| Past Prize-Winning Programs |
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs Prize
(The Best Program in Early Education Category)
"A WORLD OF WONDERS: My Life as an Ant"
entered by Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) |
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| [Content] This program is from the "A World of Wonders" series that encourages third grade elementary students to take a closer look at nature. Filmed using Hi Vision technology and the nearly microscopic view made possible with an endoscopic lens, the program takes the viewer into the tiny world of the ant. A worker ant narrator accompanies the viewer on a tour of the ant's nest, searches for food and struggles with rain and rival insects and uses examples of aphids and lady bugs to demonstrate the interdependence of various insect species. The program also explores the ants' sense of community and cooperation as they share food and help baby a baby ant be born. |
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| [Jury Comments] Several programs dealt with natural history and the environment from the point of view of the animal, but this program was exceptional in its imaginative use of technology to capture extraordinary close-up images. Creative use of sound and visual perspective conveyed the life of a small insect in a large world, a situation to which a young child can relate. The narration used a skillful mixture of humor, story-telling and fact and this combination allows the child to learn through empathy. |
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