Learn how ALMOND NUTS get transformed into "MILK." And why are movie TRAILERS shown at the beginning of the film? We'll keep your attention so you'll want to stick around for the answer. And learn how detergents make your clothes SEEM brighter and whiter.
On a hot summer's day, nothing cools you down like a frozen fruity popsicle! You'll learn how an 11-year old boy created this sweet icy treat! And, have you ever noticed those colored spinning poles outside the barbershop? You'll be in stitches when you learn how they got their start! Plus, find out how a melting chocolate bar gave way to the invention of the microwave!
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: 4-5; Subject: Science. (2006) Defines the fundamental concepts of ecology and identifies the components that create an ecosystem. Describes various types of habitats and explains the role of plants and animals in the formation of biotic communities. Also explains niche ecology and outlines the food chain process. Concludes with a 5-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfY0NVYUZfaHhiRzQ&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-8; Subject: Science. (2003) Explores the characteristics of the Earth's biosphere by looking at ecosystems and biomes. Discusses the abiotic and biotic components of ecosystems and explains how ecosystems can change over time through the process of ecological succession. Looks at some of the different terrestrial biomes found on Earth, including the tundra, taiga, forest, grassland, and desert biomes. Also looks at aquatic biomes, including the marine and freshwater biomes. Program concludes with a 10-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfM0toUHJnUjduS3M&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-8; Subject: Science. (2003) Explores the living and non-living components of environments and the relationships between them. Identifies the major abiotic components found in ecosystems, including temperature, water, soil type, and wind. Also looks at the biotic components of ecosystems and their interactions with the physical environment. Explains how scientists categorize areas into natural communities. Explores how energy flows in ecosystems through the food web of producers, consumers and decomposers. Explains the concept of biodiversity. Program concludes with a 10-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfM0toUHJnUjduS3M&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-8; Subject: Science. (2003) Looks at the daily and yearly cycles carried out by living things, as well as the natural cycles of the environment. Explains circadian rhythms and the daily patterns of nocturnal and diurnal animals. Discusses the annual rhythms of plants and animals, including hibernation, estivation, and migration. Also explains the water cycle, the oxygen and carbon cycle, and the nitrogen cycle. Program concludes with a 10-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfM0toUHJnUjduS3M&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-8; Subject: Science. (2003) Explores some of the ways humans interact with the environment. Describes how humans use natural resources and defines renewable and nonrenewable natural resources. Explains how we can help conserve natural resources by reducing our use of natural resources, recycling, and reusing items. Discusses water and air pollution and identifies steps being taken to reduce pollution. Also discusses biodiversity, habitat destruction, species extinction, and the harmful effects of exotic species. Program concludes with a 10-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfM0toUHJnUjduS3M&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject: Career/Life Skills. Career Day is designed to support efforts to increase student interest and performance in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The programs are designed to spark student interest in various STEM-related careers through virtual field trips into various days in the lives of our experts. Guests give on-the-job examples of equipment or methodology used in their careers and talk about the STEM fields of study involved. Students are also given information about the kinds of courses they would need to take in school if they were interested in pursuing careers in any of the fields. Sustainability The third program in the series looks at careers in sustainability.
DOE Vocational Rehabilitation partnership featuring Farrington High & Waimea High. Interviews with Vocational Rehabilitation staff, Hookipa Workforce Academy partners, and school staff.
(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.
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.
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject: Career/Life Skills. Career Day is designed to support efforts to increase student interest and performance in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The programs are designed to spark student interest in various STEM-related careers through virtual field trips into various days in the lives of our experts. Guests give on-the-job examples of equipment or methodology used in their careers and talk about the STEM fields of study involved. Students are also given information about the kinds of courses they would need to take in school if they were interested in pursuing careers in any of the fields. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Careers using Geographic Information Systems is the focus of the second program in the series.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-12; Subject Areas: Sustainability, STEM. (2019) In this episode: National Science Foundation/Event Horizon Telescope Press Conference Revealing First Image of Black Hole, and much more!
Grades: All ages; Subject areas: ESL, World Languages. ASL is an easy-to-learn, step-by-step approach to learning sign language, complete with drills and practice exercises to increase signing ability and understanding. It?s the perfect series teaching the fundamentals of communicating through sign in a variety of everyday situations. Clarissa, your effervescent host, will teach you how to sign the alphabet, numbers, food, transportation, emotions, colors, months, time, workplace lingo, small talk and much more. Students will learn grammar, ASL idioms and the use of proper facial expressions to increase understanding. (2019)
Grades: All ages; Subject areas: ESL, World Languages. ASL is an easy-to-learn, step-by-step approach to learning sign language, complete with drills and practice exercises to increase signing ability and understanding. It?s the perfect series teaching the fundamentals of communicating through sign in a variety of everyday situations. Clarissa, your effervescent host, will teach you how to sign the alphabet, numbers, food, transportation, emotions, colors, months, time, workplace lingo, small talk and much more. Students will learn grammar, ASL idioms and the use of proper facial expressions to increase understanding. (2019)
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Language Arts. Write Right! Learning Cursive tackles the drudgery and redundant nature of learning to write in cursive handwriting for elementary age children and helps them develop good habits in order to write right! Concepts: Numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, Punctuations: ! . ?, Sentences: Wow! My name is Bartleby. Is this fun?
