Changes in the Properties of Matter: Physical and Chemical

Amanda’s friend Kyle is having trouble understanding matter, but she knows just the thing to do. She takes him to “A Matter of Fact,” an interesting store full of scientific things—and a peculiar storeowner to help them! Kyle learns all about the physical and chemical properties of matter, such as conductivity, magnetism, and combustibility. He finds out what mixtures and solutions are. Last, he learns about the physical and chemical changes of matter like rusting, tarnishing, and burning.

Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 8 Runtime: 28:00 ©2003 100% Educational Videos

Classification of Living Things

A routine castle tour turns enchanting when King Philip shows up to teach a lesson in classification. Using examples from his castle, mnemonics for memorizing the 7 levels of classification, microscopic footage, and animation, King Philip makes sense of difficult concepts. From simple examples to an exploration of each of the five kingdoms, this tour provides a concrete foundation for a complex subject.

Grades: Gr. 4 - Gr. 8 Runtime: 27:00 ©2003 100% Educational Videos

Closer Look at the Moon, A: Space Science Series

This inspiring look at the Moon helps students understand what makes Earth's nearest neighbor so unique. Take a close look at the Moon and learn why there are so many more craters on it than on Earth. Learn how the Moon affects our oceans' tides. Understand the phases of the Moon and learn what a waxing or waning moon is. Learn about lunar and solar eclipses and the Moon's orbit around Earth.

Grades: Gr. 2 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 20:00 ©2004 100% Educational Videos

Closer Look at the Planets, A: Space Science Series

After watching this video, students will understand that the solar system is comprised of the nine planets, their moons and other objects in the sky and that scientists divide the planets into two categories – outer planet and inner planets. They then discover important facts that distinguish each planet. And finally we learn how science and technology has helped us discover more about the planets and our solar system.

Grades: Gr. 2 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 20:00 ©2004 100% Educational Videos

Common Properties of Matter: Atoms, Elements, and States

Two students in search of ideas for a science project find help in a store like one they’ve never seen. Miss Dallerwag, the store owner, helps explain concepts like atoms and molecules. She also describes what mass, volume, and density are and how they are different, and the states of matter and how they change. With the insights and understanding the students gain from this experience, the science project turns out to be a big success.

Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 8 Runtime: 24:00 ©2003 100% Educational Videos

Desert Habitats

Take a video field trip to some of the driest regions on Earth to learn how different plants and animals adapt to little rainfall and extremes in temperature. Discover how different animals find food, water, and shelter. See the characteristics that allow desert life to thrive. Discover how rainfall and differences in temperature between day and night affect life in the desert.

Grades: Gr. 2 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 21:00 ©1999 100% Educational Videos

Elementary Video Adventures: Dynamic Earth

What's the difference between a tornado and a hurricane? Students will be fascinated by exciting videos about tidal waves, hurricanes, tornadoes, and lightning.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 ©0 Discovery Channel School

Elementary Video Adventures: Habitats of the World

Introduce your class to Earth’s multiple geographic personalities:

· Saltwater Marshes — Venture to Australia, where the estuarine crocodile is your tour guide through swamps and marshlands.

· Temperate Forest — Active glaciers, mossy valleys, misty rainforests — Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula boasts a combination of habitats found nowhere else!

· Grasslands — On East Africa’s Serengeti Plains, cruel cycles of drought and rain dramatically affect animals’ food supplies and lifestyles.

· Tropical Rainforest — Journey to Peru’s Manu Biosphere Reserve and discover how rainforests mastered recycling long before humans ever thought of it. Produced by Discovery Channel School.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 ©1999 Discovery Channel School

Elementary Video Adventures: How Our Bodies Work

Discover the many bones and muscles that keep the human body moving. Examine how parts of the eye work together to produce a clear vision of the world. Learn how the skin protects us from harmful rays of the sun. And investigate the important role the nose plays in taste as well as smell.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 ©0 Discovery Channel School

Elementary Video Adventures: Inventors and Inventions

"Neccessity is the mother of invention," as they say, and she has created some fairly unusual children. Explore some of the discoveries that opened the heavens to humanity.

