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).
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.
AWAIAULU is dedicated to developing resources and resource people that can bridge Hawaiian knowledge from the past to the present and the future. Awaiaulu works to perpetuate and advance the use of the Hawaiian language and train Hawaiian language translators and editors, generate Hawaiian language books and translations, and other educational material for universities, schools, research arenas, and the general public. This 2019 gathering at Washington Place, the home of Hawaii's last queen, was the introduction of Awaiaulu's programs, goals, mentor translators and newly trained translators to the community.
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.
Audience: General; Subject: Local businesses. (2017)
For centuries, loko i'a, or fishponds, were a vital part of the Native Hawaiian food system, connecting freshwater sources to the ocean, using rock-wall enclosures to raise and eventually harvest fish. In recent decades, there has been a resurgence of this indigenous way of aquafarming. Kai Piha: Na Loko I'a looks at how four fishponds on O'ahu are being restored.
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.
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: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject Areas: World Language. What does a small isolated island in the Pacific have to teach the rest of the world? Te Pito O Te Henua: Rapa Nui tells the story of Rapa Nui. It explores the close ties between the Rapa Nui people and the people of Hawaii and how the Polynesian Voyaging Canoe Hokulea played a part in re-establishing the link between these two grand cultures. What can we learn from Rapa Nuis history and its present state? How does Rapa Nui effect how we view ourselves and how we treat our earth? Many lessons are learned in this documentary.
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. (2017) In this episode: Studying Hawaiian volcanoes, Fishing Spiders, marine life in the Antarctic, Green roofs, exoskeletons and much more!
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.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Math. (2005) Dr. Rock introduces the principles of addition as he prepares for a birthday party. Animated graphics are used to illustrate adding one-digit whole numbers, including sums equal to ten. Children are shown adding different objects and the mathematical symbols used in addition sentences are identified along with related facts for solving problems.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Math. (2005) Dr. Rock explains the value of money and demonstrates the basic principles of counting money. He identifies the number of cents in a penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and dollar bill. Students learn how to combine coins to make a certain value and Dr. Rock illustrates the symbols associated with money, such as the dollar sign and decimal point.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Math. (2005) Dr. Rock explains what fractions are and how they are applied. He uses pieces of fruit to illustrate how fractions are part of a whole. Children are shown using fraction wheels and animated graphics illustrate how fractions represent part of a whole number.
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject Areas: STEM. (2017) Plant genome research is already revolutionizing the field of biology. Currently, scientists are unlocking the secrets of some of the most important plants in our lives, including corn, cotton and potatoes. Secrets of Plant Genomes: Revealed! takes viewers on a lively, upbeat journey that explores how these plants got to be the way they are and investigates how we can make better use of them in the future. Plant scientists are hard at work--in the lab, in the field and at the computer--to increase our understanding of nature. Secrets of Plant Genomes: Revealed! makes the study of plants exciting and relevant by showing how learning more about plants can improve our everyday lives.
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies.(2015) Hidden in the back of Manoa Valley, the Lyon Arboretum is a historic site that serves as a botanical garden, an educational institution, and a research facility. The documentary tells the history of the arboretum and the vital role it played in preserving our watershed. The many present-day activities of the arboretum are also featured including its work in preserving and exhibiting Native Hawaiian and exotic plants, its role as an educational institution and its role as a research facility.
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies.(2015) This documentary covers the activities of the Hawaiian Rare Plant Program at the Lyon Arboretum, a program that seeks to propagate and preserve the most endangered plant species in our islands. The documentary explores the program's three main components: a seed bank, a micro-propagation laboratory, and its greenhouse facilities. The processes of seed storage and micro-propagation are explained, and several rarely seen endangered plants are featured.
