Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject Areas: Science. (2015) On today's episode of "NASA X," we'll look back at some of those earlier missions and also explore the latest mission to monitor the ozone called SAGE III. We will follow the SAGE III team through the test phase to better understand how this mission will work and what we can expect when it is launched. We'll also get a better understanding of our fragile atmosphere and what we need to do to safeguard it for future generations.
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject Areas: Science. (2014) Coming up on this episode of "NASA X," we will follow members of NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate's UAS Integration into the NAS project team as they tackle the major hurdles of integrating these types of vehicles into our daily lives. We'll see how researchers are solving technical challenges as well as concerns around human factors in an effort to one day allow these vehicles to safely integrate into our society.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Science. (2012) While it may not always seem possible, Earth is continually changing. This video provides insight into fascinating processes such as the formation of land, erosion, and volcanic eruptions. Other Earth processes are also investigated. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffnRFZDNUTFZjVzBPRjNBSXVvR1VOUDV5b05ieG5zXzVfZUI3bWRkZkFRcTQ&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: K-12; Subject Areas: Science. This energetic and upbeat program introduces students to the world of animals by visiting them in a zoo setting and talking with the zookeepers and other professionals who care for them. Birds Students visit the National Zoo and learn what makes a bird,...well, a bird! Scientists discuss the importance of feathers on birds. A game show spoof "What Do Birds Eat?" focuses on different birds and how they grow and develop. Birds Segment Time: 15 minutes
Audience: Students; Grades: K-12; Subject Areas: Science. This energetic and upbeat program introduces students to the world of animals by visiting them in a zoo setting and talking with the zookeepers and other professionals who care for them. Mammals Students learn all about mammals and terms such as habitat, vertebrate, and endothermate. A zookeeper from the National Zoo talks about the importance of hair on mammals. The game show "Habitat Match" shows where mammals live and the importance of their surroundings. Mammals Segment Time: 15 minutes
Audience: General; Subject Areas: Science. (2017) Neil and his team expand their veterinary knowledge as they dissect a giant blue marlin donated to them by a local fishing tournament. Its body is an anatomical and evolutionary wonder that make the blue marlin one of the fastest and most formidable predators in the ocean.
Audience: General; Subject Areas: Science. (2017) Neil and Choy discover the heart of the sargassum community and work alongside veteran aquarium collector Chris Flook to reveal how crucial the sargassum seaweed is to the health of the entire ocean. The team explores the deep sea structure of Argus towers and inshore mangrove bays, building a bigger picture of how the intricate and delicate food web of the sargasso sea works. Follow the team as they collect samples for an exhibit that will educate local school children on the unique species and tiny life that lives within these golden rain forests of the ocean.
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: Tall loops, letter: l
DOE Vocational Rehabilitation partnership featuring Farrington High & Waimea High. Interviews with Vocational Rehabilitation staff, Hookipa Workforce Academy partners, and school staff.
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.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-12; Subject Areas: Sustainability, STEM. (2018)
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: General; Subject: Schools. (2018) See two large garden programs of the Hawaii Department of Education. First, Waikiki Elementary School's Mindful School Garden. Started on Earth Day over10 years ago, the fruit trees and farm plants are still going strong with help from students, parents, and community. Second, Makaha Elementary School's partnership with neighboring farm Hoa 'Aina O Makaha. Interviews with school garden teachers and staff.
Grades: K-3; Subject Areas: Science.(2012) All the people in the world live on the same planet, which we call home. This program explains why Earth is precious and how it is being damaged. Special attention is paid to how we can conserve natural resources and care for the planet. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfVXlFcng4Y2pnOFk&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Social Studies. (2013) Changes With School Upon leaving Elementary School most everything in a students life is going to change while they transition to Middle School. Students will be starting over again...beginning at the bottom grade level. They'll have more teachers and more classes. Extra-curricular events will take more of their time. They'll need to be better organized and learn techniques for staying on top of all that schoolwork. The social dynamics with other classmates will become more sophisticated. Middle School is a period of tremendous growth and enormous change for any student. Helping them understand how to deal with the changes can only lighten the process.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Social Studies. (2013) Changes With Family As youngsters mature, one thing is for sure, the relationship with the family is going to change. The Middle School years are a time when young people want to learn and decide more things for themselves. Even so, it's not a good idea to disregard the assistance of others, like adults. Of course with more independence comes more responsibility. They will be expected to contribute more at home, at school and in other parts of their lives. It won't necessarily be easy but knowing the changes coming can help them meet the challenges ahead.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Social Studies. (2013) Social Changes As part of the maturation process, young people will likely request more privacy in their personal life, which is perfectly acceptable. However, they shouldn't close the door on family or important others. What's the purpose of a secret life anyway? In social settings they will begin to take an interest in others who didn't seem so interesting previously. In general girls will be more interested in boys and boys will be more interested in girls. This is also a time of tremendous peer pressure so they need to be very choosy about who they select for friends and what groups they may consider to join.
