Mathematics and Science
Place Names of Pohnpei Island
Published by Bess Press in coordination with PREL, this book identifies Pohnpei Island (including And/Ant and Pakin Atolls) locations, their names, histories, and cultural significance. 169 pages.
Clean Water in the Pacific
(Available on DVD only)
Preserving precious water resources, protecting the environment, preventing water pollution, and ensuring availability of potable water for future generations are all concerns shared by many Pacific Islanders. This DVD examines those issues and can be used for interactive instruction in grades 6-12 science classes or for viewing by the general public.
KidsScience: Entire Set
Order the entire Kids Science series totaling 19 programs.
KidScience: Climate Change
(Available on DVD only)
This KidScience Special investigates how global climate conditions change our environment. Clips feature production segments in Alaska, the Australian Institute of Marine Science, and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority in Townsville, Australia. Topics covered include the greenhouse effect, El Nino, weather monitoring, and coral bleaching.
KidScience: Destination Space Station
(Available on DVD only)
In this special three-part KidScience series, students meet with engineers, scientists, and astronauts involved in the construction and readying of the International Space Station. Part 1: Constructing in Space; Part 2: Living in Space; Part 3: Working in Space.
KidScience: Eyes of Hawaii
(Available on DVD only)
Astronomy Hawaiian Style -- the audience will visit the largest observatory in the world, the Keck observatory located on the summit of the highest mountain in the world, Hawaii's Mauna Kea. Astronomers, scientists, educators, and astronauts guide the audience on amazing journies to outer space -- all through the eyes of gigantic observatories. Part 1: Astronomy Hawaiian Style; Part 2: Tools of the Astronomer; Part 3: Astronomers at Work.
KidScience: FishQuest
(Available on DVD only)
Students visited traditional fishing villages in American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, and Saipan during this taped episode from the KidScience distance learning series.
KidScience: Fragile Environments
(Available on DVD only)
Produced by Teleschool, the Hawaii Department of Education, and PREL, this three-part television series explores different types of ecosystems. The 60-minute segments are: "Life in a Fragile Environment," "Researching Fragile Environments," and "Protecting Fragile Environments."
KidScience: Habitat Comeback
(Available on DVD only)
This KidScience Special features live, interactive programs broadcast by satellite. Three 1-hour programs take students on a journey to Midway Island, an atoll located northwest of Hawaii. The program studies the effects of man, machine, and outside species on a once-uninhabited island and the efforts to return the atoll to its natural state after the military left it 5 years ago. Teachers' guides are available.
KidScience: Humpback Whales of the Hawaiian Islands National Marine Sanctuary
(Available on DVD only)
In this KidScience special, students joined scientists on research vessels following the Hawaiian migration of thousands of humpback whales.
KidScience: Islands in the Pacific
(Available on DVD only)
This KidScience three-part series features islands in Micronesia, American Samoa, and Hawaii. Geology, natural resources, the impact of introduced species, cultural events, and island lifestyles are covered.
KidScience: Kids and Reefs
(Available on DVD only)
In this three-part KidScience Special students are taken on a snorkeling and diving journey. They visit the uninhabited Northern Hawaiian Islands, the heavily populated Hawaiian Islands, the waters of American Samoa, and the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Students participate in virtual reef research and study the importance of coral reefs, why and how they are being destroyed, and what is being done to protect them.
KidScience: KidScience in American Samoa
(Available on DVD only)
This KidScience Special allows students to visit American Samoa, its island environment and society, through a three-part series: Fa'a Samoa-the Samoan Way, Island Ecosystems, and Island Challenges. Each program features live videoconferences between elementary and high school students from American Samoa, the KidScience studio classroom, and children across the nation.
KidScience: Living on a Volcano
(Available on DVD only)
Join scientists as they explore volcanoes such as Mt St Helens in Washgton State, volcanoes on the Big Island of Hawaii, in New Zealand, and New Mexico. This series includes: Part 1: Fire from Below; Part 2: Taking the Volcano's Pulse; Part 3: Reading the Landscape; and Part 4: Life in the Red Zone.
KidScience: Messages from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
(Available on DVD only)
This three-part television series produced by Teleschool, the Hawaii Department of Education, and PREL follows a journey to these remote islands. The titles of the 60-minute segments are: "The Voyage," "The Land to Sea Connection," and "Continuing the Voyage."
KidScience: Mountains of Fire
(Available on DVD only)
Students in this KidScience video experienced interactive monitoring and predicting volcanic activity on the Big Island of Hawaii and in California.
KidScience: Ocean Talks
(Available on DVD only)
This four-part KidScience Special focuses on threats facing our oceans, ocean policies, what's working, and what needs fixing. Titled The Fragile Ocean, Clean Waters, Healthy Ocean, From the Mountains to the Sea, and Fishing for Solutions, the videos show fishing industries in Maine, Hawaii, American Samoa, and Alaska. The Pew Oceans Commission, appointed by Congress, shares its findings with students and encourages them to develop their own recommendations.
KidScience: Reef Detectives
(Available on DVD only)
This 3-DVD, 12-part marine curriculum for grades 4-8 was recorded from live classroom experiences through the KidScience distance learning series. Content focuses on reef ecosystems and features virtual snorkel trips and scuba dives.
KidScience: The Explorers
(Available on DVD only)
KidScience takes the audience on journies to outer space, on and under the ocean, and earth's surface to understand why humans have explored and the roles technology and science play in man's journies to discovery. This three-part series features scientists, engineers and astronauts. Part 1: Challenges of Exploration; Part 2: Exploring our World; Part 3: Exploring other Worlds.
KidScience: Turtle Tracks
(Available on DVD only)
This series of interactive programs on the evolution and adaptation of sea turtles takes students to the coast of Georgia and to the Hawaiian Islands to investigate the loggerhead and green sea turtle populations. Scientists share their research and are available for questions via the Internet; students can follow the turtles' movements via satellite tracking devices.
KidScience: Underwater Classroom
(Available on DVD only)
This program features underwater experts from whom students learn about marine life, physical oceanography, and underwater geology. These experts explore the ocean using SCUBA gear and research submersibles.
KidScience: WaterWatch
(Available on DVD only)
This KidScience 4-part series explores where water comes from, life in a watershed, water quality and what impacts it, and protecting our watersheds.
Pacific Standards for Excellence in Mathematics
(CD-ROM)
The purpose of Pacific Standards for Excellence in Mathematics is to lay the foundation for the Pacific child's mathematics education program that will build tools to help the child become a contributing member of society.
Pacific Standards for Excellence in Science
(CD-ROM)
These standards for excellence in science education directly address the diversity of island environments, cultures, values, resources, and needs of Pacific students.
Reading the Wind: Navigation and the Environment in the Pacific
(Available on DVD only. Includes Teacher's Guide)
This educational DVD covers traditional Polynesian and Micronesian voyaging. Aimed at students in grades 4-8 and the general public, the program is available in both English and Satawalese. The accompanying teacher's guide can be used to structure pre- and post-viewing activities.
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Phone:
(808) 441-1300
U.S. Toll-free Phone:
(800) 377-4773
AskPREL