Using interviews with a broad range of teenagers and family planning representatives, this series of three programs considers the many important changes undergone during puberty. More than just a standard description of the mechanics of puberty, the series delves into the personal experiences of students beginning, going through and finishing puberty sharing their birds eye view of the process. They reveal their stories, fears and coping mechanisms in a way that all teenagers will readily identify with. Excellent as a discussion starter for many of the topics that we all find it hard to talk about.
Subjects: Health
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Depth of Field – Films About Farming – Gathering Place
The Gathering Place Coop is a co-operative and food hub of producers based in northern Alberta who grow food and direct sell to eaters. Additionally, they prepare the ingredients into meals that are sold online or served at their restaurant. The film showcases the regenerative growers for the co-op as well as their restaurant and the local community.
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Let’s Talk About: Diabetes
Let’s Talk About Diabetes is designed to increase a student’s awareness of diabetes by presenting information that will help them better understand diabetes and more importantly know the risk factors to prevent getting the disease. Colourful animation and vivid graphics help demonstrate how energy gets to your body’s cells, and the roles of the pancreas, glucoe, blood, and insulin.
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Heroin Abuse and Addiction
This program begins with a discussion about how our instincts drive us to avoid pain or remove pain from our lives. From this perspective, the video explains the difference between healthy and unhealthy approaches to getting rid of pain. Students will learn about prescription opioids and the potential risk of addiction that is identified by two key components, tolerance and withdrawal. The program then targets the short and long term effects of heroin use, and explains how it harms various body systems. Students will come to understand that heroin addiction goes beyond physical dependence, and that once addicted to heroin, a person’s primary goal in life is to find and ingest the drug.
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Let’s Talk About Series – All 4 Titles
This series, designed for elementary-aged children, presents information on legal and illegal drugs in an easy to understand way. It delves into the impact of the use and abuse of these substances on the human body, individuals, and society. Inlcudes these titles: -What you need to know about Drugs -Tobacco -Alcohol -Marijuana
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What You Need to Know About Drugs
This program introduces young learners to the types, and differences between legal and illegal drugs. Students will learn that legal drugs, such as medicines are used to ease the symptoms of sickness, cure diseases, prevent and control illness. Viewers will come to understand that tobacco and alcohol are recreational drugs that are only legal for adults over the age of 21 to use, and that legal does not mean the drug is safe. In addition, the program discusses the short term and long-term, harmful effects of abusing tobacco and alcohol. The program then focuses on illegal drugs including marijuana, cocaine and heroin and how each can permanently damage your body and brain.