ThinkAbout

Řada 1

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An anthology of various topics for young viewers to ponder.

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60 dílů

Finding Alternatives: Why Bother?
D1
Finding Alternatives: Why Bother?Kelly researches and gathers information to write a book report on George Washington Carver. She imagines his life and considers different possibilities and ideas about his work.
Finding Alternatives: Brainstorming
D2
Finding Alternatives: BrainstormingThe school janitor comes up with a plan to stop students from painting in the halls and to make sure they clean up any mess they create.
Finding Alternatives: Blockbusting
D3
Finding Alternatives: BlockbustingDifferent people try blockbusting by testing their ideas and visualizing the problem to find new solutions.
Finding Alternatives: You Can Remember
D4
Finding Alternatives: You Can RememberOn his first day at work, Pete tries hard to remember everything he’s learned as he begins his newspaper route with Erica.
Estimating and Approximating: Estimating
D5
Estimating and Approximating: EstimatingThe Shenandoahs use estimating and approximating to figure out how they can beat the other team in the canoe race.
Estimating and Approximating: Approximating
D6
Estimating and Approximating: ApproximatingThe students use estimating and approximating as they work together to put their school play on stage.
Estimating and Approximating: Using Estimating and Approximating
D7
Estimating and Approximating: Using Estimating and ApproximatingThe kids and their grandmother use estimating and approximating to figure out which supplies they need to buy to help warm up the house.
Estimating and Approximating: Find Your Guide
D8
Estimating and Approximating: Find Your GuideMary, Bill, and Priscilla use different words and clues to help them find their guide.
Giving & Getting Meaning: What's the Meaning?
D9
Giving & Getting Meaning: What's the Meaning?Alfie has a communication problem with Jack about meeting him at the field until a man tells Alfie about communication about the way to give and get meaning.
Giving & Getting Meaning: Meaning is More than Words
D10
Giving & Getting Meaning: Meaning is More than WordsAlfie has a communication problem with Jack about meeting him at the field until a man tells Alfie about communication about the way to give and get meaning.
Giving & Getting Meaning: Remember the Audience!
D11
Giving & Getting Meaning: Remember the Audience!Chuck, Ginger, and Herbie create a movie for Mr. Callahan called All Around the World to help the audience remember what they’ve learned.
Giving & Getting Meaning: But What Does It Mean?
D12
Giving & Getting Meaning: But What Does It Mean?Kathy and Diane share and interpret the meaning of the letter and the newspaper article, then compare their ideas to the story.
Giving & Getting Meaning: The Bigger Picture
D13
Giving & Getting Meaning: The Bigger PictureDanny runs away from home and takes a bus to another city, where he begins to think about the bigger picture and what his choices really mean.
Giving & Getting Meaning: Where Are You Coming From?
D14
Giving & Getting Meaning: Where Are You Coming From?At prep school, Coulter, Hansen, and Blake share and interpret the meaning behind their teacher asking to see them after class, both about their grades and about working on a story about the school.
Challenge #1: Time Capsule: Make a Present for the Future
D15
Challenge #1: Time Capsule: Make a Present for the FutureA time capsule is uncovered in the desert, and the kids explore its contents to learn about the past, understand the present, and imagine the future.
Collecting Information: What Do I Know?
D16
Collecting Information: What Do I Know?A boy finds a lost puppy in front of the building and starts gathering information to figure out where it came from. Meanwhile, two girls begin searching for the missing puppy, and eventually, they’re the ones who find him.
Collecting Information: Where Should I Go?
D17
Collecting Information: Where Should I Go?Marty and Pete see a red glowing object in the sky. Marty goes to the library to find information inside the encyclopedia about UFO's, Him and Pete and gather objects to collect information about UFOs.
Collecting Information: What Should I Do?
D18
Collecting Information: What Should I Do?The kids complain about the school meatloaf and decide they want a change. They talk with Ms. Caldwell, the dietitian, to discuss new lunch options. After collecting information and sharing their ideas, they help get the lunch menu changed.
Collecting Information: There are Ways to Remember
D19
Collecting Information: There are Ways to RememberCathy does Tai Chi in the park, and She forgets her notes on the bus stop and remembers how to do Tai Chi for her presentation.
