Getting to School Safely
By SchoolMedia, Inc. - 1998
Learn the basics of safe walking, bicycling, and riding in an automobile to school. Discover the importance of using crosswalks, obeying the crossing…
Global Cooperation
By Classroom Video - 1998
Topics include "Rebuilding Rabaul" (PNG) - after volcanic eruption; "Controlling river weed" (PNG) - on the Sepik River; "Combating dengue fever…
Globes & Us
By SchoolMedia, Inc. - 1998
Learn about latitude and longitude, grids, degrees, minutes, seconds, time zones, scale, legends, keys, cardinal and intermediate directions…
Grief and Bereavement
By Distribution Access - 1998
Grief is an essential element of the healing process. This program explores the psychology and role of grief, artistic expressions of grief and…
History as Literature - History Facts vs. Fiction
By Governors State University - 1998
Offers criteria for evaluating historical literature. Studio Class discussion centers on such topics as the place of political correctness in period…
How a Plant Works
By Classroom Video - 1998
We look at a range of plants from the small to the large, the primitive to the modern and explore the following plant processes: energy, breathing…
How Plants Grow
By SchoolMedia, Inc. - 1998
Students will investigate and understand that in order for seeds to germinate and grow they must receive certain basic needs - food, air, water…
How to Use "Banned" Books
By Governors State University - 1998
Explores the ways in which teachers can authenticate the use of censored books in the classroom. Topics of discussion include the importance of…
I Came, I Saw, I Redoxed
By Classroom Video - 1998
Cesium and his legion of Atoms set out to conquer the world. Unfortunately, he is attacked by oxygen and water. Mg, Fe and Na are oxidized. In a…
Infancy
By VEA Group Pty Ltd - 1998
In this program we look at the nutritional requirements for development during infancy.
Introductions and Course Overview
By Governors State University - 1998
Emphasizes the need to meet readers at their current level. Viewers meet Dr. Muhammad and the Studio Class. Discussion centers on the stages of…
Inventions That Changed our Lives: Communication & Transportation
By Cerebellum Corporation - 1998
Thanks to visionaries like Alexander Graham Bell and Henry Ford, the areas of communication and travel have journeyed great distances in a short…
Inventions That Changed our Lives: Inventions & Innovations
By Cerebellum Corporation - 1998
Narrated by Tom Baker, Inventions and Innovations features rare footage of pioneering inventors Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell and Henry Ford…
Inventions That Changed our Lives: Medicine
By Cerebellum Corporation - 1998
Inventions that preserve life are the most vital of all. Inventions That Changed Our Lives: Medicine presents an astonishing review of man's…
Inventions That Changed our Lives: Plastic Planet
By Cerebellum Corporation - 1998
Plastic is the 20th Century's magical, miracle material! Plastic Planet highlights the progress of this artificial medium and how it imitates Mother…
Inventions That Changed our Lives: The Technology of Warfare
By Cerebellum Corporation - 1998
Narrated by Tom Baker, The Technology of Warfare examines how wartime inventions have also inspired and fueled space exploration. See how war-related…
Inventions That Changed our Lives: The Wonder of Electricity
By Cerebellum Corporation - 1998
The Wonder of Electricity, as narrated by Tom Baker, chronicles a century of timesaving devices, from the functional to the fanciful. You will be…
Knights and Castles
By Classroom Video - 1998
For five hundred years, castles held the key to power and dominated the landscape. This video looks at why they were built, life inside them and the…
Landforms #1
By SchoolMedia, Inc. - 1998
Take a ride in a "traveling machine" to learn about the form and function of landforms. Appreciate the beauty and utility of the world's natural…
Learning to use a Calendar
By SchoolMedia, Inc. - 1998
Before students recognize that holidays are celebrated on special days, they must first learn ways of using a calendar and recognize how a calendar…
Lifestyle Diseases
By Classroom Video - 1998
A couple of teenagers go to a fortune teller to find out what they will look like when they are older, they take in to account their present…
Literature Circles: Fiction in the Young Adult Classroom
By Governors State University - 1998
Explores Literature Circles as a student-centered alternative to traditional literature teaching. The Studio Class fleshes out the rules for setting…
Mammals #1
By SchoolMedia, Inc. - 1998
Introduce students to mammals and the things that make them different from other groups of animals. Discover the different parts of mammals such as…
Maps: Types, Symbols, and Terms
By SchoolMedia, Inc. - 1998
