This multimedia project offers a science-based curriculum that uses the game of baseball to demonstrate basic principles of physics as set forth by the National Science Education Standards and the Ohio Science Academic Content Standards.

Are you ready for an adventure in the jungle? Are you tingling all over when you think about looking at pictures of snakes, spiders and other “yucky” stuff? Well, step into the Ama-Zone! Get yourself and your students ready for an exciting trip through the jungle.

This series goes south — so far south that it’s almost going north! — to discover the little-understood continent of Antarctica. Students will explore its biological diversity, the geology, geography and weather, and debate the necessity of balance between the desire for progress and the need for preservation of this important continent.

Five 10-minute videos focus on how mathematics is used in the real world. Hands-on lessons match the topics of the video. A second component of the kit is a tour of Ohio using Google Earth. Solve problems as you travel around each of the five sites visited. The teacher guide also has companion lessons for each of these sites. The Web site contains the teacher guide, streaming video and some “extras."

Discover the power of hands-on, minds-on science as Blow the Roof Off! shares the fun and excitement of science and helps students find answers to all kinds of questions.

In the form of a game show, the Constitution Challenge multimedia package features both “the man of the street” and student contestants as they answer questions about the constitution. The components of the series have been designed for use as either stand-alone educational tools or as a complete package.

Economics helps us understand how goods and services are provided and acquired (supply and demand). The focus of this project is to provide an understanding of the basics of economics, and to view economics with a historical perspective.

The workings of the blimp provide the framework for teachers to illustrate the concepts students must understand to pass Ohio’s proficiency tests.

The video series follows two high school students trying to win college scholarships. The two team up and decide to create a documentary about how blimps are made and how they work.

The Kidd is a detective who wants to be worldly wise and mysterious (which is tough since he’s really a softy). K.C. is his partner, the “kid in the computer.” When The Kidd faces a problem he can’t solve, your students will want to help as part of the Kidd Crew.

The Language of Trauma and Loss is a series designed to allow students at the elementary, middle school and high school levels to have a forum for expressing feelings of loss or trauma that have occurred in their lives. The first three programs are tied to the language arts standards, and focus in on the needs of students. Each video gives an open-ended story, or dramatization, for the students to bring in his or her experience. The fourth program is a professional development video that illustrates the important role that brain processes play in the development of the child, what makes a “safe” classroom and what role teachers should play when dealing with students who have problems.

Math & Science Gumbo takes the unique approach of using food and cooking to teach many principles in math and science. This series focuses on math concepts like unit pricing, fractions, estimation, units of measurement, area and so on. On the science side, the series looks at the concepts of physical and chemical change, preservation, refrigeration, enzymes, microorganisms and gas laws. The Math & Science Gumbo series is tied to Ohio’s academic content standards.

This series helps students understand how television news programs are put together. Go behind the scenes to see how news sets are constructed to make the news more believable. Meet the people who work off camera. Discover who decides what news stories you see on TV, what news anchors do when they are not on TV, how news programs are designed to make you want to watch and how ratings are used to determine if a program is successful.

A multimedia project that studies the rich cultural and historical heritage of the Native American nations that have populated Ohio since prehistoric times. Using the print and Web resources that support the series, students will meet the nations and their leaders through a fun and interactive collection of exercises.

Sherlock is a dog — a very smart dog — with big ideas that sometimes don’t work out. Your students will become “S.O.S. Trackers” to help him solve a variety of problems. Secrets of Sherlock (S.O.S.) helps teachers prepare students for Ohio’s proficiency tests in the areas of communication and skill integration. An extensive teacher guide includes explanations and student activities.

Through visits to northeast Ohio art museums and schools and conversations with local artists, Sharing Art demonstrates real-world applications of the techniques taught in middle and high school art classes. In each program, students learn about a piece of art in a museum, which is followed by a local artist explaining how he/she does comparable art. Students then follow up in the classroom by creating a similar work.

Shortcuts to Happiness: The Performing Arts features interviews with professionals, performers and students participating in the performing arts. Each episode gives a peek behind the scenes at what goes on and what it takes to make a performance happen. The series will be useful in middle and high school music, theater, TV production, and speech classes. This series demonstrates real world applications of the techniques taught in performing arts classes.

Using historical footage and narration, this series focuses on the social, economic, political and scientific events of each decade — from the 1920s to the 1960s.

Collecting and archiving oral histories is a wonderful way to build community, present proficiency skills in a real-life setting, preserve histories that may soon be gone forever and make these collections available to the entire community.

Speaking of History … Doing Oral History Projects is a multicultural and interdisciplinary project built around the practice of collaboration. Schools, public libraries, historical societies and three universities are key players in bringing oral history into your classroom.

Test Quest is a three-part series designed to help students study and pass tests, including proficiency tests. In the first program, students meet the Questers, a group of six students with different learning styles. Your students will discover their own learning styles — visual, auditory or kinesthetic. In the second video, the Questers tell us how they studied the information they were working with in episode one. They then take phone calls to address questions about study techniques and to explain to callers how discovering one’s learning style helps to determine how to study. In the third part, the Questers are contestants on a quiz show that poses questions about studying and taking tests.

Alex and Ravi, the two 8th-grade characters in the story, discover how our government works. The lessons introduce citizenship through a humorous and lively storyline that will maintain student interest. This series is based on the 17 learning outcomes students must master for Ohio’s 8th-grade social studies proficiency test.