a poverty stricken country without the means to adequately respond. As aid flooded in it could not reach the people. Recovery remains slow but what is built is better than before.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-12; Subject Areas: Science. This energetic and upbeat program introduces students to the world of animals by visiting them in a zoo setting and talking with the zookeepers and other professionals who care for them. Birds Students visit the National Zoo and learn what makes a bird,...well, a bird! Scientists discuss the importance of feathers on birds. A game show spoof "What Do Birds Eat?" focuses on different birds and how they grow and develop. Birds Segment Time: 15 minutes
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject Areas: Science. (2010) "The Heat is On: Desert Tortoises and Survival" is a thirty minute television program exploring the world of the Mojave Desert Tortoise. It highlights the USGS research program on the Desert Tortoise and the role of that research in managing desert environments to allow the species to recover and escape the threat of extinction. The program was originally released on the internet in segmented form in 2010. This re-release presents the program in its entirety. The program was produced jointly by the USGS Western Ecological Research Center (www.werc.usgs.gov) in cooperation with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Desert Tortoise Recovery Office.
Audience: General; Subject Areas: Science. (2017) Neil deploys his veterinary skills to help save Bermuda's Green sea turtles and assist with groundbreaking scientific research on their health and populations. Follow the team as they capture and release wild green sea turtles in a bid to study their health and populations before fitting a satellite tag to a mature specimen that will collect vital data on it's oceanic migrations. Neil also works with Bermuda's turtle stranding network, assisting with the diagnoses, treatment and re-release of an injured green sea turtle washed up on one of Bermuda?s many beautiful beaches.
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject Areas: Science. (2014) Designing Life. Man has been doing it for over 10,000 years. You may not be aware of it, but we are surrounded by "Superlife," life-forms manipulated by Man. Superlife looks at the stories of how these super organisms came to permeate our planet, and how the latest science is pushing the boundaries to create more with less time and resources and at a higher quality. Note- Superlife explores the science of how mankind is manipulating life for its benefit. The series does not attempt to address the concerns surrounding cloning, genetically modified organisms or the ethics of certain farming practices.
Audience: General; Subject Areas: Science. (2017) Neil and the Ocean Vet team are faced with an intense day of veterinary work checking the health of endangered spotted eagle rays. They face a tricky task to capture one of the most intelligent fish in the ocean. Watch as the team attach satellite tracking tags, take DNA samples, and ultrasound these animals to see if they're carrying pups. The teams research will answer long standing scientific questions on how these elegant elasmobranchs arrived in Bermuda's waters.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Science. (2013) Little Scientist helps children develop scientific reasoning by exploring the world of science that surrounds them. The unique structure of each program combines a short story with scientific information, enabling children to easily and naturally become interested and engaged. While focusing on the story, children will naturally absorb the science that is presented in various "fun" formats. Science is fun!
Audience: General; Subject Areas: Science. (2017) Neil works with a team of scientists and marine mammal toxicologists on an expedition to prove the presence of deadly toxins inside Bermuda's mid migratory humpback whales. They collect biopsy samples from 50 ton humpbacks using an adapted compound bow. The team also deploy their aerial drone to observe a mother humpback and calf, and Choy has a dangerous encounter when he receives a report of a dead sperm whale being torn to shreds by hungry sharks.