The research in this program focuses on how the East and West view the world. Westerners tend to focus on objects in a scene independently of each other. Easterners view the whole and the interaction between objects. In each instance, different parts of the brain are activated and different conclusions drawn. This effects everyday life such as: Language- "More tea?" (West/object) versus "Drink more?" (East/interaction with object) Character- "He is mean" (West/individual) versus "He had a bad day"( East/effect of others)
Perspective of self and others is explored. The West is more ego-centric and individualistic, seeing from the observers point of view. The East tends to be retrospective, considering what others think. For example, in the West you would give lots of drink choices, allowing individual choice. In the East it is polite to consider the persons favorite drink and offer that. This perspective leads the West to value the self whereas the East places importance on the group.
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 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 Chinese Americans in Hawaii features archival footage of the early Honolulu Harbor and Chinatown fires. Interviews include the Chinese Lion Dance Association, Dr. Franklin Ng (professor at California State University at Fresno Department of Ethnic Studies), and James G.Y. Ho (Hawaiian Chinese Multicultural Museum & Archives).
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject Areas: Social Studies. (2014) 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 Filipino Americans in Hawaii features archival footage of the early plantation workers, known as sakadas. Interviews include Dr. Belinda A. Aquino (Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Center for Philippine Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa), Dr. Raymund Liongson (Associate Professor & Coordinator of Asian & Philippine Studies at University of Hawaii Leeward Community College), Dr. Vina A. Lanzona (Current Director of the Center for Philippine Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa), and a visit to the Filipino Community Center in Waipahu.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Fine Arts. (1999) Mark draws baby birds while demonstrating the Renaissance words overlapping and bonus. He also reviews an English porcelain dish named "Hen and Chick Tureen." Guest artist Rudy Lovato, Jr. does a jungle scene using an air brush.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Fine Arts. (1999) Mark draws a manatee while demonstrating the Renaissance words shading and contour. He also reviews the painting "The Point de Roches" by the impressionist Claude Monet. Guest animator Doug Dubosque creates a scuba diving monkey.
Grades: All; Subject areas: Fine Arts. Guest artist Scott Goto demonstrates design elements in designing a book cover using colored pens and pencils.
Grades: All; Subject areas: Fine Arts. Guest artist Jodi Endicott incorporates the element of style in a shoe sculpture made of aluminum foil.
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject: Fine Arts. (2011) At beautiful Makapu'u on O'ahu, award winning artist Mark Brown shows how to create an "en plein air" painting at the cliffs of Makapu'u overlooking the scenic Waimamalo shoreline.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-12; Subject Areas: Sustainability, STEM. (2017) Three teams of engineering students work with communities in Ghana, Kenya and Nicaragua to develop a clean water supply, electricity, and a bridge; computers after silicon chips; a car that folds like a shopping cart...and much more.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Science. (2007) This video program investigates some of the key elements responsible for weather formation. Different types of air masses and their origins are investigated, as are the formation of weather fronts. Specific weather phenomenon including tornados, hurricanes, and thunderstorms are illustrated in detail. Other important terminology includes: air mass characteristics, warm front, cold front, low pressure, storm surge, cumulonimbus clouds, and lightning.
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.
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: 6-12; Subject Areas: Science. (2015) NASA EDGE visits the Salish Kootenai College in Pablo, Montana to check out their first CubeSat BisonSat!
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Science. (2013) Size, weight, density, color, and texture are just a few of the ways we describe things around us. This fast paced instructive program highlights the many ways matter is characterized. Special attention is also given to some of the ways matter is measured. Concepts and terminology: characteristic, physical, chemical, density, particles, and weight.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Science. (2013) Water commonly exists in three different forms: ice, liquid water, and water vapor. In this video the different phases of water serve as the foundation to teach about solids, liquids, and gases. Other common everyday examples of solids, liquids, and gases are also featured. Concepts and terminology: particles, volume, shape, and temperature.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Science. (2013) If you have ever torn up a piece of paper or seen ice melt, then you have witnessed physical changes. This fascinating program helps students understand some of the different ways matter changes physically. Vivid animations also illustrate various types of phase changes. Concepts and terminology: freezing, melting, condensation, boiling, and evaporation.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Science. (2013) From enjoying the warmth of a fire to baking a cake, we benefit from chemical changes on a regular basis. This colorful program illustrates and explains numerous examples of chemical changes. It also takes a look at some of the common characteristics of reactions that occur chemically. Concepts and terminology: physical change, chemical change, reaction, color change, gas, and heat.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Science. (2013) Everything we see and touch is made up of millions of tiny particles. This program is full of colorful examples showing the ways that matter is composed of particles. Vivid animations illustrate how matter consists of different types of particles that are responsible for varying characteristics. Concepts and terminology: atom, element, chemical, and compound.
