Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject Areas: History, Cultures. (2002) Follows the ancient trades routes that stopped in the Middle East. Describes the Incense Route and the Silk Road. Visits Marib in Yemen and discusses its hydraulic feats, the Sabians and its link to the Queen of Sheba. Continues to Sana'a, the capital of Yemen. Stops by Barakesh with its inscriptions and well. Introduces Swiss explorer John Burckhardt and his rediscovery of the lost city, Petra. Highlights the city of Palmyra where the incense and silk routes intersected. Uses three dimensional graphics to illustrate what the buildings would have looked like in Palmyra.
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject Areas: History, Cultures. (2002) The Step Pyramid of Pharaoh Djoser in Saqqara was designed by the architect, Imhotep. Travels to Giza and one of the seven wonders of the world. Explains the organizational skills and methods used in constructing the pyramids, focusing on the Great Pyramid of Kheops. Highlights the other two pyramids of Chephren and Micerinus. Goes inside the Great Pyramid. Touches on the practice of mummification and the mummy of Ramses II. Concludes the Great Sphinx and words from the Pharaoh Kheops. Three dimensional graphics illustrate the Saqqara complex, Snefru's pyramids at Maidum and Dahshur and the Sphinx.
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.
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.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject: Social Studies. (2002) Traces the life of Amelia Earhart, who amazed the world with her aviating prowess during the time of the Stock Market crash and the Great Depression, when women were painfully restricted. Nicknamed "Lady Lindy", Amelia's adventurous spirit led her to become the first woman to fly alone over the Atlantic Ocean. Explores the mystery surrounding her final flight on which she and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Language Arts, Fine Arts. (2007) Using natural vegetation, an artist illustrates the story of the Snake and the Maiden. The seven tribes of Uagadu, one of the richest lands in Africa, all worshipped the snake Bida that brought the rains. In return, Bida asked them for one offering each spring -- to eat the prettiest maiden in the land. Each of the tribes took turns making the sacrifice until it was the turn of the Bambars. The tribal elders chose the beautiful 16-year-old Sia to be sacrificed, but Amadu was madly in love with her. To save her from such a dreadful fate, Amadu killed the snake. From that day on, drought turned Uagadu into a desert. The elders accused Amadu and Sia of treason and banished them. But the young couple found another land and lived happily ever after.
Audience: General, Grades 4-12. Subjects: Social Studies. 1944: D-Day, 1940's (2010)
Audience: General, Grades 4-12. Subjects: Social Studies. 1946: The Nuremberg Trials, 1940's (2010)
The lands and islands of the Mediterranean played host to some the most extraordinary sieges in European history, including the island of Malta as well as the commercial superpower of the 16th century, Venice. The love/hate relationship between Christian Europe and the Ottoman Empire exploded into an all out war for control of the Mediterranean.
Audience: General, Grades 4-12. Subjects: Social Studies. 1956: The Riot: Anti-Communist Protests In Hungary, 1950's (2010)
The Russian occupation of Afghanistan helped spawn El Qaida and fueled the Taliban's rise to power. The 9/11 attacks led to the Afghanistan war and a heavy toll on its civilian population. Although freedoms have been restored, the Taliban remain and the stability of the country and its fragile democracy are in question.
America was attacked on 9/11/2001. Four planes were hijacked and used to destroy the World Trade Center and damage the Pentagon. 2,973 people died; a nations psyche permanently altered. The mastermind, Osama bin Laden, was motivated by extremist religious views.
For centuries, loko i'a, or fishponds, were a vital part of the Native Hawaiian food system, connecting freshwater sources to the ocean, using rock-wall enclosures to raise and eventually harvest fish. In recent decades, there has been a resurgence of this indigenous way of aquafarming. Kai Piha: Na Loko I'a looks at how four fishponds on O'ahu are being restored.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-12; Subject Areas: Sustainability, STEM. (2017) In this episode: Bug battles, the power of hydrogen, the ice storm lab, taking a dive with a marine biologist, wearable technology, science in slow-motion? and much more.
