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 deploys his veterinary skills to help save Bermuda's Green sea turtles and assist with groundbreaking scientific research on their health and populations. Follow the team as they capture and release wild green sea turtles in a bid to study their health and populations before fitting a satellite tag to a mature specimen that will collect vital data on it's oceanic migrations. Neil also works with Bermuda's turtle stranding network, assisting with the diagnoses, treatment and re-release of an injured green sea turtle washed up on one of Bermuda?s many beautiful beaches.
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: 4-5; Subject Areas: Science. (2006) Hurricanes are nature's giants, some reaching up to nine miles tall!! But one thing is nearly certain ? every year there will be a few hurricanes that do hit land. From space, a hurricane looks like a giant, circular, swirling cloud ? with a hole in the center. The hole is called the "eye" of the storm. A hurricane is one of the biggest, most dramatic shows that Nature can put on. It's an extreme example of our global weather system in action. A hurricane is an awe-inspiring event ? but one you'll want to observe from a safe distance!
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-5; Subject Areas: Science. (2006) One of the worst natural disasters in history happened in December of 2004. It was a tsunami. A massive wall of water crashed on to the shore in Indonesia. It smashed into villages and swept away almost everything in its path. But a tsunami is just another sign that Mother Nature is continuing her natural process of change. Fortunately for us, dangerous tsunamis are also extremely rare.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-5; Subject Areas: Science. (2006) Volcanoes are part of the natural process of the earth. They can bring terrible disaster. But they also have a lot of benefits for humans. Some of the best farmland in the world is in soil created by volcanoes.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject Areas: Science. (2011) Often hard-to-understand concepts of air, gases, air pressure, and layers of the atmosphere are plainly explained in this fascinating video. Concepts and terminology: oxygen, nitrogen, layers, weather, jet stream, and northern lights.
First hand accounts show how governments, industries, and people worldwide are protecting natural resources by using principles of wise resource allocation. Part 1: In Masai communities in Africa, women are collecting rain water and runoff and storing it in tanks. Part 2: In Britain, a wetland area is being restored to a salt marsh for seabirds and for the prevention of flooding that may occur as a result of global warming. Part 3: In India, freshwater turtles are being protected from poachers. Part 4: Introduces U.N. initiatives and the efforts of non-governmental agencies to increase the supply of clean water in Africa. Part 5: in Brazil, an indigenous group has opened their own school to teach Amazon residents how to make a living without harming the environment. Part 6: annual sandstorms in the Gobi Desert have displaced Chinese people who are now fighting back by planting trees. Part 7: In Japan the slaughter of dolphins has become a source of public outcry.
Be thankful for those individuals who care enough to make a difference. From across our globe, these special people are taking on unique environmental challenges and in the process protecting our world. Each person, each effort, brings hope and inspiration to us all, whether it?s re-wilding, rebuilding, preserving, enlightening, surmounting or conserving.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject Areas: Science. (2014) An important part of science and engineering involves solving problems. In this program, students will learn what problems are and why people want to solve them. Special focus is given to defining problems in the context of science and engineering.
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: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Language Arts, Fine Arts. (2007) A watercolor artist illustrates the traditional tale of the Three Little Pigs. Max wants to play ball with his father, but his father has to finish his work first. To teach Max that he should never put off until tomorrow what he can do today, he tells him the classic story of the Three Little Pigs, who leave home in search of adventure. They each build a house, but only the house of the eldest brother, the hardest worker, resists the attack of the big bad wolf.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Language Arts, Fine Arts. (2007) An artist uses mixed media, including drawing and cutouts, to illustrate the traditional Cinderella story.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Language Arts, Fine Arts. (2007) An artist using oil paints and inks, illustrates the traditional story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
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: 4-5; Subject: Social Studies. Pele, the primal force of volcanic heat and lava, leaves her ancient home of Kahiki and searches out a new home for herself and her family. As she travels down the Hawaiian island chain, she is pursued by and battles her eldest sister Namaka, the goddess of water and the sea. After a climactic battle on the island of Maui, she finally finds refuge in Kilauea on the Big Island of Hawai'i.
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.
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: All; Subject: Fine Arts. Profile on artist Fred Roster.
Audience: General; Grades: All; Subject: Fine Arts. Profile of local artist Allyn Bromley
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
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-12; Subject Areas: Sustainability, STEM. (2018) In this episode: Building for earthquakes, Alkaline flow batteries, forests in peril, a day in the life of a mechanical engineer, diving deep with Alvin, and much more!
