Video Database
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Database updated in June 2008, with 5,461 entries.
Grade levels are as follows: K-Kindergarten, P-Primary, I-Intermediate, J-Junior High, S-Senior High, C-College, A-All Ages.
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Records 251 to 500 of 5461 videos (sorted alphabetically by title)
- ANIMAL DISGUISES - Henry The Lizard finds things aren't always as they appear, as zebras, cheetahs, and snakes demonstrate in animal disguises. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-5519
- ANIMAL DISGUISES - Henry The Lizard finds things aren't always as they appear, as zebras, cheetahs, and snakes demonstrate in animal disguises. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-5570
- ANIMAL DIVERSITY - Explains the classification of living & the concepts of adaptation & natural selection. Explains how natural selec- tion is applied in cattle breeding. Grade Level: IJS Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 15 minutes. Film No: VT-5434
- ANIMAL FAMILIES - Most higher animals have a family structure, but this structure can vary widely. The family plays a vital role in the success & survival of its young. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 14 minutes. Film No: VT-4862
- ANIMAL FARM (SR. HIGH ONLY) - This animated versin of the famed George Orwell political satire follow a barnyard full of animals who parallel the growth of total itarian dictatorships. (animated) Grade Level: SC Subject: Runtime: 72 minutes. Film No: VT-6065
- ANIMAL FARM (SR. HIGH ONLY) - Chaos ensues when animals take over the farm in this adaptation of George Orwell's classic novel, featuring Jim Henson's Creature Shop. Grade Level: JSC Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 89 minutes. Film No: VT-1727
- ANIMAL HOMES - Illustrates the many ways animals provide shelter for themselves. Many Worlds of Nature Series Grade Level: IJ Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 12 minutes. Film No: VT-639
- ANIMAL IMPOSTERS - Astonishing animals who blend with their surroundings. Grade Level: PIJ Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-5557
- ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE - Compare & contrast inborn & learned behavior in selected animals. Video is designed to help students appreciate some of the fascinating capabilities of animals. Grade Level: IJ Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 17 minutes. Film No: VT-3740
- ANIMAL MIGRATION - Explores the migration of many animals including the mountain sheep, whales, elephant seals, salmon, & Arctic terns. Grade Level: IJS Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 12 minutes. Film No: VT-4226
- ANIMAL NUTRITION - This program emphasizes the importance of nutrition to the human body. Grade Level: S Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 29 minutes. Film No: VT-3255
- ANIMAL ODDITIES: INQUIRING MINDS SERIES - How do cats see in the dark? How do animals survive in the winter? How do snakes prey? Viewers discover the answers to these questions. Grade Level: IJ Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 18 minutes. Film No: VT-5297
- ANIMAL PREDATORS AND THE BALANCE OF NATURE - Shows various types of predators and explains the complex relationships between predator, prey and nature. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 14 minutes. Film No: VT-5648
- ANIMAL PREDATORS AND THE BALANCE OF NATURE - Shows various types of predators and explains the complex relationships between predator, prey and nature. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 14 minutes. Film No: VT-812
- ANIMAL SURVIVAL - Shows relationships of animals in the wild to each other & their environment. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-5521
- ANIMAL SURVIVORS - Join Henry The Lizard as he discovers how some animal survivors cope, from lemmings in their igloos to amazing jumping fish. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-5520
- ANIMAL VISION: EYE OF THE BEHOLDER - animals eyes help them survive in their specific environmentand basic compontents of the eye vary from species tospecies. Grade Level: PIJ Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 15 minutes. Film No: VT-1872
- ANIMALS AND ARACHNIDS - CONTENTS: Dogs; Wolves; Cats; Horses; Cows; Spiders.Tell Me Why Series Grade Level: I Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-989
- ANIMALS ARE DIFFERENT AND ALIKE - Illustrates similarities & differences in appearance, eatinghabits, movement & environment. Teaches that animals will befound where they can find the things they need to stay alive Grade Level: P Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 15 minutes. Film No: VT-576
- ANIMALS ARE DIFFERENT AND ALIKE - Illustrates similarities & differences in appearance, eatinghabits, movement & environment. Teaches that animals will befound where they can find the things they need to stay alive Grade Level: P Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 15 minutes. Film No: VT-3674
- ANIMALS AT HOME IN THE DESERT - Illustrates the ways in which desert animals have adapted tothe environment. Includes footage on the peccary, roadrun-ner, tarantula, tortoise, & the chuckawalla. Living Des. S. Grade Level: IJS Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 23 minutes. Film No: VT-750
- ANIMALS HATCHED FROM EGGS - Introduces young viewers to the idea of reproduction & shows how birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, & certain mammals are hatched from eggs. Grade Level: P Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 11 minutes. Film No: VT-3848
- ANIMALS IN AUTUMN AND WINTER - Explores how animals prepare for winter, showing different adaptations they have made to survive winter. Explains the concepts of migration, hibernation & food storage. Grade Level: PI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 11 minutes. Film No: VT-3714
- ANIMALS IN SPRING AND SUMMER - Explores the seasonal changes in environment. Explains the differing lifestyles of herd animals, migratory animals, burrowing animals and their predators. Grade Level: PI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 13 minutes. Film No: VT-3715
- ANIMALS OF NORTH AMERICA - Photography of 40 N.A. wild animals in their natural habitats introduces their eating habits, methods of defense, andspecial characteristics. Animals of the World Series Grade Level: PIJSA Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 14 minutes. Film No: VT-658
- ANIMALS OF THE NIGHT - An introduction to the world of nocturnal animals. See what special adaptations these "night shift" animals have. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-1847
- ANIMALS ON THE FARM - Learn about the animals' characteristics & their care & see, too, how modern machinery helps farmers collect animal products. Grade Level: KP Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 15 minutes. Film No: VT-3623
