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Teaches students about the different parts of maps and globes, reading a compass rose, lines of longitude and latitude, and how to locate different places on the Earth.

Provides students with a fun and visual way to learn about landforms, bodies of water, and places all over the world.

Showcases masterworks by three painters representative of the impressionist movement, including Degas, Renoir, and Cassatt, providing details about their individual styles, techniques, and subjects, and challenging viewers to identify the artist of featured paintings.

Well-known playwright James M. Barrie finds his career at a crossroads when his latest play flops and doubters begin to question his future. Then by chance he meets a widow and her four adventurous boys. Together they form a friendship that ignites the imagination needed to produce Barrie's greatest work. Traverses both fantasy and everyday reality, melding the difficulties of adult life with the spellbinding allure and childlike innocence of the boy who never grows up.

Puffer the puffin hosts an animated visit with twentieth-century American artist Romare Bearden, providing information about the artist's life and career. Includes full-sceen images and analyses of selected Bearden works.

An animated introduction to the life and work of folk artist Anna Mary Robertson Moses, known as Grandma Moses, who did not begin painting until she was seventy years old, that discusses her life and the stories behind some of her most popular works.

Provides information on the functions of the brain and nervous system, looking at how they work together to send messages to all parts of the body, and discusses the link between the nervous system and the senses.

Showcases masterworks by three painters of the pop art, including Lichtenstein, Thiebaud, and Warhol, providing details about their individual styles, techniques, and subjects, and challenging viewers to identify the artist of featured paintings.

Showcases masterworks by three painters of line and color, including Dufy, Gauguin, and Matisse, providing details about their individual styles, techniques, and subjects, and challenging viewers to identify the artist of featured paintings.

Dramatizes the story of Sybil Dorsett, a young woman whose childhood traumas led to her developing multiple personalities.