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Presents a dramatization of Tillie Olsen's 1961 short story "I Stand Here Ironing," in which an impoverished single mother irons as she muses about her worth as a parent and the future of her teenage daughter.

Explores the conditions, climate, and plant and animal species of the world's major biomes, including the tundra and taiga, grasslands and deciduous forests, deserts and tropics, and aquatic biomes, and looks at the evolution and adaptation of whales.

Documents the experiences of anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl and his crew over the course of a more than one hundred day voyage in 1947 across the Pacific Ocean on a balsa wood raft built according South America's pre-Columbian Indians.

Dr. Susan Shillinglaw of the Center for Steinbeck Studies discusses labor exploitation in the Salinas Valley during the Depression era to reinforce an appreciation of the lifestyle faced by migrant laborers.

Takes the viewer inside the world of Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and star of the reality series "Whale Wars," as he dodges jail time, death threats, and gunfire in an effort to save the ocean's endangered creatures, including ramming the side of an illegal Japanese whaling vessel.

Explores the themes and symbolism of Herman Melville's "Moby Dick," the story of a sea captain on a vengeful quest to slay the legendary white whale known as Moby Dick.

Uses several guided chair and standing yoga poses as well as a seated meditation session to help restore calm.

Buddy must learn how to take charge of his anger after getting in trouble for throwing a toy truck at a classmate. Includes an anger management activity.

A magician helps children learn about magnetism, explaining what magnets are, discussing poles and atoms, and examining Earth as a magnet, magnetic push and pull, kinds of magnets, and magnet uses.

Provides information about what stars are, the source of their light, the constellations, Polaris, why stars appear to move, the characteristics of the sun, the greenhouse effect, and photosynthesis.