Elementary

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I Can't Do My Homework, Why? (2004)

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Follow four students as they try to figure out why their homework is so difficult to manage. Each students faces a different problem: One is overwhelmed by too much homework, another has too many after-school activities to juggle, another is a procrastinator, while the fourth student is having emotional troubles that makes it hard for her to concentrate.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Length: 
00:20
I Can't Do My Homework, Why?

Portion Distortion: Seeing the Healthy Way to Eat (2004)

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This program teaches students how to choose the rights food portions and to avoid "supersizing" at fast food restaurants. Using easy-to-understand analogies, children learn how to visualize proper portion size. For instance, a protein portion should be about the size as the palm of your hand.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Length: 
00:20
Portion Distortion: Seeing the Healthy Way to Eat

Wise Owl Says: When Telling Isn't Tattling (2006)

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This engaging video or DVD combines animation and live-action segments to help young viewers understand the difference between tattling (which aims to land someone else in trouble) and telling (which aims to help someone solve a problem).

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:12
Wise Owl Says: When Telling Isn't Tattling

You, Your Body and Puberty

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Join Tyler, Vanessa, Sam and Michelle, four friends who have been buddies since kindergarten, as they begin to observe and understand puberty. These boys and girls notice changes in themselves and each other--physical changes, emotional changes and changes in how they react to one another. In school, their health teacher, Mr. Saulson, leads them in their study of puberty.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Length: 
00:24
You, Your Body and Puberty

Amazing Kids of Character Series (2008)

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This uplifting five-part series highlights crucial cornerstones of character courage, empathy, perseverance, respect and responsibility by showing real kids who achieved amazing results for themselves and their communities. Each character trait is represented with three different profiles of truly amazing kids and hosted by a diverse, multiethnic group of students from around the country.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Length: 
00:52
Amazing Kids of Character Series