Earth Sciences

Landforms #1 (1998)

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Take a ride in a "traveling machine" to learn about the form and function of landforms. Appreciate the beauty and utility of the world's natural features, and see how communities are made unique by the landforms around them. Highlights oceans, rivers, streams, mountains, hills, plains, valleys, plateaus, deserts, islands, and more!

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:16

Learning About Natural Resources (2003)

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Reduce/Reuse/Recycle are meaningless words to students who do not have a clear understanding of the importance of natural resources. In this engaging production students first learn about the three types of natural resources: inexhaustible, renewable, and nonrenewable.

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:22

Getting to Know Soil (1998)

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Children learn all about soil in this engaging video when detective Terra Firma and his assistant Eartha the Earthworm dig below the surface to unearth the facts. Witness how soil is formed; the properties of sand, clay, loam soil, and their uses; and much more! Teacher's Guide available in disk and online: www.schoolvideos.com

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:23

Use of Rocks and Minerals (1999)

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The rocks and minerals that form within the Earth are used to make many important materials. Witness how rocks are mined, processed, and then constructed into glass, cement, bricks, houses, roads, and other objects used in our everyday lives. Teacher's Guide available in disk and online: www.schoolvideos.com

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:18

The Water Cycle (2003)

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With the help of Luke Warm, a weatherman on the water channel, two young baseball players come to understand why the big game might be rained out as they are introduced to the key elements that make up and affect the water cycle.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Length:

00:17

Rocks: The Solid Earth Materials #2 (2000)

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Travel deep inside the Earth to discover how rocks and minerals are formed, to learn about the three types of rock, and to understand how rocks change over time through weathering and erosion. See the entire rock cycle and learn how geologists determine the properties of rocks. Learn about the structure and composition of minerals.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Length:

00:27

Ecosystems and Biomes (2000)

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Live footage and colorful graphics teach students about regions and climates, and explain the impact environments and living organisms have on each other. A terrarium project demonstration shows students how they can make their own living ecosystems. Teacher's Guide available in disk and online: www.schoolvideos.com

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Length:

00:18

Earth Sciences

Landforms #1 (1998)

Learning About Natural Resources (2003)

Getting to Know Soil (1998)

Use of Rocks and Minerals (1999)

The Water Cycle (2003)

Rocks: The Solid Earth Materials #2 (2000)

Ecosystems and Biomes (2000)

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