· Animal Tracking - Satellites let scientists follow elephants, whales, and manatees.

· Baby Stretcher - When an infant is injured, this child-size stretcher provides more protection.

· Biodegradable Golf Tee - Take your swing, then leave the tee where it stands. Nature will do the rest.

· Boomerang - From aboriginal weapon to child's toy, learn about the forces that bring boomerangs back.

· Velcro - The idea for this handy fastener came from a walk in a field thick with burrs.

· Leonardo da Vinci - Artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci created - on paper, at least - the first helicopter.

· Galileo's Telescope - This Renaissance man risked all to discover the secrets of the spheres with his telescope.

· The Wright Brothers - On a North Carolina beach, Orville and Wilbur Wright took flight and made history.

· Lowell's Observatory - In his Arizona observatory, Percival Lowell looked to Mars for signs of life.
Produced by Discovery Channel School.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 ©2001 Discovery Channel School

Elementary Video Adventures: Oceans

Explore the teeming life found in coral reefs. Examine how the world's largest mammal lives and communicates. Meet a man who loves sharks. And find out what scientists discovered when they searched Loch Ness for unusual beings.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 ©2004 Discovery Channel School

Elementary Video Adventures: Weather and Climate

Take a close look at global warming to discover how humans affect the climate. See how meteorologists use satellites and radar to predict the weather. Follow the path of a tornado. And enter the eye of a hurricane to see how storms start, move, and dissipate.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 ©2005 Discovery Channel School

Food Chain Mystery, The

Follow the flow of energy through the food chain from the sun to producers, consumers, and decomposers. Vivid animations using a linear food chain and an energy pyramid show how energy passes through the food chain. Other concepts include photosynthesis, predator-prey relationships, herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores.

Grades: K - Gr. 5 Runtime: 15:00 ©2000 100% Educational Videos

Forest Habitats

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.

Grades: Gr. 2 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 15:00 ©1999 100% Educational Videos

Four Seasons, The

From the snow of winter to the first flowers of spring, children see the wonder and magic of our changing seasons and the patterns of life. Students witness how changes in climate and weather affect their lives. They understand that weather changes seasonally, affecting the earth and the people who live on the earth.

Grades: K - Gr. 4 Runtime: 15:00 ©2003 100% Educational Videos

Getting to Know Electricity

Learn about electricity when Ben Franklin leaps out of the pages of a student's science textbook to help him with his homework. Using the latest computer graphics and experiments, Ben explains concepts such as lightning, static electricity, and simple, series, and parallel circuits. Discover the relationship between electricity and magnetism and learn that a variety of energy sources can produce electricity.

Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 8 Runtime: 15:00 ©1998 100% Educational Videos

Getting to Know Energy

Energy is all around you. Learn about the many different types of energy and how energy can change form. Vivid examples illustrate how potential energy and kinetic energy are defined, and how one form of energy can change into another. Discover that energy never goes away, that it can only be transferred from one form into another.

Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 8 Runtime: 22:00 ©2000 100% Educational Videos

Getting to Know Gravity

Students learn about gravity. First stop: Earth—to discover how gravity affects people and things on this planet. Next stop: outer space—to learn how gravity affects other planets. This learning journey demonstrates the effects of mass on gravity and the difference between mass and weight in a way that is easy to understand and fun to watch.

Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 8 Runtime: 19:00 ©2000 100% Educational Videos

Getting to Know Soil

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!

Grades: K - Gr. 4 Runtime: 23:00 ©1998 100% Educational Videos

Crawl into the den of a fox and find the characteristics that make habitats unique. This program takes viewers around the world to explore the tundra, desert, grasslands, forests, and waterways to learn about the plants and animals that live there.

