Peek into the habitats of different kinds of animals to see how they meet their needs. Visit a pond, a desert, a forest, a rainforest, and other habitats to discover how different animals and plants survive and thrive in these unique environments. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections.
Grade levels: Primary (1-3)
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Solar System, The: A First Look
Students take a tour of our solar system. Visit each of the planets to learn about their special features, sizes, and orbits. Learn about the planets’ moons and rings, and how gravity keeps them in orbit. Stop at the sun, discover its immense size, and see sunspots and solar flares. Find out what scientists have learned about the planets through telescopes, space missions, and satellites. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections.
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Our Home in Space
Singing puppets, colorful graphics, and NASA footage come together to teach students about the familiar sights in our sky. Learn about the importance of the sun, some characteristics of the Earth, what causes day and night and the change of seasons, and how the moon moves. Lastly, see the importance of telescopes in revealing the mysteries of our solar system. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections: (1) Introduction and song (2) Objects in the Sky (3) Learning About Our Universe (4) Faraway objects in space (5) Earth (6) The Sun and Earth (7) Moon and earth (8) Objects in the solar system (9) Conclusion.
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The Tropical Rainforest Habitat
Peek inside the wettest habitat on land to learn about the special adaptations plants and animals make to ensure survival, including symbiosis. Take students through three layers of the rainforest to understand the importance of the rainforest to living things. See that much of the rainforest continues to be destroyed and discover the efforts taken to protect the rainforest for future generations. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections: (1) Introduction (2) Rainforesthabitat (3) Life in the rainforest (4) Symbiosis (5) Layers of the rainforest (6) adaptation (7) The rainforest helps people (8) Protecting the rainforest (9) Conclusion.
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Forest Habitats
Visit deciduous and evergreen forests to see the plants and animals that make this ecosystem their home. Discover how living things change over time and adapt to their surroundings. Learn that living things depend upon their environment and upon each other to survive. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections.
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Ocean Habitats: Light and Dark Zones
Amazingly, the world’s largest habitat is also the least accessible! Follow along as this video takes your students under the sea, from the shallow light zone with its abundant supply of food, to the cold and mysterious dark zone, exploring both environments and revealing the elements that dictate underwater life. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections: (1) Introduction (2) Physical features (3) Adaptation (4) The Light Zone (5) Light and food (6) Sea weed (7) Adaptation in the light zone (8) Dark Zone (9) Conclusion.
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Ocean Habitats: Shoreline and Reef
Discover the unique environment where the water meets the land that includes rocky and sandy shores, as well as tide pools, home to crabs, barnacles, and starfish. Demonstrates how tides and waves affect the other species that live in, on, and out of the water. Students discover the amazing living habitat of the reef. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections: (1) Introduction (2) Physical features (3) Adaptation (4) Sources of food (5) Shoreline (6) Shoreline Zones (7) Shoreline adaptation (8) Reef Habitat (9) Reef adaptations (10) Review and conclusion.
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Early Settlers: The Era of Colonization
Students witness colonial life in a new land as Annabel Lee Sloan, with the help of her diary, reminisces about the wonderful homecomings she had with her father when he would return from his many travels and reveal to her the fascinating tales of a new and ever-growing nation. We travel from the ports of New England to the lush fields of the South-and everywhere in between-so that we may witness the politics, economy, and culture of a new people and a new land. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections.
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Moving to America: Then and Now
Look around you, and you will see many different people speaking different languages, eating different foods, and wearing different clothes. This is America, a country of many different peoples, but where did they come from? When did they come to America? And how did they get here? The answers to these questions await students in this engaging look at the history of immigration to America. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections: (1) Introduction(2) Native Americans (3) Explorers (4) Settlers (5) Slaves (6) Pioneers (7) Immigrants (8) Immigrants today (9) Review and Conclusion.
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Underhand Throwing Skills
Features a variety of exercises that enable children to throw underhand: ball bonding (making the ball your friend), drop and catch, making a “bowl,” toss, figure 8, angel or rainbow, juggling, and dribbling.