‘Othello’ is not only one of Shakespeare’s greatest works it is also a text laden with meaning and themes. This video looks at the various themes of love and jealousy, proof and judgment, as well as the symbolism in the handkerchief. By playing through 4 key sections of the play, the video shows how the themes work.
Languages: English
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Our Solar System
Using NASA footage we look at; the sun; inner planets: Mercury & Venus; the Moon; asteroids; outer planets and their moons : Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto; comets; lunar exploration.
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Vectors
Topics include displacement : addition of components; vector vs scalar; velocity, ferry glide, swimming in a rip; force, 3 way tug o war; vector; momentum; acceleration; electric and magnetic field diagrams.
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Shakespeare – Othello Portrayal of Evil
Analyising Othello through understanding the character of Iago. Historic background to the play; Shakespeare’s presentation of evil; motivation of Iago and Othello as victim; Judgement and Proof.
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Shakespeare – Othello Performances
A companion video to “Major themes in Othello”. This video shows the actual performances of the 4 scene sections shown in Major Themes in ‘Othello’ and Iago – The portrayal of Evil in Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’.
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The History of Sound Recording
The history of sound recording technologies from the late 19th century to the present day. The video concentrates on the concept of energy transduction as a means to create analogues of sound and how this was applied to different sound recording media. The video features Powerhouse Museum curator Campbell Bickerstaff, explaining the various earlier technologies. Also some sociological commentary.
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Spherical Geometry and Navigation
We follow the crew of a 30,000 ton container ship as they navigate their way around the globe. Topics include the Earth as a sphere; great and small circles; definitions of latitude and longitude; the use of latitude and longitude to describe location; origin of the meter and nautical mile; calculating the arc length of a circle; time zones; using basic geometry to calculate the circumference of Earth.
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Stars of the Universe
Topics include scale to grasp the size of the universe; zoom out to nearby galaxies; big bang a short sequence; nebulae the nurseries of the stars; life of stars, the lives of 5 different stars,. brown dwarf, red dwarf, yellow star ( our sun) giant and super giant; supernova, black holes, neutron stars; binary stars, variable stars, x-ray binaries; variable stars, cepheid, pulsars, nebulae, supernova remnants.
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Starlight
Having done the grand tour of the universe, we now examine the light from stars and see how it can tell us about the stars within our galaxy. Covers: brightness, distance by parallax, Cepheid variables; spectra, color temperature, Fraunhofer lines, elements, fusion reactions; H-R diags, lives of stars of various sizes.
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Third Row, Periodic Table
This video examines a number of features and trends in the Period Table of Elements, using graphics and footage of experiments. Oxygen, chlorine, bromine and sodium are reacted with the third row elements.