Learn about the world of information available to map readers. Understand the common and practical uses of maps - from finding one's way across town…
Mass Production of Food
By Classroom Video - 1998
This video shows how the following foods are produced: jam production, Pasta, Curries, sauces, mixes, soups; meat - prepackaged; apples - growing…
Mendelian Genetics
By Rainbow Boomerang Videos - 1998
In the 19th Century, Gregor Mendel was able to work out the basic laws of genetics by studying the garden pea. We look at the experiments Mendel…
Meteorites
By Rainbow Boomerang Videos - 1998
Comets, meteorites, and asteroids. The effects of meteorites on the dinosaurs and the shape of our planets surface. The discovery of Iridium…
Mystery and Horror Novels
By Governors State University - 1998
Evaluates the appeal and content of this genre. The lesson looks at Horror and Mystery novels as a non-video game pursuit that is especially…
Native Americans: The First Peoples
By SchoolMedia, Inc. - 1998
Examine the life-styles of Native Americans who lived in the Eastern Woodlands, the Great Plains, the Southwest Desert, the Pacific Northwest, and…
New Realism Novels
By Governors State University - 1998
Explores criteria for evaluating Realistic and Problem novels. The lesson shows how these novels can provide powerful coming-of-age tales for teens…
Origins (A Science Odyssey)
By WGBH - 1998
The earthquake that shatters San Francisco in 1906 opens a century of explosive discoveries and debates in the earth sciences. See the Earth through…
Particle Model & Kinetic Theory
By Classroom Video - 1998
Topics include stacking - crystals, angles and ionic radii; temperature - kinetic energy; solution; precipitation - particles stack as crystals…
Plant Habitats Around the World
By SchoolMedia, Inc. - 1998
Students discover a wide variety of plants and the environments in which they live - desertt, tundra, forests, mountains, etc. They will investigate…
Plants
By BioMedia Associates - 1998
The Biology of Plants uses clear graphics and succinct narration describe the molecular level mechanisms of photosynthesis. The taxonomy section…
Play Building
By Classroom Video - 1998
For many students learning how to work co-operatively with their peers is a way of developing self confidence in themselves and their own ideas…
Playground Safety
By SchoolMedia, Inc. - 1998
Children learn that by acting properly on the playground equipment they will have more fun and reduce injuries. Children learn playground rules -…
Poetry Alive, Part 1
By Governors State University - 1998
Explores how drama enhances the appreciation of poetry. The Studio Class builds on previous lessons, outlining the concepts important to good…
Poetry Alive, Part 2
By Governors State University - 1998
Discusses strategies for incorporating ideas presented in the previous lesson. The ideas discussed in Class 11 are expanded to include a protocol…
Politics of Young Adult Literature
By Governors State University - 1998
Summarizes how culture, tradition, and stereotyping influence young adult literature. This class examines how literature serves as an agent for…
Pregnancy and Prenatal Development
By VEA Group Pty Ltd - 1998
This program looks at nutritional and environmental requirements during pregnancy and for prenatal development.
Production Workers: And the Goods They Make
By SchoolMedia, Inc. - 1998
Learn about the people who make or grow the goods we need - production workers. See how these workers make trucks and houses and grow food for the…
Punctuation
By VEA Group Pty Ltd - 1998
Our producer has developed the ultimate plain-English guide punctuation. The dots and squiggles which always confuse students: apostrophes, commas…
Qualities of Young Adult Literature
By Governors State University - 1998
Outlines two diverse ways to analyze the suitability of a literary work. Students learn to examine the merits of a work on two different levels - by…
Quest - Coming-of-Age Novels
By Governors State University - 1998
Examines the psychological and sociological impact of Coming-of-Age novels. The Studio Class discover how the "Role Sheets" introduced in Class 13…
Race in Literature and Publishing
By Governors State University - 1998
Discusses multicultural influences on young adult literature. The Studio Class learns "10 Quick Ways to Spot Racism and Sexism" in a children's book…
Rainy Day P.E.: Intermediate
By SchoolMedia, Inc. - 1998
Features aerobics to music with emphasis on group cooperative skills. Children will be enthused doing the "Celebration Hand Jive" and the "Electric…
Rainy Day P.E.: Primary Grades
By SchoolMedia, Inc. - 1998
Features aerobics to music - staying in personal space with "boogie" warm-ups featuring arm movements (clapping, stretching, circling, patty cake…
Riding the Rails
By WGBH - 1998
Don't miss this ride! Riding the Rails tells the unforgettable story of the 250,000 teenagers who left their homes and hopped freight trains during…