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: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Health, SEL. (2018) Solid scientific evidence has shown the positive effects of mindfulness in school programs. However, teaching young children mindfulness concepts can be challenging. Breathe Like A Bear comes to the rescue, providing an engaging, kid-friendly introduction to mindfulness. This beautifully illustrated collection of mindfulness exercises is designed to teach young students techniques for managing their bodies, breath, and emotions. These thirty simple, short breathing practices and movements can be performed anytime, anywhere: at a child's desk at school, during heavy homework nights at home, or simply in the car on the way to the grocery store. The exercises are broken down into five sections: Be Calm, Focus, Imagine, Make Some Energy, and Relax. Based on Kira Willey's Parents' Choice GOLD Award winner Mindful Moments for Kids, Breathe Like a Bear is sure to help children find calm, gain focus, and feel energized during the day.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-5; Subject Areas: Science. (2006) We live in an ocean of air. It's all around us, everyplace, all the time ... so most of the time we don't even think about it. We only notice air when it moves ? when it becomes a wind. Wind can be part of a storm that can make for messy weather. In certain parts of the country people have to watch out for one of the most dangerous forms that wind can take, tornadoes!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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: 4-8; Subject Areas: Science. (2006) Discusses the methods used by scientists to classify living things. Explains the purpose of grouping things and explores the history of biological classification. Describes the process used to classify living organisms and outlines how this system has developed over time. Defines binomial nomenclature and details the information used by taxonomists to determine classification. Also identifies the major kingdoms, highlighting the common organisms found in each. Concludes with a 10-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffkRRbTlib3lfdW8yb1BKeWVNRGwwUUNHMDFwR29nbE80MmJtcTNONEs2aEk&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Science. (2006) Examines the classification of organisms found in the Monera and Protists kingdoms. Defines what monerans are and explains how scientists classify these different types of bacteria based on their characteristics. Also explores the unicellular organisms in the Kingdom Protista. Describes the appearance, characteristics, and behavior of protists and fungi. Discusses how these lifeforms are neither plants nor animals and highlights specific examples such as paramecium, slime molds, and algae. Concludes with a 10-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffkRRbTlib3lfdW8yb1BKeWVNRGwwUUNHMDFwR29nbE80MmJtcTNONEs2aEk&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Science. (2006) Describes the different characteristics of plants and fungi and explains how they are classified. Discusses the evolution of plants and fungi and how taxonomists group these living organisms. Examines the appearances and characteristics of nonvascular plants, seedless vascular plants, gymnosperms, and angiosperms, and discusses seed production. Also explores the general characteristics of fungi and identifies the four major divisions found in this kingdom. Concludes with a 10-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffkRRbTlib3lfdW8yb1BKeWVNRGwwUUNHMDFwR29nbE80MmJtcTNONEs2aEk&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Science. (2006) Explains the process involved in classifying animals. Defines the various characteristics associated with the living things inside the animal kingdom. Discusses the different phyla of animals and identifies the various appearances, characteristics, and behaviors of both vertebrates and invertebrates. Highlights the anatomy and physiology of sponges and worms, mollusks, arthropods, and echinoderms, as well as fishes, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals. Concludes with a 10-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffkRRbTlib3lfdW8yb1BKeWVNRGwwUUNHMDFwR29nbE80MmJtcTNONEs2aEk&usp=sharing
Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Science. (2008) Nick is amazed that flowers come in so many shapes and sizes and that insects help to produce new flowers. He observes perennials and annuals, including the oriental poppy that encourages insects to pollinate its flower. Nick itemizes the requirements for healthy flowers, and observes unusual flowers that even trap insects. He shows his young guests how to preserve flowers by pressing them.
Audience: General; Subject: Farm to School. (2017) Behind the scenes of Hawaii Department of Education's support of the Farm to Schools pilot program by former Lt. Gov. Shan Tsutsui. Interviews with Kohala Elementary Principal Danny Garcia, Chef Greg, Cafeteria Manager Aunty Priscilla, and State School Food Services Supervisor Dexter Kishida.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject: Science. (2003) This program explores the concept of plate tectonics, explaining how various scientific discoveries provide evidence to support this theory. The geographic fit of the continents, continental drift, ocean floor magnetic fields, and sea-floor spreading are described. Graphics are used to illustrate how earth movements cause earthquakes and result in landforms, such as volcanoes and mountains. Concludes with a 10-question video quiz.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject: Science. (2003) This program explains the causes behind earthquakes and volcanoes, revealing the devastating impact of these natural disasters. Descriptions of actual volcanic eruptions and earthquakes are combined with graphics to reveal how these dynamic forces occur. Also examines are how scientists can predict and measure earthquakes, identify types of volcanoes, and determine the nature of volcanic eruptions. Concludes with a 10-question video quiz.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject: Science. (2003) This program explores how gravity and erosion are involved in changing the earth's surface. Animation and live-action photography are used to illustrate how these natural forces both create and destroy landforms. Different types of erosion are explained in detail and the impact of sedimentation and deposition is discussed. Concludes with a 10-question video quiz.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject: Science. (2003) This program explains the process of weathering and its impact on the shape and composition of rocks. Mechanical weathering and chemical weathering are described and soil formation is illustrated. Live-action and animation are combined to explore different types of soils, soil properties and the soil profile. Concludes with a 10-question video quiz.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-12; Subject Areas: Science. (2012)
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-12; Subject Areas: Science. (2013)
Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Science. (2008) Nick surveys a wide variety of trees, explaining that trees are important to all ecosystems. He demonstrates how to plant a tree in a back garden. Several unusual trees are photographed. Then Nick and his friends show how to plant a bonsai.