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: 4-8; Subject: Science. (2005) Focuses on the development of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Details Darwin's research on the diverse animals species which inhabited the Galapagos Islands. Explores Darwin's theories of evolution biology and natural selection, introducing the concepts of speciation, variation, adaptative radiation, and competition and their role in the origin and survival of a species. Concludes with a ten-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffkxaOVRIMXNOTGQ3SjV4VlFCQnRKZktGZUIwcTRtakdsN0pyQkFwaUotUVE&usp=sharing
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: K-5; Subject Areas: Science. (2009) From cooking food to enjoying the warmth of a fire, we use chemical reactions every day. This exciting video highlights the major characteristics and types of chemical reactions. Additional concepts and terminology: reactants, products, physical and chemical changes, chemical equation, reaction rate, and indicators of chemical reactions. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffnpFZkh4dTNsOEVKM1M0eHJYbDBoZDlyM1BsTkFLWTZGelI3V0Z2NVFfNGc&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Science. (2005) Introduces basic laboratory safety practices for working with science activities. Illustrates how to prevent accidents, dress for safety, use protective eyewear, and deal with common problems that occur in a science lab. Demonstrates the safe handling of materials, chemicals, glassware, sharp instruments and heat sources and highlights the safety devices found in a laboratory. Program concludes with a ten-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffjlab3dVc05DdmV5RE9MSjdtd195YUFFdXRGenRIWnpaUkNvSmtKMlh2Mmc&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Science. (2005) Explains the importance of measurement and identifies both standard and metric units of measure. Uses a variety of examples to illustrate the measurement of length, mass, and volume. Demonstrates the use of common measuring instruments such as rulers, balances, and cylinders and explains how to use metric conversion tables. Also describes how a thermometer is used to measure temperature and introduces the Celsius scale. Program concludes with a 10-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffjlab3dVc05DdmV5RE9MSjdtd195YUFFdXRGenRIWnpaUkNvSmtKMlh2Mmc&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Science. (2005) Explains the scientific method and illustrates how to follow this method when creating a science fair project. Identifies the steps involved in scientific methodology from formulating a question to gathering data and determining conclusion. Presents suggestions on how to create a successful science project, including the use of charts and graphs to display data. Includes examples of actual science fair projects. Program concludes with a 10-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffjlab3dVc05DdmV5RE9MSjdtd195YUFFdXRGenRIWnpaUkNvSmtKMlh2Mmc&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Science. (2005) Explores the concept of scientific observation and explains how the senses are used to make observations. Highlights various methods of observation and explains how to record them in the form of data. Compares quantitative and qualitative observations and illustrates how the collected data is recorded, organized and displayed using graphic methods. Identifies several types of graphs and charts used to analyze and record scientific data. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffjlab3dVc05DdmV5RE9MSjdtd195YUFFdXRGenRIWnpaUkNvSmtKMlh2Mmc&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject Areas: Science. (2014) A key component of answering questions and solving problems is to conduct investigations. In easy-to-understand language, this video describes what investigations are and why they are important. Special emphasis is placed on demonstrating the nature of data.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Science. (2013) If you have ever torn up a piece of paper or seen ice melt, then you have witnessed physical changes. This fascinating program helps students understand some of the different ways matter changes physically. Vivid animations also illustrate various types of phase changes. Concepts and terminology: freezing, melting, condensation, boiling, and evaporation.
They hold us up and help us move our bodies. This video explores our bones and muscles! We look at the different kinds of bones: long bones, flat bones and irregular bones. We also learn terms like smooth muscle, saddle joint and periosteum. Finally, we?ll talk about how to keep our bones and muscles healthy.
Audience: General; Grades: K-12; Subject Areas: Science. The video briefly recounts the eruptive history of Halema'uma'u and describes the formation and continued growth of the current summit vent and lava lake. It features USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists sharing their insights on the summit eruption: how they monitor the lava lake, how and why the lake level rises and falls, why explosive events occur, the connection between Kilauea's ongoing summit and East Rift Zone eruptions, and the impacts of the summit eruption on the Island of Hawai'i and beyond.
