Topics covered include the mining process, open pit & underground; the economy, we look at four mining towns to see the cashflow generated by a mine. Also the flow on effect on jobs and services; the environment, acid rock drainage produced and treated at a shut down mine. Revegetating rock and tailings dumps. Acid rain; the social life in a mining town and recovery after a mine closure.
Languages: English
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Living on the Planets
Topics include MARS – life, Viking missions, making Mars habitable for plants and humans; THE MOON – building a base on the Moon, producing oxygen and water, building materials, mining the moon, building a lunar railway; BIOSPHERE 2 – Air, water and nutrient cycles were completely closed and recycled within this system, humans lived here as a rehearsal for space travel.
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Living in Vietnam
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
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The Magic of Chemistry
Witches cauldron – sublimation of dry ice; nylon rope – polymerization; cloth dyeing – structure affinity relationships; sea water flasks; liquid oxygen; chromium trioxide/ethanol; gun cotton; pouring race; “Old Nassau”; chemical rainbow; oxidation of methanol; oscillating reactions; flash bulbs; luminol, flash bang tubes. The 1988 Nyholm Lecture.
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Making Decisions and Being Assertive
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.
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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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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.