This fresh, quick-paced video shows how self-awareness is a prerequisite to making good decisions and being assertive. Teenage characters demonstrate these skills in everyday situations in a series of dramatic vignettes. Throughout the video a young host comments on the skills they use, reviewing the steps of decision making: identifying the problem, listing the alternatives, exploring feelings and values, weighing the pros and cons of each alternative, making the choice and evaluating the choice. The second part of the video examines the differences between passive, aggressive, and assertive behavior. The scenarios address a range of issues including careers, relationships, bullying and cheating.
Grade levels: Senior High (10-12)
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Mass Production of Food
This video shows how the following foods are produced: jam production, Pasta, Curries, sauces, mixes, soups; meat – prepackaged; apples – growing, harvesting, and processing; chocolate products, confectionary; coffee – blending, roasting, packaging.
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Meat Processing
This video gives an overview of the manufacture of meat small goods, such as ham, bacon, frankfurts, sausages and meat patties. It includes a description of the food preservation processes, hygiene and packaging requirements.
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Medea
The third production of Euripides by Classic Productions and the University of Otago, Medea complements Hippolytus and Bacchae as an examination of the conflict between Nature (the gods) and human emotion. The story of Medea and Jason is perhaps one of the longest running of the Greek myths and has been central to the imagination of Western Europe since the 16th century, appearing as opera, dance, burlesque and drama. The text that accompanies the videotape is prefaced by an introduction that combines analysis with elements of the play’s theatrical history.
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Mendelian Genetics
In the 19th Century, Gregor Mendel was able to work out the basic laws of genetics by studying the garden pea. We look at the experiments Mendel conducted, his results, and the conclusions that he drew from these results, including: the Law of Segregation; the Law of Independent Assortment.
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Designing Menus for Balanced Diets
We all need to be aware of our nutritional requirements, how they differ and change throughout life, and how we can plan our diets in order to meet our needs. This video looks at what nutrients do, how and why our nutritional requirements vary, and explores three situations where menu planning is particularly important for achieving a balanced diet (teenagers going on a wilderness camp, choosing to be vegetarian and living on a budget).
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Meteorites
Comets, meteorites, and asteroids. The effects of meteorites on the dinosaurs and the shape of our planets surface. The discovery of Iridium concentrations in rock strata and their links to meteorites. Satellite images of craters in Siberia, Mexico, Canada, Australia and Namibia. Computer generated images of meteorites. Chrondites, containing amino acids, supplying the original matter of our solar system.
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Mechanisms of Evolution
Mechanism of Evolution covers the 3 main mechanisms of evolution, Genetic Drift, Mutation and Natural Selection. By modelling the process using counters, it unlocks the mechanical process of evolution.
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Population Pressure – Mexico City
Pushed off the land by population growth, thousands of people are pouring into Mexico City. The quality of life is often worse than their previous existence. For government, massive migration creates enormous transport, amenities and pollution problems. If planners can find solutions to these problems then this will offer hope to cities everywhere in the developing world.
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Latitude and Longitude
The video examines Earth as a sphere, it defines latitude and longitude and explores how this global referencing system is applied. The video follows the crew of a 30,000 ton container ship as they navigate their way around the globe. Subject areas covered include: great circles and small circles; latitude and longitude defined; finding locations; the relevance of zero longitude and why it passes through Greenwich; why the Equator is zero degrees Latitude; defines the distance in kilometers between degrees of longitude and why minutes and seconds must be used to describe locations with greater accuracy; how the shortest distance between sea ports is along great circles; how the meter and nautical mile is determined as a unit of measurement; using GPS receivers.