Dinosaur Train embraces and celebrates the fascination that preschoolers have with both dinosaurs and trains while sparking an interest in life science, natural history, and paleontology. Dinosaur Train: Submarine Adventures includes: Otto Ophthalmosaurus; Shoshana Shonosaurus; Maisie Mosasaurus; and A Sea Turtle Tale.
Subjects: Recreation
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Wild Kratts: Rainforest Rescue
Creature teachers Chris and Martin Kratt will take families along on extraordinary animal-powered adventures. The show transforms the Kratt Brothers into animated versions of themselves, allowing the real-life zoologists to visit wild animals in their little-seen habitats and showcase key science concepts. Episodes include: Rainforest Stew, and Shadow: The Black Jaguar.
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Expedition and Navigation Skills
Exploring nature has been a popular pastime for centuries. Getting lost has sometimes been part of that, but it’s not highly recommended! Expedition and navigation skills are obviously two of the most vital proficiencies young learners need to enjoy the great outdoors. In this fantastic resource, we bring that knowledge to life with a brilliant video program. Accompanying this is a complete interactive learning object that works as a valuable study and assessment tool. Reflecting real-world conditions, presenting high quality information in an engaging way, this is a practical look at safety, sanitation and equipment and essential navigational skills.
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In the Spirit of the Game
Winning is a great feeling, but there are other goals we set ourselves when playing sport. Fair play and good sporting behaviour help make the activity enjoyable for everyone involved. This documentary-style program will explore: what good sportsmanship is, codes of conduct for players, officials, coaches and spectators, being a team player, a good loser and winner, and resolving conflict, using practical examples. We talk with professional soccer player Mate Dugandzic, basketballer Daniel Dillon, rugby referee Natalie Amor, soccer referee Wilson Brown, and international rugby referee Nigel Owens. For middle secondary studies in physical and outdoor education, this production provides valuable advice regarding the benefits of teamwork, mutual respect, and taking personal and social responsibility.
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Lifelong Physical Activity
The benefits of regular physical activity from a young age are highlighted in this energetic and informative program for lower secondary health and P.E. learners. Viewers will hear from Olympic rower Kim Crow and a number of amateur orienteers, as they discuss the physical, mental and social outcomes of physical activity. The positive and negative aspects of group and individual activities are explored, including barriers to participation and how people from different backgrounds can overcome these challenges. This program provides valuable practical knowledge and the perfect motivation for getting started with any type of physical activity.
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Good Coach, Bad Coach
Sporting achievements often celebrate the talented individual or the triumphant team, but behind any significant success there is always a hard-working coach pulling it all together. What exactly does a coach do? This entertaining program investigates the role of a coach, and explores the reasons why some coaches are more effective than others. Featuring expert advice and humorous demonstrations, the program examines controlling, cooperative and casual coaching styles, bad coaching, good coaching and finishes with a clear explanation of an effective training session. An engaging and revealing look at the all-important coach.
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Marathon Challenge
Every year thousands of athletes from across the globe flock to Boston to run the city’s marathon, known worldwide as the ultimate test of stamina and endurance. But how do you run 26 miles if you have trouble making it around the block? With good coaching, discipline, and lots of group support, as NOVA shows when it follows 13 sedentary people through a nine-month regimen designed to prepare them for the grueling Boston Marathon.
Filled with personal drama, Marathon Challenge also takes viewers on a scientific adventure inside the human body. What happens to our muscles and hearts when couch potatoes become endurance runners? And what are the hidden risks? NOVA’s behind-the-scenes portrait of the trials, tribulations, and joys of marathon training reaches a climax at the 2007 Boston Marathon. Here our 13 rookie athletes put all their hopes and hard work to the final test, experiencing hidden rewards and floods of emotion at the finish line. -
Technology in Trekking
Technology has transformed our use of the great outdoors. From the shoes we wear to the ropes that hold our lives in the balance when rock climbing, much has changed in the past 50 years. But has it all been for good? This program examines the many ways technology has changed our outdoor experiences.
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Enhancing Performance in Sport
This program provides a valuable overview of the many facets of performance enhancement like coaching, nutrition, psychological preparation, the use of technology and ergogenic aids.
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Sport and Coaching
This program investigates: the role and specific responsibilities of the coach, training programs, health and safety considerations, instruction, choosing a team, analysis of training and performance, aspects of a respected/successful coach and strategies.