Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Science. (2005) Explores the concept of scientific observation and explains how the senses are used to make observations. Highlights various methods of observation and explains how to record them in the form of data. Compares quantitative and qualitative observations and illustrates how the collected data is recorded, organized and displayed using graphic methods. Identifies several types of graphs and charts used to analyze and record scientific data. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffjlab3dVc05DdmV5RE9MSjdtd195YUFFdXRGenRIWnpaUkNvSmtKMlh2Mmc&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Science. (2006) Highlights the history and use of the microscope and explains the role of microscopy in scientific research. Describes different types of microsopes and their specific functions, including the electron microscope, and identifies the specific parts of a compound microscope.Also discusses how to handle the microscopes found in a science room or laboratory and provides helpful techniques for the safe and proper use of these scientific instruments. Concludes with a ten-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffnRYOVh1MV9sVDA4U2RuRGdua0lkMnNLQ21ndVpqeHpsd0g0MHpGRHBmRUU&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Science. (2006) Identifies the scientific apparatus used for measuring mass and volume. Differentitates mass from weight, defines the terminology associated with scientific mensuration, and describes the physical instruments used to determine mass and weight. Also explains what volume is and describes the instruments used to accurately measure liquids in a science laboratory. Concludes with a ten-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffnRYOVh1MV9sVDA4U2RuRGdua0lkMnNLQ21ndVpqeHpsd0g0MHpGRHBmRUU&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Science. (2006) Identifies the scientific apparatus used for measuring length and temperature. Describes different measuring systems and explores the process of measuring length and distance using the metric system. Discusses metric units of measure and demonstrates the use of metric rulers, meter sticks and calipers. Also explains how temperature is measured, how to read different types of thermometers, and how to safely use a traditional thermometer found in a science laboratory. Concludes with a ten-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffnRYOVh1MV9sVDA4U2RuRGdua0lkMnNLQ21ndVpqeHpsd0g0MHpGRHBmRUU&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Science. (2006) Introduces basic safety measures for working with science laboratory equipment. Discusses the use of protective clothing and eyewear and demonstrates the safe handling of laboratory materials, glassware, microscopes, measuring instruments and heat sources. Highlights ways to prevent problems in the science lab, identifies the safety devices found in laboratories, and explains how to deal with accidents that might occur. Program concludes with a ten-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffnRYOVh1MV9sVDA4U2RuRGdua0lkMnNLQ21ndVpqeHpsd0g0MHpGRHBmRUU&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject: Biology. (2010) Almost all life either directly or indirectly depends on one of the most important biological processes on the planet - photosynthesis. Through easy-to-understand graphics and colorful animations, the complex chemical process of photosynthesis is explored. The various structures involved in photosynthesis, transpiration, and transport are also highlighted. Concepts and terminology include: chloroplast, photosystem, light reactions, light-independent reactions, carbon fixation, pigments, photon, absorption, spectrum, chlorophyll, carotenoids, electron transport, photophosphorylation, Calvin Cycle, and C4 plants. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfVzFpdHc3anZHQ3c&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject: Biology. (2010) This engaging video program uses colorful animations and on-location footage to illustrate some of the amazing ways plants reproduce. The reproduction processes in bryophytes, ferns, gymnosperms, and angiosperms are highlighted. Reproductive structures and strategies are illustrated through easy-to-understand diagrams, close-up photography, and colorful 3-D animations. Concepts and terminology includes: haploid gametophyte, diploid sporophyte, archegonium, antheridium, sporophyte, fragmentation, sporangia, sori, seed, pollen, cone, stamen, pistil, style, ovule, and anther. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfVzFpdHc3anZHQ3c&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject: Biology. (2010) Plants possess a wide variety of structures that enable them to accomplish amazing things. This engaging video investigates structures common to most plants and describes how these features enable them to survive. Familiar, everyday examples help students understand the means by which plants carry out their lives. Concepts and terminology include: meristematic tissue, ground tissue, cambium, xylem, epidermis, phloem, roots, cortex, herbaceous stem, stomates, pith, woody stem, terminal bud, guard cells, mesophyll, palisade, transpiration, and translocation. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfVzFpdHc3anZHQ3c&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: K; Subject: Physics (2009)
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject Areas: Science. (2011) Often hard-to-understand concepts of air, gases, air pressure, and layers of the atmosphere are plainly explained in this fascinating video. Concepts and terminology: oxygen, nitrogen, layers, weather, jet stream, and northern lights.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject Areas: Science. (2011) Live-action weather footage helps students learn how they can observe the weather. Concepts and terminology: temperature, air pressure, weather systems, precipitation, and wind.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject Areas: Science. (2011) This beautiful program illustrates the key components of the water cycle that occurs everywhere around us. Concepts and terminology: condensation, evaporation, precipitation, cloud, rain, snow, sleet, and hail.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject Areas: Science. (2011) Staying safe in all kinds of weather and avoiding weather-related injuries are the focus of this practical video. Concepts and terminology: lightning, tornado, wind, hurricane, and safe shelter.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-5; Subject Areas: Science. (2006) An earthquake can be one of the most destructive natural disasters on Earth! It comes without warning and in a matter of seconds can level a city.
