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Space Travel provides a glimpse of changes in air transport from airplanes to rockets and space shuttles. Basic technical details of how a space shuttle works are explained. An astronaut, Dr. Andy Thomas, answers questions about space travel, including how he sleeps, bathes, eats and stays fit in space. NASA footage illustrate these descriptions. The program helps to stir the imaginations of young children as to whether there is life on other planets and whether one day they will be able to travel into space themselves.
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The northwestern corner of Spain includes the Rioja Valley, with its 11th century hospital (now a hotel) and church built for pilgrims and tourists. The Spanish Civil War changed the aims of education and the attitudes of the populace. In one village today people engage in a mock war, shooting each other with wine.
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2005 revised edition. Three children who stutter struggle to speak. The emotional challenges they and their families face are movingly documented. Speaking of Courage stresses the importance of early detection and treatment, and provides information for parents, teachers, and the medical profession about preventative and therapeutic measures to alleviate and control stuttering in children.
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This six part series portrays the way in which democracy has become the most universally acclaimed system mankind has been able to conceive as a form of government. No one country is entitled to claim credit for developing democracy as a political theory, and no one can say how the story will end. In many parts of the world today democracy is taken for granted, but the road has been both long and hard. Conspiracy, war and revolution have all played a role in its history, a history of heroes, rogues, martyrs and visionary thinkers.
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This DVD documents the beautiful sites of the once-mighty Burmese capital of Pagan. It explores the stupas, temples, and pagodas that house artifacts of the Buddha and examines the many cultural influences that define the city's architectural style. The DVD also details the history and culture of the Burmese empire.
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Gutenberg's invention of the printing press is followed by the development of mass communications- from Marconi's radio and the invention of television to satellite communications which relay events around the world as they happen. All of these elements - sound, print and picture - have been brought together in the information super-highway,
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Recounts both the major events of Stalin's life and investigates the remaining mysterious paradoxes and purges of the dictator. The titanic Nazi-Soviet collision with millions of Russian dead is also discussed.
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Our sky is strewn with glittering jewels. Where did the stars come from? Zooming out to a place where stars are forming, we find human life is possible because we're made from the dust of dying stars.
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Stars introduces children to astronomy. It begins with children's own definitions of what a star is. The show explains what stars are, and why they cannot be seen during the day. Some constellations such as the Southern Cross and the Saucepan are identified, and children design their own star pattern. Seven astronomers explain what inspires them to use telescopes to gaze into the sky.
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Outlines the resistance of the Catholic Mediterranean powers to the naval might of the Ottomans, and the great clash at Lepanto.
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This video is part 1 of the 4 part series DISABILITIES IN OUR SCHOOLS. There are many different disabilities-some seen, others not. Common disabilities include: vision impairments, hearing impairments, speech disorders, loss of limbs, mobility impairments, and mental or emotional limitations.
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This video is part 3 of the 4 part series DISABILITIES IN OUR SCHOOLS. There are many different disabilities-some seen, others not. Common disabilities include: vision impairments, hearing impairments, speech disorders, loss of limbs, mobility impairments, and mental or emotional limitations.
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This video is part 2 of the 4 part series DISABILITIES IN OUR SCHOOLS. There are many different disabilities-some seen, others not. Common disabilities include: vision impairments, hearing impairments, speech disorders, loss of limbs, mobility impairments, and mental or emotional limitations.
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This video is part 4 of the 4 part series DISABILITIES IN OUR SCHOOLS. There are many different disabilities-some seen, others not. Common disabilities include: vision impairments, hearing impairments, speech disorders, loss of limbs, mobility impairments, and mental or emotional limitations.
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Teens who have become drug users and what theyre trying to do to get their lives back.
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Sudirman plays badminton every day because he wants to become a champion and go to the Olympics, but he has a lot of tough competitors to beat first.
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A source of energy,a medicine, a spice, and a preservative. It even helps us to dialogue in the language of love. Once a luxury for the wealthy, now is it a curse for all?
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How do people use the sun in everyday life -- drying paintings, washing, ripening fruit and providing warmth. Sun safety issues are reinforced, and different materials absorb heat from the sun. The Sun concentrates on how night and day affect people and animals. In simple experiments children explore where the sun goes at nighttime and why it appears so small in the sky.
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From blackest night through time-lapse to a stunning dawn. Reaching out from our sun are tongues of fire that lash 100,000 miles high We plunge through a mysterious sunspot deep into a nuclear furnace.
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Documents the life of our closest star and the forces that sustain it. Five billion years ago a star was born. This is the story of that stunning celestial being now midway through its life and sliding inexorably towards extinction.
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Guardian of orthodoxy, the Sunnis of Arabia are also guardians of the Kaaba, religious pole of Islam in Mecca. Every year, two million pilgrims walking in procession carry out for several days the rites of Hadj. This area is prohibited to all non-Muslims.