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. (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.
In 2008, Nepal's monarchy was ousted from power, turfed out of their palaces, and the country began a new era as a republic. The story of the fall of the house of Shah is one of bloodshed, betrayal and intrigue. The transformation from kingdom to republic was swift, dramatic, and leaves huge questions unanswered about the future.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject Areas: Science. (2014) A ball flying through the air, a deer walking in the woods, and a flowing river - these are all examples of moving things. This action-packed video explores the characteristics of things in motion. Special attention is given to the forces that initiate and change the movement of things. Concepts and terminology: motion, push, pull, force, direction, and speed.
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies. (2009) 1935 - Katherine Cheung, the Chinese American "Amelia Earhart" 1938 - Charlie Low's Forbidden City Nightclub Showcases Chinese American Performers 1939 - Wah Ming Chang Joins the Disney Studios 1939 - Chinese Americans Answer the Call to Defend Democracy 1943 - Magnuson Act Repeals the
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies. (2009) 1946 - Chinese Americans Breakthrough into U.S. Politics 1957 - Chen Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee Win the Nobel Prize in Physics 1961 - I.M. Pei Designs Avant Garde NCAR Building in Boulder, Colorado 1962 - F. Chow Chan Founds First Chinese American Bank 1971 - Bruce Lee Brings Martial
Audience: General; Subject: Local businesses. (2014) Series on Hawaii's local businesses. This program is about Kodama Koi Farms located in Mililani, Oahu a koi farm specializing in Nishikigoi. For information on Kodama Koi Farms visit their website: http://www.kodamakoifarm.com/
Audience: General; Subject: Local businesses. (2015) Series on Hawaii's local businesses. This program is about Kawamoto Orchid Nursery located in Palolo Valley, Honolulu, Hawaii. For more information visit: http://www.kawamotoorchids.com/
Audience: General; Subject: Local businesses. (2017)
Grades: All; Subject areas: Fine Arts.(2014)
Grades: All; Subject areas: Fine Arts.(2014)
Grades: All; Subject areas: Fine Arts.(2014)
Audience: General; Subject: Local businesses. (2014) Series on Hawaii's local businesses. This program is about Kodama Koi Farms located in Mililani, Oahu a koi farm specializing in Nishikigoi. For information on Kodama Koi Farms visit their website: http://www.kodamakoifarm.com/
Audience: General; Subject: Local businesses. (2015) Series on Hawaii's local businesses. This program is about Kawamoto Orchid Nursery located in Palolo Valley, Honolulu, Hawaii. For more information visit: http://www.kawamotoorchids.com/
Audience: General; Subject: Local businesses. (2017)
Video about the "Dirt" Show at the Museum of Art (2014)
General Audience; Subject Areas: Local history and culture. (2017) In this documentary Hawaiian historian, John Clark, takes you on a Ka'ahele Ma Waikiki, a tour of Waikiki, and shares its surfing history. He talks about the ali'i who lived there and loved its waves, the Hawaiian place names of its shoreline areas and surf spots and the styles of traditional Hawaiian surfing that were practiced there. Ka'ahele Ma Waikiki offers a truly unique look at one of the most beloved places in Hawaii.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-12; Subject Areas: Sustainability, STEM. (2019) In this episode: National Science Foundation/Event Horizon Telescope Press Conference Revealing First Image of Black Hole, and much more!
Grades: All ages; Subject areas: ESL, World Languages. ASL is an easy-to-learn, step-by-step approach to learning sign language, complete with drills and practice exercises to increase signing ability and understanding. It?s the perfect series teaching the fundamentals of communicating through sign in a variety of everyday situations. Clarissa, your effervescent host, will teach you how to sign the alphabet, numbers, food, transportation, emotions, colors, months, time, workplace lingo, small talk and much more. Students will learn grammar, ASL idioms and the use of proper facial expressions to increase understanding. (2019)
Grades: All ages; Subject areas: ESL, World Languages. ASL is an easy-to-learn, step-by-step approach to learning sign language, complete with drills and practice exercises to increase signing ability and understanding. It?s the perfect series teaching the fundamentals of communicating through sign in a variety of everyday situations. Clarissa, your effervescent host, will teach you how to sign the alphabet, numbers, food, transportation, emotions, colors, months, time, workplace lingo, small talk and much more. Students will learn grammar, ASL idioms and the use of proper facial expressions to increase understanding. (2019)
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Language Arts. Write Right! Learning Cursive tackles the drudgery and redundant nature of learning to write in cursive handwriting for elementary age children and helps them develop good habits in order to write right! Concepts: Numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, Punctuations: ! . ?, Sentences: Wow! My name is Bartleby. Is this fun?
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. (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.