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.
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.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-5; Subject Areas: Science. (2006) Explains the science of measurement and identifies both standard and metric units of measure. Uses a variety of examples to illustrate the measurement of length, mass, volume and temperature. Demonstrates the use of common measuring instruments, such as rulers, balances, and cylinders and explains metric conversion. Also describes how a thermometer is used to measure temperature and introduces the Celsius scale. Program concludes with a 5-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfRmVCS0JEa0JRLWc&usp=sharing
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 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.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject: Science. (2008) This program illustrates the everyday, real-life processes of weathering and erosion. Easy-to-understand examples of weathering help students differentiate between the processes of mechanical and chemical weathering. Vivid footage of processes such as freezing, thawing, condensation, and rusting help students grasp how weathering works. Erosion, the process by which materials are transported from one place to another, is addressed via action-oriented footage. Important terminology includes: mechanical weathering, landslides, abrasion, freezing, thawing, chemical weathering, oxidation, acid rain, moving water, wind, and glaciers. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfaGlRNVhsdW10SlE&usp=sharing
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies.(2015) Hidden in the back of Manoa Valley, the Lyon Arboretum is a historic site that serves as a botanical garden, an educational institution, and a research facility. The documentary tells the history of the arboretum and the vital role it played in preserving our watershed. The many present-day activities of the arboretum are also featured including its work in preserving and exhibiting Native Hawaiian and exotic plants, its role as an educational institution and its role as a research facility.
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies.(2015) This documentary covers the activities of the Hawaiian Rare Plant Program at the Lyon Arboretum, a program that seeks to propagate and preserve the most endangered plant species in our islands. The documentary explores the program's three main components: a seed bank, a micro-propagation laboratory, and its greenhouse facilities. The processes of seed storage and micro-propagation are explained, and several rarely seen endangered plants are featured.
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.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject Areas: Science. (2011) This program explores the interesting and fun process of weighing common objects. Concepts and terminology: matter, mass, weight, scale, and metric system. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfdktnalJvOFhOT1k&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject Areas: Health, SEL. (2015) Coen: My Story About Organ Donors Coen was born with cystic fibrosis and later developed diabetes. With a lung capacity of just 20%, Coen spent a 1/3 of each day dealing with treatments of varying kinds. At age 15 he received a double lung transplant, a procedure that saved his life. Now a once painful hissing sound can be recognized as a laugh, a difficult walk now a full-on run, he can even wrestle with his little brother. Able to live like a normal teenager, Coen enjoys snorkeling, jet-skiing and swimming, all thanks to a generous organ donor who changed his life. Today Coen is raising awareness to potent
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-12; Subject Areas: Sustainability, STEM. (2018) In this episode: Saving indigenous languages, bone implants, triceratops gets a cousin, saving the bay, the science of speed and much more!
We previously showed you how North Carolina sweetpotato farmers do what they do -- which is grow an amazing two-thirds of the U.S. sweetpotato crop. But, as with all farmers, there's another side to show. Farmers are committed to serving and giving back to their communities. In this episode, Part 1, we'll follow the journeys of the amazing Ripe For Revival touring pantry that brings fresh produce into communities where it's needed most.
n part 2 of this very special episode, you'll meet a sweetpotato grower who -- like many -- does double duty with his volunteer fire department. You'll also meet a cancer survivor who speaks to the way the community supports each other in troubled times. We'll visit another grower who earmarks funds for cancer support. And most amazingly, we'll meet a former NFL star who walked away from the game to come home and farm and give away everything he grows to the needy.
