This series covers basic information about line, color, shape and form in art for early elementary students.  Types of lines, media, and art in the world around us and in great works of art including painting and sculpture, emotional impact are discussed in simple terms. 

1. Line in Art
2. Color in Art
3. Shape and Form in Art

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The Math Series II has lively visuals and style to hold the attention of students,
and solid curricular content for teachers.  Suitable for grades 7-9, the sixteen-part series incorporates pause points with calculations for the students to complete.  Math topics covered include algebra, geometry, trigonometry, percentages, probability, ratios, statistics, and problem solving.

1. Algebra: A Piece of Cake (Part I)
2. Algebra: A Piece of Cake (Part II)
3. Factoring is Fantastic (Part I -- Common Factors)
4. Factoring is Fantastic (Part II – Quadratic Trinomials)
5. Geometry (Part I – Areas of Two-Dimensional Figures)
6. Geometry (Part II – Surface Areas of Solids)
7. Geometry (Part III – Volumes of Solids)
8. Integer Operations: Into the Negative Zone (Part I – Adding and Subtracting)
9. Integer Operations: Into the Negative Zone (Part II – Multiplying and Dividing)
10. Linear Equations and Their Graphs: Let’s Get it Straight (Part I)
11. Linear Equations and Their Graphs: Let’s Get it Straight (Part II)
12. Percentages: That Makes Sense
13. Probability (Part I – Experiment, Theory and Odds)
14. Probability (Part II – Probability Complement and Tree Diagrams
15. Problem Solving (Part I)
16. Problem Solving (Part II)
17. Ratios
18. Slopes: That’s a Bit Steep!
19. Statistics (Part I)
20. Statistics (Part II)
21. Trigonometry (Part I)
22. Trigonometry (Part II)

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The Dragon’s Tongue is a world language program featuring Mandarin (Putonghua), the official language of the People’s Republic of China. Filmed in Beijing, the series features authentic settings of public places, recreation areas, and the homes and apartments of Chinese people. Each episode follows a theme such as family life, the daily routine, eating out, and sporting activities. Within each theme, there are documentary segments and dramas about the life of the Wang family in Beijing.

1. Families
2. Day By Day
3. Getting Around
4. School Days
5. The Neighborhood
6. Shopping
7. Entertainment
8. A Sporting Life
9. Health
10. Eating Out
11. Family and Pets
12. Leisure
13. Going Out
14. School
15. Sightseeing
16. Country Life
17. Work
18. The Arts
19. Celebrations

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This series of twenty programs is designed to give the beginning to intermediate level student basic knowledge about both sign language and the deaf community. In each program, the hosts guide learners through a sequence of activities that present new sign vocabulary, linguistic principles, and insights into deaf culture. Principles of American Sign Language (ASL), Pidgin Signed English, and fingerspelling are included in this series. An accompanying study guide supplements and reinforces the information presented in the video programs. This video series with the study guide provides a starting point for those interested in communicating with the deaf; however, proficiency in sign language (as with any second language) requires time, patience, and involvement with deaf persons.

• Programs are not titled and are labeled only by number.

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This series offers young learners an opportunity to look at the unique aspects of living in the heart of a bustling city, the suburbs or in the wide-open spaces found in the country. Learning about key concepts of location, resource allocation, and physical development combined with adaptation )and the natural world, will help children better visualize the significance of their own neighborhoods and communities while experiencing the vast variety of lifestyles enjoyed by people from varied locations. The series uses a cross-curricular approach that includes Language Arts and Science standards.

1. People in the City
2. Nature in the City
3. People in the Suburbs
4. Nature in the Suburbs
5. People in the Country
6. Nature in the Country

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The countries of Central America are featured in the concluding installment of the North American GeoQuest series currently being broadcast by the Educational Communications Board. In addition to a significant overview of the region, each program discusses the early history, geography (including climates and major geographic regions), current commerce, modern day appearance, capitol cities, and other significant points of interest of each country. The series was filmed entirely on location in Central America.