Grades: Gr. 2 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 18:00 ©1998 100% Educational Videos

How Mountains Affect Life

Discover that the way we live depends on our environment. From valleys and foothills to high mountain ridges, learn how communities and people adapt to the different features of the Earth. Understand the kind of work and lives people must lead to adapt to different levels of rainfall, temperature, and natural resources.

Grades: Gr. 2 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 13:00 ©1992 100% Educational Videos

How Plants Grow

Students will investigate and understand that in order for seeds to germinate and grow they must receive certain basic needs—food, air, water, light, and a place to grow. Next, they are introduced to the parts of a plant and learn how plants produce their own food. They also see how plants and animals depend upon each other for growth.

Grades: Gr. 1 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 19:00 ©1998 100% Educational Videos

Importance of Plants, The

Students see and learn how plants are the basis of food chains and how they are capable of making their own food. Shows different species of plants and identifies how different plants are used for food, oxygen, clothing, and building materials.

Grades: K - Gr. 4 Runtime: 13:00 ©2002 100% Educational Videos

Importance of Water, The

Students learn that water is essential to life. Discover many places that water can be found on Earth. Learn about the different forms of water in the ground and in the air. Follow the water cycle, and learn how clouds form. Understand many ways we use water including bathing, cooking, transportation, and food production.

Grades: K - Gr. 4 Runtime: 18:00 ©1998 100% Educational Videos

Insect Lifecycles: Metamorphosis

Students learn about simple metamorphosis, complete metamorphosis, and the entire insect lifecycle. Includes live close-up footage of a painted lady butterfly, waxworm moth, silkworm, milkweed bug, and more. Detailed animations give students a unique perspective of the world's largest animal group.

Grades: Gr. 1 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 15:00 ©2000 100% Educational Videos

Students discover which characteristics make insects different from all other animals. Learn that there are more insects than any other kind of animal on Earth. Watch the ways that special body parts help insects meet their needs for food, water, air, and shelter.

Grades: Gr. 1 - Gr. 4 Runtime: 13:00 ©2000 100% Educational Videos

Jeff Corwin Experience, The: Africa: Namibian Ecosystem

Almost unknown to the outside world until its independence in 1990, Namibia is a land of spectacular variety. The world's tallest sand dunes, the oldest desert , the fastest snake and land mammal are all found in this ecosystem of miracles.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 42:52 ©2005 Discovery Channel School

Jeff Corwin Experience, The: Africa: Zanzibar's Archipelago

Follow in the footsteps of explorer Stanley Livingstone to unlock the exotic secrets of the animals of Zanzibar. From the 30-pound coconut crab to the tiny suni gazelle and rare giant tortoise, seldom-seen species thrive in a remote and mysterious land.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 42:20 ©2005 Discovery Channel School

Jeff Corwin Experience, The: Asia: Land of the Komodo Dragon

Jeff travels to the most famous islands of the region--Bali, Komodo, and Rincha. He is in search of the Komodo dragon, the world's largest lizard. These creatures are lethal predators, feeding on pigs, goats, deer, young buffaloes, and even horses.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 42:51 ©2005 Animal Planet

Jeff Corwin Experience, The: Australia: Grand Island Ecosystem

Jeff Corwin visits Australia's unique creatures, found nowhere else on Earth. He tries to find the endangered species that were displaced when humans settled on the land long ago are now fighting to make a comeback.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 42:36 ©2005 Discovery Channel School

Jeff Corwin Experience, The: Brazil: Exploring the Wetlands

Deep within the immense landmass of Brazil, hundreds of miles away from its famous beaches and bustling cities, lies the Pantanal. This region is the largest system of wetlands in the world and its inhabitants are masters of this lush and perilous world.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 42:10 ©2005 Animal Planet

Jeff Corwin Experience, The: California: Desert and Coast

Jeff travels to California off the coast of Santa Cruz to explore sea otters and the great white shark. Jeff then hunts for rattlesnakes, the vanishing Big Horn sheep, and the desert tortoise as he explores the Mojave desert.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 42:13 ©2005 Discovery Channel School