- ANIMALS ON THE FARM - Learn about the animals' characteristics & their care & see, too, how modern machinery helps farmers collect animal products. Grade Level: KP Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 15 minutes. Film No: VT-3624
- ANIMALS WITH BACKBONES - Examines vertebrates, showing why they are classified as they are. Illustrates body structures and behavior, relating them to their environments. Grade Level: IJ Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 16 minutes. Film No: VT-324
- ANIMALS WITH BACKBONES - Examines vertebrates, showing why they are classified asthey are. Illustrates body structures and behavior, relatingthem to their environments. Grade Level: IJ Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 16 minutes. Film No: VT-3673
- ANIMALS WITH BACKBONES: FISH & AMPHIBIANS - Students will learn why this special group of vertebrates is unique, & what makes a fish a fish, & an amphibian an amphibian. Grade Level: IJ Subject: Runtime: 15 minutes. Film No: VT-5706
- ANIMALS WITH BACKBONES: FISH & AMPHIBIANS - Students will learn why this special group of vertebrates is unique, & what makes a fish a fish & an amphibian an amphibian. Grade Level: IJ Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 15 minutes. Film No: VT-5657
- ANIMALS WITH BACKBONES: REPTILES & BIRDS - Discusses characteristics of reptiles & birds in detail. Also studies reptiles in their environment & importance of feathers & skeleton to birds. Grade Level: IJ Subject: Runtime: 15 minutes. Film No: VT-5705
- ANIMALS WITH BACKBONES: REPTILES & BIRDS - Discusses characteristics of reptiles & birds in detail. Also studies reptiles in their environment & importance of feathers & skeleton to birds. Grade Level: IJ Subject: .SCI/ Runtime: 15 minutes. Film No: VT-5656
- ANIMALS WITH BACKBONES: THE MAMMAL STORY - Defines mammals, explains different things they have in common, the different vertebrates & the two key characteristics shared by all mammals. Grade Level: IJ Subject: Runtime: 13 minutes. Film No: VT-5707
- ANIMALS WITH BACKBONES: THE MAMMAL STORY - Defines mammals, explains different things they have in common, the different vertebrates & the two key character- istics shared by all mammals. Grade Level: IJ Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 13 minutes. Film No: VT-5655
- ANIMALS WITHOUT BACKBONES - Studies the life functions & physical characteristics of seaanemones, sponges, jellyfish, worms, sea urchins, star fish,mollusks, squid, arthropods, & a wide variety of insects. Grade Level: IJ Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 13 minutes. Film No: VT-1803
- ANIMALS WITHOUT BACKBONES - Studies the life functions & physical characteristics of seaanemones, sponges, jellyfish, worms, sea urchins, star fish,mollusks, squid, arthropods, & a wide variety of insects. Grade Level: IJ Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 13 minutes. Film No: VT-3672
- ANIMALS WITHOUT BACKBONES: THE INVERTEBRATE STORY - The first part examines the simpler invertebrates through the mollusks. The second part deals with the more complex echinoderms & arthropods. Grade Level: IJ Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 38 minutes. Film No: VT-5650
- ANIMALS, ALL ABOUT - Mr. Know-It-Owl teaches kids about mammals, fish, amphibiansreptiles, & birds. Also a fun sing-a-long song. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 48 minutes. Film No: VT-4255
- ANIMALS, ALL ABOUT - Mr. Know-It-Owl teaches kids about mammals, fish, amphibians, reptiles, & birds. Also a fun sing-a-long song. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 48 minutes. Film No: VT-4254
- ANIMALS, AN ALPHABET OF - Each letter stands for either the name of an animal or an idea that relates to animal life. Strengthens Lang. Arts skills while providing scientific understanding of animals. Grade Level: P Subject: /SCI/LANG ART/ Runtime: 13 minutes. Film No: VT-713
- ANIMALS, AN ALPHABET OF - Each letter stands for either the name of an animal or an idea that relates to animal life. Strengthens Lang. Arts skills while providing scientific understanding of animals. Grade Level: P Subject: /SCI/LANG ART/ Runtime: 13 minutes. Film No: VT-3633
- ANIMALS, ANTARCTIC: LIVING ON THE EDGE - Activities help students understand how animals like Penguins and seals are specially adapted to survive in the inhospitable environment where temperatures dip below -100 F Grade Level: PIJ Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 15 minutes. Film No: VT-1868
- ANIMALS, ENDANGERED - Henry, the lizard is on a rescue mission to save some amazing endangered animals, from the tiger to the howler monkey. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-5572
- ANIMALS, FLYING: WINGING IT - Students learn how flying birds, flying mammals, and the nowextinct flying reptiles are similar, even though they lookdifferent. Grade Level: PIJ Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 15 minutes. Film No: VT-1863
- ANIMALS, POISONOUS - Henry the lizard, learns about scary animals including vampire bats, army ants, birdeating spiders, & more. Grade Level: KPI Subject: Runtime: 25 minutes. Film No: VT-5701
- ANIMALS, RECORD-BREAKING - An introduction to record-breaking animals. Learn whatanimals are fastest on land, in the air, and in the water. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-1845
- ANIMALS, SCARY - Henry, the lizard can't seem to frighten anyone. But he soon picks up some spooky tips from some scary animals, from the vicious vampire bat to the leggy millipede. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-5574
- ANIMALS, SOCIAL BEHAVIOR: LIVING IN GROUPS - Although most animals are solitary creatures, some live ingroups. Learn how division of labor makes it easier foreach individual in society to survive. Grade Level: PIJ Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 15 minutes. Film No: VT-1866
- ANIMALS, THE KINGDOM OF: FROM SIMPLE TO COMPLICATED - Gives basic facts about the diversity that exists in the animal kingdom. Starting with one-celled animals, examines a variety of phyla. Grade Level: IJ Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 17 minutes. Film No: VT-4539
- ANIMALS, THE WORLD OF - Explores the diverse world of animals. Starting with the basic characteristics of animals - students learn the relationship between cells, tissues, organs, & organ systems. Grade Level: IJS Subject: Runtime: 14 minutes. Film No: VT-6304
- ANIMALS, TRAINING: LEARNING NEW TRICKS - Why can some animals learn tricks, while others can't? How do animals learn? Students find out and do some trial-and-error learning with the "A-MAZE-ing activity." Grade Level: PIJ Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 15 minutes. Film No: VT-1865
- ANIMALS, WARM-BLOODED AND COLD-BLOODED - Illustrates through experiments how environment affects thetemperature of cold-blooded animals & how body coveringshelp warm-blooded animals keep a more constant temperature. Grade Level: IJ Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 13 minutes. Film No: VT-558
