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.
Subjects: Life Science
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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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The Club Sandwich Generation
See the effects of aging on family members. Takes an in-depth look at family dynamics and aging. How do siblings make difficult decisions about and for their aging parents? Often one sibling takes on more responsibilities, which leads to other problems and concerns among the siblings and other family members. Current research on aging families and support systems will be explored as well as personal stories.
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Where is Science Headed?
Will science destroy us or transform us? As science turns inward to the manipulation of our genetic structure, and extends our senses through digital technologies that transform our relationship to each other and nature as well, are we in control, or are we hanging on for our lives?
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Journey to 100
Everyone has heard Canada’s population is changing. What does this mean in our day-to-day lives and what does it mean for our futures? How do we respond to social issues like finances, health care, careers, retirement and housing? As well, as the population ages, new business opportunities are becoming apparent. In addition, there will be more career opportunities for people working in the field of gerontology.
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Living Every Day
People understand more and more the importance of maintaining their health. A look at the components that contribute to healthy living, utilizing Health Canada’s Key Determinants of Health–income and social status, social support networks, education and literacy, social environments, physical environments, etc. Profiles people living active healthy retirements and inspiring us, regardless of our age, to really live the lives we desire.
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Myths of Aging
We all have ideas of what aging means. Most people think of aging as a negative thing in which we lose our memory, our sight and our hearing. Most of the time aging means we can’t get around, we can’t sleep and sex isn’t even a possibility. Many of these common ideas are myths and there are many things we can do to avoid and reduce these common myths of aging.
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Use It or Lose It
Heart disease, cancer, arthritis and osteoporosis – are these diseases preventable? Many experts believe so. If someone has a chronic illness what can be done to improve their quality of life? What can baby boomers do to support their parents who are living with these conditions? Focusing on people who have chronic illnesses and addressing current knowledge about chronic illnesses as well as how people with these illnesses continue to live successfully.