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.
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject Areas: Health, SEL. (2015) Mikey: My Story About Family Mikey grew up with parents who suffered from mental illness, necessitating that an aunt, who he never knew before, provide the love, care and support he needed. Her encouragement for him to do well in school and to follow his passion for skateboarding paid off when he went from 'normal skater kid' to skating champion. He greatly appreciates the help he got to turn his life around and has recently become captain at his school.
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject Areas: Health, SEL. (2015) Andy: My Story About Following Your Passion At age 15, Andy is a young fashion designer about to have his first solo show. Despite still being a student he runs a fashion business collaborating with manufacturing partners while designing collections. But Andy also sells movie tickets and popcorn at the local cinema. His hard work and strong entrepreneurial spirit make his future look incredibly bright. Andy believes in himself and plans for a future in fashion showcasing his designs in New York and Paris.
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 a rock star ghost while demonstrating the Renaissance words overlapping and shading. He visits the Indianapolic Museum to view a painting by Theodore Roszak.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Fine Arts. (1999) Mark draws a smiling Galileo while demonstrating the Renaissance words shading and contour. Visits the Indianapolis Museum to review Rembrandt's self portrait.
At 'Iolani Palace in Honolulu you step back into Hawai'i's royal past, relive the story of Hawai'i's kings and queens, and explore the palace King Kalakaua built in 1882.
Audience: All; Subject Areas: Schools. (2019) Numerous DOE schools are named after or attached to Hawaiian Ali'i. What is the story about how and why this happened? What is the connection between the school and the ali'i today? Let's start with learning about Princess Ruth Luka Keanolani Kauanahoahoa Ke'elikokani and Central Intermediate School on O'ahu.
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies. (2015) Washington Place tells the story of one of Honolulu's most famous landmarks, Washington Place. The documentary covers the history of the home, from the time of its construction to its present day role as a historic home museum. The documentary explores Washington Place as the home of Queen Lili'uokalani the last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian Islands.
Explores Fraser's past through photographs and various art works. Her inspirations from island themes are evident in works ranging from small prints to monumental murals.
Through her writings, Tennent describes her early influences, techniques and what she tried to accomplish.
Reviews Jean Charlot's early life in France and Mexico, his interest in Hawaii's land and people, and their influence on his art work.
Grades: All; Subject areas: Fine Arts. Guest artist Maile Ka'ai defines value as the quality of light and dark. Using pencils, she instructs a drawing lesson emphasizing value.
Grades: All; Subject areas: Fine Arts. Guest artist Peggy Chun demonstrates watercolor techniques in painting a hibiscus.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-12; Subject Areas: Sustainability, STEM. (2020) Batteries made with sodium, strings heard around the world, wild bees and better berries, FERMILAB, the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program and more!
Audience: Students; Grades: K-12; Subject Areas: Science. Summer ice retreat in the Chukchi Sea between Alaska and Russia is a significant climate change impact affecting Pacific Walruses, which are being considered for listing as a threatened species. This twelve minute video follows walruses in their summer sea ice habitat and shows how USGS biologists use satellite radio tags to track their movements and behavior. The information identifies areas of special importance to walruses during sparse summer sea ice and as human presence increases in the region from oil drilling and activities such as shipping and tourism now possible with less ice.
Audience: General; Subject Areas: Science. (2017) Neil and the team are on an emergency call to capture and release a sick Galapagos shark from the Bermuda aquarium. They risk their lives to transport the shark 10 miles off shore for release in a protected marine reserve. Watch Neil and the team swim with larger wild Galapagos sharks, studying their behaviour to see if there's any truth behind their reputation as wild man-eaters. This marks the start of a scientific study that will eventually help protect the declining population of this species.