Grades: 6-8; Subject areas: Science. (2003) Describes the interactions between the Earth, sun, and moon. Defines the shape of the Earth, explaining how the Earth's rotation on its axis and revolution around the sun cause day and night and the changing seasons. Explores the characteristics of the sun and moon. Illustrates how the moon revolves around the Earth, creating the moon's different phases, and how the sun is the central point of the solar system. Concludes with a 10-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfYUpZTmhKbkYyejA&usp=sharing
Grades: 6-8; Subject areas: Science. (2003) Explores the inner planets, describes the nebular hypothesis, and illustrates the general design of the solar system. Details the characteristics, rotations and orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. Illustrates how these planets travel in elliptical orbits around the sun. Combines graphics and photographs from space to provide images of these inner planets, defining their properties and surface geology. Concludes with a 10-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfYUpZTmhKbkYyejA&usp=sharing
Grades: 6-8; Subject areas: Science. (2003) Reviews the inner planets before traveling to the outer regions of the solar system to explore the outer planets. Combines graphics and photographs from space to detail the characteristics and properties of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Details their moons, orbits, atmospheres, and outer rings. Also describes the asteroid belt and the solar cycle. Concludes with a 10-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfYUpZTmhKbkYyejA&usp=sharing
Grades: 6-8; Subject areas: Science. (2003) Combines graphics and NASA footage to explore outer space and reveal the features of the universe. Illustrates the position of the solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy, highlights several constellations and galaxies, and illustrates the characteristics of stars, comets, meteors, and the sun. Concludes with a 10-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfYUpZTmhKbkYyejA&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject Areas: Science. (2002) Explores the major topographical landforms that make up the Earth, including plains, plateaus, and mountains. Identifies the characteristics and composition of the Earth's crust, which makes up the outer portion of the Earth; the mantle, which makes up the majority of the Earth's volume; and the core, which is believed to contribute to Earth's magnetic field. Concludes with a ten-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfY0R5WDdrOVZnTTQ&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject Areas: Science. (2002) Introduces different types of maps, including street maps, weather maps, nautical charts, maps of the Earth, and topographic maps. Details how latitude and longitude can be used to pinpoint an exact location on the surface of the Earth and shows how the Earth is divided into different time zones. Looks at some of the most common projections of the Earth, including the Mercator Projection, the Robinson Projection, and the conic projection. Also touches on some of the essentials in map reading, including how to identify map symbols, direction and scale. Concludes with a ten-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfY0R5WDdrOVZnTTQ&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject Areas: Health, SEL. (2015) Lucas: My Story About Dyslexia Lucas went from a learning needs kid to a creative powerhouse in 24 hours once he decided he would take more responsibility for his educational process. The dyslexia that controlled his life would now become an enhanced creative force, allowing him to embrace his passion for filmmaking. Even though Lucas will need to finish his formal education he has shifted the focus of his life and learning away from the constraints of dyslexia and towards the enjoyment of his unbridled passion.
