Wonderscape Entertainment (Firm)
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English
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In this new 2022 high-definition program, learn all about butterflies, moths and the amazing process of metamorphosis. How many varieties of butterflies and moths are there? Why do butterflies have spots on their wings that look like eyes? What evolutionary benefit might these "eyes" provide? Do moths really make silk? How does a caterpillar become a butterfly or moth? What is a chrysalis? How are Monarch butterflies capable of multi-generational...
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English
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Learn all about the Roman Empire's amazing contributions to art, architecture, engineering and language that have profoundly shaped our society and our everyday lives. What are frescoes? What were the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Pantheon? How did the Romans transport water over long distances? How did Romans design stronger bridges? What is oratory? What Latin phrases from ancient Rome do we still use regularly today? What are Roman Numerals?...
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English
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By watching this program, students will learn all about the United States Supreme Court, including the recent addition of Justice Neil Gorsuch. What is the Supreme Court's history? What role does it play in the government? What are its powers as well as its checks and balances? What is the process by which a case gets heard? How does the Supreme Court arrive at and announce a decision? Who are the current Supreme Court Justices? What is the nomination...
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English
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Journey to the supermarket on a counting adventure from 1 to 20! Count the number of oranges, pineapples, steaks and much more that you put into your shopping cart. This program teaches the important concept that numbers can be used to count and sort objects by grouping them and what better place to do that than at the supermarket. Light-hearted, kid-friendly illustrations bring grocery items to life which makes counting them all the more fun....
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English
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Common Core 1st Grade Reading is a set of high-quality, nationally-accepted academic standards in reading. These learning goals outline what a student should know and be able to do before entering 2nd grade. This second in a series of programs covers weeks 10 through 18 of 1st grade, where kids learn 22 sight words such as "after," "may," "would," etc. Join young host Julianna, who explains what sight words are and enthusiastically presents each word,...
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English
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Learn all about the history of and most recent breakthroughs in robotics and artificial intelligence. What was "The Mechanical Turk"? What are the differences between androids and cyborgs? Are drones flying robots? What is artificial intelligence? What are the functions of sensors, control systems and end effectors in robots? What is the job of roboticists? What are the latest developments in robotics from Boston Dynamics and Honda? How are they revolutionizing...
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English
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Learn all about the history of voting in the United States of America. Understand the tremendous obstacles and enormous sacrifices made by key people and groups throughout our country's history to secure the right to vote for women, people of color and indigenous people. What was the Women's Suffrage Movement? What were the Jim Crow laws? What was the Civil Rights Movement? What was the Voting Rights Act? How does voting affect change? Why is...
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English
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This program meets Common Core 3rd Grade language standards as it introduces, defines, and explores comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs. What are the different types of adjectives and adverbs? What are the rules associated with each? How do we spot them in sentences? Examples are given for both comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs. Detailed graphics, diagrams, and exciting video, as well as on-screen multiple-choice reviews...
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English
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Learn all about the life and lasting legacy of John Lewis. Who was John Lewis? What were John's early contributions to civil rights? Who were the Freedom Riders? What was John's involvement with Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington? What was the Civil Rights Act? What was John's role in the House of Representatives? What is his lasting legacy? The answers to all of these questions and more are covered in depth with detailed...
10) Literature Kids
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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This program continues to explore both the history and the essential components of poetry introduced in Volume 6. After viewing, students will understand alliteration, assonance, and consonance in connection to rhythm/meter and rhyme as they discover free verse as an artistic reaction against the poetry forms covered previously and as the dominant poetic form of our time. Classic works of poetry are presented along with detailed graphics, engaging...
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English
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Learn all about earthquakes. What is an earthquake? What causes an earthquake? What are plate tectonics and subduction? What are divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries? What are the core, mantle and crust of the earth? What are the biggest earthquakes of all time, and what have seismologists learned from them? What can you do to protect yourself if you are caught in an earthquake? The answers to these questions and more are covered...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
This program meets all of the Common Core kindergarten standards. After viewing, kids will know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words both in isolation and in text; attain a basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary sounds or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant; associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels;...
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English
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This fourth in a series of Common Core programs teaches additional sight words covered in weeks 29 through 38 of 2nd grade, where kids learn words such as "number," "people," "sound," "something," etc. Join young host Kristin, who explains what sight words are and enthusiastically presents each word, sounds it out slowly, and uses it in a simple sentence with on-screen graphics and illustrations that reinforce the use of the particular sight word....
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
This program meets all of the Common Core kindergarten math standards for counting and comparing numbers. After viewing, kids will be able to identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group by using matching and counting strategies. They will also be able to compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals utilizing the symbols for greater than, less...
15) Holiday Kids
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English
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Be inspired as you learn all about the man behind the federal holiday, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.? What were his contributions to the civil rights movement? What was the significance of Dr. King’s “Letters from a Birmingham Jail”? What was the purpose of the March on Washington in 1963? What was the message conveyed in Dr. King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech? How and why do we have a federal holiday...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This program meets Common Core 4th Grade language standards as it introduces and explores how to form and use progressive verbs. What is a verb? What is a participle? What are the spelling rules for forming a participle? What are the progressive verb tenses? How do I form the present, past and future progressive tenses? The answers to all of these questions are covered with detailed graphics, diagrams, and exciting video, as well as on-screen multiple-choice...
17) Ancient Greece
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English
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Athens and Sparta, the leading city-states of Ancient Greece, helped to establish many of the ideas and concepts we take for granted: citizenship; voting; and individual rights and freedoms. This program provides insight into the values of each city state by examining their attitudes toward: education, entertainment, military training, and crime and punishment. Key groups within Athenian and Spartan social structures are discussed, and the rights...
18) Money Kids
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Language
English
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Learn all about the stock market. What is a stock? What is the history of the Stock Exchange? What was the Buttonwood Agreement? What are dividends? What is a bear market? What is a bull market? What is an ETF? What is a mutual fund? The answers to these questions and more are covered in depth with detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video that reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Social and emotional learning issues are sensitively discussed with positive and encouraging suggestions on how to navigate our ever-changing, complex world. What are microaggressions, microassaults, microinsults, and microinvalidations? Where do microaggressions come from? What are the consequences of microaggressions? How should you handle a microaggression? What do the terms "marginalization," "prejudice," "racism," "antisemitism," and "discrimination"...
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
This program meets Common Core 1st Grade Math standards as it teaches all about place value, base 10, and the symbols used to compare numbers.What are numbers? How does the base 10 system make it easier to count and represent numbers larger than 9? What are the symbols for less than, greater than, and equal to? How can we use these symbols to compare two-digit numbers? The answers to these questions are covered in depth with detailed graphics, diagrams,...