- ANIMALS, WILD: ADVENTURES IN ASIA - You'll meet cuddly giant pandas in China, hairy orangutanson Borneo, huge manta rays in the Red Sea, & close-knitelephant families in India. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 40 minutes. Film No: VT-3756
- ANIMALS, WILD: AMAZING NORTH AMERICA - Watch polar bears & white wolves struggle for curvival onthe icy tundra, alligators patrolling the Okefenokee, groundsquirrels battling rattlesnakes in the West. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 47 minutes. Film No: VT-3757
- ANIMALS, WILD: AWESOME ANIMAL BUILDERS - See some of the amazing animal abodes. Animals don't need excavators & dump trucks to construct their houses--they've got their tools built right in. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 45 minutes. Film No: VT-5472
- ANIMALS, WILD: DEEP SEA DIVE - Explore the ocean from surface to seafloor, learning aboutthe great whales, friendly dolphins, scary sharks, & all theoceans' amazing treasures. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 45 minutes. Film No: VT-3758
- ANIMALS, WILD: DINOSAURS & OTHER CREATURE FEATURES - Travel back in time to when dinosaurs ruled the earth. Also see some of their reptile relatives living today plus some of the world's creepiest creatures. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 45 minutes. Film No: VT-4115
- ANIMALS, WILD: FARMYARD FRIENDS - A close-up look at some of our farmyard friends proves that tame animals have really rowdy relatives in the wild. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 46 minutes. Film No: VT-4897
- ANIMALS, WILD: HOT DOGS, COOL CATS - Visit South American jaguars, African wild dogs & lions, & North American cougars & coyotes, proving all cats & dogs are wild at heart. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 47 minutes. Film No: VT-4896
- ANIMALS, WILD: MONKEY BUSINESS & OTHER FAMILY FUN - Are animal families any wilder than yours? Learn that primates like to hang out with their friends & relatives. Also meet other animal families. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 47 minutes. Film No: VT-4116
- ANIMALS, WILD: POLAR PROWL - Visit a polar bear Mom & her cubs, a tribe of walruses on an ice floe, cruise with killer whales in the Arctic. Then to Antarctica to see penguins, seals & whales. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 45 minutes. Film No: VT-4114
- ANIMALS, WILD: SECRET WEAPONS & GREAT ESCAPES - Detect & inspect the hidden weapons of the animal world. Get the inside scoop that help animals survive. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 45 minutes. Film No: VT-5471
- ANIMALS, WILD: SWINGING SAFARI - From the Serengeti Plains to the Kalahari Desert, experience the amazing ways that animals like cheetahs, crocodiles, rhinos, & elephants survive. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 40 minutes. Film No: VT-3759
- ANIMALS, WILD: TOTALLY TROPICAL RAIN FOREST - Explore the life-filled rain forest where you'll meet spotted jaguars, poison-arrow frogs, slow-moving sloths, & loud-mouthed howkler monkeys. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 40 minutes. Film No: VT-3760
- ANIMALS, WILD: WONDERS DOWN UNDER - Learn why the animals of Australia are so weird - Fromleaping kangaroos to paddling platypuses to cuddly koalas. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 45 minutes. Film No: VT-3761
- ANIMALS: AFRICA'S ANIMAL OASIS - Journey deep within an extinct crater to one of Africa's wildest kingdoms, where predator and prey battle for daily survival. Grade Level: JSC Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-3125
- ANIMALS: AN EGG BECOMES A CHICK - A teacher and two students share questions, ideas and information about chicken eggs from fertilization to hatching. Grade Level: KP Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 11 minutes. Film No: VT-4764
- ANIMALS: BABOONS - This humorous & informative program spends a day in the life of a baboon troop. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-5303
- ANIMALS: DESERT ANIMALS AND PLANTS - Learn what unique adaptations desert animals and plantshave that enable them to withstand blowing sands andconstant heat. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-1843
- ANIMALS: DOGS, DOGS, DOGS - Shows how owning a dog can be a rich learning experience for children. It explores that nature of "dogness" both physical characterics & behavior. Grade Level: PI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 15 minutes. Film No: VT-5302
- ANIMALS: FRESH WATER - Just a small portion of the earth's water is fresh. Learnhow its inhabitants find ingenious ways to survive in theirlimited space. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-1849
- ANIMALS: FURBEARERS OF MISSOURI - Captures 14 different animals in their natural environment.Includes otters, beavers, coyote pups, red fox pups, motheropossum with babies among others. Grade Level: PI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 19 minutes. Film No: VT-4500
- ANIMALS: FURBEARERS OF MISSOURI - Captures 14 different animals in their natural environment.Includes otters, beavers, coyote pups, red fox pups, motheropossum with babies among others. Grade Level: PI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 19 minutes. Film No: VT-4498
- ANIMALS: FURBEARERS OF MISSOURI - Captures 14 different animals in their natural environment.Includes otters, beavers, coyote pups, red fox pups, motheropossum with babies among others. Grade Level: PI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 19 minutes. Film No: VT-4499
- ANIMALS: HOW ANIMALS GET READY FOR WINTER - As it turns colder animals get busy finding more food.You'll learn that some animals migrate, some seek shelters,some hibernate, and others develop thick coats. Grade Level: PI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 11 minutes. Film No: VT-1812
- ANIMALS: HOW ANIMALS GET READY FOR WINTER - As it turns colder animals get busy finding more food.You'll learn that some animals migrate, some seek shelters,some hibernate, and others develop thick coats. Grade Level: PI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 11 minutes. Film No: VT-3647
- ANIMALS: HOW ANIMALS LIVE THROUGH WINTER - This video reveals the many different methods used in the"animal kingdom" to cope with the hardships of winter. Grade Level: PI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 11 minutes. Film No: VT-1813
- ANIMALS: HOW ANIMALS LIVE THROUGH WINTER - This video reveals the many different methods used in the"animal kingdom" to cope with the hardships of winter. Grade Level: PI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 11 minutes. Film No: VT-3839
- ANIMALS: HOW ANIMALS MOVE - Explains how animals are equipped with unique designs thatkeep them on the move. Shows muscle structure and specialbody adaptations of numerous animals. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-1838