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Science. (2003) Follows scientis, Damhnait McHugh, who enjoys worm watching and finds the various species of annelid striking, beautiful, and diverse. The informed narrator provides many examples of how worms have adapted to a wide variety of environments, and become essential to the ecological balance of each environment. On the Oregon coast, Damhnait introduces her students to diopatra, a tube-dwelling worm; abarenicola, a worm that evolved its segmented body, nervous and circulatory system, during the Cambrian period and the common earthworm who like all worms, makes its contribution to the carbon-oxygen cycle. For Teacher's Guides go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffk5QOEpyUGs2NnQ3cjRETGlnZHB3RjN3VkRrSC1wZWxUQ3pwWGFxRV9lYlU&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Science.Paleontologist, Simon Braddy, introduces the fossil remains of arthropods, the first and most diverse group of animals that ever lived on earth. He and the narrator identify arthropods' jointed legs, antennae, complex eyes, claws, and exoskeleton. Biologist, Bill Shear, identifies the tools needed for arthropods to make the transition to land: the exoskeleton and appendages, and the environmental conditions necessary for the transition: beds of algae and the evolution of land plants. Goes on to explain that arthopod respiratory systems developed next and that arthropods also developed predatory habits, the ability to survive on detritus, and metamorphosis, an imitation of their evolutionary past. Views the ability to fly, to pollinate plants, and to live in extreme environments, as the latest adaptations of arthropods. For Teacher's Guides go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffk5QOEpyUGs2NnQ3cjRETGlnZHB3RjN3VkRrSC1wZWxUQ3pwWGFxRV9lYlU&usp=sharing
Grades: K-3; Subject Areas: Science.(2012) All living things have basic needs that must be met in order to survive. This colorful, easy-to-understand program addresses the basic needs of organisms. By considering specific plants and animals, we see how living things need food, water, air and a place to live. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfVXlFcng4Y2pnOFk&usp=sharing
Grades: K-3; Subject Areas: Science.(2012) There are millions of different kinds of living things on the planet. Grouping them is not an easy task. This fascinating program explores this process and investigates some of the major groups of living things. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfVXlFcng4Y2pnOFk&usp=sharing
Grades: K-3; Subject Areas: Science.(2012) Crisp, vivid video footage illustrates how living things change throughout their lives. The life cycles of plants, insects, and frogs are the focus of this fascinating program. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfVXlFcng4Y2pnOFk&usp=sharing
Grades: K-3; Subject Areas: Science.(2012) Geese flying south is a sign that winter is arriving. Through numerous fascinating examples, this colorful program illustrates the migration of animals. Also explored is the amazing process of hibernation. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfVXlFcng4Y2pnOFk&usp=sharing
Grades: K-3; Subject Areas: Science.(2012) Living and nonliving things make up the world around us. This program uses vivid footage to show how these things interact with each other. Special attention is paid to how the living things interact with each other and with nonliving things in an ecosystem. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfVXlFcng4Y2pnOFk&usp=sharing
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.
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: K-5; Subject Areas: Fine Arts. (1999) Mark draws Jumping Jack while demonstrating the Renaissance words shading and overlapping. He reviews Edward Hopper's painting, "New York, New Haven & Hartford."
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Fine Arts. (1999) Mark draws a koala castle while demonstrating the Renaissance words foreshortening and size. He also reviews an ancient Greek perfume bottle in the shape of a heron.
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: General; Subject Areas: Science (2017) Locals say you shouldn't swim in the sea at night, Neil and his team set out to understand why. They perform a surgical procedure to implant an acoustic tag in the abdomen of a juvenile shark in a bid to reveal how often these animals return close to Bermuda's shores at night.
FLASHPOINT - Brings together an accomplished group of Hawai'i based artists working under the theme of FIRE. Artworks in this exhibition depict the varied aspects of FIRE and are visual interpretations of flashpoints in time and place - in methods of fabrication and conceptual context.
Audience: General; Grades: 9-12; Subject: Fine Arts. (2017) Following 9 Hawaii print artists as they prepare for an exhibition at The Ropewalk, UK. From The Ropewalk: I ka Piko: The center or source, connections and balance. "I ka Piko not only describes our cultural relationships but also the islands we come from, growing up from the middle of the vast oceanic floor of the Pacific. In "I ka Piko" nine Hawai'i print artists explore through their work what it means to a Kama'aina (child of this land) to be from this unique place. Featuring: Gina Bacon Kerr, Marissa Eshima, Kathy Merrill Kelley, Barbara Okamoto, Mary Philpotts McGrath, Doug Po'oloa Tolentino, David B. Smith, Nancy Vilhauer, and George Woollard
Grades: All; Subject areas: Fine Arts. (2006 )Pat Ekstrand, Watercolor artist, Printmaker and committed Educator. This short biography explores her art work, reflecting on an extraordinary life and a Hawaii of our past.
