It is meant for classroom use, either through direct broadcast or through videotapes recorded from the airings by teachers or other school district personnel.
The first, in black and white, was filmed at KQED studios in San Francisco in 1964-1965, and was originally aimed at fifth grade elementary school students.
It was distributed by the National Center for School and College Television (now called the Agency for Instructional Technology, or AIT).
[6] Each 15-minute episode focuses on a related group of word cells, most of which derive from the ancient Greek and Latin languages.
There are several recurring characters, portrayed not by actors but by framed portrait drawings, including Mr. Homonym, who knows what he means, but not which spelling to use, and Ms. Onomatopoeia, Ms.
Once displayed, they get tossed down a clear plastic tube, to the accompaniment of a slide whistle sound, to reach an unknown end.
Body I Manu, Dent, Capit, Pod, Ped, Derm, Opt, Hand, Sesqui, sinister, dextr, gauche 3.
Fire Ign, Torr, Pyr, Therm, Helio, Flam, Sol, Holocaust, inferno, in, barbecue 5.
Numbers II Pan, Poly, Multi, Ambi (Amphi), Googol, Semi, Hemi, Half, 8.
Nature earth, geo, nat, aaron, navidad, terr, eco (oiko), bio, Copernicus, Galileo 17.
Transportation I mov (mob), pilgrim, itinerary, taxi, mot, canoe, sail, sale, Ms.
Position sta, pos, sed, couch, davenport, sofa, chesterfield, divan, side, Ms.
Size min, equ, equilibrium, mega, magn, Mr. Alliteration, sighs, Charlemagne, Procrustes, Mr. Redundant, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, ushers 23.
Food carn, coct, herb, omni, vor, sal, chili, sandwich, pancakes, griddlecakes, hotcakes, battercakes, flapjacks 26.