- ANIMALS: HOW ANIMALS TALK - Animal sounds we hear are communications-with meaning.Animal talk may not be quite like human speech, but it is not without signifiance. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-1848
- ANIMALS: INSTINCTS OF - This program explains what instinct is and how it guides the behavior of animals from birth to adulthood. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 14 minutes. Film No: VT-1118
- ANIMALS: LIFE FORMS, ANIMALS, AND ANIMAL ODDITIES - CONTENTS: Animals; Vertebrates; Warm & Cold-Blooded Animals;Animal History; Worms; Animal Oddities. Tell Me Why Series Grade Level: I Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-985
- ANIMALS: LIVING TOGETHER - See the beauty of birds in your backyard, the importance of parks to a community, and the relationships between growing things and their surroundings. Grade Level: IJS Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 36 minutes. Film No: VT-2152
- ANIMALS: MINI-BEAST - Henry, the lizard, realizes that not all invertebrates are just creepy-crawlies, but that beetles, starfish, & even fleas can be amazing mini-beasts. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-5573
- ANIMALS: MOUNTAIN - Describes the unique features that enable animals such asrams, goats, sheep, yaks, llamas, gorillas, and bears tosurvive mountain terrain. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-1839
- ANIMALS: POISON ANIMALS OF THE U.S. - Begins with bees & wasps & then reviews realities & mythsabout other venomous animals in the U.S. Has a brief dis-cussion of treatment & preventive measures. Grade Level: IJS Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 15 minutes. Film No: VT-4227
- ANIMALS: PRAIRIE DOGS, GRASSLAND SURVIVORS - Explains the interrelationship between prairie dogs and other grassland life, as well as the threat that human settlement & development pose. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 15 minutes. Film No: VT-4053
- ANIMALS: PRAIRIE DOGS, GRASSLAND SURVIVORS - Explains the interrelationship between prairie dogs and other grassland life, as well as the threat that human settlement & development pose. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 15 minutes. Film No: VT-5304
- ANIMALS: PROTECTIVE COLORATION - Discusses how animals use color to protect themselves in their habitat and food chain. Grade Level: IJ Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 12 minutes. Film No: VT-456
- ANIMALS: SAN DIEGO WILD ANIMAL PARK - This extraordinary video brings you face-to-face with the rarest of mammals, birds and plants. All thriving in recreations of their wilderness habitats. Grade Level: IJSC Subject: /SOC ST/SCI/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-49
- ANIMALS: THINGS WITH WINGS - Get a closer look at birds, bees, & mosquitoes. Learn why some birds talk, how & why bees produce honey, & how scent affects the number of times a mosquitoe bites you. Grade Level: IJ Subject: Runtime: 18 minutes. Film No: VT-5956
- ANIMALS: TREE LIVING - Explains the special body adaptations of animals who seek safety, food and shelter in the branches high above the ground. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-1842
- ANIMALS: TRIALS OF LIFE, PART 1, ARRIVING - Birth is the first dangerous step into a hazardous world.The vast majority of new borns do not survive, but instead are consumed by other animals. PREVIEW STRONGLY ADVISED! Grade Level: JSC Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-2079
- ANIMALS: TRIALS OF LIFE, PART 2, GROWING UP - This video shows that growing-up in the natural world is a complex and hazardous situation. PREVIEW STRONGLY ADVISED! Grade Level: JSC Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-2080
- ANIMALS: TRIALS OF LIFE, PART 3, FINDING FOOD - Find out how animals and plants have developed surprising ways to protect themselves from becoming the "food" of other animals and plants. PREVIEW STRONGLY ADVISED! Grade Level: JSC Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-2081
- ANIMALS: TRIALS OF LIFE, PART 4, HUNTING AND ESCAPING - Life and death are the daily routine of life in the wild.Stratagems used by the hunter and the hunted are shown. PREVIEW STRONGLY ADVISED! Grade Level: JSC Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-2082
- ANIMALS: TRIALS OF LIFE, PART 5, HOMEMAKING - Animals need homes and to accomplish this, they have become potters, plasterers, weavers, miners and other craftsman. PREVIEW STRONGLY ADVISED! Grade Level: JSC Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-2083
- ANIMALS: TRIALS OF LIFE, PART 6, LIVING TOGETHER - Committed to live together, animal partnerships are wide-spread in the natural world. PREVIEW STRONGLY ADVISED! Grade Level: JSC Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-2084
- ANIMALS: TRIALS OF LIFE, PART 7, FIGHTING - Whether to win food, to claim or hold a plot of land, to capture a mate-fighting is accepted practice in the wild.PREVIEW STRONGLY ADVISED! Grade Level: JSC Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-2085
- ANIMALS: TRIALS OF LIFE, PART 8, FRIENDS AND RIVALS - Many animals find it advantageous to live in groups and their communities work more efficiently if they have some form of social structure. PREVIEW STRONGLY ADVISED! Grade Level: JSC Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-2086
- ANIMALS: TRIALS OF LIFE, PART 9, FINDING THE WAY - Animals journey around the globe with amazing accuracy. Learn about the navigational senses employed by animals. PREVIEW STRONGLY ADVISED! Grade Level: JSC Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-2087
- ANIMALS: TRIALS OF LIFE, PART 10, TALKING TO STRANGERS - Animals have developed sophisticated means of communicating with one another. PREVIEW STRONGLY ADVISED! Grade Level: JSC Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-2088
- ANIMALS: TRIALS OF LIFE, PART 11, COURTING - The various methods and techniques used in the animal world to attract a mate are shown. PREVIEW STRONGLY ADVISED! Grade Level: JSC Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-2089
- ANIMALS: TRIALS OF LIFE, PART 12, CONTINUING THE LINE - When it comes to sex, there are no fixed rules in the animal world! PREVIEW STRONGLY ADVISED! Grade Level: JSC Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-2090
- ANIMALS: UP CLOSE & NATURAL 1 - 8 - Titles Include: Introduction, Animals Without Backbones,Insects, Fish, Frogs, Toads & Salamanders, Turtles, Snakes,& What Is A Bird. Grade Level: PI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 120 minutes. Film No: VT-4958
- ANIMALS: UP CLOSE & NATURAL 9 - 15 - Titles Include: Mammals, Winter At Squam Lake, Life In The Winter Forest, The Pond, Marsh & Swamp, In The Field, and Outside Your Door. Grade Level: PI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 105 minutes. Film No: VT-4959
- ANIMALS: WHERE ANIMALS LIVE - Animal shelters range from burrows & caves to lodges & nests. Factors affecting shelter selection include the user's physical design & lifestyle. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 14 minutes. Film No: VT-4861