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Science. (2003) Biologist John "Jack" Costello explains how cnidarians, the first tentacled animals, were also the first to develop nerves and muscles that allowed them to move, find food, and protect themselves from enemies. Close-up photography of sea aenmones and corals reveal complex behaviors that might be expected of higher level animals. Costello also reviews his studies of jellyfish movement that enabled this cnidarian to become a predatory killer. In Monterey Bay, marine biologist, Bruce Robison travels in an underwater capsule called an R-O-V to discover a new species of giant jellyfish. For Teacher's Guides go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffk5QOEpyUGs2NnQ3cjRETGlnZHB3RjN3VkRrSC1wZWxUQ3pwWGFxRV9lYlU&usp=sharing
In Tampa Bay, marine biologist, Linda Holland, studies amphioxus, finding this simple animal with its novochord, clearly linked to human evolution. Her studies pinpoint the evolution of body form in amphioxus, chicks, and other animals with a backbone. She also explains how the duplication of genes enabled larger animals to evolve. The second segment recalls the evolutionary period dominated by fishes and the emergence of tetrapods on land. Paleontologist Jenny Clack, recalls how she discovered the transitional form. The segment also studies monitor lizards as examples of the development of tetrapods. The third segment relates amphioxus to the evolution of dinosaurs. In Montana, Kristi Curry-Rogers, a palentologist, explains why she believes dinosaurs grew large very quickly. The fourth segment explains how mammals evolved after the extinction of the dinosaurs. For Teacher's Guides go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffk5QOEpyUGs2NnQ3cjRETGlnZHB3RjN3VkRrSC1wZWxUQ3pwWGFxRV9lYlU&usp=sharin
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-12; Subject Areas: Sustainability, STEM. (2017) Three teams of engineering students work with communities in Ghana, Kenya and Nicaragua to develop a clean water supply, electricity, and a bridge; computers after silicon chips; a car that folds like a shopping cart...and much more.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Science. (2007) This video program investigates some of the key elements responsible for weather formation. Different types of air masses and their origins are investigated, as are the formation of weather fronts. Specific weather phenomenon including tornados, hurricanes, and thunderstorms are illustrated in detail. Other important terminology includes: air mass characteristics, warm front, cold front, low pressure, storm surge, cumulonimbus clouds, and lightning.
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.
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: 6-12; Subject Areas: Science. (2015) NASA EDGE visits the Salish Kootenai College in Pablo, Montana to check out their first CubeSat BisonSat!
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Science. (2013) Size, weight, density, color, and texture are just a few of the ways we describe things around us. This fast paced instructive program highlights the many ways matter is characterized. Special attention is also given to some of the ways matter is measured. Concepts and terminology: characteristic, physical, chemical, density, particles, and weight.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Science. (2013) Water commonly exists in three different forms: ice, liquid water, and water vapor. In this video the different phases of water serve as the foundation to teach about solids, liquids, and gases. Other common everyday examples of solids, liquids, and gases are also featured. Concepts and terminology: particles, volume, shape, and temperature.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Science. (2013) If you have ever torn up a piece of paper or seen ice melt, then you have witnessed physical changes. This fascinating program helps students understand some of the different ways matter changes physically. Vivid animations also illustrate various types of phase changes. Concepts and terminology: freezing, melting, condensation, boiling, and evaporation.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Science. (2013) From enjoying the warmth of a fire to baking a cake, we benefit from chemical changes on a regular basis. This colorful program illustrates and explains numerous examples of chemical changes. It also takes a look at some of the common characteristics of reactions that occur chemically. Concepts and terminology: physical change, chemical change, reaction, color change, gas, and heat.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Science. (2013) Everything we see and touch is made up of millions of tiny particles. This program is full of colorful examples showing the ways that matter is composed of particles. Vivid animations illustrate how matter consists of different types of particles that are responsible for varying characteristics. Concepts and terminology: atom, element, chemical, and compound.
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!