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Language
English
Formats
Description
Around the world, city highways and country roads have cut through natural spaces. Wild animals are blocked from the resources they need to survive or must make dangerous crossings across busy roads to get to them. Fortunately, solving this problem has inspired some creative solutions! Take a tour of wildlife crossings across the globe, from grassy badger bridges to underpasses for elephants. Discover how these inventive pathways have saved both animal...
Publisher
Universal
Language
English
Description
The Jetsons move to outer space because George has received a promotion; they soon discover, however, that George's company is destroying the environment of the friendly underground creatures who live on the same asteroid. With his family's help, George is able to work out a peaceful arrangement that benefits both the ecology and the factory's modern technology.
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the Magic School Bus takes a dive, Wanda discovers that one of Ms. Frizzle's ancestors was Redbeard the Pirate and a treasure map leads the class to a coral reef where they learn first hand that life there is risky. In The Magic School Bus gets swamped, the class learns that swampland is an important haitat and natural water filter. In the Magic School Bus goes to Mussel Beach, the class learns about life along a shore.
4) Pond & river
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (62 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Takes you on a twisting journey down the great rivers of the world, pausing to visit the thriving realm of freshwater ponds. Travel upstream to find civilization's source - then down again to see the key to our very survival.
6) Jungle
Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
℗2009.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 62 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Experience the sites and sounds of the jungle as you journey through the rainforests of the world. Learn about pollination, propagation and photosynthesis and meet diverse creatures that inhabit these regions.
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Full screen version; classroom edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (26 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bill goes underwater to talk about ocean ecosystems and the importance of small organisms such as coral, kelp, and plankton. Amazingly, these latter organisms are the food of huge whales, which gather them by straining thousands of tons of sea water through their mouths.
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
3 books, 2 toys, and a puppet in a clear vinyl bag
Language
English
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Description
Party at the Pond! is a kids' learning kit assembled to facilitate fun and learning and includes 2 fish toys, a magnetic fishing pond with 10 pieces, 1 frog puppet, 3 books about ponds books. Introduce your child to pond life with these books and more!
Series
Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (18 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Journey around the globe to tropical rainforests, deserts and the ocean. Live footage and colorful graphics teach about regions and climates, and explain the impact environments and living organisms have on each other. By viewing this program, students will come to understand biomes, how plants and animals co-exist, climates and regions.
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Classroom edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (26 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Follow Bill Nye in Forests, when he goes swinging through the trees in Washington, Florida, Texas, and California, to bring viewers close to the tallest and possibly oldest living things in the world. Examine a real forest fire to see how it benefits a forest's ecosystem"--Container.
Publisher
Koch Vision
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gross out! Join Jay, Elisha, Tyler, and Vanessa as they skulk down stinky sewers, dig through piles of garbage, and bug out with leeches and roaches and worms in 4 episodes of exploring slimy and yucky things.
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Full screen version; classroom ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (26 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Watch as Bill Nye becomes tangled in a complex food web in his quest to demonstrate that all living things depend on other living things to survive.
15) Desert
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (62 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A mixture of animation and live footage serves as a background for a narrated introduction to the geographical history of deserts, their animal life and their importance for human culture.
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (23 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide.
Language
English
Description
"In all about deserts & grasslands, young viewers will discover the characteristics that make these regions unique, while exploring the plants and animals that make their homes in these environments. A visit with a scientist examines the world of the hummingbird, while a hands-on experiment demonstrates how different plants have adapted to survive in different ecosystems."--Container.
Series
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (25 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide ([4[ pages ; 19 cm)
Language
English
Description
Introduces young students to diverse lifestyles of people living in the tropical rainforests of Costa Rica, Brazil, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. Children will learn about the customs, skills and medicines of the people who live there, how they survive in the rainforest, their spiritual beliefs and their unique arts and music.
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