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: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject: Environmental Science. (2002) Describes the characteristics of grasslands and explores different types of grasslands, including the African savanna, California grasslands, intermountain grasslands, desert grasslands, shortgrass prairies, mixed prairies, and tallgrass prairies. Introduces the plant and animal life found in each environment. Includes a ten-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfZ3pBMThCV3kxLVU&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject: Environmental Science (2002) .Explores the characteristics of forest biomes, looking at the climate as well as the plants and animals that inhabit forests. Discusses the unique climate and ecology of coniferous forests, temperate forests and tropical forests. Includes a ten-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfZ3pBMThCV3kxLVU&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject: Environmental Science (2002) Explores the general characteristics of aquatic biomes. Discusses ocean ecology, pointing out the different environments found in the intertidal zone, the neritic zone and the open ocean. Introduces estuaries and freshwater biomes, which include streams, rivers, lakes, ponds and swamps. Includes a ten-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfZ3pBMThCV3kxLVU&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject: Biology. (2010) This engaging video program uses colorful animations and on-location footage to illustrate some of the amazing ways plants reproduce. The reproduction processes in bryophytes, ferns, gymnosperms, and angiosperms are highlighted. Reproductive structures and strategies are illustrated through easy-to-understand diagrams, close-up photography, and colorful 3-D animations. Concepts and terminology includes: haploid gametophyte, diploid sporophyte, archegonium, antheridium, sporophyte, fragmentation, sporangia, sori, seed, pollen, cone, stamen, pistil, style, ovule, and anther. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfVzFpdHc3anZHQ3c&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject: Biology. (2010) Plants possess a wide variety of structures that enable them to accomplish amazing things. This engaging video investigates structures common to most plants and describes how these features enable them to survive. Familiar, everyday examples help students understand the means by which plants carry out their lives. Concepts and terminology include: meristematic tissue, ground tissue, cambium, xylem, epidermis, phloem, roots, cortex, herbaceous stem, stomates, pith, woody stem, terminal bud, guard cells, mesophyll, palisade, transpiration, and translocation. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfVzFpdHc3anZHQ3c&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject: Biology. (2010) This video program explores the fascinating characteristics of nonvascular land plants as well as some of the simpler vascular plants. An in-depth look at mosses, hornworts, and liverworts serves as the topic of study for the beginning of the program. The characteristics of more advanced vascular plants are then explored such as whisk ferns, horsetails, and ferns. Concepts and terminology include: Bryophyta, Hepaticophyta, Anthocerophyta, rhizoids, gametophyte, sporophyte, Lycophyta, Pterophyta, spores, and sori. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfVzFpdHc3anZHQ3c&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject: Biology. (2010) The conquest of land by plants and their proliferation is an amazing biologic story. This vivid, colorful video highlights the evolution of plants, while also describing the major groupings of modern-day plants. Concepts and terminology include: chloroplasts, photosynthetic pigments, cell wall, green algae, nonvascular plants, vascular plants, gymnosperm, angiosperm, alteration of generations, Bryophyta, Hepaticophyta, Anthocerotophyta, Pteridophyta, Lycophyta, Sphenophyta, Psilotophyta, Coniferophyta, Cycadophyta, Gnetophyta, Ginkgophyta, and Anthophyta. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfVzFpdHc3anZHQ3c&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject: Biology. (2010) Almost all life either directly or indirectly depends on one of the most important biological processes on the planet - photosynthesis. Through easy-to-understand graphics and colorful animations, the complex chemical process of photosynthesis is explored. The various structures involved in photosynthesis, transpiration, and transport are also highlighted. Concepts and terminology include: chloroplast, photosystem, light reactions, light-independent reactions, carbon fixation, pigments, photon, absorption, spectrum, chlorophyll, carotenoids, electron transport, photophosphorylation, Calvin Cycle, and C4 plants. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfVzFpdHc3anZHQ3c&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-5; Subject: Science. (2004) Explores the characteristics of water and explains the water cycle, touching on the processes of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. Also describes freshwater and saltwater environments. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfRUsyMi1iRFdiMEU&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject: Science. (2012) From making bread to decomposing things in the environment, fungi play a very important role in our lives. Vivid video footage, accompanied by colorful animations, illustrates the fascinating origin, diversity, and characteristics of fungi. Special attention is given to the ecological and economic importance of fungi. Concepts and terminology include: hyphae, mycelium, Zygomycota, rhizoids, stolons, Ascomycota, ascus, Basidiomycota, Deuteromycota, spores, and lichens. For student guide go to: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B9ZT7PYcIjLfRlQ1U3FJWFgydUE?usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject: Science. (2012) Bacteria are the most abundant living things on the planet. In fact there are more bacteria in your mouth than there are vertebrates on the planet. This fascinating program explores the wide-ranging forms and characteristics of both archaebacteria and bacteria. Prokaryotic evolution and diversity are also discussed. Concepts and terminology include: prokaryote, eukaryote, peptidoglycan, ribosomal proteins, RNA polymerase, gram stain, Archaea, Bacteria, bacterial diseases, decomposition, and genetic engineering. For student guide go to: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B9ZT7PYcIjLfRlQ1U3FJWFgydUE?usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Fine Arts. (1999) Introduces the Chinese language and culture through creative skits, songs, and engaging video teachers.Mark draws a silver back gorilla while demonstrating the Renaissance terms size and shadow. Studies African masks from the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-5; Subject Areas: Fine Arts. (1999) Mark draws an African giraffe while demonstrating the Renaissance terms size and placement. He visits the Albright-Knox Gallery in New York to view examples of Op Art. Hollywood animator Tim Decker is the guest artist.
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.
