Habitats

Habitats

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In Habitats, each player builds a big wildlife park without cages or fences. The animals in your park need their natural habitats: grassland, bush, rocks or lakes.

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Elementary
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Content Area: 
Science
Play Time: 
45 min.
Habitats

The Tiny Seed

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Carried from its flower home by the autumn wind, a tiny seed travels around the world.

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Primary
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00:11
The Tiny Seed

Sloth Canopy Researcher: Bryson Voirin

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Interview with Biologist: Bryson Viorin.

Jaguar (Unabridged)

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Ever since his mother died and his father went to Brazil for a scientific expedition, 14-year-old Jacob Lansa has been staying with his grandfather in Poughkeepsie. He longs to join his father and help him set up a jaguar preserve in the rain forest, but he can't miss school. When his father invites him down over spring break, he jumps at the chance.

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690L
Length: 
05:18
Jaguar (Unabridged)

Magic Tree House #6: Afternoon On the Amazon (Unabridged)

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Eight-year-old Jack, his seven-year-old sister, Annie, and Peanut the mouse ride in a tree house to the Amazon rain forests, where they encounter giant ants, flesh-eating piranhas, hungry crocodiles, and wild jaguars.

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290L
Length: 
00:39
Magic Tree House #6: Afternoon On the Amazon (Unabridged)

Magic Tree House #9: Dolphins At Daybreak (Unabridged)

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Morgan le Fay will make Jack and Annie masters of the tree house if only they can solve four riddles. "Dolphins at Daybreak" begins the third set of four books in the magical series, as Jack and Annie embark upon solving riddle number three in a whole new world under the ocean!

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350L
Length: 
00:38
Magic Tree House #9: Dolphins At Daybreak (Unabridged)

The Tropical Rainforest Habitat (2000)

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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.

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Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:15
The Tropical Rainforest Habitat

Forest Habitats (1999)

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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.

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Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:15
Forest Habitats

Ocean Habitats: Light and Dark Zones (1999)

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The world’s largest habitat is also the least accessible. 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.

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:19
Ocean Habitats: Light and Dark Zones

Ocean Habitats: Shoreline and Reef (1999)

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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 on, in, and out of the water. Students discover the amazing living habitat of the reef.

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Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:16
Ocean Habitats: Shoreline and Reef

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