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Publisher
WildBrain
Language
English
Description
Monster Math Squad stars MAX, LILY and GOO. While they may not be the biggest, or bravest (or even the brainiest) monsters on the block, the Squad love nothing better than to put their monster minds together and use their math skills to overcome any obstacle they face... even ones with two left feet or ten thumbs. Each story features a job for the Squad, helping a monster with a unique problem.
Publisher
Network Ireland Television
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (8 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This is the short tale of a young boy as he prepares his neighborhood for Christmas. That is until he confronts the one lady who doesn't want the holiday to come at all.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Jump-start your creativity with a selection of fun exercises, including "What-If Moments" and "The First-Line Game." Mr. Bell cites best-selling authors such as Alice Sebold and Mickey Spillane to demonstrate the importance of creating unique elements: a twist, a character, a setting, a relationship. Find out how to create the ever-important elevator pitch.
Language
English
Description
Little Samantha had a BIG dream: to be an Olympian! She loved gymnastics, the way the athletes moved on the floor, the vault, the uneven bars and the balance beam. With the support of her parents, Samantha worked hard and dreamed BIG! To be an Olympian Samantha would have to be the very best, or so she thought. When adversity struck again and again, Samantha had to learn the true meaning of being an Olympian and being her best self.
Based on the...
9) Earth Yay!
Language
English
Description
When Earth gets a bit lonely, it decides to visit its friends in the solar system. They're all talented in their own, special ways: Mercury is crazy fast, racing around the sun four times faster than Earth. Uranus is super cool, with sweet shades and temperatures that can reach -371° Fahrenheit. Jupiter is not only big, but it's also light on its feet when it dances. So, what makes Earth special? It's not the biggest, or fastest, or coldest. Does...
10) Chicken Little
Publisher
Weston Woods
Language
English
Description
A bold and colorful retelling of the classic tale of the not-so-bright little chicken's encounter with an acorn and gravity. Children will be delighted as crazy-eyed Chicken and all his panicked friends run away from the sky and right into an eye-catching surprise. With delicious illustrations, wacky text and a spectacular finale, this is a colorful and comic extravaganza.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Language
English
Description
We commonly define the Pythagorean theorem using the formula a2 + b2 = c2. But Pythagoras himself would have been confused by that. Explore how this famous theorem can be explained using common geometric shapes (no fancy algebra required), and how it's a critical foundation for the rest of geometry.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Language
English
Description
Quantum mechanics gives us a picture of the world so radically counterintuitive that it has changed our perspective on reality itself. In Quantum Mechanics: The Physics of the Microscopic World, award-winning Professor Benjamin Schumacher gives you the logical tools to grasp the paradoxes and astonishing insights of this field.
Language
English
Description
Ronnie Lott has always been tough. As a kid, when he fell down, he felt something inside him start to rumble. That something was a voice called Grit. When Grit helps Ronnie become a professional football player, he'll have a shot at achieving his dreams. But just how far can Grit take him? Join Ronnie as he pushes his limits and answers the question: Is Grit living in all of us? If so, how can we learn to hear his voice?
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Here, study several diverse groups of birds, ranging from the familiar to the exotic. Explore the surprising variety of pigeons and doves, and trace the sad demise of the passenger pigeon. Note the presence of "introduced" parrots in the U.S., and discover the range of cuckoos, anis, woodpeckers, trogons, swifts, hummingbirds, and kingfishers that flourish across North America.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Is there life in our universe? As you get an overview of the course - including the five major questions it will endeavor to answer - consider the possibility that life exists in some form in the cosmos. Learn how exponential growth in technological developments is enabling breakthroughs that were recently impossible.
Publisher
9 Story Media Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (11 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In one of her trips in search of Viravento, Vivi arrives to Hawaii. While there, Vivi, Backpack and Flashy get to know Ananá, a pineapple who is going to throw her first party and it's very apprehensive because she can't dance the hula. Besides that, Ananá is afraid that no one is going to show up at the party. To help her, Vivi is going to teach her a new and surprising choreography. Through this journey, Vivi and her gang will learn that happiness...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (28 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The holy grail of nuclear power is fusion, which has been tantalizingly out of reach for decades. Learn why fusion power is so desirable and so difficult to achieve. Study the different strategies for attaining a contained, self-sustaining thermonuclear reaction, focusing on the tokamak, which confines a high-temperature plasma in a powerful toroidal magnetic field.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (473 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Genealogy is a journey of self-discovery that can teach you as much about yourself as about those who came before you. But what holds many of us back from unearthing our family history is uncertainty about how to go about it. Discover which resources you should use and trust, how you should make your way through tangles of public records, and so much more.
Publisher
Monster Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (12 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Foggy mornings are better spent playing inside, and this particular foggy day Luna, Jupiter, and Clyde are having fun taking care of Luna's pet snail, Shelly. While playing with their mollusk friend, Jupiter suddenly sneezes one of those great big dramatic sneezes, sending Shelly back into her shell for cover. As they wait for her to come back out, they start wondering what it might be like in Shelly's house. Does she have a TV? Maybe some video games?...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (29 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Discover why all numbers are interesting and why 0.99999... is nothing less than the number 1. Learn that your intuition about breaking spaghetti noodles is probably wrong. Finally, see how averages - from mileage to the Dow Jones Industrial Average - can be deceptive.
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