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Understanding HIV and Aids (2006)

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What is the difference between HIV and AIDS? How do you get it? Can I touch a person with AIDS? Is there a cure for HIV?· Based on national health curriculum standards for middle school plus the latest science, this program arms students with the facts about HIV and AIDS.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:17
Understanding HIV and Aids

Legal But Deadly: Abusing Prescription Drugs

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Prescription drugs like OxyContin, Ritalin, Vicodin, Xanax and codeine based cough syrup are making headlines around the nation as teens continue to abuse these “legal” drugs by crushing the pills and snorting or injecting the powder or drinking the liquid. Studies continue to offer evidence of an emerging problem with OxyContin and Ritalin addiction among young people.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:19
Legal But Deadly: Abusing Prescription Drugs

We The People

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This video contains several short 1-2 minute clips relating to the history of the Declaration of Independence.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Length: 
00:28
We The People

Facts on Fire: Fireworks Safety (2006)

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This program points out that the majority of fireworks accidents/injuries are caused by rockets, small firecrackers and sparklers in that order and that teen and children aged 14 and younger are the usual victims. It lists several safety precautions when watching fireworks and identifies the states where all fireworks are banned except for professional shows.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Length: 
00:15
Facts on Fire: Fireworks Safety

Facts on Fire: Home Escape (2006)

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The leading cause of fire-related deaths is smoke inhalation. The program illustrates the proper techniques for exiting a burning home and discusses/demonstrates safety rules to use before a fire or during a fire. The importance of working smoke detectors is emphasized. [Timely Topics Collection]

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Length: 
00:15
Facts on Fire: Home Escape

Facts on Fire: School Escape (2006)

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This program illustrates and discusses the correct procedures and behaviors if "caught" in a school fire. It also explains the stop, drop and roll technique if a person's clothes catch on fire. [Timely Topics]

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Length: 
00:15
Facts on Fire: School Escape

The Written Word, Part 1: The Birth of Writing (2005)

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"Takes us to the Sumerian archaeological sites in present day Iran, Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere, to see the influence of cuneiform, the oldest known writing system in the world. It¶s development brought about a cultural renaissance. And Sumer¶s rise in the Mesopotamian region.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:30
The Written Word, Part 1: The Birth of Writing

1945, Part 5: The Future Takes Shape (2005)

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"This series documents the struggles of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin in the last year of World War II as each sought to impose his conception of the post-war world on the others. The war would soon be over, but who would win the peace and dominate the world?

Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
00:45
1945, Part 5: The Future Takes Shape

M & C Part 1 (2005)

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A 4 DVD set containing approximately 44 segments showing various science demonstrations or illustrations of abstract concepts that a classroom teacher may not be able to do because of financial, time, safety or equipment concerns. Most demonstrations are followed by animations to illustrate and explain the abstract concepts.
This DVD includes:

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:30
M & C Part 1

M & C Part 2 (2005)

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A 4 DVD set containing approximately 44 segments showing various science demonstrations or illustrations of abstract concepts that a classroom teacher may not be able to do because of financial, time, safety or equipment concerns. Most demonstrations are followed by animations to illustrate and explain the abstract concepts.
This DVD includes:

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:30
M & C Part 2

M & C Part 4 (2005)

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A 4 DVD set containing approximately 44 segments showing various science demonstrations or illustrations of abstract concepts that a classroom teacher may not be able to do because of financial, time, safety or equipment concerns. Most demonstrations are followed by animations to illustrate and explain the abstract concepts.
This DVD incudes:
Making Aspirin

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:30
M & C Part 4

The Danger Zone: Steering Clear of Drugs (2004)

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Includes 3 15-minute programs. Part 1: "Alcohol, Tobacco, and Marijuana," Using animation as well as dramatic vignettes, this program focuses on the damage these these substances cause damage to the body and the brain.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:45
The Danger Zone: Steering Clear of Drugs

Algebra: A Piece of Cake, Part 1 (2002)

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Algebra helps our engaging teenage hostess, as she calculates the amounts of recipe ingredients needed to cook for and then serve, a sizable party:
1. To avoid confusion, when we write a formula we leave out the multiplication sign “x”, and instead put the number, the constant, in front of the variable, which is “X” in this case.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:19
Algebra: A Piece of Cake, Part 1

Algebra: A Piece of Cake, Part 2 (2002)

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Continuing on from Part 1, more formulas are induced from patterns, this time concerning the number of trays needed to serve varying slices of pastries, that are more complicated than those in the first part. We combine formulas by adding and subtracting like terms. We call this simplifying the expression.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:13
Algebra: A Piece of Cake, Part 2

Geometry, Part 1: Areas of Two-Dimensional Figures (2004)

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--formulas for a parallelogram (square, rectangle, and rhombus)
--formulas for a trapezoid, triangle, and circle

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:27
Geometry, Part 1: Areas of Two-Dimensional Figures

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