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Bike Safety with Bill Nye the Science Guy (1993)

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Take a ride with Bill Nye and learn about the fascinating world of bicycle safety. From hand signals and rules of the road, to valuable tips from professional cyclists.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Length: 
00:16
Bike Safety with Bill Nye the Science Guy

Facts on Fire: Fireworks Safety (2006)

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This program points out that the majority of fireworks accidents/injuries are caused by rockets, small firecrackers and sparklers in that order and that teen and children aged 14 and younger are the usual victims. It lists several safety precautions when watching fireworks and identifies the states where all fireworks are banned except for professional shows.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Length: 
00:15
Facts on Fire: Fireworks Safety

Facts on Fire: Home Escape (2006)

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The leading cause of fire-related deaths is smoke inhalation. The program illustrates the proper techniques for exiting a burning home and discusses/demonstrates safety rules to use before a fire or during a fire. The importance of working smoke detectors is emphasized. [Timely Topics Collection]

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Length: 
00:15
Facts on Fire: Home Escape

Facts on Fire: School Escape (2006)

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This program illustrates and discusses the correct procedures and behaviors if "caught" in a school fire. It also explains the stop, drop and roll technique if a person's clothes catch on fire. [Timely Topics]

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Length: 
00:15
Facts on Fire: School Escape

Never Cry Wolf: The Incredible True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves

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Copies: 30

Hordes of bloodthirsty wolves are slaughtering the arctic caribou, and the government's Wildlife Service assigns naturalist Farley Mowat to investigate. Mowat is dropped alone onto the frozen tundra, where he begins his mission to live among the howling wolf packs and study their ways. Contact with his quarry comes quickly and Mowat discovers not a den of marauding killers but a courageous family of skillful providers and devoted protectors of their young.

Author: 
Farley Mowat
Never Cry Wolf: The Incredible True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves

A Child Called "It", One Child's Courage to Survive

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Copies: 23

This book chronicles the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games--games that left him nearly dead. He had to learn how to play his mother's games in order to survive because she no longer considered him a son, but a slave; and no longer a boy, but an "it."

Author: 
Dave Pelzer

Safety in the Woodshop (2007)

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Safety in the Woodshop, from TMW Media Group's Workshop Safety Series, is a necessary addition to any school wood shop. Designed for students who have little experience handling wood-working equipment, this DVD teaches students the importance of safe work practices, in order to prevent injury or even death.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:13
Safety in the Woodshop

Speak

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Speak is a documentary film about the fear of public speaking, and the Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking. Filmmakers Paul Galichia and Brian Weidling embarked on an almost two year journey - conducting hundreds of interviews about public speaking anxiety, and capturing every stage of the tense, highly competitive World Championship of Public Speaking. It all culminates in a week of fascinating human drama in Calgary, Alberta, after which one person is crowned "World Champion of Public Speaking".

Director: 
Paul Galichia and Brian Weidling
Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
01:29
Speak

MISS Representation (2012)

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Writer/Director Jennifer Siebel Newson interwove stories from teenage girls with provocative interviews from the likes of Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Lisa Ling, Nancy Pelosi, Katie Couric, Rachel Maddow, Rosario Dawson, Dr. Jackson Katz, Dr. Jean Kilbourne and Gloria Steinem to give us an inside look at the media and its message.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
01:28
MISS Representation

Munchkin Deluxe

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Munchkin is a satirical card game based on the clichés and oddities of Dungeons and Dragons and other role-playing games. Each player starts at level 1 and the winner is the first player to reach level 10.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Other
Play Time: 
60 min.
Munchkin Deluxe

Splendor

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Splendor is a fast-paced and addictive game of chip-collecting and card development. Players are merchants of the Renaissance trying to buy gem mines, means of transportation, shops—all in order to acquire the most prestige points.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Other
Play Time: 
30 min.
Splendor

Mice and Mystics

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In Mice and Mystics players take on the roles of those still loyal to the king – but to escape the clutches of Vanestra, they have been turned into mice! Play as cunning field mice who must race through a castle now twenty times larger than before.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
ELA
Library
Other
Play Time: 
120 min.
Mice and Mystics

Love Letter

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All of the eligible young men (and many of the not-so-young) seek to woo the princess of Tempest. Unfortunately, she has locked herself in the palace, and you must rely on others to take your romantic letters to her. Will yours reach her first?

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Other
Play Time: 
10 min.
Love Letter

Survive: Escape from Atlantis!

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Survive is a cutthroat game where players seek to evacuate their pieces from an island that is breaking up, while remembering where their highest-valued pieces are located to maximize their score.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Other
Play Time: 
60 min.
Survive: Escape from Atlantis!

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