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Benjamin Franklin: Scientist & Inventor
From publishing "Poor Richard's Almanac" to his role in establishing the United States of America, Benjamin Franklin left an indelible mark on human history. This personalized chronicle details Franklin's many accomplishments, including his scientific work with electricity. This award-winning program features stunning animation, original music and crisp narration. Part of the Animated Hero Classics Video Series.
Grade Level: 1-4
Running Time: 30 mins
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Boyhood of Thomas Edison
Illustrates certain characteristics that Edison exhibited early in his youth-curiosity, ingenuity, perseverance and the ability to learn through observation.
Grade Level: 1-4
Running Time: 13 mins
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Marie Curie/Thomas Edison (AJ's Time Travelers)
Angry that his mother's career prevents her from attending his school function, A.J. and the Kyros crew travel to Paris in 1905 to meet Marie Curie. While learning about Curie's discovery of atomic particles, A.J. learns Curie raised two daughters while completing the work that made her the first person to win Nobel prizes in two fields. Next, the Kyros crew heads to West Orange, New Jersey in 1891 where Edison explains how he made electricity safe and practical. Learn that in 1855 a teacher who said he was too stupid to learn threw young Thomas out of a school.
Grade Level: 2-6
Running Time: 45 mins
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Thomas Edison (Inventors of the World Video Series)
Through the use of dramatic recreation, archival films, photographs and actual drawings and materials, students will experience the fascinating life and work of Thomas Edison. Students will learn not only about the development of his breakthrough ideas - including electric lighting, the phonograph and the movie camera - but also about what drove this incredible man to develop such wondrous ideas.
Grade Level: 4-8
Running Time: 23 mins
Extras: Teacher's Guide
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Benjamin Franklin: Citizen of the World
A&E presents this biography of Benjamin Franklin. As America's ambassador to the world, Franklin was a unique individual who came to symbolize the inventiveness of an entire nation and his diverse accomplishments gave him a place in America's pantheon of heroes. This program follows Poor Richard as he discovers electricity, invents the fuel-efficient Franklin stove and authors his popular Poor Richard's Almanac. One in a multi-volume series of biographies.
Grade Level: 5-12
Running Time: 50 mins
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Edison's Miracle of Light
In 1879, a crowd of 3,000 spectators marveled as the first electric lights cast their glow over the grounds at Thomas Edison's factory in Menlo Park. This program documents how Edison sold America on electricity when he invented the light bulb and how his endorsement of direct rather than alternating current damaged his reputation after a grisly accident. This excellent biographical look at a fascinating man could be used in science and social studies classes in middle and high school.
Grade Level: 6-12
Running Time: 60 mins
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Tesla: Master of Lightning
This program tells the story of scientist, inventor and visionary Nikola Tesla by documenting his life and inventions through his autobiographical and scientific writings, rare photographs and re-creations. Although Tesla developed, invented or imagined the technology that brought humankind electricity, remote control, neon and fluorescent lighting, radio transmission and more, history recalls him as more of an eccentric cult figure than an electrical engineering genius. The program also recounts Tesla's intense rivalries with Thomas Edison, J. Pierpont Morgan, George Westinghouse and Guglielmo Marconi, showing how many of his achievements is still attributed to his contemporaries.
Grade Level: 6-12
Running Time: 90 mins
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