When a group of children attempt to move their play fort, they realize that six simple machines make the work much easier by changing either force or distance. They learn to identify real-world examples of simple machines including the lever, pulley, wedge, wheel and axle, inclined plane, and screw. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections.
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The Wonder of Sound
Through instrument, voice, and graphics, students easily discover how sounds are produced and students learn how we hear. Vibration is demonstrated, and children experiment with the way sound travels – in the air, through the ground, and under water. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections.
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Properties of Matter, Part 2: Liquids, Solids and Gases
Matter is everywhere – in everything! Appropriate examples and experiments make learning about matter easy and fun to follow. Learn that all matter has mass and takes up space, use the five senses to discover the properties of matter, and see how matter changes form. A catchy tune helps solidify important concepts. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections: (1) Theme and Introduction (2) What is matter? (3) Forms of matter (4) Solids (5) Liquids (6) Gases (7) Matter can change forms (8) Review (9) Song.
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Weathering and Erosion
The surface of the land has undergone many changes over its history. Water, rain, snow, and wind – they all continually shape and form the Earth. Take students on a journey to discover how physical weathering, chemical weathering, and erosion occur. Identify that the destructive forces of erosion and weathering are slow processes that change the surface of the earth. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections.
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Geographical Features: Landforms
Combining stunning NASA and live footage with state-of-the-art animation, gives students a clear understanding of the physical features that shape our earth. Terms like escarpment, plateau, butte, outlier, and atoll are shown in their natural states with examples highlighted on an animated globe. Learn the names of these landforms and where they are found. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections.
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Geographical Features: Bodies of Water
From the largest bodies of water – the oceans – to tiny streams and tributaries, students recognize the diversity of naturally occurring sources of water. Stunning NASA and live footage show seas, bays, lagoons, and other bodies of water, while examples of their locations are highlighted on an animated globe. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections: (1) Introduction/ Oceans. Produced by Mazzarella Productions
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The Water Cycle
With the help of Luke Warm, a weatherman on the water channel, two young baseball players come to understand why the big game might be rained out as they are introduced to the key elements that make up and affect the water cycle. They discover the process by which the Earth’s water supply has been recycled over millions of years, centering on three stages: evaporation, condensation and precipitation. They follow the trail that water takes after it falls from the sky and passes through each of these three stages. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections.
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Desert Habitats
Take a video field trip to some of the driest regions of the Earth to learn how different plants and animals adapt to little rainfall and extremes in temperature. Discover how different animals find food, water, and shelter. See the characteristics that allow desert life to thrive. Discover how rainfall and differences in temperature between day and night affect life in the desert. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections: (1) What is a habitat? (2) What is a desert? (3) Extreme temperatures (4) Plants survive in the desert (5) Precipitation (6) Animals survive in the desert (7) High desert (8) Sandy desert (9) Valley desert (10) Review and Conclusion.
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Rocks: The Solid Earth Materials #2
Travel deep inside the Earth to discover how rocks and minerals are formed, to learn about the three types of rock, and to understand how rocks change over time through weathering and erosion. See the entire rock cycle and learn how geologists determine the properties of rocks. Learn about the structure and composition of minerals. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections: (1) Introduction (2) Introduction to geology (3) Rocks (4) Minerals (5) Gemstones (6) Rock formation (7) Weathering and erosion (8) The rock cycle (9) Review and Conclusion.
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Habitats and Biomes
This program is rich with visual definitions that make terms like ecosystems, biomes, habitats, and populations real to students. They’ll explore the six major biomes, and discover how plants and animals survive, adapt, and live together in their habitats.