What's new in Digital Content 2008

 The Return of Cuyuhoga, The story of the birth, death and resurrection of  one of America’s most emblematic waterways.
The Water Front, Discusses the “ownership” of public resources and other natural resources.
Build Green, Shows how to build a house with minimal impact on the environment.
Critical Incident: What to do In the First 20 Minutes
, Helps schools prepare for intruders on their campuses.
And Then There Was None,  Revival of the renown Agatha Christie novel. (audio tape, DVD)
Food Smarts: My Pyramid for Kids,  Helps young students make informed choice about the foods they eat.
Apollo Men On the Moon, This program chronicles America’s effort to put a man on the moon and bring him back safely to earth.
Apollo 11: The Eagle Has Landed,  Tells the tale of the first Americans to walk on the moon.
Pictures of Hollis Woods, The story of Hollis Woods, and the remarkable retired teacher who shapes her life.
A Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy,  This is the 1962 tour of the White House with Jackie Kennedy and commentary by Walter Cronkite
Truth, Lies and Intelligence. Powerful, hard-hitting commentary of the Intelligence fraud and devastating chain of events that culminated with the invasion of Iraq.
Global Warming in the Artic: The Melting of Svalbard, Details the impact of global warming on the environment, people and animals of the Artic and the future consequences on the world.
The Hidden Child,  Before WWII, there were 1,600,000 Jewish children in Europe, only 100,000 survived the Holocaust. This is the story of one of the those children.
 

 

How Difficult Can This Be? The F.A.T. City Workshop, For kids with learning disabilities, the classroom can be an intimidating place. Richard LaVoie helps parents, teachers and children with learning disabilities to develop strategies for learning.

Beyond F.A. T. City: A Look Back, A Look Ahead, Richard LaVoie leads teachers, parents, educators and children with learning disabilities strategize on learning successful means for helping young people learn.

Introducing Textiles: All About Textiles Series 1, Introduces students to fibers, fabrics and textiles. Relates the development of textile manufacture from the home to modern technological industry.

A Textile World: All About Textiles Series 2,  Discusses the various industries involved in textile manufacturing. Demonstrates various finishing techniques and how fabrics can be adapted to satisfy specific requirement.

Smart Textiles,  Smart textiles possess unique properties that have been developed using technology, chemistry, electronics, chemicals, metals or polymers.

Securing the Web  Provides a dramatic yet humorous look at current internet security issues and helps raise awareness in young users of the need for caution.

Functional Properties of Food,  Explores the physical, chemical, and sensory functions of different kinds of food products. Discusses importance of these properties in food preparation.

Sport & Technology, Technology affects sport in at least four major ways: by assisting performance, by aiding in recovery from injuries, by improving judging of events and by raising the standards of spectator information.

Nutrition for Physical Activity,  Discusses the importance of eating properly to insure maximum performance Nutrition is an integral component for training and competition.

 

Measurements of Physical Activity,  Illustrates key principles for measuring physical activity in a variety of sports through interviews and offers opinions and guidelines as set by the National Physical Activity Guidelines from the Australian Government.

Introduction to Programming, Explores the basics of creating computer programs. Discusses algorithms and fundamental instructions and processes available to all computer languages. 

The Basic Concepts of Economics, Using animation, this program explains the fundamentals of economics including the basic concepts of needs, wants, scarcity, choice, etc.

The Science in Foods, What exactly is food? The programs starts with a description of food and its components and why our bodies need them.

The Science in Cosmetics, Students learn how cosmetics are made and how they have been part of human culture since the beginning of time. The making of an emulsion is demonstrated and the processes of distillation and solvent extraction is explained.

Human Impact On Our Ecosystems Series

 This series is an award winning portrayal of the negative and positive effects humans have had on the aquifer, springs, streams, rivers, wetlands, and oceans that comprise over 2/3 of our planet. 

Human Impact On Our Ecosystems: Everglades: Decades of Damage,  two scientists wade through the Everglades evading alligators, one of its many wonders, while other investigators explore its topography and history.
Human Impact On Our Ecosystems: Restoration of Florida’s Everglades,  Scientific techniques are starting restoration of the Everglades wetlands to its nearly pristine, natural state.

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