Helping students learn math and science is the goal of this PBS 45 & 49 multimedia project. The workings of the blimp provide the framework for teachers to illustrate the concepts students must understand to pass Ohio's proficiency tests.

The video series follows two high school students trying to win college scholarships. The two team up and decide to create a documentary about how blimps are made and how they work. Each video is a lesson starter that leads to hands-on CD-ROM, DVD and Web site activities.

1. Introduction to Blimps

2. Measurement/Scientific Notation

3. Ratio and Proportion

4. Surface Area

5. Volume

6. Structure of Matter

7. Gas Laws

8. Buoyancy

9. Motion and Forces

10. Mapping and Navigation

11. Weather

12. Design Technology

Mondays ? 10:10 am -- 10/18, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 12/6, 12/13, 1/10, 1/17, 1/31, 2/7, 2/14

Wednesdays ? 10:20 am -- 2/9, 2/16, 2/23, 3/2, 3/9, 3/16, 3/23, 3/30, 4/6, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27

Fridays ? 10:20 am -- 2/11, 2/18, 2/25, 3/4, 3/11, 3/18, 3/25, 4/1, 4/8, 4/15, 4/22, 4/29

Block Feed: 9/1, 9/2; 12/15