Jeff Corwin Experience, The: Costa Rica: Coastal Ecosystem

Jeff Corwin explores a secluded beach in Costa Rica hoping to witness thousands of sea turtles that come ashore to lay their eggs. Jeff encounters a troop of Capuchin Monkeys, a venomous Bushmaster serpent, a Silky Anteater, dolphins, whales, and frogs.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 42:28 ©2005 Discovery Channel School

Jeff Corwin Experience, The: Florida: Unique Ecosystem

Jeff's journey starts north of Florida where he swims with manatees and then visits with a local musician, J. J. Gray. He comes face-to-face with a gigantic snail, has several exciting snake encounters, and a fifteen-foot male alligator named Superman.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 42:21 ©2005 Discovery Channel School

Jeff Corwin Experience, The: Guyana: Rain Forest Ecosystem

Jeff Corwin explores the Guyana Shield, the dense rainforest that thousands of "giants" call home in Guyana. He discovers the largest toad found in South America, the largest freshwater turtle, and the largest creature equipped with a giant tongue.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 45:41 ©2005 Discovery Channel School

Jeff Corwin Experience, The: Madagascar: Island Ecosystem

Madagascar, island, lizards, Montagne D'Ambre National Park, chameleons, tomato frog, tenrecs, crowned lemurs, Madagascar tree boa, leaf-tailed gecko

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 42:15 ©2005 Discovery Channel School

Jeff Corwin Experience, The: Morocco: Mysterious Desert Ecosystem

Morocco holds its secrets closely. Jeff Corwin uncovers them, leading him to the not-so-friendly horned viper, the secretive “fish of the sand,” and the legendary predator that killed Cleopatra—the cobra.

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Grades: K - Gr. 8 Runtime: 41:37 ©2005 Animal Planet

Jeff Corwin Experience, The: Nepal: Majestic Environment

Jeff’s journey takes him from the foothills of the Himalayas at the Indian border, through the heart of Nepal in the majestic and historic Kathmandu valley. He encounters some of the most rare and majestic animals in the world.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 41:56 ©2005 Discovery Channel School

Jeff Corwin Experience, The: South America: Rain Forest Ecosystem

Jeff explores the fabled Zancudo Coch (Mosquito Lake) region of this South American republic. Largely unexplored rain forest, it is an area many naturalists believe to be one of the most biologically rich in the world.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 42:56 ©2005 Animal Planet

Jeff Corwin Experience, The: Spain: Diverse Ecosystem

Spain is teeming with wildlife the casual visitor would not expect to find in Europe. Jeff discovers all the fascinating creatures in Spain's wetlands, forests, and sand dunes, from chameleons and kestrels to deadly serpents and Moorish geckos.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 42:32 ©2005 Animal Planet

Jeff Corwin Experience, The: Tanzania: Ecosystem in Motion

Home to a massive wildebeest migration and the trail of predators that follow, this land is in constant motion. Witness a rarely seen event as a cheetah takes down prey for her cubs. Take a wake-up call from an Egyptian cobra in the wilds of Tanzania.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 42:38 ©2005 Discovery Channel School

Jeff Corwin Experience, The: Tasmania: Island Ecosystem

Journey from dank limestone caves to the port capital of Hobart to experience the bizarre wildlife paradise of Tasmania. Jeff Corwin encounters egg-laying mammals, an ancient spider, kangaroos, venomous snakes, and the notorious Tasmanian Devil.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 42:08 ©2005 Discovery Channel School

Jeff Corwin Experience, The: Thailand: People and the Environment

Thailand offers a unique opportunity to explore the symbiosis of humans and animals, in a setting of incredible natural beauty. Jeff Corwin examines the different classes of elephants that live, work, and rule in this land.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 42:42 ©2005 Animal Planet

Jeff Corwin Experience, The: The Amazon: Aquatic Ecosystem

Follow Jeff to the most impressive river system in the world, the Amazon. In Brazil, he encounters the exotic and beautiful creatures whose natural history can help to determine the health of the Amazon ecosystem.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 42:36 ©2005 Discovery Channel School

Jeff Corwin Experience, The: The Galapagos Islands: Land of Evolutionary Change

Jeff follows the evolutionary footsteps of Charles Darwin in the archipelago known as Galapagos, where he encounters marine and land iguanas, giant tortoise, as well as a whole new species that has evolved since Darwin's time.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 42:26 ©2005 Animal Planet

Landforms #1

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!