Audience: General; Subject Areas: Science. (2017) Neil works with a team of scientists and marine mammal toxicologists on an expedition to prove the presence of deadly toxins inside Bermuda's mid migratory humpback whales. They collect biopsy samples from 50 ton humpbacks using an adapted compound bow. The team also deploy their aerial drone to observe a mother humpback and calf, and Choy has a dangerous encounter when he receives a report of a dead sperm whale being torn to shreds by hungry sharks.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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: 9-12; Subject: Science. (2013) Explore the history of life from its humble beginnings as single-celled organisms, to its great blossoming and proliferation, which took place over the course of eons. With the help of state of the art computer graphics, the world's foremost paleontologists and biologists help unravel the greatest mysteries of life. Extinction ? An End and a New Beginning Mass extinctions have shaped and reshaped the landscape of life on earth throughout its history. In this program we chronicle the history of mass extinctions and their effect on evolution. We learn that these events not only destroy life, but also create the fertile ground from which life can take root again.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-5; Subject: Science. (2006) Explores the interactions between the Earth, sun and moon. Describes the physical characteristics of planet Earth, including its atmosphere and force of gravity. Identifies the features of the sun and how it is the source of heat and light on Earth. Also explores the moon, its phases, the formation of solar and lunar eclipses, and the moon's role in creating the Earth's tides. Concludes with a 5-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfdnZsQXFZdUNqV00&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject Areas: Science. (2011) Students will learn how to measure length and distance using common tools in this engaging, colorful program. Concepts and terminology: metric ruler, meter, centimeter, and kilometer. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfdktnalJvOFhOT1k&usp=sharing
From field grown to heirloom to hothouse to custom-engineered. Tomatoes are America's second-favorite vegetable (even though they're technically a fruit, a berry in fact) behind only King Potato. But American growers are under intense pressure from foreign competitors. How will they survive? We'll wrap up with a scientist who has developed a new tomato variety that might just provide that answer.
Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Science. (2008) Nick explains that plants create green environments and that we need to keep our life-support system growing. Understanding what a plant needs helps us to preserve the green environment. Plants are solar powered and do their growing at night. Then chlorophyl turns sunlight into energy to keep our plants growing and give energy to us. Nick shows how celery absorbs water, and warns that we must all learn the conditions that plants need to grow. With his young visitors he plants wheat grass, provides the right environment, and watches the plants grow.
Audience: General; Subject: Local business. (2017) Go behind the scenes of Kahuku Farms in this episode of GROW. Interviews with Kahuku Farms operators Kylie Matsuda-Lum and Judah Lum. See how local Hawaii farms have to work with federal, state, and county offices while providing goods and services. Also, find out more about Hawaii's local agriculture sector from interviews with Hawaii's Department of Agriculture's Scott Enright and University of Hawaii's Steven Chiang from the Agribusiness Incubator Program and GoFarm Hawaii.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Science. (2012) Many of the things we eat and enjoy are grown in soil. This engaging program explores the soil and rocks importance of soil while taking a look at how soil is formed. Different types of soil and their characteristics are explored. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffnRFZDNUTFZjVzBPRjNBSXVvR1VOUDV5b05ieG5zXzVfZUI3bWRkZkFRcTQ&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Health. (2007) Highlights the six major essential nutrients: carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water. Also explores the digextive process and the nutritional benefits of certain foods. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffkk2N3JQSHZRdmJEWnNGcTY0TnF1VFpjRkRsYzl2cFgwVk1iXzZQUXBmT0U&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Health.(2007) Explores the USDA food pyramid, emphasizing the five major food groups and the nutritional benefits of each. Balanced diets are also explained. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffkk2N3JQSHZRdmJEWnNGcTY0TnF1VFpjRkRsYzl2cFgwVk1iXzZQUXBmT0U&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject: Science. (2003) Investigates the composition of food and defines the main types of nutrients needed to maintain proper nutrition and health. Identifies the organs of the digestion system and excretory system, including the esophagus, stomach, large and small intestines, lungs, kidneys, and liver. Differentiates between mechanical and chemical digestion, illustrating how food breaks down during the digestive process. Explains how the body obtains nutrients from food and how wastes are excreted from the body. Program concludes with 10-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfYVVuY0djdlI3eUU&usp=sharing
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: K; Subject: Physics (2009)
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject: Science. (2007) The Elementary Physical Science Collection includes video programs correlated to the curriculum and specifically designed for the classroom. These titles cover a wide range of physical science topics including matter, energy, electricity, chemistry, measuring, motion, sound, and light. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfNTU0aXNUb3RvQms&usp=sharing
UAudience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject: Science. (2007) The Elementary Physical Science Collection includes video programs correlated to the curriculum and specifically designed for the classroom. These titles cover a wide range of physical science topics including matter, energy, electricity, chemistry, measuring, motion, sound, and light. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfNjl1a2hfcUhLTFk&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject: Science. (2007) The Elementary Physical Science Collection includes video programs correlated to the curriculum and specifically designed for the classroom. These titles cover a wide range of physical science topics including matter, energy, electricity, chemistry, measuring, motion, sound, and light. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfNTU0aXNUb3RvQms&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject: Science. (2007) The Elementary Physical Science Collection includes video programs correlated to the curriculum and specifically designed for the classroom. These titles cover a wide range of physical science topics including matter, energy, electricity, chemistry, measuring, motion, sound, and light. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfNjl1a2hfcUhLTFk&usp=sharing
Behind the scenes of how Coca-Cola got its start, how a US president helped create the teddy bear, the origin of the Slinky and the Wiffle Ball, and how a pie tin inspired the creation of the Frisbee.