- ANIMALS: WHERE DO ANIMALS GO IN WINTER - Migration, hibernation & torpor; preparations for winter; & changes in homes, coats of hair, diet, & coloration are all discussed. Grade Level: KP Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 17 minutes. Film No: VT-4666
- ANIMALS: WHY DO ANIMALS LOOK THE WAY THEY DO - Whether adapting to the environment, taking advantage of a resource, or avoiding competition, this program explains why animals look the way they do. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 14 minutes. Film No: VT-4860
- ANIMALS: WHY DO ANIMALS LOVE GEOGRAPHY - Helps students understand why animals live where they do & how they adapt to their environment. The difference between physical & human geography is explained. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 14 minutes. Film No: VT-4085
- ANIMALS: BEAR CUBS, BABY DUCKS & KOOKABURAS - With Uncle Balzac as your guide, enter the world of baby animals, where you'll meet baby turtles, bear cubs, penguin chicks, a little lost zebra, & more. Grade Level: K Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 33 minutes. Film No: VT-3762
- ANIMALS: CAMOUFLAGE, CUTTLEFISH & CHAMELEONS - Uncle Balzac explains how animals are naturally camouglaged, including three-toed sloths, artic foxes, hermit crabs, octopus & etc. Includes sing-a-long songs. Grade Level: K Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 35 minutes. Film No: VT-3763
- ANIMALS: CHOMPING ON BUGS, SEA SLUGS & MORE - Sonny & Bobby learn about the special traits of chameleons,turtles, cheetahs, zebras, & more. Includes sing-a-longsongs. Grade Level: K Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 35 minutes. Film No: VT-3764
- ANIMALS: FLYING, TRYING, & HONKING AROUND - Learn about many different kinds of birds, & soon find outwhy most birds can fly & other animals can't. A segment oncounting and phonics. Grade Level: K Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 33 minutes. Film No: VT-3767
- ANIMALS: RAINDROPS & THINGS THAT LIVE IN HOLES - Uncle Balzac tells about the animals that make their home inholes. Features a song "Down To The Water Hole," plus arhythm & blues tribute to the feline family. Grade Level: K Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 33 minutes. Film No: VT-3766
- ANIMALS: TADPOLES, DRAGONFLIES & CATERPILLARS - Uncle Balzac explains how the caterpillar becomes a butterfly. Also learn about other big-change artists, such as frogs, mosquitoes, dragonflies & more. Includes sing-a-longs Grade Level: K Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 35 minutes. Film No: VT-3765
- ANNELIDS, BIOLOGY OF - Explores their ecology, feeding, anatomy, and physiology.Studies their circulatory and digestive systems. Also asegment on the special anatomy of leeches. Grade Level: S Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 13 minutes. Film No: VT-4606
- ANNIE OAKLEY - The story of Annie Oakley, whose extraordinary sharpshootingexploits brought her international fame as the star ofBuffalo Bill's Famous Wild West Show. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-4365
- ANNIE OAKLEY - The story of Annie Oakley, whose extraordinary sharp shooting exploits brought her international fame as the star of Buffalo Bill's Famous Wild West Show. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-3183
- ANT AND THE DOVE, THE - "One Good Turn Deserves Another" is the theme of this Aesop fable. The ant, despite his small size, is able to save the life of his friend the dove. Grade Level: P Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 8 minutes. Film No: VT-4766
- ANTARCTIC: WILDLIFE ADVENTURE - Rocky coasts, azure blue seas, & towering icebergs set the backdrop for a wide variety of wildlife. Explore the far reaches of a great unspoiled
wildlife. Grade Level: IJS Subject: Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-5787
- ANTARCTICA: A THREATENED ECOSYSTEM - Explains why the huge, mostly uninhabitable Antarctica is so prized & so threatened -- why governments, cooperations & environmental groups want to control it. Grade Level: IJS Subject: /SOC ST/ Runtime: 18 minutes. Film No: VT-4104
- ANTARCTICA: GETTING TO THE SOUTH POLE - Follow the route taken across this icy desert by earlyexplorers. Learn hands-on why polor regions are colderthan places along the Equator. Grade Level: PIJ Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 15 minutes. Film No: VT-1877
- ANTARCTICA: SECRETS FROM A FROZEN WORLD - This frozen continent, while fraught with danger, is unlock-ing some of natures most intriguing secrets and giving usclues about the future of life in the rest of the world. Grade Level: JSC Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-2166
- ANTHONY, SUSAN B.: WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT - This is the story of Anthony's role in the early women's rights movement. Grade Level: JSC Subject: /SOC ST/ Runtime: 40 minutes. Film No: VT-2850
- ANTS: LITTLE CREATURES WHO RUN THE WORLD - Nova looks at the most successful life forms on the earth.Discover the highly structured, communal life of ants. Grade Level: IJS Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-4575
- ANTZ - Animated adventure starring a small worker ant named Z. From a termite war to his search for "insectopia" Z may turn out to be a hero in the end. Grade Level: PI Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 83 minutes. Film No: VT-5442
- AQUARIUM, BUENA VISTA - Complete with music and narration, this informative videogives you a view of a salt-water aquarium without the mess. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-3028
- AQUARIUM, MONTEREY BAY - Underwater communities as remarkable as any on earth lie hidden beneath the waters. This tour shows how much more that is hidden than meets the eye. Grade Level: IJSC Subject: /SOC ST/SCI/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-174
- AQUARIUM, NATURES REAL LIFE - Underwater photographer, Bill Porter, brings you America'sfresh water fish so vividly you'll think you are swimmingalong with them. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-3031
- ARBOR DAY - Learn about the legend of Johnny Appleseed and the real-lifestory of J. Sterling Morton, the founder of Arbor Day. Grade Level: KP Subject: /HOLIDAY/ART/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-4173
- ARBOR DAY - Learn about the legend of Johnny Appleseed and the real-life story of J. Sterling Morton, the founder of Arbor Day. Grade Level: KP Subject: /HOLIDAY/ART/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-3204
- ARCHAEOLOGISTS: DIG IT UP - Visit an excavation site and find out what prehistoric humans ate, how they lived and more. Kids analyze items and learn how everyday trash gives clues to lifestyles. Grade Level: PIJ Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 15 minutes. Film No: VT-1860