Grades: K - Gr. 4 Runtime: 16:00 ©1998 100% Educational Videos

Laws of Motion

Isaac Newton himself shows students how gravity, friction, and inertia are related to mass, force, and momentum. Exciting graphics and re-creations allow students to see how Newton's laws of motion relate to real life. Experiments with roller blades, baseballs, and other common objects encourage students to make science exploration recreational.

Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 8 Runtime: 17:00 ©1999 100% Educational Videos

Living Cell, The

Join Jenna and Tony in an impromptu game of “cell-ebrity squares” to learn about the structure and functions of plant and animal cells. With help from knowledgeable “cell-ebrities,” and actual cell footage, students learn about the characteristics of living things, the parts of a cell, Cell Theory, diffusion and osmosis, and active and passive transport. Inspire students to learn more with their own game of “cell-ebrity squares.”

Grades: Gr. 4 - Gr. 8 Runtime: 20:00 ©2003 100% Educational Videos

Magic of Magnetism, The

Why does a magnet stick to metal objects but not plastic? How can it pick up metal shavings but not wood chips? With the help of a magician, students learn all about magnetism. They discover what a magnet is, the properties of magnets, magnetic fields, and the types of objects that are attracted to magnets. Children learn what magnets are used for and in which simple machines they are found.

Grades: K - Gr. 4 Runtime: 14:00 ©1998 100% Educational Videos

Ocean Habitats: Light and Dark Zones

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.

Grades: Gr. 2 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 19:00 ©1999 100% Educational Videos

Ocean Habitats: Shoreline and Reef

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.

Grades: Gr. 2 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 16:00 ©1999 100% Educational Videos

Our Home in Space

Singing puppets, colorful graphics, and NASA footage come together to teach students about the familiar sights in our sky. Learn about the importance of the sun, some characteristics of the Earth, what causes day and night and the change of seasons, and how the moon moves. Lastly, see the importance of telescopes in revealing the mysteries of our solar system.

Grades: K - Gr. 4 Runtime: 15:00 ©1999 100% Educational Videos

Plant Habitats Around the World

Students discover a wide variety of plants and the environments in which they live—desert, tundra, forests, mountains, etc. They will investigate and understand that plants have life needs--food, air, water, light, and a place to grow.

Grades: K - Gr. 4 Runtime: 22:00 ©1998 100% Educational Videos

Plant Lifecycles

With the help of a friendly scarecrow, students identify the basic needs of plants. They learn how seeds grow into plants and that the plant goes through changes called a lifecycle. They witness each step as seeds germinate and grow into flowering plants which produce seeds that eventually germinate and grow again.

Grades: K - Gr. 4 Runtime: 20:00 ©2002 100% Educational Videos

Plant Parts and Their Uses

Roots, stems, leaves, fruit, and seeds—plants have all the parts they need! Learn about each part of a plant and its purpose. Animations help students visualize important concepts like photosynthesis and water moving into roots and stems. On-screen children ask important questions, correct common misconceptions, and identify the parts of plants that we eat.

Grades: K - Gr. 4 Runtime: 12:00 ©2000 100% Educational Videos

Push and Pull: Simple Machines at Work (Rev)

This video examines the six types of simple machines: the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the inclined plane, the screw, and the wedge. Each simple machine is fully explained. Visuals and graphics further demonstrate how each is used.

Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 17:38 ©1990 Rainbow Educational Media

Rocks: The Solid Earth Materials #1

With the help of a Rock Wizard and a little imagination, students discover that the Earth is made up of rocks, and rocks are made of minerals. Discover the three ways rocks are formed and many of the properties of rocks and minerals—like size, shape, color, and texture.

Grades: K - Gr. 4 Runtime: 20:00 ©1999 100% Educational Videos

Rocks: The Solid Earth Materials #2

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.

Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 7 Runtime: 27:00 ©2000 100% Educational Videos

Solar System, The: Above and Beyond

Computer graphics and footage of the planets combine in this magnificent review of our solar system. Learn about the structure of the different planets, and the history of human interest in the solar system.

Grades: Gr. 4 - Gr. 8 Runtime: 15:00 ©1999 100% Educational Videos

TLC Elementary School: All About Plants

Plants surround us everywhere, and the segment Plant Cells (6 min.) highlights the similarities and differences between cells in plants and animals. The Needs of Plants (6 min.) explains the process of photosynthesis that plants use to stay alive—and release oxygen. Plant Reproduction (4 min.) describes and illustrates the mechanisms that plants have developed for reproducing, while Trees (3 min.) explains how trees differ from other plants and how they contribute to the ecosystem of the forest, dead or alive.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 24:37 ©2005 Discovery Channel School

TLC Elementary School: Earth's Ecology

Oceans provide habitats for millions of marine species and cover more than 70 percent of Earth’s surface. Segments detail seafloor maps, the role of water in our planet’s life cycles, three states of matter, and the crucial balance among all life-forms. Oceans—See how scientists explore and map of the world’s oceans. Cycles—Identifies water, oxygen, and nitrogen as essential to the functioning and survival of life and to the recycling of organic materials. Water’s Three States—Visits frigid Antarctica to study water as a solid, liquid, and gas. Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers—Illustrates the relationships among these life-forms and explains why a balance is necessary for the survival of the biosphere. • Oceans (5 min.) • Cycles (5 min.) • Water’s Three States (6 min.) • Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers (4 min.)

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 24:31 ©2004 Discovery Channel School

TLC Elementary School: Earth's Energy

Sources of Energy (5 min.)—Explore why some power is better than others. Electricity (8 min.)—Learn how we first harnessed the natural force of electricity. Magnetism (6 min.)—See what happens when atoms take sides. Solar Energy (2 min.) – Find out how solar energy can be collected and used.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 24:34 ©2005 Discovery Channel School

TLC Elementary School: Exploring Stars

Characteristics of Stars (4 min.)—Discover what it takes to be a star. Understanding Stars (8 min.)—Learn more about those twinkling objects in the night sky. Studying the Stars (9 min.)—From Galileo to Hubble, see how telescopes have helped us with studying the stars.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 24:34 ©2005 Discovery Channel School

TLC Elementary School: Geological Processes

In 1989, Northern California felt the effects of an earthquake that measured 7.0 on the Richter scale—powerful evidence of the Earth’s inner turmoil. Segments cover earthquakes, types of rock, identification of minerals, and plate tectonics. The Rock Cycle—Takes students around the United States to find examples of the three types of rock: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary. How To Identify Minerals—Travels with a geologist who explains how a rock found in Namibia is identical to one found in Argentina. Plate Tectonics—explains why the surface of the Earth looks the way it does as a result of the activity that goes on below it. • The Rock Cycle (7 min.) • How To Identify Minerals (7 min.) • Plate Tectonics (5 min.)

