Weston Woods Animated Children's Books
Boston: Ethnic Mosaic
According to one of the major laws of physics, energy is neither created nor destroyed.n
Potential energy provides a powerful model for understanding why the world has worked thensame way since the beginning of time.n
Weston Woods Animated Children's Books
The ability to compare DNA sequences from different organisms is refining our perspective on evolution. This session illustrates how molecular techniques are now combined with fossil evidence to explore relationships in organisms from whales to anthrax.
Anybody Home? - While playing out near the savanna tree, Max, Bo and Karla discover two young bird brothers (Dib and Dab) who appear to be lost and not so good at communicating. So with the help of Mama's movies, the children learn the value of a home and the love that surrounds it. In the end, the movies eventually reveal the home of Dib and Dab. Healthy Habits - When Max gets a cold and a trip to a special place has to be put off, Mama prescribes rest and plenty of fluids. Max is upset, but Mama shows him that everybody - yes, even animals - get sick and have to do what is necessary to recover. Sometimes they even take their own kind of "medicine."
Interviews with leaders from academia and industry explore the frontiers of chemical research. n
Malleability, ductility, and conductivity are examined, along with methods for extracting metalsnfrom ores and blending alloys.n
Competition and cooperation can be studied mathematically, an idea that first arose in the analysis of games like chess and checkers, but soon showed its relevance to economics and geopolitical strategy. This unit shows how conflict and strategies can be thought about mathematically, and how doing so can reveal important insights about human and even animal behaviors.
In Jamestown, Virginia, Dave recalls the hardships encountered by English settlers who established the colony in 1607. He reviews the biography of Pocahontas and credits the Powhatan Indians with saving the colony from certain disaster. A tour of Colonial Williamsburg allows Dave to explore life as lived in Colonial Times. Standing near canon emplacements at Yorktown, Dave recalls details of the British surrender and Thomas Nelson's role in the Battle of Yorktown.
Counting is an act of organization, a listing of a collection of things in an orderly fashion. Sometimes it's easy; for instance counting people in a room. But listing all the possible seating arrangements of those people around a circular table is more challenging. This unit looks at combinatorics, the mathematics of counting complicated configurations. In an age in which the organization of bits and bytes of data is of paramount importance
In Good Shape is the weekly health show on DW, covering all aspects of health care: what's new in medical treatment, alternative medicine, wellness and fitness - as well as nutrition and beauty. In our studio interview we discuss topics in-depth with specialists, and offer you opportunities to pose your own questions. Dr. Carsten Lekutat and Stefanie Suren are alternate hosts of the program and will provide a combination of video-rich features and insightful interviews that grapple with some of the larger issues in medical treatment and healthcare. As an interactive feature of the program we also ask viewers to request a program topic Dr. Carsten Lekutat is a qualified General Practitioner and works as a doctor in Berlin. He is also responsible for training medical students at the Berlin Charite hospital. Stefanie Suren is executive producer and presenter of In Good Shape. 'Keep it simple and straightforward' - that is her goal as a reporter, producer and presenter.
How do religions interact, adopt new ideas, and adapt to diverse cultures? As the missionaries, pilgrims, and converts of Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam moved around the world, the religions created change and were themselves changed.
Exhausted by war and civil strife, many Europeans exchanged earlier liberties and anarchies forngreater peace.n
This program is the first of 13 episodes on math skills for students preparing for the GED exam. As such, it covers general math-related topics the exam addresses, and helps students understand how the math portion of the exam is structured. The program consists of an in-studio host and video excerpts of GED students, instructors and testing experts offering their perspectives. Several tips are offered including rephrasing word problems so you understand what is being asked. Recognize the functions implied by the words sum, difference, product, and quotient. Students must demonstrate ability to work with whole numbers, fractions, decimals. They must know multiplication tables, recognize symbols such as square roots and exponents, solve basic equations, and set up problems without having to solve them. Math subject areas covered on exam include basic operations, measurements in geometry, data analysis and probability, and algebra. The program also shows key functions of calculator that is provided to test takers. Also covered is how to record answers for the 3 types of questions: multiple choice, charting on coordinate plane grid, and entering fractions and decimals.