Marktplatz für digitale Bildungsmedien
Kurz vor Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs wurde das KZ Dachau evakuiert, mehr als 10.000 Häftlinge wurden gewaltsam in Richtung der Alpen getrieben. Wer zusammenbrach, wurde erschossen. Schließlich wurden die Häftlinge von den Amerikanern befreit. Ehemalige Häftlinge und andere Zeitzeugen kommen zu Wort.
India's largest slum Dharavi is located in Mumbai. The people who live here struggle on a daily base with poverty: There is not enough living space, the Slum lacks clean water and sanitation as well as electricity. There are too less healthcare and educational institutes and jobs for all the residents.
There are many great examples for glaciated landscapes in the UK. This medium shows footage from Yorkshire Dales, the Lake District and Snowdonia. The explanations and illustrations of the landforms are rich in detail and make it easy to understand the processes of erosion, deposition and transportation.
Saharareisende, die sich fragten, wie sie den CO2-Ausstoß ihrer Reisen kompensieren können, sind auf eine spannende Lösung verfallen: Sie legen in der Wüste einen Palmenhain samt Bewässerungssystem an. Die Dattelplantage bringt Arbeitsplätze mit sich und beeinflusst das Klima vor Ort auf positive Weise.
There are a lot of strategies that can be used to create comedy. This medium shows how comedy characters are developed, how timing, rhythm and surprises are used, how one works with crossed objectives and double acts and how ideas can be tested. It uses footage from workshops, performances and interviews.
There are several ways to generate electricity from renewables: This medium explains how solar, tidal, wind, biomass HEP and geothermal power are used and which are the pros and cons of each of these sources. It is shown which framework conditions have to be in place and what kind of oppositions exist.
The global textile industry has a huge impact on the environment. The medium shows how UK's companies use water recycling plants and also more of their waste streams. In the meantime poor people living in Bangladesh shortly downstream from the textile factories are adversely affected by the pollution.
This medium explains how energy from gas, coal and uranium is used to generate electricity. It gives an overview over the particular pros and cons and touches the topic of nuclear safety. Carbon capture and storage as well as fracking are discussed to give a complete insight into the current energy debates.
Die Film Flat bietet über 8.000 rechtssichere Unterrichtsfilme für alle Schulformen, Fächer und Altersklassen. Das Angebot umfasst Lehrfilme, Dokumentationen und Spielfilme. Lehrkräfte können die Videos streamen, herunterladen und mit ihren Schülerinnen und Schülern teilen.
Bangladesh's mangroves are a home to the endangered tigers and also a fascinating tourist attraction. But the mangrove forests are endangered themselves: The impacts of climate change as well as the ones of shrimp farming reduces them. The government tries to control resource exploitation in the area.
Susanne ist vom Fliegen besessen: Sie absolviert ab ihrem 16. Geburtstag einen Fallschirmsprung nach dem anderen, kauft sich einen Wingsuit. Nach einem schweren Unfall gilt sie als querschnittsgelähmt, will sich damit aber nicht abfinden. Durch unermüdliches Training kämpft sie sich zurück in die Luft.
How can a group of students create a piece of drama? This medium includes interviews, ideas, rehearsal footage and clips of the performance outcome. It is shown how well-known creative devisers generate text and movement and how they define and structure their material in the conceptual process.
The fashion and textile industry is globally revolutionized by ICT, CAD and CAM. This medium shows footage from one of the top international design houses in which these new technologies and 3D body scanner are used. They are indispensable for research, design, production and intercontinental communication.
Whoever wants to design a product has to choose the material wisely: Should it be sustainable? What is the difference between recycled and renewable materials? What happens to the product when it's not used anymore? The medium contains also footage from the first zero carbon housing project in the US.
Modern textiles are able to meet the most different needs. This medium presents Kevlar, wearable electronics and conductive polymers and gives stunning examples for their use as clothing, ballet shoes, bags or tents. Smart and interactive textiles are a part of the new digital world and the internet of things.
Jerzy Grotowski was one of the most famous theatre practitioners of the last century. The medium traces both his life and his enormous influence on contemporary theatre. It shows how Grotowski's visionary ideas have been and can be used to create successful and powerful performances.
Textiles which can be used in space, racing, transport, for medical assignments or as geotextile have to meet specific requirements. This medium explains their impressive functions, properties, structure and characteristics and gives an outlook to the technical and smart textiles that are yet to come.
The global fashion industry comes at much too high of a cost: The footage of this medium is filmed in Bangladesh and shows the working conditions of the people here. It asks about the role of fair trade in times of globalization and shows how important a close meshed quality control in this industry is.
There are many tests textiles have to undergo before they reach the shelves in the stores. This medium shows many of them, including flammability, colour-fastness, shrinkage, tear and tensile strength, pilling, drape and burst. Is the textile resistant to wind and water, is it insulating and breathable?
Textiles can undergo treatments that make them usable in fires as well as in sub-zero temperatures. This medium takes a look at the chemical and physical industrial finishes that allow such a development and gives examples for the use of the resistant garments. It also allows an outlook to future finishes.
Each new designed product should meet the needs of the users so this medium focuses on the investigation stage of product development which is not only practical, but can be fun, too. The footage shows designers working with anthropometric and ergonomic data and taking the demographic change into account.
How do textiles get their colours? This medium shows how dye recipes are developed, tested and applied on the textile by different printing methods: The footage shows the roller screen-print, the flatbed carousel, flocking and transfer printing. The final part is about the environmental impacts of the waste.
Computer aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) changes the whole process of textiles being manufactured. For this medium many designers and manufacturers from different textile industries explain how they use CAD/CAM, how it changes the everyday work and how their business benefits from it.
There are many techniques and systems for mass production of textiles. This medium includes footage of pattern laying by hand or digitized, cutting and marking up, hot drill, computerized laser cutting and cutting with a straight or a rotating blade. It also shows how the quality control systems work.
The interest in recycled and sustainable Textiles is growing and designers have found some interesting ways to fulfil the needs. This medium shows bags that are made form airline seats, second hand shop textiles turned into high fashion, shoes made from seatbelts and tyres and textiles from jute sacks.
Agnes von Helmolt ist seit 25 Jahren Karawanenführerin: Sie begleitet Menschen in die Sahara, die zu sich selbst finden möchten. Kaum ein Ort ist besser dafür geeignet als das ewige Dünenmeer. Ohne Handy, Uhr und Kosmetika ist der Mensch ganz auf sich gestellt und erfährt die Endlichkeit des Seins.
Volvo's crash testing facility is the place where the footage on this medium has been filmed. It shows clearly which considerations industrial designers have to include in their projects. It is a helpful tool for students who develop their own designs and have to have them tested, evaluated and modified.
Smart resistant materials allow designs which wouldn't have been possible just a short while ago. This medium explains their functions, characteristics and potential applications using the examples of thermochromatic plastics and inks, QTC and shape memory alloys. It provides valuable input for new ideas.
The medium contains methods and ideas for adding physical action to performance. It combines live footage, interviews and insights into workshops and give an overview over the history of physical action. Students benefit from the exercises which are vividly explained by professionals.
This medium explains the principles that allow us to produce and to distribute electrical energy on a large scale. It includes footage and explanations of the motor effect, electromagnets, magnetic as well as electric fields and EM induction, the latter concentrating on Tesla coils and transformers.