Videos

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Grades 4-8 (Ages 9-14)

Subjects
Educational Technology

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T I 

Film is often seen as a passive learning medium. The Experiencing Film lessons developed at IslandWood take film to a new level of dynamic instructional strategies.

Best For
Grades 3-12+ (Ages 8+)

Subjects
Science

Duration
4 minutes, 57 seconds

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T I F S 

Think big. National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Mike Fay, the man behind the famed Megatransect, is wrapping up his 60,000-mile Mega-Flyover. Fay spent months crisscrossing Africa in a Cessna on an unprecedented mission to measure human impact on the continent. Wild Chronicles takes viewers on his alternately heartening and devastating journey, into an awesome world of vanishing beasts and burgeoning human development.

Best For
Grades 3-12+ (Ages 8+)

Subjects
Informal Education, Science

Duration
5 minutes, 41 seconds

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T I F S 

In California's Lake Tahoe, Wild Chronicles follows a brave volunteer on a mission to save the lives of wayward black bears. With their habitats invaded by humans, black bears have developed a taste for fast food and the comforts of new construction. These house guests, however, have worn out their welcome. See the scare tactics that are saving bears from a death sentence.

Best For
Grades 3-12+ (Ages 8+)

Subjects
Arts, Geography

Appropriate For
T I F S 

On September 11, 2001, the United States was attacked by a terrorist group known as al Qaeda. Al Qaeda’s members are based primarily in the region known as the Middle East, or West Asia, which typically includes the countries between Egypt and Afghanistan. In 2002, the United States President George W. Bush and the United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair were concerned that one of these countries, Iraq, was developing dangerous weapons of mass destruction that could be used to attack the United States or the United Kingdom. Bush and Blair asked the United Nations Security Council to call for Iraq to cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors to verify that the leader of Iraq, President Saddam Hussein, was not in possession of weapons of mass destruction.  When Iraq did not comply, President George W. Bush and his administration, with the approval of Congress, declared war on Iraq on March 20, 2003.  Chief White House Photographer Eric Draper documented the moments that led up to the declaration of war.

Best For
Grades None (Ages None)

Subjects
Science, Arts, Health, Geography

Appropriate For
T I F S 

National Geographic photographers document the diversity of life in Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park, now threatened by oil-driven development.