- ARCHAEOLOGY: EVIDENCE OF THE PAST - The principle activities of archaeologist including sitereconnaissance, excavation, classification, dating, andinterpretation of materials unearthed are considered. Grade Level: IJS Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-3120
- ARCTIC: THE GREAT WHITE DESERT - This video tape explores the Arctic region, its frozen environment, its potentials for development, and the continuing intrusions of technology on its native people. Grade Level: IJSC Subject: /SOC ST/ Runtime: 10 minutes. Film No: VT-1124
- AREA, WHAT IS - Illustrates how square units are used to measure area. Example problems are solved, and sample problems are provided. Grade Level: IJ Subject: /MATH/ Runtime: 17 minutes. Film No: VT-3155
- ARGENTINA - Discusses the major exports of the three periods of government in detail. Arctic life of the southern coast is shown. Grade Level: JS Subject: /SOC ST/ Runtime: 20 minutes. Film No: VT-2411
- ARISTOCATS, THE - This enchanting tale begins in Paris, when a kind andeccentric millionairess wills her entire estate to herfamily... a family of adorable hig-society cats. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 79 minutes. Film No: VT-3811
- ARISTOCATS, THE - This enchanting tale begins in Paris, when a kind andeccentric millionairess wills her entire estate to herfamily... a family of adorable hig-society cats. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 79 minutes. Film No: VT-3810
- ARISTOTLE'S ETHICS: THE THEORY OF HAPPINESS - Narrator Adler considers the philosophical problems of whatmakes a human life good, what makes it worth living, andwhat one must do to live well. Grade Level: SC Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-3042
- AROUND THE WORLD WITH SEABERT - Seabert the baby seal & friends travel around the world to protect endangered animals from harm & to teach about wild- life preservation. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 95 minutes. Film No: VT-5372
- ART APPRECIATION: ENJOYING PAINTINGS - Students explore a large selection of traditional and modernpaintings to see how the elements of line, shape and colorare used to convey emotional content. Grade Level: JSC Subject: /ART/ Runtime: 13 minutes. Film No: VT-1785
- ART HISTORY: A CENTURY OF MODERN ART 1 - 8 - Titles Include: Impressionism, The Fauves, Expressionism,Cubism, Surrealism, Modern Mavericks, American Landscapes, & Realism. Grade Level: IJS Subject: /ART/ Runtime: 119 minutes. Film No: VT-4926
- ART HISTORY: A CENTURY OF MODERN ART 9 - 10 - Titles Include: Abstract Expressionism, & Pop. Grade Level: IJS Subject: /ART/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-4927
- ART IS...BASIC PERSPECTIVE DRAWING - Shows how to make one-point, two-point & three-point perspective drawings using boxes, landscapes & buildings as subjects. Also cylinders & wheels. Grade Level: JS Subject: /ART/ Runtime: 26 minutes. Film No: VT-5502
- ART IS...ELEMENTS OF DESIGN - The seven elements are explored & clearly explained. The program is enhanced with diagrams & hands-on demonstrations. ..paintings, collage & sculpture. Grade Level: IJS Subject: /ART/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-5466
- ART IS...PRINICPLES OF DESIGN - Shows how elements are combined in developing the seven principles of design while creating artwork. Demonstrations, diagrams, artwork & more. Grade Level: IJS Subject: /ART/ Runtime: 29 minutes. Film No: VT-5465
- ART OF THE MIDDLE AGES, THE - Documents various aspects of the 6 major medieval cathedrals of France, discussing their architectural symbolism and sculptural styles. Grade Level: SC Subject: /ART/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-3043
- ART OF THE WESTERN WORLD, VOL. 1 - Part 1 - The Classical Ideal, 1 & 2. Part 2 - A White Garment of Churches - Romanesque and Gothic, 1 & 2. Grade Level: SC Subject: /ART/ Runtime: 114 minutes. Film No: VT-4755
- ART OF THE WESTERN WORLD, VOL. 2 - Part 3 - The Early Renaissance, 1 & 2. Part 4 - The High Renaissance, 1 & 2. Part 5 - Realms of Light - The Baroque,1 & 2. Grade Level: S Subject: /ART/ Runtime: 171 minutes. Film No: VT-4756
- ART OF THE WESTERN WORLD, VOL. 3 - Part 6 - An Age of Reason, An Age of Passion, 1 & 2. Part 7 - A Fresh View - Impressionism & Post-Impressionism,1 & 2. Grade Level: S Subject: /ART/ Runtime: 114 minutes. Film No: VT-4757
- ART OF THE WESTERN WORLD, VOL. 4 - Part 8 - Into The Twentieth Century, 1 & 2. Part 9 - In Our Own Time, 1 & 2. Grade Level: S Subject: /ART/ Runtime: 114 minutes. Film No: VT-4758
- ART: AMERICAN 20TH CENTURY - The tape traces American art history from the opening of the Whitney Museum through the triumph of Abstract Expressionism and the impact on Pop Art and Minimalism in the 1970's. Grade Level: JSC Subject: /ART/ Runtime: 26 minutes. Film No: VT-1027
- ART: THE FUTURE OF THE PAST - The world's most innovative artists and scientists are join-ing forces to research ways of restoring and preserving ourartistic heritage. Grade Level: JSC Subject: /ART/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-2174
- ART: TWENTIETH CENTURY ARTISTIC REVOLUTIONS - The focus is on the unprecedented developments that took place in Western European Art and Music within the first decade of the twentieth century. Grade Level: SC Subject: /MUSIC/ART/ Runtime: 31 minutes. Film No: VT-1022
- ARTHROPODS, BIOLOGY OF - Explores arthropod characteristics & identifies the types,including millipedes, centipedes, arachnids, crustaceans,& insects. Grade Level: S Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 19 minutes. Film No: VT-4607
- ARTHROPODS, THOSE AMAZING - Examines the different types of arthropods, including crustaceans, arachnids, & insects. Ends with a short, optional video quiz. Grade Level: IJS Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 13 minutes. Film No: VT-5649
- ARTHROPODS: THE JOINTED-LEGGED ANIMALS - Illustrates the structural & functional characteristics,providing examples from each of the five classes & describes their evolutionary development. Grade Level: IJS Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 19 minutes. Film No: VT-4102
- ARTHUR WRITES A STORY - Arthur decides he needs a little imagination to make his life sound more interesting. Also includes Locked In The Library. Grade Level: KP Subject: Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-5922
- ARTHUR'S BABY - Arthur isn't sure he's ready for a new baby in the house. But will she like Arthur? Also " D.W.'s Baby"- Living with a new baby is no picnic. Grade Level: KP Subject: Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-6054
- ARTHUR'S CHICKEN POX - The circus is in town but Arthur has the chicken pox. Will he recover in time? Also "Arthur & the True Francine" - What could possibly come between friends. Grade Level: KP Subject: Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-6055
- ARTHUR'S COMPUTER ADVENTURE - Arthur wrecks his Mom's computer at tax season. Can he fix it before she finds out. Also "Arthur vs. The Piano" - Can he play in front of a real audience. Grade Level: KP Subject: Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-6056
