Explores the difficulty in labeling what constitutes a religious experience. Students discover the ways in which extraordinary or parapsychological events are shaded by language, interpretation and culture. Also included is discussion on the relationship between religion and science, and a series of interviews with religious seekers that puts a human face on unique aspects of human experience.
Languages: English
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Mystics and Meditation
Focuses on believers who have chosen to devote their lives to worship, prayer, or meditation. A study on monastic life provides the foundation for this lesson, which includes enlightening interviews on the topics of mysticism and meditation with a Coptic Orthodox monk and a Hindu swami.
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Religious Experience: Hinduism
Focuses on the experiential dimension of Hinduism. The class features interviews with Swami Prabuddhananda from the Vendanta Society of Northern California and Shankara Pundit of the Chicago Hare Krishna Center.
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Religious Experience: Buddhism
Explores the Buddhist view on the relationships between religious impulse, profound life questions, and the experiential dimension. The lesson explains such fundamental Buddhist concepts as “The Four Noble Truths”, “The Eight Fold Path”, egolessness, karma, dharma, and reincarnation. Featured is a Zen Buddhist from the San Francisco Zen Center and Tibetan Buddhists at the Dharmadatu Temple in Chicago.
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Starting Up
Small business is commonly considered to be the “engine room” of the country’s economy. Flexible hours and the opportunity to make large profits can make starting your own business appealing; however the reality of owning your own small business will present you with many challenges. This program investigates what it takes to be a small business owner, including legal implications, product demand and niche markets, making a business profitable and the importance choosing the correct name for your business. With solid market research, an understanding of business principles and a lot of hard work, success may well come your way.
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Innovation and Emerging Technologies
This program investigates innovation in industry today. Showing a range of examples, it examines the impact of emerging technologies on the innovation process. The viewer is led through an exploration of the meaning of innovation and emerging technology, the innovation cycle and what makes an innovation successful. A case study of an innovation demonstrates the innovation process and the program ends with a discussion of the impacts of innovation on society, including a strong emphasis on ethical and environmental issues.
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Safety in the Workshop: Avoiding Accident and Injury
Students are given an introduction to the workshop area and are shown a range of hazards that they can come across when working in this area. Safety equipment is then discussed and students are shown where the safety equipment is stored and how it can be used in the most effective way. Students are then shown how to keep a safe working area and keeping out of clearly marked safety zones. Portable power tools and hand tools and their correct and safe use are looked at in detail. The program is completed with an in-depth look at basic first aid and what to do in case of an accident.
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Timber Furniture: The Design Process
The skills involved in making quality timber furniture are sought after and a solid understanding of core design and construction principles underpins a student’s future success. This curriculum fit program clearly and engagingly demonstrates the design process as applied to the construction of timber furniture. We explore the workshop, demonstrating conceptualization and model making, safe construction of joints, measuring and marking techniques, finishing the piece, and evaluation of the final result.
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Linear Functions – An Introduction
Linear functions are one of the most important and basic of functions that students study in algebra. In this program, our presenter Sharpie show students the different forms of linear functions; tables, graphs and equations. Students explore the concept of the y-intercept and learn how determine the slope of a line given any two points on the line. Students plot linear graphs from linear equations and discover with the gradient and y-intercept they can not only sketch the linear graph but also determine the linear equation for a line.
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Pythagoras’ Theorem – An Introduction
This program explores one of the oldest, most-well known and widely used mathematical relationships in history – The Pythagorean Theorem. Using a step-by-step approach, this program explores the concept of right angled triangles and The Pythagoras Proof using geometric squares associated with each of the sides, calculates the lengths of both the hypotenuse and shorter sides in a number of right angled triangles as well as applying the Pythagorean Theorem to a number of real life applications.