Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject: STEM. (2015) Mutation What exactly does it means to be a "mutant"? Far from being some kind of seemingly alien being, the answer is that we are all mutants. In fact, if it weren't for genetic mutation, the human race may not have survived as long as it has.
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: All; Subject areas: Fine Arts. Artists Carl Pao and Erika Johnson examine the use of Shape in printmaking.(2014)
Grades: All; Subject areas: Fine Arts.(2014)
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Fine Arts. (1999) Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Fine Arts. Mark draws a happy Harry while demonstrating the Renaissance terms overlapping and bonus. At the Cleveland Museum of Art, Mark examines a handmade, hand-written and illustrated prayer book called "The Hours of Isabella." The Web Wizard visits the homepage of Chicken, Alaska.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Fine Arts. (1999) Mark draws Hercules a huge helmet while demonstrating the Renaissance terms foreshadowing, shading, and bonus. Reviews Edmund Tarbell's profile portrait, "Preparing for the Matinee" from the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject: Fine Arts. (2016)
Grades: All; Subject areas: Fine Arts. (2006) This documentary highlights several of Hawai`i's most prominent artists. Each 25-minute segment features two artists who work in the same medium. They share their views and philosophy, and discuss technique and style.
Grades: All; Subject areas: Fine Arts. (2006) This documentary highlights several of Hawai`i's most prominent artists. Each 25-minute segment features two artists who work in the same medium. They share their views and philosophy, and discuss technique and style.
Audience: General; Subject Areas: Fine Arts. Allyn Bromley - Mixed Media / Printmaking, David Smith - Printmaking
Audience: General; Subject Areas: Fine Arts. Adella Buss - Mixed Media, Liz Train - Fiber Arts
Audience: General; Subject Areas: Fine Arts. Daven Hee - Ceramics, Cade Roster - Multi-Media
Audience: General; Subject Areas: Fine Arts. May Izumi - Sculpture, Lynn Weiler Liverton - Sculpture
Audience: General; Subject Areas: Fine Arts. Rochelle Lum - Ceramics, Shigeru Miyamoto - Ceramics
Audience: General; Subject Areas: Fine Arts. Donna E. Shimazu - Jewelry Arts, Gordon Uyehara - Jewelry Arts / Sculpture, Lori Uyehara - Mixed-Media / Painting,
Video about the "Dirt" Show at the Museum of Art (2014)
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-12; Subject Areas: Sustainability, STEM. (2018) In this episode: Saving indigenous languages, bone implants, triceratops gets a cousin, saving the bay, the science of speed 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: 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-8; Subject: Music. (1998) Ten-year-old Wirag learns to play his xylophone by ear, without a musical score. While practicing in front of a Buddhist temple, he is invited by a monk to play on a magnificent xylophone.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-8; Subject: Music. (1998) An 8 year old boy is learning how to play the taiko drum.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-8; Subject: Music. (1998) A 6 year old South Korean boy sings the Pansori, which is like an opera. He shares what is involved in preparation and rehearsal.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-8; Subject: Music. (1998) Introduces Tagun, an 11-year-old Korean boy who plays a bamboo flute known as the Tanso. His parents are worried about him because he invests so much time in his favorite instrument that he neglects his homework and his sister.
Audience: General; Grades: All; Subject Areas: Music.Ancient Hawaii musical instruments - its history, culture and ties to the people.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Science. (2008) When you hear the roar of traffic, the bark of a dog, or your teacher's voice, you are experiencing sound. This program uses colorful animations to explore important characteristics of sound, including intensity, loudness, pitch, and frequency. Concepts and terminology illustrated in this video include: vibrations, frequency, pitch, amplitude, volume, how sound travels, uses of sound energy, speed of sound, and how we hear sounds.
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: Short loops, letter: e, words: eel, lee.
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: 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: 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: 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: 4-12; Subject Areas: Sustainability, STEM. (2018) In this episode: Saving indigenous languages, bone implants, triceratops gets a cousin, saving the bay, the science of speed 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: 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-8; Subject: Music. (1998) Ten-year-old Wirag learns to play his xylophone by ear, without a musical score. While practicing in front of a Buddhist temple, he is invited by a monk to play on a magnificent xylophone.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-8; Subject: Music. (1998) An 8 year old boy is learning how to play the taiko drum.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-8; Subject: Music. (1998) A 6 year old South Korean boy sings the Pansori, which is like an opera. He shares what is involved in preparation and rehearsal.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-8; Subject: Music. (1998) Introduces Tagun, an 11-year-old Korean boy who plays a bamboo flute known as the Tanso. His parents are worried about him because he invests so much time in his favorite instrument that he neglects his homework and his sister.
Audience: General; Grades: All; Subject Areas: Music.Ancient Hawaii musical instruments - its history, culture and ties to the people.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Science. (2008) When you hear the roar of traffic, the bark of a dog, or your teacher's voice, you are experiencing sound. This program uses colorful animations to explore important characteristics of sound, including intensity, loudness, pitch, and frequency. Concepts and terminology illustrated in this video include: vibrations, frequency, pitch, amplitude, volume, how sound travels, uses of sound energy, speed of sound, and how we hear sounds.
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: Short loops, letter: e, words: eel, lee.