Health for the Americas: Hookworm

From One Second to the Next

2013

Stories of serious traffic accidents caused by texting and driving are told by the perpetrators and surviving victims.

I'm No Fool as a Pedestrian

1956

Jiminy Cricket narrates the history and practice of pedestrian traffic safety.

You and Your Ears

1957

Jiminy Cricket explains how the ear works, both for hearing and balance.

You and Your Eyes

1956

Jiminy Cricket teaches children about the eyes.

I'm No Fool in Water

1956

Jiminy Cricket teaches water safety.

You and Your Senses of Smell and Taste

1956

Jiminy Cricket explains the interconnected senses of smell and taste.

You and Your Sense of Touch

1955

Jiminy Cricket explains the sense of touch, its four components (heat, cold, pain, pressure), and its unique dispersed nature.

You and Your Five Senses

1955

Jiminy Cricket explains the five senses, contrasting man and other animals.

You the Human Animal

1955

Jiminy Cricket explains how man resembles and differs from other animals, particularly the use of language, the use of reason, and opposable thumbs.

You and Your Food

1957

Jiminy Cricket explains how every living thing has its proper kind of food, and how it is used, plus the basics of nutrition.

Outside In

1994

The computer animation Outside In explains the amazing discovery, made by Steve Smale in 1957, that a sphere can be turned inside out by means of smooth motions and self-intersections. Through a combination of dialogue and exposition accessible to anyone who has some interest in mathematics, Outside In builds up to the grand finale: Bill Thurston's "corrugations" method of turning the sphere inside out.

Searching

1974

A haunting fire prevention film about keeping matches out of the hands of children.

Dinosaurs: Puzzles from the Past

1981

Join two youngsters and their teacher as they discover clues to Dinosaurs: Puzzles from the Past. Putting dinosaurs in perspective is their first task. They follow a time line back from the Age of Man to the era of dinosaurs. Animation introduces a variety of dinosaurs and their environment. Students see fossilized dinosaur bones uncovered by excavators at Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada. They also visit a paleontologist in his lab and see a comparison of bones from two different dinosaurs. At a museum in Ottawa the two youngsters see a full-scale reconstructed tyrannosaur skeleton and identify it as a meat-eater by its feet and teeth.

Chemistry in the kitchen

1957

Bacterial World

2016

Coming in all shapes and sizes, bacteria are present in every corner of the Earth. Their purposes and types are even more diverse, with only 1% being truly harmful. Dive into the world of Bacteria to experience the latest discoveries and scientific knowledge surrounding these plentiful and necessary microbes.