1. Belize
2. Costa Rica
3. El Salvador
4. Panama
5. Guatemala
6. Honduras
7. Nicaragua

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This series takes students beyond American borders to explore other countries and cultures. Each country's history and development is explored, taking into account its geography and regional characteristics. Religion and culture are also explored, as well as economics and politics.

1. Thailand
2. Vietnam
3. South Africa
4. Australia and New Zealand
5. Scotland and Ireland
6. England and Wales
7. Spain
8. Italy
9. Germany
10. Greece

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Electronic Field Trips are the result of partnerships between Ball State University and museums across the country. Since most students are unable to take advantage of the immeasurable content in faraway National Parks and museums, these programs use technology to make those resources available to a large national audience. New EFT's are introduced every year, each with a unique topic geared toward different grade levels. An Electronic Field Trip includes an interactive educational experience for students, a website full of games and activities intended to help kids learn the content, extensive standards-based, grade-appropriate lesson plans for teachers developed by a group of professional teachers, as well as the live broadcast component.

For detailed information, please visit: http://www.bsu.edu/eft/home/11whatIsAnEFT.htm

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We The People is a series composed of approximately 150 short single segments/concepts (2 minutes or less) featuring, in some cases, little known facts pertaining to people, places and events in the history of the United States. The writing and adoption of the U. S. Constitution provides the thread of continuity for the series. These short segments are ideal for datacast to school computers for both teacher and student use.

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This visually stimulating series offers unparalleled insight into all aspects of our modern universe. Each of the 26 programs features facts, theories and outstanding graphic footage compiled from the latest in research and scientific study. The series provides a comprehensive look at the COSMOS as we know it today.

1. Earth—Home Planet & Orbit—Earth from Space
2. Moon—Our Partner in Space & Jaw Drop—Eclipses and Auroras
3. Sun—Powerhouse of the Solar System & Galaxy—Our Milky Way
4. Inside Track—Mercury & Venus—Hostile Planet
5. Red Planet—Mars & Quest—The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Life
6. Asteroid—The Threat & Jupiter—King Planet
7. Saturn—Ringed Planet & Outer Gas Giants—Uranus/Neptune
8. Pluto—Farthest Planet & Comet—Visitors from Space
9. Discovery—History of Astronomy & Night Sky—Navigating the Constellations
10. High Hopes—Space Stations & Whither?—Manned Spaceflight
11. Telescope—New Eyes on the Cosmos & X-Ray—Invisible Astronomy
12. Zero to Zillions—Theory of the Big Bang & Black Holes—Cosmic Vanishing Acts
13. Far Out—Measuring the Universe & Yonder to Infinity—End of the Universe
    

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This series focuses on the most potentially devastating and powerful phenomena known to man. Each program is a virtual what, how, when, where, why and wow of Mother Nature’s most wild side. Developed for younger audiences, the content is intriguing to learners of all ages.

1. Tsunamis
2. Earthquakes
3. Tornadoes
4. Hurricanes
5. Volcanoes

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This series explores the characteristics in body structure, locomotion, mating, habitat adaptation, and other features that cause scientists to classify living things into biological groups. This key activity of the life or biological sciences is learned and refined throughout middle to secondary school science. Worldwide live-action location footage alternates with clear close-ups, freeze-frames and captions that reveal the distinctive features of each taxonomic group. This series also trains young minds how to observe and analyze in a scientific manner. Newly produced, the high-resolution videography is both fascinating and beautiful to watch.

