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  • The Northeast Region: Environment

    From rugged seashores to cranberry bogs, explore the natural resources of the Northeast Region. Learn about the varied climate, the landforms, and the industries that make this region unique.

  • Relative Location

    A walk through the park gives learners practice in describing relative location concepts related to direction, destination, order and location. Recognizable scenarios, live action and engaging animation build to give the young student opportunities to mentally anticipate and practice concepts and vocabulary.

  • Lewis and Clark: Tools of Survival

    Students travel with Lewis and Clark and experience how these explorers survived without the tools of civilization? They witness how these adventurers learned to tan hides, make bullets, candles and other necessities needed to survive this epic journey.

  • Transitions Throughout the Life Span – DVD Set

    Transitions Throughout the Life Span offers an engaging look at human development across the life span, paying particular attention to the biological, cognitive, and psychosocial processes that people experience as they adapt to life circumstances. The twenty-six 30-minute video lessons incorporate videography of biological processes, as well as historical and contemporary research. The course provides students with a chance to observe people during all stages of life and hear from many leading human development experts and medical professionals.

  • The Developing Person

    Explores major theories such as psychoanalytic theory, learning theory, behaviorism, and cognitive theory. It also explores the life-span perspective, which considers that development is a lifelong process. Program Topic: Introduction: Theories of Development.

  • A Scientific Approach

    Introduces students to research design and shows how researchers use observational studies and surveys to establish relationships between the variables they study. Program Topic: Developmental Study as a Science.

  • Nature and Nurture: The Dance of Life

    Explores nature and nurture in development, DNA, genes acting in combination, and the effect that the environment can have on genetic expression. Program Topic: The Beginnings: Heredity and Environment.

  • The Wondrous Journey

    Follows an expectant family through the prenatal process to the live birth of their child. Students learn about the three trimesters of pregnancy and the risk factors that influence conception and delivery of a healthy baby. Program Topic: The Beginnings: Prenatal Development and Birth.

  • Grow, Baby, Grow

    Includes discussion by experts of fine and gross motor development and the importance of nutrition and breast milk during the first two years.
    Program Topic: The First Two Years: Biosocial Development.

  • The Little Scientists

    Explores how babies are learning about their world through their senses, by touching, feeling, hearing, and babbling. Language abilities are also discussed. Program Topic: The First Two Years: Cognitive Development.