This is a 2 minute trailer for the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival, FLEFF.    http://www.ithaca.edu/fleff/.    Much of the video design is based on artwork used for the commissioned poster for the Festival.
The original music was composed and mixed by Robbie Aceto.

Certain types of plastics can leach estrogen mimicking chemicals into beverage bottles and food containers. Scientists are concerned that even at low levels, these environmental estrogens may work together with the body’s own estrogen to increase the risk of breast cancer.  There are 3 short videos in this series, housed at Cornell University:

http://envirocancer.cornell.edu/research/endocrine/videos/plastics.cfm

We created this short science lesson using public domain animation to succinctly explain the hydrologic cycle and introduce some hydrologic vocabulary.
Original soundtrack is by Lennart Reinander.

Cornell University veterinarians and researchers study the horse with an eye to serving the horse racing community. We follow their investigations into equine performance, respiratory fitness, orthopedic surgery, and fertility.

Frederick Carder, founder of world famous Steuben Glass, created gorgeous, colorful glass. Tommy Buechner demonstrates the varied techniques Carder used including casing, trailing, intarsia and aurene. This video plays continuously in the Rockwell Museum in Corning, NY, in the midst of their extensive collection of Carder Glass.

The New York State Education Department awarded sixty Model Transition Programs (MTP) in 2007 to school districts throughout the New York State, including several school districts in Tompkins County, to improve post-secondary education outcomes (i.e., participation in employment, post-secondary education, and connection with vocational rehabilitation system) for students with disabilities. The overarching principles of the MTP were to (1) strengthen partnerships between the New York State Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) system and high schools; (2) increase participation of youth in employment, VR-related services, and post-secondary education, and (3) develop partnerships between the schools and community service partners, including colleges/universities and businesses.

Cornell University’s Employment and Disability Institute and the 60 MTPs collected information for eighteen months on MTP students, educational programs and agency partners.  Quarterly updates regarding the VR/transition statuses and related activities for over 16,000 students provided critical, detailed information regarding effective career development, work experience, and planning among school and community partners. As part of EDI’s knowledge translation strategy, Ithaca-based filmmakers Ann Michel and Phil Wilde from Insights International, Inc. created a video series for use with educators.

From the footage taken across New York State, including several scenes taken from the Ithaca area, several stories were unexpectedly captured.  The following stories profile innovation and a fearless commitment to supporting youth with disabilities as they develop their careers during and beyond high school:

Daisy wants to be a masseuse.  She hasn’t told anyone about her plans.  During the summer between her sophomore and junior year in high school she participates in a job readiness program at her school.  There she learns how to write a resume, conduct a job search, and she practices interviewing for a job.   This experience “gives her the guts” to approach a small business on her own, and she lands her dream job there.

Allison loved shop in high school.  The owner of Celestory Woodworks took a chance on her by bringing her in to work with them.  She surprised them with her skill and motivation, quickly moving up from floor sweeper to finish work.

Michael knows more than most kids about audio production.  As an autistic child he spent hours and hours at home playing with tape recorders.  At his BOCES high school he learned about digital audio production, and his teacher there hired him to work at a local radio station.

Damian works at the 69^th Regiment Armory in Manhattan as a school teacher.  Every year he teaches special ed kids how to fix just about everything in this huge ancient fortress, from plumbing to electric work to painting, while earning their high school diplomas.

David is interested in a landscaping career, but knows very little about what it means.  Bob is a retired groundskeeper in the Town of Ogden who is very willing to supervise David as a summer intern at the Town parks and offices, maintaining their grounds. David learns that this job is something he very much enjoys doing.

Yvrose, the principal of a public high school,The Brooklyn Transition Center,  provides job training as the core of the school curriculum.  Her efforts to provide practical on the job education coupled with active parent involvement are an excellent example of What Works to educate a student who is Ready and Able to Work.

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video series: 16 shows, 5-6 minutes each
8 shows are in English, 8 are in Spanish

Each summer, families receiving benefits under the Women, Infants, and Children’s Program (WIC), are given coupons to buy fresh fruits and vegetables, redeemable only at Farmer’s Markets. This video series is played at WIC clinics to show people from the WIC program using their coupons at their local Farmer’s Market, and then preparing simple nutritious meals at home with their kids. Two professional chefs, Barbara Lang speaking in English, and Ana Standard speaking in Spanish, demonstrate two recipes for each featured fresh food, including peaches, carrots, kale, broccoli, apples, squash, cabbage, and potatoes. Recipe cards in English and Spanish are distributed at the WIC clinics with the Farmer’s Market Coupons.

Interestingly, the existence of this WIC/Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program has contributed to the viability of many small fruit and vegetable farms, as these farmers now have “coupon” markets for their wares. It also provides otherwise underserved neighborhoods with a source of fresh, inexpensive foods, while helping those in most need to improve their nutrition.

16 shows, 5-6 minutes each
8 shows are in English, 8 are in Spanish

Each summer, families receiving benefits under the Women, Infants, and Children’s Program (WIC), are given coupons to buy fresh fruits and vegetables, redeemable only at Farmer’s Markets. This video series is played at WIC clinics to show people from the WIC program using their coupons at their local Farmer’s Market, and then preparing simple nutritious meals at home with their kids. Two professional chefs, Barbara Lang speaking in English, and Ana Standard speaking in Spanish, demonstrate two recipes for each featured fresh food, including peaches, carrots, kale, broccoli, apples, squash, cabbage, and potatoes. Recipe cards in English and Spanish are distributed at the WIC clinics with the Farmer’s Market Coupons.

Interestingly, the existence of this WIC/Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program has contributed to the viability of many small fruit and vegetable farms, as these farmers now have “coupon” markets for their wares. It also provides otherwise underserved neighborhoods with a source of fresh, inexpensive foods, while helping those in most need to improve their nutrition.

“If you want to know how the works works, Ask an Engineer”

This show, narrated by and featuring 12 year old Sophie Lang, includes 5 stories featuring a variety of engineers.  This seven minute, widescreen program with surround sound was designed to play continuously in a special theater as part of a traveling science museum exhibit about engineering called “Tech City”

Many high school girls are adept at math and science, yet few choose engineering as a field of study.  Focus group research for this program suggested that these girls, motivated by a combination of altruism and greed, could be shown that engineering is a viable choice.