2011 New Releases Catalogue November - Learningemall.com

ECOLOGY OF MIND is an invitation toask the kinds of questions that could helpthread the world back together from theinside.Review "A brilliant film about a brilliant thinker"- Tyler Volk, Professor of Biology andEnvironmental Studies, New YorkUniversityMagazine"This a film that should be shown tostudents studying languages - any ofthem - because it shows the power oflanguage and the gift of learning one.I challenge you not to want to pick upa language class after seeing thisfilm." - Missy Gluckmann, MelibeeGlobal Education ConsultingNote: Only available in the US andCanada.Item no. : BE00274675Format : DVDDuration : 20 minutesCopyright : 2011StdBkNo : 9781621021711Price : USD 100.00Awards Audience Award, Best DocumentaryFeature, Santa Cruz Film Festival Best Documentary, SpokaneInternational Film Festival John Culkin Award for OutstandingPraxis, Media Ecology AssociationItem no.FormatDurationAudience: GC02560800: DVD: 60 minutes: Grades 9 - 12, College,AdultsCopyright : 2010StdBkNo : 1594589054Price : USD 250.00WE STILL LIVE HERE: ASNUTAYUNEANDirected by Anne MakepeaceTells the amazing story of the return of theWampanoag language, a language thatwas silenced for more than a century.Celebrated every Thanksgiving as theIndians who saved the Pilgrims fromstarvation, and then largely forgotten, theWampanoag Tribes of Cape Cod andMartha's Vineyard are now saying loudand clear, and in their Native tongue, "AsNutayunean," - We Still Live Here.The Wampanoag's ancestors ensured thesurvival of the English settlers known asthe Pilgrims, and lived to regret it. Now acultural revival is taking place. Spurred onby their celebrated linguist, Jessie LittleDoe Baird, recent winner of a MacArthur`genius' award, the Wampanoag arebringing their language home.Like many Native American stories, thisone begins with a vision. Years ago,Jessie began having recurring dreams:familiar-looking people from another timespeaking in an incomprehensiblelanguage. These visions sent her on anodyssey that would uncover hundreds ofdocuments written in Wampanoag, leadher to a Masters in Linguistics at MIT, andresult in an unprecedented feat oflanguage reclamation by her people.Jessie's daughter Mae is the first Nativespeaker of Wampanoag in a century.Reviews "There is nothing I know of that'sanything like the Wampanoag case." -Noam Chomsky, Professor Emeritusof Linguistics, MIT"A beautiful film about a fascinatingsubject...Truly remarkable, andMakepeace captures it with gorgeouscinematography." - ProvincetownAwards Inspiration Award, Full FrameDocumentary Film Festival Moving Mountains Prize,Mountainfilm in TellurideItem no.FormatDurationAudience: WD02560803: DVD: 56 minutes: Grades 10 - 12, College,AdultsCopyright : 2010StdBkNo : 1594588058Price : USD 295.00APPLIEDMATHEMATICSALGEBRA APPLICATIONS:DATA ANALYSISIn 2008 many American banks began tofail, the stock market plunged, and thecountry went into a recession, all followingdefault by record numbers of homeownerson their mortgages. Why did these loanssuddenly become so difficult to repay? Inthis program data analysis is used todetermine what made subprimemortgages capable of wreaking havoc onthe economy. Also examined: mortgagerates for two applicants who have twodifferent credit scores, and the decline inreal estate values relative to the rise inadjustable rate mortgages.Note: Only available in the US andCanada.Item no. : SS02454674Format : DVDDuration : 20 minutesCopyright : 2011StdBkNo : 9781621021704Price : USD 100.00ALGEBRA APPLICATIONS:EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONSFBecause of their dramatic changes inintensity from one point to another,earthquakes are an ideal example ofexponential functions. A massiveearthquake in southwestern China in 2008caused an enormous amount of damageat its epicenter but much less at pointsfarther away. This program comparesquakes of various magnitudes thatoccurred in Sichuan Province to explainthe difference between linear andexponential functions. The differencebetween magnitude and intensity, andtheir relation to each other, is alsoALGEBRA APPLICATIONS:FUNCTIONS ANDRELATIONSThe year is 2030 and the U.S. is sendingits first manned mission to Mars. As therocket ascends over the Earth's surface ittravels in an orbit that is parabolic in shape,then releases a space capsule that followsa circular orbit to dock at the space station.The interplanetary voyage is used in thisprogram to investigate quadraticrelations—circles, ellipses, parabolas, andhyperbolas. The video also looks at theeccentricities of conic sections, andexplains why an elliptical rather than adirect path is the best way for the rocket totravel.Note: Only available in the US andCanada.Item no. : GY02304676Format : DVDDuration : 20 minutesCopyright : 2011StdBkNo : 9781621021759Price : USD 100.00ALGEBRA APPLICATIONS:INEQUALITIESVenice has been prone to flooding forhundreds of years, but with the city sinkingand sea levels worldwide rising, thesituation in the 21st century is becomingdire. This program uses the design for amoveable floodgate, to be activatedautomatically when waters reach a criticallevel, to illustrate mathematicalinequalities. Inequalities are alsodemonstrated by calculating the mpg of ahybrid and a gas-engine vehicle, factoringin both city and highway driving, todetermine which is really more fuelefficient.Note: Only available in the US andCanada.Item no. : TJ02454677Format : DVDDuration : 20 minutesCopyright : 2011StdBkNo : 9781621021698Price : USD 100.00ALGEBRA APPLICATIONS:LINEAR FUNCTIONSHow much oil might Americans use in thenear future? This program demonstratesdata sets and linear functions by graphingcurrent oil consumption and then using thecovered.________________________________________________________________________________________________________Learning Rendezvous LimitedEmail: inquiry@learningemall.com Websites: http://www.learningemall.com & http://www.learningemall.com.hk14