Thursday, July 12, 2018

Dream Big: Engineering Our World-Set of 2 DVDs



Los Angeles, CA – Get ready to explore our world when the critically acclaimed film Dream Big: Engineering Our World (narrated by Jeff Bridges)is released in a 2-DVD set by Shout! Factory on July 24, 2018. Originally filmed for and seen in IMAX® and Giant Screen theaters, this stunning film will now be available in living rooms across the country.

The education-focused 2-DVD edition of Dream Big: Engineering Our World will offer the complete movie along with a 150-page educator’s guide (12 lesson plans, including handouts), 10 educational shorts, 8 behind-the-scenes featurettes and 8 more short “Fun Fact” videos. This set brings the wonder of engineering to life for students everywhere.

Narrated by Academy Award® winner* Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart), Dream Big: Engineering Our World is a spectacular look at man-made marvels that will forever transform the way you think about engineering. It celebrates the human ingenuity behind engineering marvels big and small and shows how engineers push the limits of innovation in unexpected and amazing ways. It is more than a movie — it’s part of a movement aimed at bringing engineering into the forefront of our culture. Dream Big is the first giant-screen film to answer the call of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) initiative, which aims to inspire kids of diverse backgrounds to become the innovators who will improve the lives of people across our entire planet as we head into the twenty-first century and beyond. That’s why the film will be accompanied by ongoing educational, museum and community efforts to expose young people from all backgrounds to what engineering is … and what it can conjure in the world.
Dream Big: Engineering Our World joins Shout! Factory’s exciting catalog of 4K and IMAX films that includes the incredible critically acclaimed and award-winning odysseys Journey to Space , Flight of the Butterflies, Rocky Mountain Express, Humpback Whales, Wonders Of The Arctic , The Last Reef: Cities Beneath The Sea, and Mysteries of China.

Here are some fun games for the summer ranging from K to Grade 8 levels. First Build a Better Bubble Blower. Grades K-2, 3-5 takes 20 to 60 minutes. Design, build and test a bubble blower.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/17zgki489n752wj/AACNYf26c7h2_PtLfN4_H6yPa?dl=0&preview=Build+a+Better+Bubble+Blower_083116.pdf

Then we have Build a Pinball Game for grades 6-8 Build a pinball game with a launcher and interesting obstacles. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/17zgki489n752wj/AACNYf26c7h2_PtLfN4_H6yPa?dl=0&preview=Build+a+Pinball+Game_121216.pdf takes 60 minutes.

Last we have Foil Boats a Design challenge, grades 3-5, 20 minutes. How many pennies can you design an aluminum foil boat to hold before it sinks or capsizes? https://www.dropbox.com/sh/17zgki489n752wj/AACNYf26c7h2_PtLfN4_H6yPa?dl=0&preview=Foil+Boats_082616.pdf


Two lucky winners are going to win these DVD's. There are two of them in the package. Get your entries in today and you might be the lucky winner.
Open to US and Canada ending July 26/18

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