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.
Producers: Classroom Video
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Lifestyle Diseases
A couple of teenagers go to a fortune teller to find out what they will look like when they are older, they take in to account their present lifestyle. When the girl sees what her boyfriend will look like …. Medical research shows that lifestyle plays an important role in diseases and our life expectancy. Teenagers’ dietary and exercise habits, use of drugs and alcohol, do affect their predisposition to heart diseases, cancer, diabetes and other serious illnesses.
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Infectious Diseases
This comprehensive two-part video examines our knowledge of the causes and controls of infectious diseases. The contents include: historical introduction; causes of infectious diseases; disease agents; disease transmission; controlling infectious diseases; the response to infection; vaccination; disease prevention; treatment. The video ends with a cautionary note about the ongoing challenges we face in managing infectious diseases around the world.
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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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Inspirational Design
This video asks students to think about the elements of good design. We meet the designer of the Mclaren F1, known as the best super-car in the world. We see the use of carbon fiber, and other composite materials, and the application of ergonomics. In the second case, we learn how Morphy Richards re-designed a top selling kettle to satisfy the needs of a changing market place. Finally, we meet the woman behind the Anywayup cup, focusing on the use of CAD, and how the initial design can be altered by tool makers and the factory.
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Interference de la Lumiere
L’interference ou la superpostion est une propriete des ondes. Le fait que la lumiere manifestait une interference a prouve d’une maniere indiscutable que la lumiere se propage par ondes: interference des l’eau; experience des fentes jumelles de Young; couleur de films-savon; lumiere coherente et incoherente; les anneaux de Newton; utilisation des anneaux de Newton dans lepolissage du verre; films fins; couche sur les lentilles; lecture de disques compacts.
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Interference of Light
Clear, inspiring visuals and animations. Topics include interference of waves in water; Young’s twin slit experiment; color of soap films; coherent and incoherent light; Newton’s rings; thin films; coatings on lenses; reading compact discs.
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Ionic and Covalent Bonding
Electro negativity determines whether a bond is pure covalent, polar covalent or ionic. The conductivity of salts, dissociation in water, covalent networks, the shapes of simple covalent molecules and the properties of small and long-chain covalently bonded compounds.
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Impacts of Tourism
This video begins by defining tourism. It then explores the impacts of the tourism industry in terms of economic, environmental, social and cultural sustainability. Topics include definition of tourism; economic impacts; environmental impacts; social impacts; cultural impacts; addressing the impacts of tourism.
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Japan (Senior)
Society, economy, politics, technology, population, consumerism, exports and foreign policy.