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 24:36 ©2004 Discovery Channel School

TLC Elementary School: Introduction to Physical Science

You can stand on water—but only when it’s frozen. The segment Solid, Liquid, and Gas (7 min.) explains water’s different states and how it changes from ice to liquid to steam. Then Heat and Matter (6 min.) illustrates what happens when heat changes water from one state to another. Heat is also featured in Thermal and Light Energy (5 min.), which describes the spectrum of light waves that includes visible colors and invisible microwaves. Forces and Gravity (3 min.) introduces the concepts of gravity, force, inertia, and motion with visual examples of each.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 24:33 ©2005 Discovery Channel School

TLC Elementary School: Life Cycles

Humans, animals, and plants reproduce so their species will survive. Segments cover types of reproduction, inherited and learned characteristics, and the role of cells. Life Cycles—Explains the difference between sexual and asexual reproduction. Heredity—Discusses how genes and mutations are passed to offspring during the reproduction process. Behavior—Focuses on traits that are learned as organisms make adaptations in order to survive. Cell Structure—Explores the biology and function of the building blocks of life. • Life Cycles (6 min.) • Heredity (5 min.) • Behavior (6 min.) • Cell Structure (6 min.)

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 24:26 ©2004 Discovery Channel School

TLC Elementary School: Lift Off Into Space

Discover the history of Rockets (5 min.), from their origins as Chinese fireworks to powering the space shuttle. Find out about weightlessness and other challenges faced in space and what scientists have discovered to make Exploring Space (6 min.) possible. Even from Earth, you can see what makes the moon glow and the sun rise and set in Night and Day (6 min.). Life on Mars? (3 min.) traces the history of man’s fascination with life on Mars from Lowell’s observations to modern video images.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 24:34 ©2005 Discovery Channel School

TLC Elementary School: Our Natural World

Learn about the diverse animals, plants, and ecosystems native to the Americas. Segments cover temperate and tropical rain forests, the changing seasons, and butterflies. Exploring Olympic National Park—Follows the cycles of life in a temperate rain forest. The Four Seasons—Analyzes the characteristics of winter, spring, summer, and fall in several environments. The Lives of Butterflies—Traces the monarch’s stages of life and the natural transformation that every butterfly experiences. • Exploring Olympic National Park (7 min.) • The Four Seasons (7 min.) • The Lives of Butterflies (9 min.)

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 24:42 ©2004 Discovery Channel School

TLC Elementary School: People and the Environment

What are the effects of human industry on our planet, and how can we change our ways of life to improve its health? Segments cover the causes and effects of air and water pollution and hazardous waste and the impact of recycling and other conservation efforts. Ecosystems, Populations, and Habitats—Traverses Australia and the North American prairie to find out how these areas are protected from air and water pollution. Natural Resources, Pollution, Conservation, and Recycling—Explores innovative techniques for cleaning up the environment. Humans and Their Environment—Portrays ways cities work to find solutions to reduce pollution while facing increasing amounts of waste in landfills. Water, Pollution, and Hazardous Waste—Examines the causes of air and water pollution, and discusses how recycling and reusing can preserve resources and reduce the amount of waste generated. • Ecosystems, Populations, and Habitats (5 min.) • Natural Resources, Pollution, Conservation, and Recycling (5 min.) • Humans and Their Environment (5 min.) • Water, Pollution, and Hazardous Waste (4 min.)

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 25:32 ©2004 Discovery Channel School

TLC Elementary School: Protecting Our Planet

See how wind, water, and ice continually change the landscape in Erosion (7 min.). In Conservation (6 min.), learn what people can do to minimize their effect on the Earth. Explore the human presence in Galápagos (4 min.) and learn what ecologists are doing to protect certain species. The segment Rain Forest Plants (3 min.) illustrates the delicate balance of the four layers of the rain forest ecosystem and how scientists hope this plant diversity holds secrets to medical breakthroughs.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 24:34 ©2005 Discovery Channel School

TLC Elementary School: Rules of Motion and Forces

Facts About Forces (8 min.)—See how gravity and friction keep us grounded. Laws of Motion (6 min.)—In this segment, overcome inertia with Newton’s laws of motion. Rotation and Revolution (4 min.)—Discover why a day is not 24 hours. How We Fly (3 min.)—Take to the skies and experience how we fly.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 24:33 ©2005 Discovery Channel School