It's the oldest story we know -- the birds and the bees. We don't need the birds to grow our food, but without the bees we'd be in a lot of trouble. About a third of all crops require direct pollination by bees, including 70 of the top 100 primary sources of our food. Take away the bees, you take away the food. There's a lot we don't understand about our flying friends -- but there's a whole lot more we're finding out. Where The Food Comes From spent a day with the experts at the University of Florida Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences Honey Bee Research and Extension Lab to get the buzz. We'll dive deep to show you some of the very surprising ways bees impact what you eat -- and we'll also show you what's actually going on inside those hives!
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject: STEM. (2015) New Materials In the last two centuries alone, mankind has witnessed an explosion in the production of new and entirely synthetic materials - most significantly the plastics that now occupy a prominent place in our everyday lives. But with the advent of nanotechnology, everything we have achieved so far may have been just the beginning.
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject: World Cultures. (2014) From some of the most remote locations in the world the appealing photography of wide eyed children just being kids will quickly engage audience attention. These close-up programs are so captivating and the children so innocent that experiencing their unique lifestyles will have lasting effect. These children, like children everywhere, live their lives with the sweet innocence of youth combined with hopeful dreams for the future.
This program focuses on teachers who have made a difference in the lives of their students, the educators who make their chosen profession their passion.
(2019) Video by the Hawaii State Department of Education featuring teachers and staff who have made an impact on students. This video features the district and state Teacher of the Year 2019.
Visits the ancient Czech Republic. In Bohemia, highlights the city of Prague with its Mala Strana, Staromestske and Josefov quarters and the Moldau River. Travels to Karlstejn Castle and the spa cities of Karlovy Vary and Marinsk Lzne. Features the beer centers of Plzen and Cesk Budejovice, and the castle at Cesk Krumlov. In Moravia, explores underground caves and the city of Brno. Highlights the music, art, baroque architecture, and art nouveau architecture. Also discusses the Hussite movement and the Soviet occupation.
Discusses the life of the music composer, Franz Schubert. Against a background of his famous Ave Maria, introduces Schubert as a composer whose deep romanticism infused all his music, from songs to symphonies. Covers the early life of this child prodigy and his emergence as a salon artist who composed quickly and constantly. Bemoans his early death and life of poverty, praising the quantity and quality of his compositions.
Focuses on the natural beauty of New Zealand's North Island beaches and forests. Visits the Auckland and Kelly Tarlton aquarium, the Bay of Plenty, White Island's volcano, Lady Knox Geiser, Waiotapu thermal wonderland and Lake Taupo. Travels to Rotorua, the Pohutu Geiser and the Coromandel Peninsula. Explores Maori culture, the kiwi and sheep industries, and New Zealanders respect for nature.
Discusses the life of the artist, Vincent Van Gogh. Against a background of his famous paintings, traces the life of Vincent Van Gogh. Explains that he painted subjects exactly as he saw them, which was often through a torturous point of view that mirrored his own inner turmoils versus the beauties of the world. This historical recreation includes Van Gogh's cutting off his own ear and his eventual suicide.
Grades: All; Subject areas: Fine Arts. (2019)
The Japanese rely on rail transportation more than most, with the busiest of Tokyo's many large stations handling around 2.7 million passengers a day, commuting to work and school. These stations contain malls that offer everything from convenience stores to cafes and bookstores, and which continually add new services to keep pace with modern life. We visit a clinic, accessible from the platform to provide consultations for commuters on the go, and a daycare center run by a rail company for working parents.
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject Areas: Social Studies. (2013) Culture series on what makes Hawaii's local "mixing bowl" of ethnic backgrounds. From the arrivals of the first immigrants to today's social and cultural organizations and associations. This episode on Japanese Americans in Hawaii features archival footage of the Issei (first generation) plantation workers as well as Nissei (second generation) war heroes of the 100th Battalion/442nd Infantry. Interviews include the Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce, Hawaii United Okinawa Association, Dr. Jonathan Okamura (author of The Japanese American Contemporary Experience in Hawai'i) and Dennis Ogawa (author of Jan Ken Po: The World of Hawaii's Japanese Americans).
