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M & C Part 1 (2005)

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A 4 DVD set containing approximately 44 segments showing various science demonstrations or illustrations of abstract concepts that a classroom teacher may not be able to do because of financial, time, safety or equipment concerns. Most demonstrations are followed by animations to illustrate and explain the abstract concepts.
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Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:30
M & C Part 1

Understanding How Stuff Works: Computers (2004)

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Compares the computer with the abacus, traces the invention of computers throughout the decades, identifies the main parts of the computer, meets the creator of the mouse, and speculates about the future uses of computers.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Length: 
00:10
Understanding How Stuff Works: Computers

1945, Part 5: The Future Takes Shape (2005)

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"This series documents the struggles of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin in the last year of World War II as each sought to impose his conception of the post-war world on the others. The war would soon be over, but who would win the peace and dominate the world?

Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
00:45
1945, Part 5: The Future Takes Shape

The Written Word, Part 1: The Birth of Writing (2005)

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"Takes us to the Sumerian archaeological sites in present day Iran, Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere, to see the influence of cuneiform, the oldest known writing system in the world. It¶s development brought about a cultural renaissance. And Sumer¶s rise in the Mesopotamian region.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:30
The Written Word, Part 1: The Birth of Writing

Before You Were Mine

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A young boy imagines what his rescued dog's life might have been like before he adopted him.

Author: 
Boelts, Maribeth
Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:07
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Lightship

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Lightships once served where lighthouses could not be built. They helped to guide sailors safely through the fog.

Author: 
Floca, Brian
Grade Level: 
Primary
Length: 
00:09
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The Three Snow Bears

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Retells the story of Goldilocks, set in an Inuit village and featuring a family of polar bears.

Author: 
Brett, Jan
Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:08
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Dear Deer

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When clever Aunt Ant moves to the zoo, she describes the quirky animal behavior she observes by speaking in homophones, from the moose who loved mousse to the fox who blew blue bubbles.

Author: 
Barretta, Gene
Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:09
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The Cow Who Clucked

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When a cow loses her moo, she searches to see if another animal in the barn has it.

Author: 
Fleming, Denise
Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:11
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Buster

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Buster the dog thinks his perfect life is spoiled when Betty the cat comes to live with him, until he learns not to be afraid of cats.

Author: 
Fleming, Denise
Grade Level: 
Primary
Length: 
00:10
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