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141. Projecting ideas on the overhead projector (17:16)

Date:
1960
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Summary:
Outlines the advantages of the overhead projector as a visual aid to learning in classrooms, in business, and in industry. Shows the great variety of uses of the equipment, with opaque, translucent...

142. Research by rockets (27:54)

Date:
1960
Summary:
This film traces the history of rocketry and describes the use of sounding rockets as tools for scientific research in the upper atmosphere; this film discusses the need for such tools, shows how r...

143. Secrets of the ice (27:52)

Date:
1960
Summary:
This film describes the origin and growth of glaciers; surveys the work of glaciologists in trying to understand the structure of ice and its importance in the study of climatology, meteorology, an...

144. Teaching machines and programmed learning (28:19)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Dr. B.F. Skinner introduces the concept of teaching through machines. Others describe programmed learning. Both techniques include the advantages of a student advancing at his own pace and knowing ...

145. The hidden Earth (27:40)

Date:
1960
Summary:
Illustrates, using animation and live-action photography, man's efforts to learn more about the structure of the earth through study of deep mine shafts, deep wells, volcanoes, and earthquakes. Des...

146. Adventuring in conservation (15:06)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Shows the adventures of Nip and Tuck, two little goats. Presents brief scenes of various farm animals including billy and nanny goat. Identifies the little goats as kids and shows them drinking mil...

147. An alternative to imprisonment (29:30)

Date:
1959
Summary:
In this program, criminologist Joseph D. Lohman outlines probation as a special alternative to the criminal-making influences of the prison system, stating that probation can effectively replace de...

148. Biochemical genetics I (29:50)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Discusses Garrod's work on inborn errors in the metabolism of alcapton and melanin. Shows how chemical pathways in metabolism can be worked out using genetic defects as tools. Discusses the metabol...

149. Children Who Draw Pictures (37:48)

Date:
1959
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Summary:
Through free expression art activities, a teacher shows how children think, feel, and develop in a year at a Japanese school. Selects pupils from a first-grade class and traces their personality gr...

150. Figure (29:36)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Mr. Mikami teaches the art of drawing a human figure using the Japanese equivalent of a “baby sitter” as an example. The figure he draws is a young Japanese girl carrying a small baby on her back. ...

151. Greenland's new life (10:39)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Shows the location and physical features of Greenland; explains its new position in the modern world as the center of the short polar air routes. Portrays the life of the Greenlanders, explains the...

152. Health in our community (13:27)

Date:
1959
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; Donald A. Dukelow; Larry Yust
Summary:
Deals with the actions of community health organizations in their efforts to fight disease. Shows the functions of the department of health in preventing and controlling the spread of contagious di...

153. How Good Are Our Schools? Dr. Conant Reports (28:19)

Date:
1959
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Summary:
Uses two comprehensive high schools--one in Oakland, California, and the other in Labette County, Kansas--to show what every secondary school should be equipped to do. Shows various classroom situ...

154. Japan's revolutions (29:11)

Alternative title:
20th century revolutions in w...
Date:
1959
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Summary:
Presents Japan as a laboratory for studying modern revolutions. This episode traces three major transformations in the nation's history: the industrial revolution, the military-driven totalitarian ...

155. Newton's law of gravitation (29:36)

Date:
1959
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Summary:
Explains the fundamental principles behind Isaac Newton's law of gravitation and introduces the key equations associated with it.

156. Surface tension (29:23)

Date:
1959
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Summary:
In this episode, Eric Rogers demonstrates adhesion and cohesion, along with surface tension and the spheroidal state. A number of interesting demonstrations of change in surface tension are shown.

157. The exceptional child. [Individual differences : introduction] (29:04)

Alternative title:
Individual differences; Exceptional child
Date:
1959
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Summary:
Explains that individual differences in children occur in physical, mental, and emotional growth and development. Describes and illustrates the special and dynamic problems of the exceptional child.

158. The exceptional child. [Mentally retarded: trainable] (28:56)

Alternative title:
Mentally retarded: trainable; Mentally handicapped: trainable; Exceptional child
Date:
1959
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Summary:
Explores the challenges faced by children with severe intellectual disabilities, highlighting their interactions with family, neighbors, and educational environments. Through dramatizations and cla...

159. The exceptional child. [Speech disorders: stuttering] (29:02)

Alternative title:
Speech disorders: stuttering; Exceptional child; Speech handicapped child: stu...
Date:
1959
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Summary:
Examines the challenges faced by children who stutter, explaining how stuttering patterns develop and the social difficulties that may result. Through interviews, filmed sequences, and dramatizatio...

160. The exceptional child. [The epileptic child] (29:10)

Alternative title:
Epileptic child; Exceptional child
Date:
1959
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Summary:
Discusses the special problems confronting the child with epilepsy and tells how ignorance, superstitions, and half-truths add to the complexity of providing wholesome relationships for the epilept...