This classic is one of our most popular and enduring videos, showing a collection of the world’s most spectacular and beautiful collisions analyzed in terms of energy, force, momentum and vectors. We feature collisions between cars, trucks, planes, meteorites and people. These can be frozen on screen for analysis. Guaranteed to keep rowdy students attentive.
Producers: Classroom Video
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The Cell – How it Works
This video takes an in-depth look at how a cell works, specifically its basic internal structures and processes. It includes a look at single celled organisms, the differences between plant and animal cells, the challenge of becoming multicellular, and why cells specialize.
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Composites: Properties and Uses
A comprehensive introduction to composite materials and their uses. Topics include what are composites, raw materials: main sources world-wide, primary production: converting raw materials into useful materials, classification of composites, physical and chemical properties, methods of testing properties, secondary processing: methods of fabricating composite products, selecting of materials: importance of matching end-use requirements with material properties, and recycling
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Chemical Energy
Chemical Energy explores the follow topics, alternative fuels for vehicles, energy in food and plants, photosynthesis, endothermic and exothermic reactions, CO vehicle fuel from gas or charcoal burner, enthalpy, water and producer gas, synthetic fuels from coal and biomass, ethanol production from biomass, cost and technology.
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Confederation
Decisions made at Confederation still affect us today. This comprehensive video examines colonial beginnings, American invasion 1812, rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada, Durham Report and unification, railroads, economic push for Confederation, Dominion of Canada, provinces incorporate, patriation of the constitution, Meech Lake accords, and future challenges.
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Chemistry of the Environment
Chemistry of the Enviornment examines Porgera Papua New Guinea Gold Mine: An environmental impact study looking at heavy metals in the food chain down river. Treatment of waste stream for heavy metals. Topics discussed include dissloved oxygen, turbidity, calcium, magnesium, nitrogen, phosphorus, sodium, chloride, carbon dioxide, sulfur oxides, photochemical smog and the ozone.
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Chemical Equilibrium
Imaginative analogies and models bring this complicated subject within reach. Topics examined include familiar systems, effect of temperature, molecular view of equilibrium, equilibrium in phase change and solutions, notations and conventions, limestone caves, and Belousov-Zhabotinsky.
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Computers in Food Technology
Topics examined include market research, how consumer trends are analyzed using bar coding and loyalty card schemes and using the New Foods Database to assess the competition; the test kitchen,use of on-line databases and spreadsheets to instantly assess the nutritional qualities and costs of test recipes; food safety, tracing the causes of food poisoning using DNA extraction and database analysis; labeling, how the En-label program helps manufacturers comply with legal labeling requirements.
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Careers in Hospitality
This video is aimed at the student interested in a future in the hospitality industry and facing a choice between private college, TAFE and university. We look at each institution, focusing on a student taking the course, rather than the institution. We find out what led each individual to make the choice they did, and what their prospects for the future are.
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Christmas Around the World (5-7)
A rich multicultural approach to Christmas customs around the world. This excellent resource with footage from around the world covers pre-Christian origins of Christmas, St Nicholas and other gift-bringers, food, festivities and other customs.