Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Amerigo Vespucci sets foot for the first time on the American continent. He collects all manner of plants and animals, only to drop them into the Amazon River.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Amerigo and his crew continue exploring the New World. Their water is almost gone. Fortunately, the river they're sailing on turns out to be the Amazon, so they won't die of thirst after all.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Vespuccia or America? In the last episode of this fun cartoon, we find out how the name of the new continent now known as "America" came about.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
In this episode of the "Once Upon a Time" animated series on world explorers, we begin to learn the history of Cairo and the Nile River in Egypt.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
In the second segment of this episode of Les Explorateurs (The Explorers), James Bruce, our intrepid adventurer, encounters some pirates while trying to reach the source of the Nile.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
As James Bruce and his crew arrive in Massawa in hopes of meeting the king, they are thwarted by the king's messenger, who was ordered not to let in any foreigners. But since the royal palace is in need of a doctor, and Bruce happens to be one, he may be forced to make an exception....
Difficulty: Beginner
France
The explorers discover Abyssinia and the customs of its inhabitants, who have been cut off from the rest of the world for centuries. Will their visit bring a clash of cultures or a peaceful understanding? Find out in this episode.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
The explorers arrive at Gondar, the former imperial capital of Ethiopia, and marvel at the wonders of the palace. But a deadly illness is threatening the lives of the children of the royal family...
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
After curing the queen mother's grandchildren of smallpox, James Bruce meets with the Ethiopian emperor, Tekle Haymanot, to tell him of his plans to discover the source of the Nile. But he soon finds out that he'll have to demonstrate his warrior skills if he wants to reach Lake Tana.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
James Bruce, the intrepid Scottish explorer, finally reaches his goal, the source of the Nile... or so he thought. After all his trouble, his exploits are not well received in England. But his legacy will live on.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
In the first episode of this new cartoon series, Once Upon a Time... Planet Earth, deforestation issues are addressed from outer space... Just grow a few trees in a spaceship and plant them on land later!
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
The Maestro tells his students about the famous "Biosphere" project in Arizona, the largest enclosed ecological system in the world.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
These young people want to do their part for the planet. Under the Maestro's supervision, they prepare a butterfly garden after learning that butterflies are an endangered species.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
The Maestro surpervises the building of a pond for the butterfly garden. Everything goes according to plan, despite the work of a few practical jokesters.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
In the next segment of this Il était une fois... episode on ecosystems, the Maestro teaches us how to build a butterfly garden. You can build one anywhere—even on your apartment balcony!
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
In part seven of this episode on the ecosystems, the young students are on a field trip (a marsh trip to be exact), where they witness firsthand the destruction of this precious ecosystem. But this is not a new phenomenon: once upon a time in Polynesia...
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
In the final part of this Il était une fois... episode on the ecosystems, the Maestro explains what happened to the people and the famous statues of Easter Island. It's a lesson we'd do well to learn from.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
The Maestro gives us an overview of some of the major innovations of the last century, from the invention of the radio to the discovery of the first exoplanet. We've come a long way in just a few decades!
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
In the second part of this Il était une fois... (Once Upon a Time) episode on technology, the kids attend a technology show in Japan, where they play some amazing virtual reality games... and some practical jokes.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
The home of the future includes a talking refrigerator that gives you chocolate bars for breakfast! Unfortunately, it also includes some pesky robots....
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Technology not only helps clean up our planet, but also allows us to explore the entire universe. According to the astrophysicist Alfred Vidal-Madjar, in five hundred years, we will have visited all the planets in the solar system.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Modern technology comes to the rescue! Planet Earth has a chance of recovering from man-made pollution.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
A group of smart young people found revolutionary ways to solve our planet's woes. Electronic books, Internet mail and much more...
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