Classifying: Classifying Objects
D20
Classifying: Classifying ObjectsSam, his sister and his parents are having a garage sale to raise money and move, they classified and organize objects in the right column.
Classifying: Classifying Information
D21
Classifying: Classifying InformationLeora classifies information does a report about the Walker hotel and interviews Mr. Stark about the history of the hotel.
Classifying: Stereotyping People
D22
Classifying: Stereotyping PeopleLisa treats and labels her grandmother as old when she is in mean to her and treats her unkindly at home after being released from the hospital for a broken arm.
Classifying: There Are Many Ways to Go
D23
Classifying: There Are Many Ways to GoHeather, Leah and Kathy tell the interviewer about understanding a plan to solve a problem by doing things in a different way.
Finding Patterns: People Patterns
D24
Finding Patterns: People PatternsRicky learns about people patterns inside the classroom, and He does a people pattern on a old man inside the apartment building.
Finding Patterns: Communication Patterns
D25
Finding Patterns: Communication PatternsRoger meets a deaf girl student named Jackie, He don't know sign language, so He learns sign language by Communicating Patterns to communicate with her at the school dance.
Finding Patterns: Cultural Patterns
D26
Finding Patterns: Cultural PatternsChiquita goes to Mexico to learn her family's Cultural Patterns.
Finding Patterns: Nature's Patterns
D27
Finding Patterns: Nature's PatternsSusan visits her uncle, aunt, and cousin in town, and she and her cousin Howard spend the afternoon exploring nature’s patterns as they search for fish in the pond.
A Challenge: Search for the Unknown
D28
A Challenge: Search for the UnknownScientists travel to northern Scotland to investigate the legend of the Loch Ness Monster, known as “Nessie.” Along the way, locals share stories and sightings, describing a mysterious creature that many believe resembles a prehistoric dinosaur.
Generalizing: Drawing Conclusions
D29
Generalizing: Drawing ConclusionsA boy is preparing to move to London, England. His father explains the pattern to him, and he later asks Mrs. Stokins for more information about life in England.
Generalizing: Checking Conclusions
D30
Generalizing: Checking ConclusionsAngie explores what it would take to start a music group for the community talent show, hoping it could lead to a record deal.
A Tip: Practice for Success
D31
A Tip: Practice for SuccessJack doesn’t know how to play tennis, so Lindsay and Stephanie teach him. He practices consistently until he becomes skilled at the sport.
Sequencing & Scheduling: One Step at a Time
D32
Sequencing & Scheduling: One Step at a TimeBarbara, Rudy, and their family work together to plan and schedule the details for their grandfather’s birthday celebration.
Sequencing & Scheduling: Plan Ahead
D33
Sequencing & Scheduling: Plan AheadThe kids work together to sequence their ideas and summarize their plan for designing a Loch Ness monster to place in the lake.
Sequencing and Scheduling: Calm Your Jitters!
D34
Sequencing and Scheduling: Calm Your Jitters!Nancy is nervous about giving a presentation at her old school, especially because her former teacher, now the principal, will be there.
Using Criteria: What Are They?
D35
Using Criteria: What Are They?Woody explains the criteria he uses to evaluate a baseball pitch, while Debbie shares the criteria she uses as a dancer, and even applies them when choosing a card for her mom. In class, the students discuss what “criteria” means and how to use it.
Using Criteria: Where Do You Get Them?
D36
Using Criteria: Where Do You Get Them?Larry uses his criteria to ask the automotive experts what makes a good car. Later, his friends Mike and Ed ask him to judge which of them has the better car.
Using Criteria: How Do You Change That?
D37
Using Criteria: How Do You Change That?Betsy, a basketball player, uses her own criteria to decide who should be the team captain. Now she has to choose, will she vote for Ellie or May?
A Challenge: Design a Language
D38
A Challenge: Design a LanguageTwo girls watch a deaf man communicate through sign language with the help of his interpreter in their classroom. Inspired, they visit a school for the deaf to learn signs themselves and later watch him use sign language on television.
Reshaping Information: Symbols
D39
Reshaping Information: SymbolsLeah uses symbols as clues, while Burt, Faye, Jack, and Jody read and examine different symbols to help choose a name for their baseball team.
Reshaping Information: More Than You Think
D40
Reshaping Information: More Than You ThinkAlex gets a job at a carnival as a fortune teller, and he starts thinking about and reshaping what he knows to understand what a fortune teller really does.