A sampling of various Geometry Camp lessons that provide students with hands-on, inquiry-based learning to expose them to geometric concepts. Students are given the opportunity to practice basic concepts and functions of geometry with real world applications. Concepts introduced in Geometry Camp include the Pythagorean Theorem, shapes, patterns, area, and perimenter. General learner outcomes are embedded in this non-threatening, fun learning process.
Bhutan's governing party pledged recently to follow the policies of the absolute monarchy it is replacing, after it won a landslide in the country?s first parliamentary elections. This remote, beautiful country truly is in the throes of a noble experiment. What makes this experiment unique is that this move towards democracy has been initiated by the ruling monarch himself.
Audience: General, Grades 4-12. Subjects: Social Studies. 1945: The Capitulation, 1940's (2010)
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies. (2009) 1974 - Miriam Lee Fights to Legalize Traditional Chinese Medicine in America 1975 -Kingston, Hwang, and Chang the New Wave of Chinese American Writers 1982 - Maya Ying Lin Designs the Vietnam War Memorial 1983 - Andrew and Peggy Cherng Found Panda Express
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies. (2009) 1985 - Yo -Yo Ma Wins First Grammy 1989 - Amy Tan Writes The Joy Luck Club 1989 - Chinese Americans Excel at Sports 1991 - John Sie Founds Cable Powerhouse Starz Encore 1994 - Jerry Yang Co-founds Yahoo! 1996 - Time Magazine's Man of the Year is AIDS Researcher David Ho 2006 - Astronau
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-6; Subject: Social Studies. (2004) Investigates the geography of China and its neighbors, including details of language and population. Examines the major religions of the country including Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and traditional beliefs concerning the yin and yang, feng shui, tai chi, the Eight Trigrams, and the I Ching.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-6; Subject: Social Studies. (2004) Examines life in China's ancient capital cities of Xian and Beijing including investigations of city defenses, towers, neighborhoods, traditional foods and markets, the emperors of China and The Forbidden City.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-6; Subject: Social Studies. (2004) Investigates the significance of the Silk Road, the Great Wall, Chinese dynasties, British colonialism and the move to a Communist government in China.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-8; Subject: Music. (1998) Introduces Rebecca, a citizen of Hong Kong who plays the butterfly harp. Rebecca and her family share an informal musical improvisation evening with friends, playing traditional instruments.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-12; Subject Areas: History. (2003) Discusses the discovery of the Peking man and describes Chinese civilization during the neolithic period. Covers the Shang dynasty, during which silk was first produced; the Zhou Dynasty, during which Confucianism and ancestor worship were first practiced; the Chin Dynasty, during which Qin Shihuangdi standardized the Chinese language, created laws, built the Great Wall, and assembled the terracotta army for his tomb; and the Han Dynasty, during which the traders traveled on the Silk Road and Buddhism was introduced. Tells the story of the Three Kingdoms following the Han Dynasty and discusses the emergence of the Sui Dynasty.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-12; Subject Areas: History. (2003) Chronicles the history of China from the Song Dynasty through today. Covers the Sui Dynasty, during which the Grand Canal was built; the Northern Song Dynasty, during which paper currency and gunpowder were created; the Southern Song Dynasty, which established a new Chinese navy and the Southern Song school of landscape painting; the Yuan Dynasty, during which China was opened to foreigners; the Ming Dynasty, which established the Forbidden City and encouraged the arts; and the Qing Dynasty, during which the Opium Wars were fought. Discusses the Civil War of 1911, the People's Republic of China, the Tiananmen Square Incident, the Great Wall, the Terracotta Army, and the Grand Canal.