1. Bees and Other Hymenopterans
2. Bony & Cartilaginous Fishes
3. Bugs and Other Hemipterans
4. Butterflies & Other Lepidopterans
5. Crabs & Other Crustaceans
6. Crickets & Other Orthopterans
7. Deer & Other Ruminants
8. Earthworms & Other Annelids
9. Flies & Other Dipterans
10. Frogs & Other Amphibians
11. Ladybug Beetles & Other Coleopterans
12. Mice & Other Rodents
13. Mussels & Other Bivalves
14. Owls & Other Raptors
15. Paramecia & Other Protists
16. Sea Anemones & Other Cnidarians
17. Snails & Other Gastropod Mollusks
18. Snakes & Other Scaled Reptiles
19. Spiders & Other Arachnids
20. Starfish & Other Echinoderms
    

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Green Means is a popular series of upbeat, short stories about ordinary people whose lifestyles and activities are making positive contributions to the environment. Eight environmental themes are presented: environmentally-friendly industry, protecting biodiversity, saving endangered species, alternative types of agriculture, waste management, protecting urban environments, conserving our resources, and cleaning up toxic waste. These short programs (approximately 3 minutes each) are suitable for datacast to school computers where they can be utilized by both teachers and students interested in environmental stewardship.

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Spoga4Kids™ is a playful way to calm, energize and focus students in early elementary classrooms; it is a fitness program that combines breathing, posture, strength, endurance and FUN! The goal of Spoga4Kids is to aid students to reduce stress and assist in their ability to focus while developing a healthier body. Spoga4Kids is a great recess solution for teachers and students alike. It is also a wonderful way to de-stress and prepare your students prior to any test. Segments are just 15-minutes in length and engage children to connect to their breath while they move and energize their bodies. Please note Spoga4Kids is non-religious and non-spiritual in nature.

1. Spoga Basics
2. Stand Proud Like a Mountain
3. Just Plain Fun
4. Animal Teachers
5. Nature Scenes
   

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As youngsters move toward, into and through puberty many important changes will take place in their lives. These changes will create their new and unique identities as adults. Puberty is often considered in terms of the noticeable physical elements of puberty. But there are other equally important changes taking place in the emotional, social and family environments that make significant contributions to the changing lives of young people.

1. The Physical Changes for Girls
2. The Physical Changes for Boys
3. The Emotional Changes
4. The Social Changes
5. The Family Changes
   

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This ten-part video series and print curriculum addresses a host of important issues and concerns that young teens are grappling with such as handling difficult emotions, dealing with crisis, and coping with peer pressure. The series also teaches students important skills such as assertiveness, decision-making skills, study skills and the rules of common courtesy.

1. Five Life Strategies for Successful Teens
2. Drama Queens and Tough Guys: Helping Teens Handle Emotions
3. Coping with an Emotional Crisis
4. Standing Tall: Learning Assertiveness Skills
5. Surviving Peer Pressure: You Can Do It!
6. How Rude! 10 Rules of Common Courtesy
7. Making Good Choices: Keys to Good Decisions
8. Developing Good Study Skills (Part I)
9. Developing Good Study Skills (Part II)
10. Choking Game

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Gripping, unflinching programs feature true stories and real kids in a peer-to-peer format that focuses on the at-risk issues young people face everyday. This series focuses on the positive power of kids talking to kids, sharing their struggles and successes, so students can understand and improve their own attitudes, behaviors and decision-making. The programs feature conversations about drugs, alcohol, bullying, and other problems. Unlike many at-risk programs produced over the last decades, these programs focus more on causes of behavior and less on the “de jour” symptoms, such as specific substances abused, STDs, etc.

1. Fat Chance: Teen Obesity
2. Self-Hurting Teens
3. Body Image Obsession
4. Drinking and Driving Kills
5. OTC and Inhalants
6. Gateway to Addiction
7. Bullycide and Verbal Abuse
8. Cyber-stalking and Bullying
9. Stopping Verbal Bullying
10. Too Far, Too Fast
11. STDs: Lifetime Consequences
12. Angry and Violent Teens
13. Teens Beating the Odds
14. From Rude to Respectful
15. The Buy-Me Generation

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Financial Fitness, like physical fitness, requires a sharp focus on the final goal. What we would like to accomplish financially? We must crunch the numbers, focus energy, and keep to the course if we are to stay healthy in a financial sense. As part of that regimen, this series will help young adults to appreciate the value of their money by presenting the pleasures and pitfalls of financially responsibility. Topics include sensible credit card use, saving, valuing money, and identity theft. Viewers will gain successful strategies for becoming, and staying, financially fit.