Grades: 9-12; Language Arts. This series features six island women who are distinguished poets in our community: Kathy Song, Juliet Kono, Carolyn Sinavaiana, Mahealani Perez-Wendt, Brandy Nalani McDougall, and Amalia Bueno. These women come from varied ethnic backgrounds and have all worked hard to contribute to the growing presence of a literary community in Hawai'i. Many of them are dedicated teachers who have mentored others to become writers, and many of them also enjoy a national reputation. Each segment features one poet speaking about their lives and work, and sharing several of their poems on camera. Amalia B. Bueno's poetry and short stories have been recently published in Tinfish 20, Bamboo Ridge 98, Walang Hiya: Literature Taking Risks Toward Liberatory Practice and Growing Up Filipino II. Born in Manila and raised in Honoulu, she has worked in public relations, community development, and policy research and is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in English from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
Grades: 9-12; Language Arts. This series features six island women who are distinguished poets in our community: Kathy Song, Juliet Kono, Carolyn Sinavaiana, Mahealani Perez-Wendt, Brandy Nalani McDougall, and Amalia Bueno. These women come from varied ethnic backgrounds and have all worked hard to contribute to the growing presence of a literary community in Hawai'i. Many of them are dedicated teachers who have mentored others to become writers, and many of them also enjoy a national reputation. Each segment features one poet speaking about their lives and work, and sharing several of their poems on camera. Brandy Nalani McDougall, is of Kanaka Maoli (Hawai'i, Maui, O'ahu and Kaua'i lineages), Chinese and Scottish descent. She is the author of a poetry collection, The Salt-Wind, Ka Makani Pa'akai (2008) and a chapbook, "Return to the Kula House," featured in Effigies: An Anthology of New Indigenous Writing, edited by Allison Hedge Coke (2009). She is a co-founder of Ala Press and Kahuaom'noa Press.
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/
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.
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.
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.
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject: Fine Arts. (2011) At beautiful Makapu'u on O'ahu, award winning artist Mark Brown shows how to create an "en plein air" painting at the cliffs of Makapu'u overlooking the scenic Waimamalo shoreline.
Audience: Students; Grades: 4-12; Subject Areas: Sustainability, STEM. (2017) In this episode: Studying Hawaiian volcanoes, Fishing Spiders, marine life in the Antarctic, Green roofs, exoskeletons and much more!
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.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Math. (2005) Dr. Rock introduces the principles of addition as he prepares for a birthday party. Animated graphics are used to illustrate adding one-digit whole numbers, including sums equal to ten. Children are shown adding different objects and the mathematical symbols used in addition sentences are identified along with related facts for solving problems.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Math. (2005) Dr. Rock explains the value of money and demonstrates the basic principles of counting money. He identifies the number of cents in a penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and dollar bill. Students learn how to combine coins to make a certain value and Dr. Rock illustrates the symbols associated with money, such as the dollar sign and decimal point.
Audience: Students; Grades: K-3; Subject: Math. (2005) Dr. Rock explains what fractions are and how they are applied. He uses pieces of fruit to illustrate how fractions are part of a whole. Children are shown using fraction wheels and animated graphics illustrate how fractions represent part of a whole number.
Audience: Students; Grades: 6-12; Subject Areas: STEM. (2017) Plant genome research is already revolutionizing the field of biology. Currently, scientists are unlocking the secrets of some of the most important plants in our lives, including corn, cotton and potatoes. Secrets of Plant Genomes: Revealed! takes viewers on a lively, upbeat journey that explores how these plants got to be the way they are and investigates how we can make better use of them in the future. Plant scientists are hard at work--in the lab, in the field and at the computer--to increase our understanding of nature. Secrets of Plant Genomes: Revealed! makes the study of plants exciting and relevant by showing how learning more about plants can improve our everyday lives.
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies.(2015) Hidden in the back of Manoa Valley, the Lyon Arboretum is a historic site that serves as a botanical garden, an educational institution, and a research facility. The documentary tells the history of the arboretum and the vital role it played in preserving our watershed. The many present-day activities of the arboretum are also featured including its work in preserving and exhibiting Native Hawaiian and exotic plants, its role as an educational institution and its role as a research facility.
Audience: General; Subject: Social Studies.(2015) This documentary covers the activities of the Hawaiian Rare Plant Program at the Lyon Arboretum, a program that seeks to propagate and preserve the most endangered plant species in our islands. The documentary explores the program's three main components: a seed bank, a micro-propagation laboratory, and its greenhouse facilities. The processes of seed storage and micro-propagation are explained, and several rarely seen endangered plants are featured.
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: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject: Environmental Science. (2002) Describes the characteristics of grasslands and explores different types of grasslands, including the African savanna, California grasslands, intermountain grasslands, desert grasslands, shortgrass prairies, mixed prairies, and tallgrass prairies. Introduces the plant and animal life found in each environment. Includes a ten-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfZ3pBMThCV3kxLVU&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject: Environmental Science (2002) .Explores the characteristics of forest biomes, looking at the climate as well as the plants and animals that inhabit forests. Discusses the unique climate and ecology of coniferous forests, temperate forests and tropical forests. Includes a ten-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfZ3pBMThCV3kxLVU&usp=sharing
Audience: Students; Grades: 9-12; Subject: Environmental Science (2002) Explores the general characteristics of aquatic biomes. Discusses ocean ecology, pointing out the different environments found in the intertidal zone, the neritic zone and the open ocean. Introduces estuaries and freshwater biomes, which include streams, rivers, lakes, ponds and swamps. Includes a ten-question video quiz. For the teacher's guide go to: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9ZT7PYcIjLfZ3pBMThCV3kxLVU&usp=sharing