Isaac Newton himself shows students how gravity, friction, and inertia are related to mass, force, and momentum. Exciting graphics and re-creations allow students to see how Newton’s laws of motion relate to real life. Experiments with roller blades, baseballs, and other common objects encourage students to make science exploration recreational. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections..
Producers: SchoolMedia, Inc.
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Changes in the Properties of Matter: Physical and Chemical
Amanda’s friend Kyle is having trouble understanding matter, but she knows just the thing to do. She takes him to “A Matter of Fact,” an interesting store full of scientific things-and a peculiar storeowner to help them! Kyle learns all about the physical and chemical properties of matter, such as conductivity, magnetism, and combustibility. He finds out what mixtures and solutions are. Last, he learns about the physical and chemical changes of matter like rusting, tarnishing, and burning. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections.
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How Plants Grow
Students will investigate and understand that in order for seeds to germinate and grow they must receive certain basic needs – food, air, water, light, and a place to grow. Next, they are introduced to the parts of a plant and learn how plants produce their own food. They also see how plants and animals depend upon each other for growth. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections: (1) Introduction (2) Plant Parts (3) Plants make their own food (4) Seeds (5) Bulbs (6) Reproduction (7) Plants have needs (8) Plant habitats and life cycle (9) Plant Adaptations (10) Different kinds of plants (11) Fun Facts.
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Animal Groups: Beginning Classification
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.
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Living and Nonliving Things
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.
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Insect Lifecycles: Metamorphosis
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.
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Insects
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.
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Animal Lifecycles
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.
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Food Chain Mystery
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.
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Animal Features and their Functions
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.