Project Discovery Revisited

These programs are edited versions from the popular live, interactive PROJECT DISCOVERY series. Each of the condensed programs are hosted by students and feature the best on-site segments from the original program. See also Project Discovery. 

Grades 3-8

These programs are edited versions from the popular live, interactive PROJECT DISCOVERY series. Each of the condensed programs are hosted by students and feature the best on-site segments from the original program.

See also Project Discovery. 

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Around Alone, Part 1 | Project Discovery Revisited
Around Alone, Part 1 | Project Discovery Revisited

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

A race around the world . . . in a boat 40 to 60 feet in length . . . ALONE. This event, which began in 1982, occurs every four years and starts in Charleston, South Carolina. The course consists of...
Around Alone, Part 2 | Project Discovery Revisited
Around Alone, Part 2 | Project Discovery Revisited

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Students at Laing Middle School followed the progress of the race. They used the Internet to track the skippers. They learned about oceans, stopovers, satellite photography, weather, geography, and...
Avery Research Center | Project Discovery Revisited
Avery Research Center | Project Discovery Revisited

Video

Grades: 4 8

Charleston, South Carolina, is a city rich in African American culture. Sullivan’s Island, once an entry port from Africa for the slave trade, was considered the gateway to the United States. The...
Charlesfort | Project Discovery Revisited
Charlesfort | Project Discovery Revisited

Video

Grades: 4 6 8

Archaeologists with the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology are working to uncover the site formerly known as Charlesfort, the settlement established by Huguenots seeking refuge...
Fire Academy, Part 1 | Project Discovery Revisited
Fire Academy, Part 1 | Project Discovery Revisited

Video

Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

At the South Carolina Fire Academy, we learn what it takes to become a firefighter. This 208-acre facility contains classrooms, drill towers, a fire station, equipment storage, and teacher offices...
Fire Academy, Part 2 | Project Discovery Revisited
Fire Academy, Part 2 | Project Discovery Revisited

Video

Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Students begin their fire training in a Class A combustible burn building. They learn what fire is and how it burns. In a flashover, flames go from the floor to the ceiling. Breathing is done through...
H.L. Hunley Discovered | Project Discovery Revisited
H.L. Hunley Discovered | Project Discovery Revisited

Video

Grades: 4 8

The H. L. Hunley was a product of the pre-Civil War Industrial Revolution. Submersibles, torpedoes, and shells were also innovations of the 1860s. James McClintock and Baxter Watson built the Hunley...
Horse Training Center | Project Discovery Revisited
Horse Training Center | Project Discovery Revisited

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

In Project Discovery Revisited: A Horse Training Center, several aspects of horses are explored. On a visit to the riding stables, horseback riding lessons are explained as well as how to train the...
Kings Mountain | Project Discovery Revisited
Kings Mountain | Project Discovery Revisited

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Kings Mountain was the site of an important battle of the Revolutionary War. The British were defeated and started a retreat to Yorktown, where they eventually lost the war, giving the 13 colonies...
Medieval Times, Part 1 | Project Discovery Revisited
Medieval Times, Part 1 | Project Discovery Revisited

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

Part 1 of this program takes the viewer into the early part of the period from the end of classical civilization to the revival of the learning in the West. Visitors return to the Dark Ages as they...
Medieval Times, Part 2 | Project Discovery Revisited
Medieval Times, Part 2 | Project Discovery Revisited

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

A behind-the-scenes look at this production shows that the costumes are more elaborate than the clothing worn in the Middle Ages. The actors spend a great deal of time practicing, preparing equipment...
Meeting Big Backyard Monsters | Project Discovery Revisited
Meeting Big Backyard Monsters | Project Discovery Revisited

Video

Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

The creatures at the South Carolina State Museum are big monsters found in your backyard. Because the bugs are much larger than the actual insects, details, as seen from the perspective of their prey...
Mount Vernon | Project Discovery Revisited
Mount Vernon | Project Discovery Revisited

Video

Grades: 3 4 5

Project Discovery Revisted: George Washington's Mount Vernon explores Mount Vernon. Students learn what there is to do at Mount Vernon. The farming life of Washington is portrayed. Students learn the...
New York Stock Exchange | Project Discovery Revisited
New York Stock Exchange | Project Discovery Revisited

Video

Grades: 9 10 11 12

The New York Stock Exchange is the largest stock market in the world. Approximately 2,300 companies belong to this market in which over 6 billion shares of stock are traded every day. In 1792, the...
Nutcracker | Project Discovery Revisited
Nutcracker | Project Discovery Revisited

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Every December, the Columbia City Ballet performs The Nutcracker ballet. The story was written by E. T. A. Hoffman, with music composed by Tschaikovsky. This ballet masterpiece has become one of the...

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