1. Taking Credit for Your Credit
2. Valuing Your Money
3. Saving Here… Saving Now
4. Identity Theft: Protecting Your Identity
   

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In this eight-part professional development workshop for middle and high school teachers, participants will explore strategies to improve the way they teach 16 topics found in most Algebra 1 programs. The programs showcase effective strategies for teaching mathematical topics. The workshop guide encourages participants to engage in activities designed to help them examine their teaching practice, incorporate what they are learning into their practice, share their experiences with other teachers, and reflect on their ongoing development.

1. Variables and Patterns of Change
2. Linear Functions and Inequalities
3. Systems of Equations and Inequalities
4. Quadratic Functions
5. Properties
6. Exponential Functions
7. Direct and Inverse Variation
8. Mathematical Modeling

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This video workshop for elementary school teachers uses classroom footage to demonstrate how a writing workshop approach motivates intermediate students and helps them become proficient and independent writers. In this series, ten teachers from across the country model effective teaching strategies and share reflections on their practice. Six nationally known experts in writing instruction comment on teaching and using the writing workshop approach with upper elementary students.

1. Building a Community of Writers
2. Teacher as Writer
3. Reasons for Writing
4. Fostering Choice and Independence
5. Reading Like a Writer
6. Reading-Writing Connections
7. Teaching the Writing Craft
8. Teaching a Specific Writing Strategy
9. Conversations With Student Writers
10. Teacher Conferences
11. Conversations Among Writing Peers
12. Peer Conferences
13. Learning to Revise
14. Modeling Revisions
15. Writing Across the Curriculum
16. Writing in Science

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This video library opens a window into grades 6-8 language arts classrooms, allowing educators to witness the practices of eight exemplary teachers. In diverse classrooms, these teachers use a variety of pedagogical techniques to guide their students into unique and enriching relationships with literature. These relationships, which noted researcher Dr. Judith Langer calls “envisionments,” help students become more involved readers and develop lifelong enthusiasm for literature. The teachers in these video programs model techniques that help create literary communities — supportive atmospheres for developing readers who are able to speak and write effectively about the texts they encounter. The accompanying print and Web resources describe how to draw upon these classroom models for professional development, curriculum planning, parent and community outreach, and a variety of other uses.

1. Introducing the Envisionment-Building Classroom
2. Building a Literary Community
3. Asking Questions
4. Facilitating Discussion
5. Seminar Discussion
6. Dramatic Tableaux
7. Readers as Individuals
8. The Teacher’s Role in a Literary Community
9. Whole-Group Discussions

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This series introduces teachers to ethnically diverse American writers and offers dynamic instructional strategies and resources to make works meaningful for students. eight one-hour programs feature teachers modeling effective approaches — based on reader response, critical inquiry, cultural studies, and critical pedagogy — for using multicultural works in the classroom. In units that unfold over time, they also demonstrate activities and practices that engage students in critical discussions of race, class, and social justice, and empower them to take action for change. The featured teachers, along with leading educators, provide reflection and commentary throughout the programs. Authors share information on their works and about their lives through interviews and classroom visits. A downloadable guide includes short works of literature featured in the workshop, along with discussion questions and activities.

1. Engagement and Dialogue: Julia Alvarez, James McBride, Lensey Namioka, and more…
2. Engagement and Diolague: Judith Ortiz Cofer and Nikki Grimes
3. Research and Discovery: Shirley Sterling and Laura Tohe
4. Research and Discovery: Edwidge Danticat, An Na, Laurence Yep, and more…
5. Historical and Cultural Context: Christopher Paul Curtis
6. Historical and Cultural Context: Langston Hughes and Christopher Moore
7. Social Justice and Action: Alma Flor Ada, Pam Munoz Ryan, and Paul Yee
8. Social Justice and Action: Joseph Bruchac and Francisco Jimenez

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