Resource Correlation Guide
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Provides additional information, experiments and problems on concepts presented in the video programs.
Risk Benefit Analysis
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Explores benefits and risks in personal safety equipment, and develops a generic Risk-Benefit Assessment model. The model is used to reach personal…
Risk/Benefit Analyses of Energy Sources
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Our reliance on fossil fuels is the basis for a risk/benefit analysis of energy sources. The advantages and disadvantages of fossil fuels are…
Safety Matters
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Investigates the hazards associated with the handling and disposing of chemicals. Introduces WHMIS labels and Material Safety Data Sheets for common…
Satellites, Orbits & Gravity
By Classroom Video - 1996
Topics include moons, planets, spacecraft, launching satellites, free fall, orbits, escape velocity, uses of satellites, comms, landsat, geostat…
Science Skills
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Reviews the skills needed to: measure the meniscus, measure with a ruler and weigh with non-digital scales; recognize significant digits; prepare a…
Series and Parallel Circuits
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Gathers and analyses quantitative data of simple series and parallel circuits. The analysis develops mathematical expressions describing the…
Shark Attack!
By WGBH - 1996
Are sharks developing a taste for human flesh? A rash of shark attacks off Hawaii spurs a team of researchers to track the predators' elusive…
Simple Machines (Senior)
By Classroom Video - 1996
Machines change force and distance but the work done is constant. We look at machines from the perspective of W=FD. Topics include inclined plane…
Simply Science - Student Activity Guides
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
A Student ActivityGuide is available for each program in the series Simply Science which provides students with additional practice and learning…
Solar Energy in the Biosphere
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Students explore the effects of light energy on matter and find evidence that light causes chemical reactions in plants. This leads to a discussion…
Specific Heat Capacity and Calorimetry
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Duplicates Joule's experiment to show how he determined specific heat capacity of water. Explains the heat released by one substance equals the heat…
Spy in the Sky
By WGBH - 1996
In 1955, President Dwight Eisenhower launched an espionage mission like no other -- requiring a spy plane that could fly without detection. Here is…
Starting From Scratch
By Jordan-Bastow Productions - 1996
While animation is often associated with Saturday morning cartoons, in the hands of independents, it is one of the most labour-intensive and awe…
Succession and Climax Communities
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Examines successional events and their causes in various communities and ecosystems. Analyses data on population and community change and examines…
Systems Regulating Change in Humans - Resource Correlation Guide - Unit 1
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Provides references to relevant pages in print resources and additional information on concepts presented in the video programs.
Systems, Energy and Matter
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Examines how living organisms, as open systems, exchange energy and matter with their environment. Explains the absorption, transportation and waste…
Tactile and Chemoreceptors
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Investigates the structures and functions of various tactile and chemoreceptors. Uses touch, taste and smell experiments to demonstrate how the…
The Adrenal Glands and Gonads
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Examines the parts and functions of the adrenal glands. Uses the work of Hans Selye to explain the physiological basis of positive and negative…
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
By WGBH - 1996
This Academy Award® nominated two-hour documentary offers a detailed on and off the set perspective on the historic "clash of the titans." Through…
The Bohr Model of the Atom
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
The ideas of atomic spectra and the specifics of the hydrogen spectrum are synthesized to present Bohr's model of the hydrogen atom. The laser…
The Bombing of America
By WGBH - 1996
Follow the investigators on the trail of the bombers and see what it takes to crack a bombing case. To show what science can do to help, NOVA…
The Central Nervous System and Brain
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Features the primary components of the human central nervous system. Identifies the main structures of the brain and their roles in controlling body…
The Churchills
By WGBH - 1996
An astounding portrait of one of history's most important families. They overcame doubters with powerful persuasion. They overthrew enemies with…
The Ear: Hearing and Balance
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Discusses the structures and functions of the human ear and tells how sound waves are transmitted. Examines the role of the inner ear in maintaining…
The Electric Nature of the Atom - Resource Correlation Guide - Unit 4
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Provides additional information, experiments and problems on concepts presented in the video programs.
The Enthalpy of Phase Changes
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Determines the molar enthalpy of a phase change by assuming that kinetic and potential energy changes of a substance undergoing a temperature and…
The Eye: Vision and Perception
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Highlights the structures and functions of the mammalian eye and illustrates how visual sensory receptors relay messages to the brain. Describes a…
The Hardy-Weinberg Principle
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Presents the Hardy-Weinberg principle and its underlying concepts of population equilibrium. Uses animated graphics, Punnett squares and simulations…
The Human Female Reproductive System
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Describes the structures and functions of the female reproductive system and hormones that regulate these functions. Explores medical conditions…
The Human Male Reproductive System
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Highlights the human male reproductive structures, their specific functions and the hormones involved in regulating these functions. Addresses some…
The Hydrogen Spectrum
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Uses the Rydberg equation to quantitatively analyse the hydrogen gas spectrum. The idea of energy levels within the hydrogen atom is introduced…
The Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Describes how the pituitary and hypothalamus work together to control many body functions. Highlights the homeostatic feedback mechanism involved…
The Kingdoms
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Explains how the electron microscope has enabled scientists to probe the most elemental boundaries of life. Investigates the nature, transmission…
The Leader as Coach
By Quality Media Resources, Inc. - 1996
This capsule investigates the coaching skills which are vital to any organization's learning and success. Topics include: coaching in the 21st…
The Leader as Mentor
By Quality Media Resources, Inc. - 1996
In the fast changing world of the new organization, mentoring has become essential for preserving and passing down the history, culture and…
The Molar Enthalpy of a Neutralization Reaction
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Determines the molar enthalpy of neutralization of sodium hydroxide using calorimetry. The experimental value is then compared to the actual value…
The Neuroendocrine System
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Compares the nervous and endocrine systems by describing how each responds to a number of different situations -- physical activity, body…
The Pancreas
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Explores the many roles of the pancreas and its hormonal secretions. Illustrates how insulin and glucagon help regulate blood glucose levels in the…
The Periodic Table
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Reviews Mendeleev's periodic table and the theory of the nuclear structure of the atom. An examination of Bohr's model of the atom explains how this…
The Peripheral Nervous System
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Illustrates how the human body senses and responds to its internal and external environments. Describes the structures and functions of the…
The Photoelectric Effect
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Data is collected and analysed to investigate the photoelectric effect and begin to quantify the photon model of light. These concepts are applied…
The Photon Model of Light
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Observes the behaviour of light in experiments involving black body radiation and the photoelectric effect. When the observations are analyzed from…
The Quantum Mechanical Model
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
The phenomena of fluorescence and phosphorescence provide the context to explore, qualitatively, the main ideas of the quantum mechanical model of…
The Thyroid Gland
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Explains the function and structure of the thyroid gland. Demonstrates the role of thyroxine in regulating metabolic rate. Examines disorders that…
The Unknown World
By WGBH - 1996
They're hiding in your closet. They're lurking in your bed. They're all over you--snacking on your skin, burrowing through your scalp, munching on…
Theory and Methods
By VEA Group Pty Ltd - 1996
What is valid knowledge in sociology? Using a combination of research in action, case studies and expert analysis, this program looks at some of the…
Thermochemical Changes - Resource Correlation Guide - Unit 1
By Alberta Advanced Education - 1996
Provides additional information, experiments and problems on concepts presented in the video programs.