Audience: General; Grades: All; Subject: Fine Arts. Profile on artist Fred Roster.
Audience: General; Grades: All; Subject: Fine Arts. Profile of local artist Allyn Bromley
Audience: General; Subject Areas: Fine Arts. Donna E. Shimazu - Jewelry Arts, Gordon Uyehara - Jewelry Arts / Sculpture, Lori Uyehara - Mixed-Media / Painting,
Audience: General; Subject Areas: Fine Arts. Allyn Bromley - Mixed Media / Printmaking, David Smith - Printmaking
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-12; Subject Areas: Sustainability, STEM. (2017) In this episode: Bug battles, the power of hydrogen, the ice storm lab, taking a dive with a marine biologist, wearable technology, science in slow-motion? and much more.
Grades: 6-8; Subject areas: Science. (2003) Describes the interactions between the Earth, sun, and moon. Defines the shape of the Earth, explaining how the Earth's rotation on its axis and revolution around the sun cause day and night and the changing seasons. Explores the characteristics of the sun and moon. Illustrates how the moon revolves around the Earth, creating the moon's different phases, and how the sun is the central point of the solar system. Concludes with a 10-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfYUpZTmhKbkYyejA&usp=sharing
Grades: 6-8; Subject areas: Science. (2003) Explores the inner planets, describes the nebular hypothesis, and illustrates the general design of the solar system. Details the characteristics, rotations and orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. Illustrates how these planets travel in elliptical orbits around the sun. Combines graphics and photographs from space to provide images of these inner planets, defining their properties and surface geology. Concludes with a 10-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfYUpZTmhKbkYyejA&usp=sharing
Grades: 6-8; Subject areas: Science. (2003) Reviews the inner planets before traveling to the outer regions of the solar system to explore the outer planets. Combines graphics and photographs from space to detail the characteristics and properties of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Details their moons, orbits, atmospheres, and outer rings. Also describes the asteroid belt and the solar cycle. Concludes with a 10-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfYUpZTmhKbkYyejA&usp=sharing
Grades: 6-8; Subject areas: Science. (2003) Combines graphics and NASA footage to explore outer space and reveal the features of the universe. Illustrates the position of the solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy, highlights several constellations and galaxies, and illustrates the characteristics of stars, comets, meteors, and the sun. Concludes with a 10-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfYUpZTmhKbkYyejA&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject Areas: Science. (2002) Explores the major topographical landforms that make up the Earth, including plains, plateaus, and mountains. Identifies the characteristics and composition of the Earth's crust, which makes up the outer portion of the Earth; the mantle, which makes up the majority of the Earth's volume; and the core, which is believed to contribute to Earth's magnetic field. Concludes with a ten-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfY0R5WDdrOVZnTTQ&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject Areas: Science. (2002) Introduces different types of maps, including street maps, weather maps, nautical charts, maps of the Earth, and topographic maps. Details how latitude and longitude can be used to pinpoint an exact location on the surface of the Earth and shows how the Earth is divided into different time zones. Looks at some of the most common projections of the Earth, including the Mercator Projection, the Robinson Projection, and the conic projection. Also touches on some of the essentials in map reading, including how to identify map symbols, direction and scale. Concludes with a ten-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfY0R5WDdrOVZnTTQ&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject Areas: Health, SEL. (2015) Lucas: My Story About Dyslexia Lucas went from a learning needs kid to a creative powerhouse in 24 hours once he decided he would take more responsibility for his educational process. The dyslexia that controlled his life would now become an enhanced creative force, allowing him to embrace his passion for filmmaking. Even though Lucas will need to finish his formal education he has shifted the focus of his life and learning away from the constraints of dyslexia and towards the enjoyment of his unbridled passion.