Kanopy (Firm)
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
This program looks at the development of the 'sense of self' in middle childhood. It covers social cognition, the impact of family relationships on social and emotional development, before and after school childcare, the formation and function of the peer group and the role of the school.
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Viewers learn that certain fundamental factors influence the rates at which chemical reactions take place. Catalysts and their alternate reaction paths, and the role of equilibrium in the chemical industry, are also included in the study of influential factors on chemical reactions. A Coronet release.
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Specifically designed for and correlated to the curriulum of a middle school science course, this series explores the Metric System and helps instructors to teach challenging concepts. The films, and accompanying teacher materials, are a great asset for teachers and teachers in training to use to integrate video into their lesson plans to capture the attention of young minds and enhance learning. The videos in the series include: Introduction to the...
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
To capture a moment, you have to be ready. Mr. Block shares how he stays prepared as he walks you through various ways to approach people and produce pictures with impact, including going for less obvious shots and photographing from different angles. Learn how to find the "right" image once you return home.
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
In this shocking and provocative film, Tracy Worcester sets out to discover who's paying the true price for the cheap pork for sale in Britain's supermarkets. WHERE IT ALL STARTED: Industrialised pig farming was pioneered in America, and it's the way most supermarket pork is produced. Critics here argue the factory farms are bad for the animals, their employees, the environment and residents' health. THREAT TO SMALL FARMS: During the 1990s large-scale...
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Turn now to the relationship between stress and your immune system. After mastering the basics of how this system works, delve into how frequent stressors can result in flare-ups of autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, can increase your vulnerability to infections like the common cold and herpes viruses, and more.
91) Boltzmann Brains
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
One possible explanation for order in the universe is that it is a random fluctuation from a disordered state. Could the entire universe be one such fluctuation, now in the process of returning to disorder? Investigate a scenario called "Boltzmann brains" that suggests not.
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
With new innovative designs, including 2-storey units, the reinvented high-rise is changing the face of cities. 1. The Glassworks, by architect Barry J. Hobin, is a loft-style condominium containing 31 units in a prime Ottawa location. 2. MVRDV designed the Silodam, which uses modern materials and spaces to create a play on traditional Dutch architecture. 3. The District Lofts, Peter Clewes's new building in downtown Toronto, uses space and orientation...
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Intended to provide a complete and permanent record of surviving traditions and skills in textiles and crafts, the Ends of the Earth unique series show the processes in full, in detail and with all the clarity and colour made possible by modern video cameras. In many ways they are better than being there - pausing and replaying gives the possibility of checking again where the quickness of the hands has eluded or deceived the eye.
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Ida B. Wells walked the long road from slavery to freedom and equality. Born 1862 in Holly Springs, Mississippi to parents who were former slaves, she rose to challenge and strongly condemned American lynching in the South. Her work as teacher, journalist and human rights activist brought worldwide attention to this brutality. She was a community organizer and grass roots leader who was a precursor of the modern Civil Rights movement. Her inspiring...
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Rachel Whiteread has created some of the most remarkable and resonant public sculptures of recent years. House (now demolished) cast in concrete the interior of a terraced house in London's East End. Holocaust Memorial is a moving memorial in Vienna to the victims of the holocaust in Austria. Yet she also frequently works on a domestic scale, casting in plaster and resin the spaces inside, around and beneath furniture, floors and staircases. Her art...
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
At last, an answer to one of the great unsolved cases in crime history. When the half-naked bodies of brilliant physicist, Dr Gilbert Bogle, and his lover, Mrs Margaret Chandler, were found in bizarre circumstances on a Sydney riverbank in 1963, it set into play an unprecedented forensic investigation. Autopsies offered little clue as to how the couple died, only that there were signs of a rapidly acting poison. Despite assistance from the FBI and...
98) How I Learn
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Winner of Telly Award Meet children of all ages as they experience the social, emotional, physical and intellectual milestones of typical early childhood development. Filmed in a child care center, this documentary is packed full of information and features, entertaining footage of children, parents, caregivers, archival film footage, and a teen childcare worker who pulls it all together.
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
While money is important, most people want more from work than just a paycheck. They want some assurance that their leaders accept and value their contributions. They want to know that their managers are authentic and can be trusted. They need to see that their supervisors are there for them. Key Concepts: Be Authentic. Be Your Real Self Be Vulnerable. Let Go Of The Myth Of Control Be Accepting. Forget About Winning And Losing Be Present. Pay Attention...
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Specifically designed for and correlated to the curriulum of a primary school science course, this collection contains a number of video series that explore the key concepts of Life and Health and help instructors to teach challenging concepts. The films, and accompanying teacher materials, are a great asset for teachers and teachers in training to use to integrate video into their lesson plans to capture the attention of young minds and enhance learning....