Architecture Media Offered by Penn State Media Sales
| Architecture and Play: Learning From Children's Museums More on DVD Version | Explores architectural considerations in the design of buildings for children by studying youth-oriented museum environments. Focuses on four key elements that embody the idea of play: multisensory issues, space-body relationships, juxtaposition of scales and spatial variety, and appeal to adults and children. Interviews architects, directors of children's museums, exhibit designers, and a child psychologist. Researched and written by Jawaid Haider, Penn State. Produced by Penn State Television / WPSX-TV. |
| Chemistry 101: Molecular Architecture More on DVD Version | Introduces VSEPR and the effect of lone pairs of electrons on the structures of molecules and ions. Describes how the structure affects the polarity of a molecule. |
| Signs of the Times More on DVD Version | Overview of the austere and ultraconservative Old-School Baptists who once thrived in Roxbury, New York, but who have virtually disappeared. Interviews with people who grew up in the Roxbury church, the town historian, a denomination librarian, a minister, and university and seminary professors create a portrait of Old-School Baptist philosophy, rites, music, and architecture. Evokes a time when life was simpler and religious life was the basis of a deep sense of community. Produced by Leandra Little. |
| Tikal More on DVD Version | The Mayan site of Tikal in the Guatemalan jungle provides an introduction to classic Mayan civilization through its architecture and carvings. The film examines an excavation of a domestic house mound. Directed by Karl Heider. |
| Touching the Future: Anne Taylor More on DVD Version | Anne Taylor, professor in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of New Mexico, links the success of certain learning environments to their design and states that schools are in a crisis situation when it comes to their structural components. She maintains that schools must be viewed as three-dimensional textbooks of natural and cultural concepts that are user-friendly and that provide movement. |
| Graduation video - Arts & Architecture - Spring 1999 More on DVD Version | spring 1999 |
| Graduation video - Arts & Architecture - Spring 2000 More on DVD Version | |
| Our Town Bellefonte More on DVD Version | Volunteers go out and about in their town of Bellefonte, PA with camcorders and “shoot” the town and what is interesting to them. Historical building architecture, Talleyrand Park, and the Courthouse are depicted. Produced by WPSX-TV |
| Graduation video - Arts and Architecture - Spring 2001 More on DVD Version | |
| Ancient Greek Art and Architecture More on DVD Version | How Greek classical art developed from local traditions and from outside influences is examined. The orders of Greek temples are explained. ©1994 |
| Graduation - Arts and Architecture - Spring 2002 More on DVD Version | May 2002 |
| Graduation - Arts and Architecture - Spring 2003 More on DVD Version | May 2003 |
| Houses of Worship Pennsylvania More on DVD Version | With roots based in the ideal of "spiritual liberty and religious freedom", Pennsylvania's churches, chapels and cathedrals are tributes to inspired architecture and are true symbols of the diversity and significance of religion within every community large and small. |
| Graduation - Arts and Architecture - Spring 2004 More on DVD Version | May 2004 |
| Graduation - Arts and Architecture - Spring 2004 More on DVD Version | May 2004 |
| Graduation - Arts and Architecture - Spring 2005 More on DVD Version | |
| Graduation - Arts and Architecture - Spring 2006 More on DVD Version | The entire ceremony from procession to recession including commencement addresses. A great keepsake for the graduate and the graduate's family. |
| Graduation - Arts and Architecture - Spring 2007 More on DVD Version | The entire ceremony from procession to recession including commencement addresses. A great keepsake for the graduate and the graduate's family. |
| Graduation - Arts and Architecture - Spring 2008 More on DVD Version | The entire ceremony from procession to recession including commencement addresses. A great keepsake for the graduate and the graduate's family. |
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