Reshaping Information: Summarizing
D41
Reshaping Information: SummarizingJess summarizes his ideas by writing them down and gathers information from his friends to help him get a job as a cashier at a sporting goods store.
Reshaping Information: Maps and Models
D42
Reshaping Information: Maps and ModelsThe Westside Wranglers use maps and models to figure out how to get their moose head back up on the wall.
A Tip: Get Ahead with Goals
D43
A Tip: Get Ahead with GoalsLeon enters a bike race so he can push himself toward his goals and chase a victory.
Judging Information: Should I Believe It?
D44
Judging Information: Should I Believe It?Sue decides to become a newspaper writer after she evaluates the information about aliens supposedly invading the town of Duncan.
Judging Information: What's Important?
D45
Judging Information: What's Important?Jamie and Christy visit Sir Gordon’s castle, where they examine and judge the important information surrounding his death.
Judging Information: What's Enough?
D46
Judging Information: What's Enough?Bobby rides his bike to the until it gets stolen, He blames Eddie for taking his bike, He tries to get enough information to see who stole his bike.
Judging Information: Point of View
D47
Judging Information: Point of ViewMichael goes to Cedarville Park to explore different points of view about the automobile strike.
Judging Information: Persuasive Techniques
D48
Judging Information: Persuasive TechniquesWes asks Allen to play football, but Allen turns him down because he has to go to practice. The other boys criticize Allen, calling him a nerd and making fun of his persuasive techniques, especially since he’s now in high school.
A Tip: Make a Deal with Yourself
D49
A Tip: Make a Deal with YourselfDuncan makes a deal with himself as he practices guitar for his audition at the country jamboree. Andrew also makes a deal with himself, he commits to showing up to work on time.
Communicating Effectively: Styles of Communication
D50
Communicating Effectively: Styles of CommunicationBill, Donna, and Gunnar use their different communication styles to take people’s orders at the restaurant.
Communicating Effectively: Planning a Presentation
D51
Communicating Effectively: Planning a PresentationThe kids plan a school presentation to teach everyone about the importance of getting pets vaccinated.
Communicating Effectively: Making a Presentation
D52
Communicating Effectively: Making a PresentationShannon, a Navajo girl, prepares a presentation for the annual speech contest about her heritage. As she practices, she learns the skills of oral delivery, body language, and eye contact to strengthen her presentation.
Communicating Effectively: Making Your Point!
D53
Communicating Effectively: Making Your Point!Flash doesn’t get picked for the basketball squad, so he tries to impress the coach—showing off his skills, promoting himself, and making his case right there on the court.
Communicating Effectively: Making It Come Alive
D54
Communicating Effectively: Making It Come AliveHeather is a ballerina, and she writes a term paper about becoming one when she grows up—bringing her dream to life through her writing.
A Challenge: Make Something New
D55
A Challenge: Make Something NewSophie talks about being creative, and the kids join in by discussing how they can make something new.
Solving Problems: One Thing Leads to Another
D56
Solving Problems: One Thing Leads to AnotherMargie and Janet are babysitting when things get a little mixed up. Realizing they can do better, they start their own babysitting service to earn money. They even figure out how to get their own phone so they can keep the business going, until everything suddenly goes awry.
Solving Problems: A Matter of Time
D57
Solving Problems: A Matter of TimeSusan takes two of her nieces and their friends to Lake Nedar, but their trip takes a sudden turn when they become involved in a plane crash. The plane catches fire, and Susan is injured in the chaos.
Solving Problems: There's Always a Risk
D58
Solving Problems: There's Always a RiskA girl repairs the scanner so she can check out the plane crash involving Colleen, Roxanne, Cathy, and their Aunt Susan. Roxanne and Cathy take a risk when they decide to walk to a nearby town for help.
Solving Problems: Hanging in There
D59
Solving Problems: Hanging in ThereA search begins for three girls and a woman after their plane crashes. News reports cover the unfolding situation, and helicopter crews eventually locate them and carry out the rescue.
Plan a City of the Future
D60
Plan a City of the FutureThe kids share and discuss their ideas for planning a city of the future.

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Taborah Johnson
Jamie Dick

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