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Mammals, Birds, Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Insects. Simple explanations and vivid footage provide an excellent lesson in classifying animals. Discover that animals can be classified into groups by characteristics they have in common. Learn about the traits that help distinguish each group of animals and how these traits help them survive. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections: (1) Introduction (2) Insects (3) Reptiles (4) Amphibians.

Students learn that all living things have needs and some of these are air, water, and energy from food. They are shown how to tell the difference between living and nonliving things. They also learn that plants are living things and see how they meet their needs and how they move, grow, and change. Finally, they compare objects at home, in a pond, in a neighborhood, and on a farm, and group them as either living or nonliving. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections: (1) Introduction (2) Living Things (3) Nonliving things (4) Objects that seem like they’re living (5) quiz (6) review.

Students learn about simple metamorphosis, complete metamorphosis, and the entire insect lifecycle. Includes live, close-up footage of a painted lady butterfly, waxworm moth, silkworm, milkweed bug, and more. Detailed animations give students a unique perspective of the world’s largest animal group. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections: (1) Introduction/Theme (2) The Amazing Lives of Insects (3) Simple Metamorphosis (4) Complete metamorphosis (5) Metamorphosis review (6) Life Cycle.

Students discover what characteristics make insects different from all other animals. Learn that there are more insects than any other kind of animal on Earth. Watch the ways that special body parts help insects meet their needs for food, water, air, and shelter. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections: (1) Identifying Insects (2) Three Body Parts (3) The Exoskeleton (4) Reproduction.

Children learn that living things grow and change. They learn to compare animal parents and babies. They see that some animal babies do not look like their parents. From tadpole to frog, egg to chicken, caterpillar to butterfly, and puppy to dog, students are introduced to and learn the stages of the life cycles of animals. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections.

Follow the flow of energy through the food chain from the sun to producers, consumers, and decomposers. Vivid animations use a linear food chain and an energy pyramid to demonstrate how energy passes through the food chain. Other concepts include photosynthesis, predator-prey relationships, herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores.DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections: (1) Introduction (2) Energy in habitats (3) Plants (4) Animals (5) Producers and Consumers (6) Herbivores, Carnivores, and Omnivores (7) Decomposers (8) More food chains (9) Energy pyramid and food web (10) Review (11) Conclusion.

Heads, tails, wings, feathers, fur, and claws. Discover how these and other parts of animals help them live in different habitats. Learn how to tell what kind of food an animal eats, based on the shape of its teeth. See that the different parts of animals help us determine where and how they live. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections: (1) Introduction (2) Animal Body Coverings (3) Movement (4) Eating (5) Animals and People are different.

Go underwater to witness how over 20,000 different kinds of fish live. Visit the habitats of frogs, toads, snakes, lizards, and more. Learn how to distinguish between these three types of animals with this informative and interesting lesson. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections.