WingsEd.com Auditorium

 http://www.wingsed.com/videos/to_hear_your_banjo_play.flv

Presents the origin of the banjo, the development of southern folk music and its influence upon Americans. Pete Seeger plays his banjo and narrates the story.

http://www.wingsed.com/videos/squeak_the_squirrel.flv
Shows how a gold-mantled ground squirrel at Crater Lake National Park has learned to solve problems connected with getting food. Illustrates how an animal can learn to find food that is hidden from view or out of reach.

http://www.wingsed.com/videos/lunchroom_manners.flv

The rude, clumsy puppet Mr. Bungle shows kids how to behave in the school cafeteria - the assumption being that kids actually want to behave during lunch. This film has a cult following since it appeared on a Pee Wee Herman HBO special.

http://wingsed.com/videos/good_health_practices.flv

Young Jim and Judy learn about proper eating, keeping clean, proper rest and good toilet habits. The enthusiastic narrator reminds us not to be ‘bashful or silly about bathroom habits’ and that we should ‘go’ whenever we feel like it.

http://wingsed.com/videos/food_getting_among_animals.flv

Shows how different animals acquire food.

http://www.wingsed.com/videos/face_of_lincoln.flv

Presents Professor Merrell Gage, retired head of the Department of Sculpture at the University of Southern California, describing the life and career of Abraham Lincoln as he sculpts a lifelike bust of the 16th President, making physical changes in the subject’s hair, beard and expression to correspond to events in Lincoln’s life.

http://wingsed.com/videos/each_child_is_different.flv

This film was made for teachers as a reminder that learning disabilities and less-than-ideal home environments can affect students’ performance and behavior. While this film was supposed to foster compassion for these children, some scenarios are so troubling and overdramatic that they could invoke a teacher’s pity, thus allowing troubled students to pass onto the next grade without learning anything.

http://wingsed.com/videos/coal_miner.flv

This film explains and explores the advanced technology in today’s coal industry through interviews with men and women who work in the mines and are proud of it.

http://wingsed.com/videos/bus_nut.flv

We learn about bus safety from a young girl who is a self-professed “Bus Nut.” Emphasizes the danger of horseplay while waiting for a school bus, the dangers of running in front of a school bus without clear signal from the bus driver, and the correct way to enter a school bus.

http://wingsed.com/videos/bicycle_safety.flv

Points out that the bicycle rider is responsible for maintaining the bicycle in good condition, obeying traffic rules and watching out for others. The film also reads like a laundry list of hazardous things to attempt on your bicycle!

Those familiar with Lawrence, Kansas (Centron’s home) may recognize some landmarks.