A major part of cooking involves delivering heat energy to natural things and transforming them to the state where they can be digested and absorbed. This technique does not stop at simply making food taste good. Professor Wrangham of Harvard University says the ability to produce food through heat is what helped humans evolve.
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject: STEM. (2015) Zeros & Ones: The World of Digital Technology The way we process information has had a significant impact on both technology and communication in modern society. From natural analogue systems, we have witnessed the development of binary and digital information systems, and arrived at the massively complex technology that now dominates our daily lives.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-5; Subject: Science. (2006) Describes the process of the Earth's orbit and rotation. Examines how these movements cause day and night, leap years, and the changing seasons. Also explains the reasons for the summer and winter solstice and the spring and vernal equinox. Concludes with a 5-question video quiz. For a teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfdnZsQXFZdUNqV00&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject Areas: Health, SEL. (2015) Faith: My Story About Being Confident Living a somewhat nomadic life, Faith has lived in various parts of the world, moving regularly when her father accepted new business positions. She describes herself as "shy and awkward". Her personal escape had always been music, having taught herself to play guitar and compose songs. Encouraged to enter a local talent competition her original composition was a selected finalist and aired on radio to thousands. The recognition she received convinced her to pursue music more seriously, simultaneously doing so with a steady focus on her continuing education.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-12; Subject Areas: Sustainability, STEM. (2018) In this episode: Building for earthquakes, Alkaline flow batteries, forests in peril, a day in the life of a mechanical engineer, diving deep with Alvin, and much more!
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: 4-8; Subject: Science. (2005) Focuses on the development of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Details Darwin's research on the diverse animals species which inhabited the Galapagos Islands. Explores Darwin's theories of evolution biology and natural selection, introducing the concepts of speciation, variation, adaptative radiation, and competition and their role in the origin and survival of a species. Concludes with a ten-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffkxaOVRIMXNOTGQ3SjV4VlFCQnRKZktGZUIwcTRtakdsN0pyQkFwaUotUVE&usp=sharing
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: K-5; Subject Areas: Science. (2009) From cooking food to enjoying the warmth of a fire, we use chemical reactions every day. This exciting video highlights the major characteristics and types of chemical reactions. Additional concepts and terminology: reactants, products, physical and chemical changes, chemical equation, reaction rate, and indicators of chemical reactions. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffnpFZkh4dTNsOEVKM1M0eHJYbDBoZDlyM1BsTkFLWTZGelI3V0Z2NVFfNGc&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Science. (2005) Introduces basic laboratory safety practices for working with science activities. Illustrates how to prevent accidents, dress for safety, use protective eyewear, and deal with common problems that occur in a science lab. Demonstrates the safe handling of materials, chemicals, glassware, sharp instruments and heat sources and highlights the safety devices found in a laboratory. Program concludes with a ten-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffjlab3dVc05DdmV5RE9MSjdtd195YUFFdXRGenRIWnpaUkNvSmtKMlh2Mmc&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Science. (2005) Explains the importance of measurement and identifies both standard and metric units of measure. Uses a variety of examples to illustrate the measurement of length, mass, and volume. Demonstrates the use of common measuring instruments such as rulers, balances, and cylinders and explains how to use metric conversion tables. Also describes how a thermometer is used to measure temperature and introduces the Celsius scale. Program concludes with a 10-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffjlab3dVc05DdmV5RE9MSjdtd195YUFFdXRGenRIWnpaUkNvSmtKMlh2Mmc&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Science. (2005) Explains the scientific method and illustrates how to follow this method when creating a science fair project. Identifies the steps involved in scientific methodology from formulating a question to gathering data and determining conclusion. Presents suggestions on how to create a successful science project, including the use of charts and graphs to display data. Includes examples of actual science fair projects. Program concludes with a 10-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffjlab3dVc05DdmV5RE9MSjdtd195YUFFdXRGenRIWnpaUkNvSmtKMlh2Mmc&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-8; Subject Areas: Science. (2005) Explores the concept of scientific observation and explains how the senses are used to make observations. Highlights various methods of observation and explains how to record them in the form of data. Compares quantitative and qualitative observations and illustrates how the collected data is recorded, organized and displayed using graphic methods. Identifies several types of graphs and charts used to analyze and record scientific data. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLffjlab3dVc05DdmV5RE9MSjdtd195YUFFdXRGenRIWnpaUkNvSmtKMlh2Mmc&usp=sharing