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.
Producers: SchoolMedia, Inc.
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Getting to Know Electricity
Learn about electricity when Ben Franklin leaps out of the pages of a student’s science textbook to help him with his homework. Using the latest computer graphics and experiments, Ben explains concepts such as lightning, static electricity, and simple, series, and parallel circuits. Discover the relationship between electricity and magnetism and learn that a variety of energy sources can produce electricity. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections.
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Simple and Compound Machines
When “Hardware Hal” holds a “Simple and Compound Machines Sale” he demonstrates to his assistants the six simple machines: the lever, wedge, inclined plane, pulley, wheel & axle, and screw. Shows how these machines make work easier by changing force, direction, or distance. Machines in action and computer graphics illustrate the principles of work, effort, force, distance, power, friction, and much more. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections.
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Getting to Know Energy
Energy is all around you. Learn about the many different types of energy and how energy can change form. Vivid examples illustrate how potential energy and kinetic energy are defined, and how one form of energy can change into another. Discover that energy never goes away and that it can only be transferred from one form into another. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections: (1) Introduction (2) What is energy? (3) Work (4) Forms of energy (5) Potential and kinetic energy (6) Review.
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Plant Parts and Their Uses
Roots, stems, leaves, fruit, and seeds – plants have all the parts they need! Learn about each part of a plant and its purpose. Animations help students visualize important concepts like photosynthesis and water moving into roots and stems. On-screen children ask important questions, correct common misconceptions, and identify the parts of plants that we eat. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections: (1) Intro and Song (2) Roots (3) Stem (4) Leaves (5) Flowers (6) Seed (7) Edible plant parts (8) Review (9) Music with Lyrics.
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Getting to Know Gravity
Students learn about gravity. First stop – Earth – to discover how gravity affects people and things on this planet. Next stop – outer space – to learn how gravity affects other planets. This learning journey demonstrates the effects of mass on gravity and the difference between mass and weight in a way that is easy to understand and fun to watch. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections.
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Plant Habitats Around the World
Students discover a wide variety of plants and the environments in which they live – desertt, tundra, forests, mountains, etc. They will investigate and understand that plants have life needs (food, air, water, light, and a place to grow) and see how they fulfill these needs in these different climates. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections.
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Plant Lifecycles
With the help of a friendly scarecrow, students identify the basic needs of plants. They learn how seeds grow into plants and that the plant goes through changes called a lifecycle. They witness each step as seeds germinate and grow into flowering plants which produce seeds that eventually germinate and grow again. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections.
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The Importance of Plants
Students see and learn how plants are the basis of food chains and how they are capable of making their own food. Shows different species of plants and identifies how different plants are used for food, oxygen, clothing, and building materials. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections.
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A Closer Look at the Sun and Stars
When you look at the stars what do you see? It’s time to separate fact from fiction as we discover why stars light the sky; learn about constellations, amazing facts about Polaris and why stars appear to move with the seasons. Then we take a look at our own sun to discuss energy, sunspots, seasons, the greenhouse effect and even photosynthesis. DVD features include on-screen teacher’s guide and vocabulary plus chapter selections.