This live-action video program is about the term "animal essential functions". The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term "animal essential functions" through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and labels. Viewers will see and hear "animal essential functions" used in a variety of contexts providing students with a model for how to appropriately use the term. Related words are also used and reinforced with visuals and text.