Features the primary components of the human central nervous system. Identifies the main structures of the brain and their roles in controlling body systems and maintaining homeostasis.
Countries: CA
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The Peripheral Nervous System
Illustrates how the human body senses and responds to its internal and external environments. Describes the structures and functions of the peripheral nervous system and examines current research on nerve regeneration.
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The Eye: Vision and Perception
Highlights the structures and functions of the mammalian eye and illustrates how visual sensory receptors relay messages to the brain. Describes a number of visual disorders, along with the corrective lenses and techniques that can be used to treat them.
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The Ear: Hearing and Balance
Discusses the structures and functions of the human ear and tells how sound waves are transmitted. Examines the role of the inner ear in maintaining balance and equilibrium. Provides examples of technologies which help the hearing impaired communicate.
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Tactile and Chemoreceptors
Investigates the structures and functions of various tactile and chemoreceptors. Uses touch, taste and smell experiments to demonstrate how the sensory-somatic cortex works. Explores Wilder Penfield’s work on the sensory cortex.
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Resource Correlation Guide
Provides references to relevant pages in print resources and additional information on concepts presented in the video programs.
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A Letter To Harvey Milk
A Gemini-award winning monologue about Harvey Milk, the San Francisco city councillor and gay rights activist slain in 1978. Starring Peter Boretski.
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Dr. Teller’s Very Large Bomb
A historical documentary that tells the dynamic story of Edward Teller, the Manhattan Project lead physicist who was already obsessively working on inventing the Hydrogen Bomb while everyone else at Los Alamos was trying to complete the atom bomb project. Teller was directly or indirectly responsible for much of the Cold War and armaments race that followed World War II, and continued to influence government policy all the way up to the Strategic Missile Initiative (Star Wars), an idea he first whispered in Ronald Reagan’s ear back in 1983, and which continues to affect us today. Includes exclusive never-before-seen interviews with Dr.Teller.