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject: Business. (2015) Inc. Business Advisor provides "best practice" management information for entrepreneurs to help create and build their business. Inc. draws upon more than thirty years of experience with the most successful, innovative entrepreneurs in the world. More than thirty in depth tutorials on writing a business plan, creating a marketing strategy, managing people, and more provide actionable solutions. DVD extras include how-to guides, related articles and other business tools. Marketing & Sales Part I - Marketing Strategies - Online Marketing - Public Relations- The Media And Other Tools - Brand Building For documents go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfVmhPeDltMk5xZHM&usp=drive_web
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject: Business. (2015) Inc. Business Advisor provides "best practice" management information for entrepreneurs to help create and build their business. Inc. draws upon more than thirty years of experience with the most successful, innovative entrepreneurs in the world. More than thirty in depth tutorials on writing a business plan, creating a marketing strategy, managing people, and more provide actionable solutions. DVD extras include how-to guides, related articles and other business tools. Marketing & Sales Part II - Small Business Sales Techniques - Networking Tools and Venues - Using The Competition To Your Advantage For documents go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfc2s5Sm04QXhFODA&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Language Arts, Fine Arts. (2007) An artist using cutouts, illustrates a story about an orphan whose Godfather is Death itself. Ambrose, the orphan grows up to be the best doctor in the country, because he is aided in his diagnoses by Death. If the patient is to recover Death stands at the head of the patient's bed but if the patient is to die, he stands at the foot of the bed. One day Dr. Ambrose is summoned by the King to cure his ill daughter Camilla. Dr. Ambrose and Camilla fall in love at first sight and when he sees death stand at the foot of the bed, he turns the bed around in a flash. Dr. Ambrose's dirty trick on Death changes the patient's fate and outrages Death. The doctor loses all his powers, but Princess Camilla recovers. Soon after, they marry and live happily ever after because Ambrose no longer has Death for a Godfather.
Explores the historical significance of the United States Capitol in Washington D.C. Explains why this historic site is one of America's greatest symbols of democracy. Traces the building's history, from its early design to its imposing position on Capitol Hill. Provides an in depth tour of the Capitol building emphasizing why this national monument symbolizes the patriotism of the American people and the principles of a democratic government.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-12; Subject Areas: Sustainability, STEM. (2018) In this episode: Saving indigenous languages, bone implants, triceratops gets a cousin, saving the bay, the science of speed and much more!
We previously showed you how North Carolina sweetpotato farmers do what they do -- which is grow an amazing two-thirds of the U.S. sweetpotato crop. But, as with all farmers, there's another side to show. Farmers are committed to serving and giving back to their communities. In this episode, Part 1, we'll follow the journeys of the amazing Ripe For Revival touring pantry that brings fresh produce into communities where it's needed most.
n part 2 of this very special episode, you'll meet a sweetpotato grower who -- like many -- does double duty with his volunteer fire department. You'll also meet a cancer survivor who speaks to the way the community supports each other in troubled times. We'll visit another grower who earmarks funds for cancer support. And most amazingly, we'll meet a former NFL star who walked away from the game to come home and farm and give away everything he grows to the needy.
It's the oldest story we know -- the birds and the bees. We don't need the birds to grow our food, but without the bees we'd be in a lot of trouble. About a third of all crops require direct pollination by bees, including 70 of the top 100 primary sources of our food. Take away the bees, you take away the food. There's a lot we don't understand about our flying friends -- but there's a whole lot more we're finding out. Where The Food Comes From spent a day with the experts at the University of Florida Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences Honey Bee Research and Extension Lab to get the buzz. We'll dive deep to show you some of the very surprising ways bees impact what you eat -- and we'll also show you what's actually going on inside those hives!
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject: STEM. (2015) New Materials In the last two centuries alone, mankind has witnessed an explosion in the production of new and entirely synthetic materials - most significantly the plastics that now occupy a prominent place in our everyday lives. But with the advent of nanotechnology, everything we have achieved so far may have been just the beginning.
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject: World Cultures. (2014) From some of the most remote locations in the world the appealing photography of wide eyed children just being kids will quickly engage audience attention. These close-up programs are so captivating and the children so innocent that experiencing their unique lifestyles will have lasting effect. These children, like children everywhere, live their lives with the sweet innocence of youth combined with hopeful dreams for the future.