Marktplatz für digitale Bildungsmedien
Mit diesem Medium wird die Serie für den Elementarunterricht in englischer Sprache fortgesetzt. Der inhaltlichen Schwerpunkte liegt auf der Landeskunde. Ausdruckbare Filmkommentare, Arbeitsmaterialien sowie Vorschläge für die Unterrichtsgestaltung vervollständigen das Medium.
"Body & Clothes" ist ein Medium aus der Serie "Elementary English". Die Medien beinhalten jeweils ein Thema, das in England spielt und dort auch realisiert wurde. Dadurch lernen die SchülerInnen Land und Leute und nebenbei auch deren Alltagssprache kennen.
Wie aus dem Nichts tauchten sie vor der Küste auf und raubten Städte und Klöster aus: 400 Jahre lang versetzten die Wikinger halb Europa in Angst. Doch waren sie wirklich nur Räuber? Eine Zeitreise nach Haithabu, der "Hauptstadt" der Wikinger, zeigt: Die Nordmänner waren auch Händler und Handwerker.
Der neue Alltag der Familie Parr ist für niemanden ganz einfach: Helen soll als Elastigirl den angeschlagenen Ruf der Superhelden retten, und Bob kümmert sich derweil um die drei Kinder. Doch dann bedroht ein Bösewicht mit einem besonders perfiden Plan die Stadt, und die Unglaublichen müssen ihn aufhalten.
In Zoomania leben Tiere aller Art auf engem Raum, und jeder hat die Möglichkeit, sich zu beweisen und nach oben zu kämpfen. Genau das plant auch die Polizistin Judy Hopps, als sie hierher versetzt wird. Sie erhält bald ihre Chance, für die sie aber mit dem Trickbetrüger Nick Wilde zusammenarbeiten muss.
Stinky trainers give Pom and Wally the idea to watch the educational film about smelling. It is explained how the sense of smell works, that it is closely related to feelings, and that it makes tasting possible. Octavius the octopus summarizes the new information and carefully stores it in the long-term memory.
Finding the others with blindfolded eyes – that is the aim of blind man's buff. The film shows how the skin is constructed and how exactly the sense of touch works through the skin, which is after all the largest sensory organ. Pom can easily remember the information, especially through Octavius´ summary.
Can a flower say something about love? Hardly, Wally thinks, and the educational film proves her right. But the flower can attract insects with its bright colours and pleasant smells, which pollinate it so that seeds can develop. The film shows the different flowering plants and how a flower is structured.
Honey bees are classified as domestic animals in Germany. This film shows how the animals live in the wild and in beehives. It explains how many and which bees live together in a community. Their anatomy, the animals´ tasks, the collection of pollen and the transmission of information are also topics of the film.
The appearance and life in the forest changes throughout the year. In summer, the forest flourishes with deep greens; in winter, the colorful trees give way to a uniform white and subdued colors. Animals and plants have developed survival strategies for each season. The playful presentation is suited for use in primary school.
Without the photosynthesis of plants, there would be no humans and animals, because in this process plants produce the oxygen necessary for other living things. Pom and Wally watch a film about photosynthesis and learn everything important about how plant cells are constructed and how photosynthesis works.
This video explains the basics of the human nervous system. It looks at the central and peripheral nervous system, the fast transfer of signals, and the differences between conscious and unconscious control processes. The playful storyline and the language used make this video especially well suited for use in primary school.
Pom is supposed to be exercising, but he prefers to watch an educational film about muscles. There are more than 600 of them in the human body. They are divided into the smooth muscles, the cardiac muscles and the skeletal muscles, the first two of which function automatically and the last according to our will.
Muscle soreness is a pain in the muscles that occurs after a great deal of exertion. It is caused by fine tears in the muscle fibres, through which water penetrates the tissue and causes it to swell temporarily. It must subside on its own. Thanks to Octavius´ summary, Pom can remember the new information well.
Joints make sure that we are still agile despite our rigid bones - some more, others less, Pom thinks. There are over 140 joints in the human body. Pom and his friends gets to know five types of joints. This video is especially suited for use in primary school and ends with a summary of the most important information.
The most common type of pollination is insect pollination. This is when insects transport pollen from one flower to another. A flower´s pollen contains the plants´ spermatocytes, the male gametes. They have to come into contact with the stigma of another plant to pollinate it. This film explains how that process happens.
The human body´s immune system is being challenged: various germs are trying their luck. This film uses animations to explain which defense mechanisms the immune system uses in the various stages of attack by germs. The immune system´s clever workings are explained here in a way especially suited to younger children.
In this video, Pom gets to know the human skeleton. For example, how many bones there are and what functions they have. And that it gives us the stability we need while still letting us move freely. Just a shame that skeletons are so scary... A good job clever old Octavius the Octopus will recap everything for us at the end.
In this film, the human swallowing process is explained in a mixture of real film and animations: Pom and Wally learn how food passes from our mouth into the oesophagus: this requires a special coordinating act of the body. The playful presentation makes the film particularly suitable for use in primary school.
This film explains how our bodies sense a taste and how those sensations are processed. It will look at the taste buds, flavors, and also how we get used to certain tastes. It explains how the body communicates its needs through appetite. Octavius the Octopus will recap the most important points at the end.
How does hearing work? In the film, Pom and his friends learn how the ear is constructed. It is shown how sound waves are transmitted from the middle ear to the inner ear, where they are converted into electrical impulses and transmitted to the brain. Octavius the octopus helps Pom to store the new information.
The human dentition consists of 32 teeth. The video describes the exact structure of the individual tooth made up of enamel, dentine, and pulp and explains how it is anchored in the jaw. It also takes a closer look at the functions of the different teeth and the first small milk teeth in children´s mouths.
Earth´s surface is the boundary between the atmosphere and Earth itself. Animations describe its make-up, its appearance and its constant transformation as well as continental drift, the primeval continents, map projections, landscape reliefs and the forces shaping our planet.
Pom is learning about the brain and is fascinated: The control centre of the body regulates everything and needs many nutrients to do so. The film explains the structure of the cerebrum, diencephalon, cerebellum, and brain stem and names the respective tasks. Pom memorizes them thanks to Octavius´ subsequent summary.
How do spring, summer, autumn, and winter come about? Octavius finds out together with the audience: the earth takes a year to orbit the sun. Its angle changes in the process. This means that the sun´s rays sometimes fall more steeply and sometimes more flatly on the earth. This is how the seasons are created.
Pom is working on the farm again today after school. Among other things, his job is to finish various orders of eggs. This wouldn´t be so easy if he hadn´t already learned written subtraction at school. The audience learns how the calculation can be applied in everyday life by means of a practical example.
The topic of this film is written multiplication. Pom and Wally learn in a playful way how written multiplication works: There are several questions from Pom´s everyday life that can be answered using the arithmetic method. Viewers understand the basics of multiplication thanks to various examples.
In this video, Pom and Wally learn playfully how to do written division. In vivid situations from Pom´s world, we'll explain how written division works – with small and with larger numbers. Sometimes there are remainder numbers, and sometimes Pom must calculate how often one number fits into another number.
During his holidays Pom works on a farm. Today he has to tell the farmer how many eggs are left to be sold. Pom figures out that he does not have to tediously count them. He can also calculate the number of eggs by writing it down and adding them up. Pom explains to the talking pitchfork Misty how written addition works.
The film explains how the fraction bar, the numerator, and the denominator work: The denominator gives the fraction its name, while the numerator gives the number of parts. It is shown that fractions with the same name can easily be added. The fraction calculation is illustrated with everyday examples.