TLC Elementary School: The Moon and Beyond

What does it take to explore the last frontier? Segments cover telescopes, Earth’s atmosphere, our neighboring planets, and the moon. The Telescope—Surveys the changes this instrument has undergone, from early models to the Hubble Space Telescope, and introduces Galileo Galilei, the first person to point a telescope towards the heavens. Life of a Star—Explores the sun as a star from formation to burnout, illustrating the meaning of solar flare, nebulae, white dwarf, super nova, black hole, and neutron star. Heavenly Bodies—Travels from tiny Mercury to faraway Pluto to investigate the planets in our solar system. The Moon—Explains how Earth’s familiar satellite makes our oceans move. • The Telescope (6 min.) • Heavenly Bodies (5 min.) • Life of a Star (5 min.) • The Moon (7 min.)

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 24:40 ©2004 Discovery Channel School

TLC Elementary School: The Story of the Solar System

Formation of the Solar System (5:17) Learn how galaxies came together. Solar Energy and Wind (5:12) Witness the power contained in the sun’s energy and wind. The Planets (5:01) Go from Mercury to Pluto as you travel the planets. Orbiting the Sun (5:08) Examine the role comets and asteroids play in the night sky.

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 24:34 ©2005 Discovery Channel School

TLC Elementary School: What Is a Living Thing?

How do biologists classify a new species found in the Galápagos Islands? Segments cover the characteristics that scientists employ to group all plants and animals. Classification of Living Things—Explains the system that is based on shared physical characteristics and internal structures. Characteristics of Living Things—Highlights seven key functions—movement, sensitivity, respiration, nutrition, growth, excretion, and reproduction. Classification of Plants—Takes into consideration how plants absorb water, if they have seeds, and whether they bear flowers. Classification of Animals—Looks at different features each animal possesses, such as skeletal structure and method of breathing. • Classification of Living Things (5 min.) • Characteristics of Living Things (5 min.) • Classification of Plants (5 min.) • Classification of Animals (6 min.)

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Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 24:40 ©2004 Discovery Channel School

Taking Care of Our Earth

Students learn to care about their environment with the help of four animated characters as they take a tour of a landfill. Natural resources are identified and shown as students learn how important it is to conserve them. They also discover how reducing, reusing, and recycling benefit our environment, and how air and water pollution can hurt it.

Grades: K - Gr. 4 Runtime: 17:00 ©1999 100% Educational Videos

Tropical Rainforest Habitat, The

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. See that much of the rainforest continues to be destroyed and discover the efforts taken to protect the rainforest for future generations.

Grades: Gr. 2 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 15:00 ©1998 100% Educational Videos

Uses of Rocks and Minerals

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.

Grades: K - Gr. 4 Runtime: 18:00 ©1999 100% Educational Videos

Water Cycle, The

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. They discover the amazing process by which the Earth's water supply has been recycled over millions of years, centering on three stages: evaporation, condensation and precipitation. They follow the trail water takes after it falls from the sky and passes through each of these three stages.

Grades: Gr. 3 - Gr. 5 Runtime: 17:00 ©2003 100% Educational Videos

Weather: Changes and Measurement

Discover that weather is the condition of the air outside, and learn the words we use to describe weather: sunny, cloudy, rainy, snowy, hot, and cool. Understand that the weather may change from day to day, but general trends in weather can be seen from season to season. Learn how the sun warms the Earth and other ways that weather forms and changes. See how tools like thermometers, weathervanes, and rain gauges measure and record these weather changes.

Grades: K - Gr. 4 Runtime: 13:00 ©1999 100% Educational Videos

Weathering and Erosion

The surface of the land has undergone many changes over its history. Water, rain, snow, and wind—they all continually shape and form the Earth. Take your students on a journey to discover how physical weathering, chemical weathering, and erosion occur. Learn that the destructive forces of erosion and weathering are slow processes that change the surface of the earth.

Grades: Gr. 2 - Gr. 8 Runtime: 20:00 ©2002 100% Educational Videos