Weston Woods Animated Children's Books
Lanzhou: Confluence of Cultures
Maxwell discovers that displacement current produces electromagnetic waves or light.nn
Many properties of light are properties of waves, including reflection, refraction, and diffraction.
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.
Tails Of The Galapagos - When Bo, Max, and Karla spy what look like a couple of slow-moving rock monsters making their way toward them, they panic and tell Mama. Mama is pleased to tell them that those aren't rocks at all; it's her friend Glynnis and her son Glenn, all the way from the Galapagos Islands for a visit. Which, of course, leads to the question, "How did a Galapagos turtle and an African elephant become friends?" Well, of course, there's a story there.... Happy Habitats - Max is a bit bored today. Nobody's around; not even Karla and Bo. Mama assures him that there are potential friends all around him - all he has to do is look closer. What Max finds - with Mama's help - is surprising. Creatures are everywhere, right there under his trunk.
Endothermic and exothermic reactions are investigated and the role of entropy is revealed.n
Viewers journey inside the atom to appreciate its architectural beauty and grasp how atomicnstructure determines chemical behavior.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.
Dave begins this journey at the home of Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a Polish engineer who was a compatriot of Benjamin Franklin and became head engineer of the Continental Army. Leaving land and goods to the benefit of released American slaves, Thaddeus ultimately returned to Poland to participate in a revolution in his native country. At Germantown, Dave visits the house that General Howe successfully defended and tells the little-known story of George Washington returning General Howe's dog after the conflict. At Valley Forge, Dave recall the harsh winters of 1777 and 1778, when General Von Steuben transformed the beleaguered Revolutionary army into an 18th century fighting force.
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
A dual language immersion program in Redding where students learn academics in both English and Mandarin Chinese. How the passage of Proposition 58 could increase opportunities for students to learn multiple languages. A summer internship program introduces high schoolers to city government. An effort in San Diego to incorporate artistic technique into traditional subjects like history.
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.
What are the sounds and sights of an emerging global culture? From World Cup soccer to Coca Cola, modern icons reflect the intertwined cultural, political, and commercial dimensions of globalization. This unit listens to and looks at the music and images of global production and consumption from reggae to the Olympics.
The great powers cooperated to quell internal revolts, yet competed to acquire colonies.n
This is the orientation program for GED Connection, it takes a look at the series and how you can use it to help prepare for the GED test. The GED test has five parts to it: math, social studies, science, reading, and writing. There are GED Connection programs that correspond to each part of the test, although some parts (like math) have more programs. The reading programs have one program that correlates with each type of reading material that may be encountered on the GED test, which is fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama. The writing programs show how to approach writing as a process in order to organize your thoughts better. The math programs cover topics like geometry, measurement, data analysis, formulas, algebra, and statistics. The science programs cover life science, earth science, and space science. Lastly, the social studies programs cover topics like maps, world history, and civics and government.