In many places there is no running water, and electricity is non-existent, or at best unreliable. In many places, life has remained virtually unchanged for over 500 years. We also take a look at Vietnam’s history and culture, with its emphasis on the importance of education and learning, the importance of the market and village, and how this culture has been shaped by Chinese and Western influences
Grade levels: Upper Elementary (4-6)
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Making Maps
This video gives us an insight into the procedure of drawing a map. It explains the use of symbols, and how to apply a scale to measure distances. Practical examples are featured such as mapping a classroom, a house and a garden. We use latitude and longitude, drawing to scale, measuring distance, using grid reference and contour maps. This excellent resource is relevant to Mathematics and Science curriculums.
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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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Letter to Santa
This enchanting puppet story combines the unique feeling of an Australian Christmas with the magic of the Santa Claus legend. Sally lives in drought-stricken outback Australia, and writes to Santa asking not for presents, but for rain. Joey the kangaroo and other animals help Santa in his mission to help Sally, by bringing a giant snowball to Australia from the North Pole. A truly delightful story, loved by young ones.
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Light Fantastic
A series of examples of what light can do. Uses footage from our senior videos. Topics include sources of light; what is light – what a photon looks like; transparency and reflection – explanation; refraction, prisms, optical fibers; splitting light into colors – prism, soap films, diffraction gratings and glasses; mixing light to produce white; polarized light – fun experiments.
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Insects and Spiders
An excellent introductory video. Topics include life cycle, how insects obtain energy, how insects protect themselves, and protection for the young.
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The Industrial Revolution
In the first 40 years of the Industrial Revolution, human society and daily life changed more than it had in the previous 7000 years. With the development of steam power, factories and mass production, the world entered the machine age. This video investigates the origins of the Industrial Revolution, and the changes it brought to the lives of millions of people all over the world.
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Japan (Junior)
Explore the following topics related to Japan; society, economy, politics, technology, population, consumerism, exports and foreign policy.
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Knights and Castles
For five hundred years, castles held the key to power and dominated the landscape. This video looks at why they were built, life inside them and the reasons behind their demise. It covers: castles – their defense, layout, great hall, the keep, the moat; castle life – food, cooking, medicine; knights – jousting, knighting ceremony, feasting; combat and armor; war – battle of Tewkesbury( re-enactment); the end of castles – attack strategies, the advent of gunpowder.