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Amazing animal year
Date: 1997 Grade(s): Pre-K - 8 Cost: $8.45 This video, part of the AMAZING ANIMALS
series, examines how animals adapt to the changing seasons through 3-D animations
and films of the animals in their natural habitats In this video, viewers join
their animated tour guide, Henry the Lizard, as he follows a year in the life of a
variety of migrating and hibernating animals. Through a dialog with the narrator,
Henry discovers how animals prepare for winter by eating more and lowering their
activity level to build an insulating layer of fat.
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Animal Instincts
K626425 minutes$59.95
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In this three-segment program, students will explore the nature of animal instincts
and find out why humpback whales swim three thousand miles to mate or why
chimpanzees use "tools" to gather food. In Marine Migration, students will follow
Pacific humpback whales as they spend summers off the coast of Alaska and winters
off the coast of Maui as a part of their mating odyssey. The Hibernation and Homing
segment explores how bears use their homing instinct to return from far away
journeys for food and describes what happens during hibernation. The third segment,
Parenting Primates, allows students to watch parents teach baby primates in
Borneo's jungles how to groom, build nests and find food. A two-page teacher's
guide is also included.
Grades 3 to 6
Color, Live Action
Closed-Captioned
Copyright 1997
MARC Record Available
Catalog Card Kit Available
Single Main Entry Card Available
This title is part of the following series:
Discovery Channel School Elementary Series, The
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Groundhog Day
K669223 minutes$29.95
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Will we have an early spring or six more weeks of winter? Ask Punxsutawney Phil the
groundhog! In Groundhog Day students meet Phil, the famous weather-predicting
groundhog from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, as they learn about the history of this
popular legend. Along with the kids from the community center, students see how
this holiday is celebrated and discover fascinating information about the science
behind the change of seasons, hibernation and shadows. Through engaging stories and
crafts, students get a flavor for what this holiday is really about! Part of the
Holidays for Children Video Series. Includes a Teacher's Guide.
Grades K to 4
Color, Live Action
Closed-Captioned
Copyright 2003
MARC Record Available
Catalog Card Kit Available
Single Main Entry Card Available
Teacher's Guide Available
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Source of these videos: The ENC K-12 math and science catalog
(http://www.enc.org/resources/search/advanced
Bears!
Date: 1990 Grade(s): K - 3 Cost: $49.00 ENC#: 004338
This videotape, designed for pre kindergarten through third grade, introduces
children to bears. Viewers go along with a group of children to Alaska to watch a
wild bear and her cubs rolling and playing on the grass; observe a male bear
fishing at the river; learn about bears' habitat and behavior, what they eat and
how they raise their cubs, and their seasons of hibernation; explore some myths
about the bears; listen to a storyteller recounting tales of bear hunts; and learn
about the importance of protecting bears against hunting.
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OWL/TV series 2, program 15
Date: 1986 Grade(s): 2 - 7 Cost: $100.00 - $780.00 ENC#: 007382
This series of videotapes, designed for grades 2 to 7, covers a wide range of
subjects including indigenous cultures in the Arctic and US Southwest, habitats and
animal adaptations, hibernating squirrels and sleeping bears, and building ice
castles, desert sculpture, and webs. Each program in the series contains 3 main
segments chosen from six recurring features: MIGHTY MITES are three kids who
possess the magical ability to shrink in size in order to explore microscopic
environments; FOOLING AROUND WITH SCIENCE shows kids working up experiments with Dr.
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Hibernating ground squirrels
Date: 1986 Grade(s): 2 - 8 Cost: $49.00 ENC#: 004362
This videotape, designed for grades 2 through 8, visits the University of Alberta
to meet with Dr. Lawrence Wang and learn about hibernating ground squirrels.
Mary Croix Ludwick, Librarian
469-713-5950 K-5
Owen Elementary, Lewisville ISD (near Dallas, Texas)
ludwickm@lisd.net (school) ludwick@swbell.net (home)
"Those who don't read have no advantage over
those who can't." Mark Twain
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