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There will be a very large-scale super volcanic eruption from Yellowstone National Park. The question is not if it will happen, but when.
For over a century, tens of millions of visitors have marveled at the natural beauty of Yellowstone National Park, home to the largest concentration of geysers in the world, including the iconic Old Faithful. However, beneath all this beauty lurks a beast.
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My name is Suraj; I live in Dar es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania. My father is Indian and my mother is from the Sukama tribe, one of the biggest tribes in Tanzania. So we are multi-ethnic. I enjoy playing soccer and swimming.
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SIGNS OF THE TIMES traces the evolution of communication, revealing the development and cultural significance of alphabetic and pictographic scripts. From hieroglyphics and cuneiform came the first alphabets of Egypt, Phoenicia, and Greece, reflecting their world and its values. A thousand years later Gutenberg's printing press and its diffusion of ideas set the stage for the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the age of revolutions.
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Paris is no longer the gourmet capital of the world! The world has suddenly discovered that Tokyo is a gourmet's paradise. Outside Tokyo, this was secret outside a tight-knit freemasonry of glutton
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What happens when an impatient, frustrated African American businessman encounters a Latino cab driver who is reluctant to take him home - to Harlem? As they drive through the violent streets of New York mutual paranoia sets in, tension between the two increases, and weapons are concealed, in what could be a dangerous cab ride. Is there an attacker? Is there a victim?
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This 13-part environmental series examines the impact our way of living affects people, animals, plants and landscapes around the world.
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Thanks to sustainable rainforest management projects and government regulations, the deforestation rates in the Brazilian rainforest have declined over the past 10 years.
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Considering pollution from aviation industry and the cost of green air travel, sustainable tourism is a challenge.
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The benefits of carbon emission reduction go beyond environmental considerations. They affect future economies, agriculture, sustainability and energy security.
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The prospect of using farmlands to grow fuel crops is expected to lead to an increase in food shortages and rises in food prices.
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Global climate change is characterized by increased extreme fluctuations in local weather patterns and an overall global warming.
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Greenhouse gases have led to a steady increase in global temperatures. Local weather patterns are becoming more and more extreme
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Industrialized societies accumulate tons of waste, and the rising need for electronic devices only exacerbates the issue.
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From cardiac and respiratory disease to climate change, the effects of air pollution pose significant health risks to individuals, society and the biosphere.
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Throughout the world, innovative thinkers and entrepreneurs are transforming their communities, making the dream of sustainable living a reality
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Electricity, transportation, industrial, commercial and residential activities produce six recognized types of greenhouse gases, collectively known as carbon emissions.
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Worldwide fossil fuel consumption is depleting the natural resources and polluting the environment. The need for alternative fuel sources is growing.
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While some regions of the world enjoy an abundance of water, one billion people live in areas struggling with drought and drinking water contamination.
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Pollutants from automotive transport are a major source of greenhouse gases.
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In the southeastern corner of Sweden bordering the Baltic Sea, Sodermansland hosts large flocks of cormorants, fish, eel, cattle, and an animal preserve with wild deer and boars. The stern self-denying Lutheran edict of "I not" contrasts with culinary delights of the region; the self-reliance of people springs from the irreplaceable riches of the earth.
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This 12 part series explores how technology is designed to meet different needs. Young viewers are encouraged to think what considerations are entailed in creating and employing different technology, and about the importance of careful planning. Puppets demonstrate their own solutions, some highly imaginative and some quite impractical. Children talk about their own designs for each topic and the decision-making processes involved.
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Why do we have tall buildings? What are some of the problems architects solve when structures go up instead of out? A young girl in an apartment block demonstrates a garbage chute and a security intercom system. Her toy explores other parts of the building, from the underground car park to the rooftop. The toy leads us to the construction site of a multi-story apartment block and learns what makes the structure strong. The girl tells us reasons she enjoys living up high.
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Tarek shows us the exotic world of camel racing; its not easy to learn to ride this huge animal because camels have nasty dispositions.
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Our world seems a peaceful place. But science reveals that it's often been hit by massive fireballs from space. Could one of them have wiped out the dinosaurs? Could the next one wipe out humanity?
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Teacher/student relationships have taken many different turns over the past few years. It can be difficult for students to always understand where a teacher is coming from. Personalities in a classroom can range from teacher's pet to the student who thinks they are always being picked on. Today another problem has arisen. There seems to be a rash of sexual relationships between students and teachers. Teens discuss the many different aspects of a relationship between teachers and students and why there is such a problem with sexual misconduct by teachers.
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Touching, passionate and provocative, A Team for Peace follows the riveting journey of a group of preadolescent soccer players, half Palestinian, half Israeli, put together to play on an all star team, The Peace Team, and compete in the world's largest international youth soccer tournament.
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