Millions of Chinese protested for freedom in Tiananmen Square and around the country. A new generation wanted greater democratic rights. Martial law was declared and the government crushed the decent. Tiananmen remains a reminder that political freedom is not allowed.
A sunny day in paradise turned into one of the deadliest, most catastrophic natural disasters ever. An earthquake deep in the Indian ocean caused tsunamis that battered countries from Southeast Asia all the way to Africa. Hundreds of thousands of people died. Millions were left without food and shelter. Whole cites were wiped out not unlike from a nuclear explosion. The only solace is the creation of an early warning system that has already proven its worth.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-8; Subject: Music. (1998) Duquan lives in Harlem where he sings gospel music every Sunday in his parish church and dreams of becoming a rap star someday.
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).
Constantinople, the gateway between East and West was the former epicentre of the Eastern Christian Empire of Byzantium. The Ottoman Empires momentous conquest of these lands began the accelerated rise of one of the greatest Empire's the world has ever known. Under the direction of the Sultan Suleiman the Golden Age of the Ottoman Empire begins.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject Areas: Science. (2011) This program explores the interesting and fun process of weighing common objects. Concepts and terminology: matter, mass, weight, scale, and metric system. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfdktnalJvOFhOT1k&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject: World Cultures. (2015) The Caste System Despite being outlawed, the caste system in India still adheres to the ancient Hindu-based hierarchy. Here, in the holy city of Varanasi, it remains an obstacle to full democracy.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-8; Subject: Music. (1998) Introduces Itamar, who lives in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. Itamar explains that all the members of his family play a musical instrument and his specialty is the violin. Itamar and his family perform at his birthday concert.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-8; Subject: Music. (1998) Twelve-year-old Safi lives in the Galilee and plays the traditional Arab drum known as a darbuka. Safi and his friends have organized a band, but his debut as a musician comes when he plays his darbuka with his father's band.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-12; Subject Areas: Sustainability, STEM. (2018)
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: General; Subject: Schools. (2018) See two large garden programs of the Hawaii Department of Education. First, Waikiki Elementary School's Mindful School Garden. Started on Earth Day over10 years ago, the fruit trees and farm plants are still going strong with help from students, parents, and community. Second, Makaha Elementary School's partnership with neighboring farm Hoa 'Aina O Makaha. Interviews with school garden teachers and staff.
Grades: K-3; Subject Areas: Science.(2012) All the people in the world live on the same planet, which we call home. This program explains why Earth is precious and how it is being damaged. Special attention is paid to how we can conserve natural resources and care for the planet. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfVXlFcng4Y2pnOFk&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Social Studies. (2013) Changes With School Upon leaving Elementary School most everything in a students life is going to change while they transition to Middle School. Students will be starting over again...beginning at the bottom grade level. They'll have more teachers and more classes. Extra-curricular events will take more of their time. They'll need to be better organized and learn techniques for staying on top of all that schoolwork. The social dynamics with other classmates will become more sophisticated. Middle School is a period of tremendous growth and enormous change for any student. Helping them understand how to deal with the changes can only lighten the process.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Social Studies. (2013) Changes With Family As youngsters mature, one thing is for sure, the relationship with the family is going to change. The Middle School years are a time when young people want to learn and decide more things for themselves. Even so, it's not a good idea to disregard the assistance of others, like adults. Of course with more independence comes more responsibility. They will be expected to contribute more at home, at school and in other parts of their lives. It won't necessarily be easy but knowing the changes coming can help them meet the challenges ahead.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Social Studies. (2013) Social Changes As part of the maturation process, young people will likely request more privacy in their personal life, which is perfectly acceptable. However, they shouldn't close the door on family or important others. What's the purpose of a secret life anyway? In social settings they will begin to take an interest in others who didn't seem so interesting previously. In general girls will be more interested in boys and boys will be more interested in girls. This is also a time of tremendous peer pressure so they need to be very choosy about who they select for friends and what groups they may consider to join.
A sampling of various Geometry Camp lessons that provide students with hands-on, inquiry-based learning to expose them to geometric concepts. Students are given the opportunity to practice basic concepts and functions of geometry with real world applications. Concepts introduced in Geometry Camp include the Pythagorean Theorem, shapes, patterns, area, and perimenter. General learner outcomes are embedded in this non-threatening, fun learning process.