Active Me, Healthy Me: Being Active At Child This program emphasizes to childcare providers the enormous impact that physical
activity plays in the prevention of childhood obesity and its subsequent long-term health
risks. This program focuses on the benefits of physical activity for all ages from birth
through pre-school. The importance of establishing good habits now, at an early age, are
discussed with a Evanston-based childcare center and home care provider; an NAEYC licensed
program director, and a pediatrician. VIDEO
Body Story: Metabolism: Is starving yourself the best way to lose that extra
weight? Although it may seem like a quick fix, it’s actually better to alter your
metabolic rate by balancing your fuel intake and caloric burning. In other words, eat
right and exercise! VIDEO
Body Story:
Puberty Call: Is it love, or is it just
raging hormones? Those teen crushes are really the result of a major renovation of the
human endocrine system, as children become adults who are ready to reproduce. Watch as
Darren and Natalie experience firsthand this upheaval called puberty. VIDEO
Bomb Threats
: Provides law enforcement officers or security
professionals with the necessary techniques & awareness to deal with bomb threat
situations VIDEO
Childhood Obesity: Breaking the Cycle VIDEO
Daily Food Choices
for Healthy Living VIDEO
Dealing with
Your Problems: The Process of Problem Solving How students deal with their problems will have a significant impact
on their self-esteem, confidence, and academic performance. Learning processes for problem
solving will benefit them for their lifetimes. Through open and honest interviews with
students and commentary from experts, viewers will learn how other kids deal with their
problems, what happens when you don't face up to and deal with problems effectively, and a
process for problem solving. VIDEO
Dropout Prevention:
Nowhere to Go Using
real-life stories, the program examines some of the reasons students drop our and explores
some innovative ideas that have been successful in helping students to stay in school.
Dropout Prevention: Nowhere to Go explores the topics of peer pressure, gang activity,
problem solving, goal setting, and dealing with anger and stress in a school setting. The
program encourages viewers who are experiencing difficulties to seek and help and offers
positive proof to those students that they, too, can make it. The concept of empowering
students to take control of their lives and recognize their own abilities is central to
the program. VIDEO
Dropouts Viewers get an
in-depth look at the process of dropping out and learn the alternatives that are available
to teens who want to get an education, including night school and alternative school. A
visit to a community college shows two young people trying to get their high school
equivalency degree. They stress their desire to get a good job and improve themselves, and
speak of the many high school memories they'll never have. VIDEO
Eating Disorders:
Profiles of Pain VIDEO
Everything You Wanted To Know
About High School, But Were Afraid to Ask
For many middle schoolers, going to high school can
be a frightening experience. High schools are larger, more impersonal, and full of
strangers. There are fears of academic and social failure, fears of getting lost in the
crowd, fears of appearing childish and inexperienced. This program helps 7th and 8th
graders make a successful transition to high school by explaining what's expected of them
and offering practical advice on how to cope with what's ahead. A personable high school
student acts as their guide, telling the stories of other kids who had problems at the
beginning, but went on to do really well. VIDEO
Feel Good, Think Sharp, Look
Your Best This clever, upbeat program shows how exercise can result in enormous physical,
intellectual and psychological benefits. Students are seen making decisions about
health-related issues on an individual and collaborative basis. The program’s
exercise concepts are placed within a wider context of a healthful lifestyle – one
that includes a balanced diet and safe behaviors. Based on the National Health Education
Standards of the American Association for Health Education. VIDEO
Inquiring Minds: Planes,
Pains, and Stress Flying, diving, and everyday life. In this program, students get a
better understanding of their bodies' natural reactions to different types of stress,
including jet lag, being under water, and getting frightened. Students will also learn
about their bodies' "master clock" and how their bodies function at different
parts of the day; what makes it possible to breathe under water; and how the meaning
behind "flight or fight" was originated. VIDEO
Look Who's Growing Up Puberty is a rough time for all youngsters: at
its best, it causes confusion and loss of self-confidence; at its worst, depression,
violence, and even suicide. "Look Who's Growing Up" features two attractive
teenagers who've been through it all successfully, and can speak about it with knowledge,
empathy and humor. Beth and Steve offer advice on how to deal with the many rapid physical
and emotional changes that take place between 9 and 14; they assure your students that no
two people develop the same way and that the range of normalcy is a lot wider than they
think. Covered, too, are changes in family relationships and friendships. Several stops
for quizzes drive the message home. VIDEO
My Body, My Buddy: Healthy
Food It is necessary to understand,
at an early age, the value of eating healthful foods. An entertaining and informative
vignette shows how a person's body is his or her best buddy. This program explains that
our bodies need healthful food, not junk food, to grow properly. Children will relate to
Talia's and Evan's adventures as they discover foods necessary for a balanced diet. VIDEO
Nutrition Labels: Our
Guides to Healthy Eating This video program and
the support materials have been based on and developed from the revised food labeling
procedures that went into effect in 1994. The information it contains was developed
largely from material provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture. Compatible and complementary to the U.S. Department of
Agriculture's Food Guide Pyramid, this live-action video program explains how to read the
new food labels, and how to interpret the nutrition facts on labels; it defines key terms
such as calories, cholesterol, sodium, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, etc.; and shows how
to relate the Nutrition Facts label information to the Food Guide Pyramid. VIDEO
The Plug-in Drug : Television, Computers,
and Family Life BOOK
Technology
Addiction: Step Back to Reality! Presents an overview of the saturation and choices presented to teens by the
technological items available today • Identifies the real behaviors of technology
addiction, such as: • False realities • Isolation • The loss of social
skills • Obsessive thinking • Counter-measure behaviors are introduced as a way
to Counter-measure behaviors are introduced as a way to combat technology addiction and
break the addict away to learn to live in the real world VIDEO
Television Addiction: Don't Touch
That Dial! Addiction to TV is a very real issue
• For many, TV viewing has become a pattern of becoming “comfortably numb”
and a substitute for authentic lives • Teaches the differences between passive TV
viewing and embracing reality and learning to solve human problems VIDEO
Reality Matters: Body Image: Extreme
Measures From anorexia to
steroids, the desire for the "body beautiful" is impacting very young kids -
both boys and girls. VIDEO
Scientific Eye: Fitness
and Sport The interrelationship of exercise, fitness, and sport is introduced as the
foundation for further discussion. The program illustrates ways of measuring physiological
changes during exercise. A discussion of the importance of fitness to everyday life is
also included. VIDEO
Smart Snacking
for Children The
program shows what types of snacks to offer their children. Viewers will learn to look at
snacks as mini-meals that provide important nutrients. The importance of planning ahead,
sticking to a schedule, and having children help in the meal planning is stressed. VIDEO
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