It was the purrrfect idea for making our furry friends more pleasant around the house! You'll learn how kitty litter clawed its way into our homes. And you'll learn how a garment made out of special woven fibers can stop a bullet, plus, why is walking under a ladder bad luck? And finally, we'll cut to the chase and explain the history behind this common phrase!
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject: Science. (2007) The Elementary Physical Science Collection includes video programs correlated to the curriculum and specifically designed for the classroom. These titles cover a wide range of physical science topics including matter, energy, electricity, chemistry, measuring, motion, sound, and light. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfNTU0aXNUb3RvQms&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-12; Subject Areas: Sustainability, STEM. (2020) Batteries made with sodium, strings heard around the world, wild bees and better berries, FERMILAB, the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program and more!
Audience: Students; Grades: K-12; Subject Areas: Science. Summer ice retreat in the Chukchi Sea between Alaska and Russia is a significant climate change impact affecting Pacific Walruses, which are being considered for listing as a threatened species. This twelve minute video follows walruses in their summer sea ice habitat and shows how USGS biologists use satellite radio tags to track their movements and behavior. The information identifies areas of special importance to walruses during sparse summer sea ice and as human presence increases in the region from oil drilling and activities such as shipping and tourism now possible with less ice.
Audience: General; Subject Areas: Science. (2017) Neil and the team are on an emergency call to capture and release a sick Galapagos shark from the Bermuda aquarium. They risk their lives to transport the shark 10 miles off shore for release in a protected marine reserve. Watch Neil and the team swim with larger wild Galapagos sharks, studying their behaviour to see if there's any truth behind their reputation as wild man-eaters. This marks the start of a scientific study that will eventually help protect the declining population of this species.
Audience: General; Subject Areas: Science. (2017) Neil works with a team of scientists and marine mammal toxicologists on an expedition to prove the presence of deadly toxins inside Bermuda's mid migratory humpback whales. They collect biopsy samples from 50 ton humpbacks using an adapted compound bow. The team also deploy their aerial drone to observe a mother humpback and calf, and Choy has a dangerous encounter when he receives a report of a dead sperm whale being torn to shreds by hungry sharks.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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: 9-12; Subject: Science. (2013) Explore the history of life from its humble beginnings as single-celled organisms, to its great blossoming and proliferation, which took place over the course of eons. With the help of state of the art computer graphics, the world's foremost paleontologists and biologists help unravel the greatest mysteries of life. Extinction ? An End and a New Beginning Mass extinctions have shaped and reshaped the landscape of life on earth throughout its history. In this program we chronicle the history of mass extinctions and their effect on evolution. We learn that these events not only destroy life, but also create the fertile ground from which life can take root again.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-5; Subject: Science. (2006) Explores the interactions between the Earth, sun and moon. Describes the physical characteristics of planet Earth, including its atmosphere and force of gravity. Identifies the features of the sun and how it is the source of heat and light on Earth. Also explores the moon, its phases, the formation of solar and lunar eclipses, and the moon's role in creating the Earth's tides. Concludes with a 5-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfdnZsQXFZdUNqV00&usp=sharing