- ARTHUR'S LOST LIBRARY BOOK - Arthur was the first to check out the Scare-Your-Pants-Off book & now he can't figure out where he put it. Also includes D.W.'s Imaginary Friend. Grade Level: KP Subject: Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-5921
- ARTHUR'S NEW PUPPY - Can Arthur teach his puppy to behave - or will he have to say good-bye to him. Also "Buster's Dino Dilemma" - Buster & Arthur are excited about a fossil-hunting trip. Grade Level: KP Subject: Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-6057
- ARTHUR'S PERFECT CHRISTMAS - Arthur discovers that the joy of Christmas isn't found in an artificial vision of the "perfect holiday." but in the wonderfully imperfect world in which he lives. Grade Level: KP Subject: Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-6061
- ARTHUR'S PET BUSINESS - Can Arthur prove to his parents that he's ready to take care of a puppy. Also "D.W. The Copycat" - D.W.'s going through a personality change. Grade Level: KP Subject: Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-6058
- ARTHUR'S SCARY STORIES - "Night Fright" He can't sleep without a night light. "What Scared Sue Ellen" A really creepy howling noise. "The Fright Stuff" Learn a lesson about practical jokes. Grade Level: KP Subject: Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-6059
- ARTHUR'S TEACHER TROUBLE - Arthur's biggest fear has come true, his new teacher is the dreaded Mr. Ratburn. Also " Arthur's Spelling Trouble" - The annual all school Spell-a-thon. Grade Level: KP Subject: Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-6060
- ARTIFACTS: PIECES OF THE PAST - Learn how sunken artifacts are traced, located & retrieved,& their importance in determining how ancient people lived."Atocha" shipwreck is featured. Grade Level: J Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 18 minutes. Film No: VT-4314
- ASHPET - Set in the rural South in the early years of World War II,Ashpet is a humorously touching version of Cinderella. Grade Level: IJ Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 45 minutes. Film No: VT-4318
- ASTROMONY
ASTRONOMY - This three segment video explains some of the basics of our knowledge of the universe - the solar system, the moon, & the stars. Grade Level: KPI Subject: Runtime: 25 minutes. Film No: VT-5704
- ASTRONOMERS: A WINDOW TO CREATION - Through years of effort, astronomers have found that the key to creation might be in the stars. A careful study ofthe universe might answer many questions. Grade Level: SC Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-1454
- ASTRONOMERS: PROSPECTING FOR PLANETS - Focuses on efforts to discover other planetary systems andlearn more about the planets of our own solar system. Grade Level: SC Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-1457
- ASTRONOMERS: SEARCHING FOR BLACK HOLES - Reviews the research and study done on the most amazingmodern concept in astronomy-"black holes," an object withsuch strong gravitational force that nothing escapes. Grade Level: SC Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-1453
- ASTRONOMERS: STARDUST - Like human beings, stars are born, live, and die. From the deaths of some stars comes the material for new stars-and for life itself. Grade Level: SC Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-1456
- ASTRONOMERS: WAVES OF THE FUTURE - Focuses on a future possibility, the quest to observe thethe universe in "gravity waves," a type of radiation longpredicted but never yet detected. Grade Level: SC Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-1455
- ASTRONOMERS: WHERE IS THE REST OF THE UNIVERSE - Of all the wonders of the Cosmos, the most stunning is the fact that most of the universe is "missing." The bulk of the universe consists of unknowns. Grade Level: SC Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-1452
- ASTRONOMY 101 - Opens the universe of sky watching to you & your students. Learn about telescopes & how & why constellations seem to move across the sky, also view the moon & planets. Grade Level: KPIJ Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 25 minutes. Film No: vt-3963
- AT THE CROSSROADS - Children in a South African shanty town anxiously await the return of their fathers from the mines. Grade Level: KP Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 7 minutes. Film No: VT-4834
- ATHENS & ANCIENT GREECE - Tour the Acropolis, walk the Theatre of Dionysus, & Delphi's Temple, places & events that have fired the imaginations of people for centuries. Grade Level: S Subject: /LANG ART/SOC ST/ Runtime: 70 minutes. Film No: VT-4806
- ATHENS: THE GOLDEN AGE - Charles Kahn gives an answer to the question: Why is fifth century Athens considered by many to have been the most civilized society that ever existed? Grade Level: SC Subject: /SOC ST/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-3040
- ATMOSPHERE IN MOTION - This program defines the atmosphere and identifies the characteristics of its upper and lower strata. Also identifies the major forces that determine motion. Grade Level: IJSC Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 14 minutes. Film No: VT-1585
- ATMOSPHERE: THE COMFORT BLANKET - This analysis of earth's atmosphere illustrates the blend of elements that protects life in the biosphere & acts as aplanetary thermostat. Grade Level: IJS Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 20 minutes. Film No: VT-4078
- ATOM: A CLOSER LOOK - Explores the progression of atomic research, theories on the structure of the atom, radiation, nuclear reactors, nuclear waste control and current uses of radioactivity. Grade Level: JS Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-3234
- ATOMS AND MOLECULES - Explains how the numbers and patterns form different molecules, the basic structure of atoms, transfer of electrons, nuclear reactions, fusion, and nuclear fusion. Grade Level: S Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 29 minutes. Film No: VT-3248
- ATOMS AND MOLECULES, HOW ABOUT - The composition of atoms and how they share, borrow, or steal each others electrons to form molecules are explainedin this basic view of atomic structure. Grade Level: JSC Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 26 minutes. Film No: VT-2102
- ATOMS: VIDEO QUIZ - Discover the intense world of atoms! Using colorful graphics this video reinforces important concepts, including the nucleus, protons, neutrons, electrons, plus much more. Grade Level: IJ Subject: Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-6313
- ATTITUDE, THE VALUE OF A GOOD - Scoop is going to meet radio star Rick Dees, but loses his voice. Rick arrives & teaches Scoop a good attitude can make the best of any situation. Grade Level: K Subject: /PER GUI/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-4217
- AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES: THE BIRDS OF AMERICA - Records his accomplishments as an artist who documented the entire pantheon of American birds & his observations of nature & life in the Americas wilderness. Grade Level: IJS Subject: /ART/ Runtime: 29 minutes. Film No: VT-4598
- AUSTRALIA - A travel log visit to Australia and New Zealand, lands ofdiverse scenic wonders and friendly people. Grade Level: IJS Subject: /SOC ST/ Runtime: 35 minutes. Film No: VT-1282
- AUSTRALIA: THE AUSTRALIAN WAY OF LIFE - Australia's first inhabitants and settlement by Europeans,land and wildlife, agriculture, mining, manufactoring,politics and culture all receive a review. Grade Level: IJSC Subject: /SOC ST/ Runtime: 21 minutes. Film No: VT-2332
- AUSTRIA - An overall look at Austria features stunning vistas and tourists highlights, including a taste of Austrian music,culture and cuisine. Grade Level: JS Subject: /SOC ST/ Runtime: 29 minutes. Film No: VT-3345
- AUSTRIA BY RAIL - Few train rides are as stunning as the one from Vienna to Innsbruch. Enjoy great scenery & fine local culture. In English Grade Level: JS Subject: /FOR/SOC ST/ Runtime: 50 minutes. Film No: VT-5589
- AUSTRIA, TOURING - Go skiing in the Alps, marvel at the Hofburg Palace, cruise the Blue Danube, see Innsbruck's riverside cafes, & more. Grade Level: JS Subject: /SOC ST/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-4849
- AUSTRIA: VIENNA - Go to the home of the waltz, Freud, Vienna Boys Choir, and Sachertorte. This Austrian City abounds in cultural delights In English. Grade Level: JS Subject: /FOR/SOC ST/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-5592
- AUSTRIAN ODYSSEY - Visit lush, flowered, alpine meadows, surrounded by floriousice-capped peaks. See an Austria that is a land of beauty, pageantry and music. Grade Level: JSC Subject: /SOC ST/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-2599
- AUTHORS: PROFILES - Is a compilation of CNN News reports that reflect on thelives and works of: Asimov, Baldwin, Haley, Dr. Seuss andTennessee Williams. Grade Level: JSC Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 15 minutes. Film No: VT-2138
- AUTOMOBILE, THE EARLY DAYS OF THE - Groucho Marx narrates the impact the automobile had on America during the transition from horse & buggy to horseless carriage. Grade Level: JS Subject: /SOC ST/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-4135
- AUTOMOBILES AND THE AMERICAN DREAM - Describes America's love affair with the automobile andexamines the techniques used by the car industry to sellmore cars. Grade Level: JSC Subject: /SOC ST/ Runtime: 50 minutes. Film No: VT-2976
- AUTUMN - As summer fades into fall, children converge on neglected schools to renew friendships. Leaves turn & the morning air takes on a sharp edge. Seasons Series. Grade Level: PI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 11 minutes. Film No: VT-474
- AUTUMN - As summer fades into fall, children converge on neglected schools to renew friendships. Leaves turn & the morning air takes on a sharp edge. Seasons Series Grade Level: PI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 11 minutes. Film No: VT-1044
- AUTUMN (SEASONS UNDER THE SUN) - See how animals get ready for winter, why deciduous leaves fall, & how latitude affects daylight length after the autumn equinox. Grade Level: PI Subject: Runtime: 15 minutes. Film No: VT-5980
- AUTUMN, CHILDREN IN - Students learn about how plants, animals, and people adjustto autumn's cool weather, short days, and changing foodsupply. Grade Level: P Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 12 minutes. Film No: VT-1572
- AUTUMN, CHILDREN IN - Students learn about how plants, animals, and people adjustto autumn's cool weather, short days, and changing foodsupply. Grade Level: P Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 12 minutes. Film No: VT-3700
- AUTUMN: NATURE'S SIGHTS AND SOUNDS - Autumn brings many color changes in the forest. This video also shows how animals prepare for scarcity of food which winters cold will bring. Grade Level: PI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 14 minutes. Film No: VT-2050
- AVALANCHE: RAGING PLANET - Presents the avalanche in its many deadly forms - snow, rock, mud, & ash - & salutes the dangerous work of those who toil to prevent them. Grade Level: IJS Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 27 minutes. Film No: VT-5389
- AVIATION: JET PILOT - Takes kids on a live-action look at real training missions,flight-simulations, and refueling missions to see what ittakes to be a jet pilot. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SOC ST/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-5013
- AVIATION: KITTY HAWK TO PARIS - Authentic film records and rare footage spotlight those keyyears, when heroic flyers blazed the trail that would oneday lead to the moon. Grade Level: JSC Subject: /SOC ST/ Runtime: 51 minutes. Film No: VT-1792
- AVIATION: PLANES - Goofy tours an airport & investigates both passenger & cargo transportation & meet members of the "team" who make it possible for planes to fly safely. Grade Level: P Subject: /SOC ST/ Runtime: 16 minutes. Film No: VT-4876
- AWESOME ADVENTURES: JAGGED PEAKS & KILLER CANYONS - Ride a hot air balloon above the Rockies, tackle the depths of a canyon, raft the cold Arkansas River & climb to the highest expansion bridge in the world. Grade Level: PIJ Subject: Runtime: 45 minutes. Film No: VT-5892
- AWESOME ADVENTURES: PARADISE & POLAR ICE - Visit one of the largest reefs in the world, journey to a cave where ancient Mayan ruins still exist, encounter a hot spring in the middle of Iceland & explore a rain forest. Grade Level: PIJ Subject: Runtime: 45 minutes. Film No: VT-5890
- AWESOME ADVENTURES: WILD WATER & WILD WEST - Captures the fun of a trip down Idaho's most powerful river. Also visit a ghost town, ride horseback & explore the wonders of Yellowstone. Grade Level: PIJ Subject: Runtime: 45 minutes. Film No: VT-5891
- BABE - When orphaned baby pig Babe makes the farmyard his new home, he seems destined to turn everything upside down. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 92 minutes. Film No: VT-4234
- BABE - When orphaned baby pig Babe makes the farmyard his new home,he seems destined to turn everything upside down. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 92 minutes. Film No: VT-4235
- BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN - Johann Sebastian Bach celebrates this prolific composer bytelling his story & playing his passionate music. Grade Level: JS Subject: /MUSIC/ Runtime: 15 minutes. Film No: VT-3690
- BACH'S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM - Tells the story of his struggle to follow his dream. Set in 1717, the video features performances of some of Bach's most famous compositions. Grade Level: PI Subject: /MUSIC/ Runtime: 53 minutes. Film No: VT-4148
- BACTERIA, UNDERSTANDING - Bacteria are on a rampage again - they've become immune to our antibiotics & new strains have evolved. This video also explores how bacteria are helpful. Grade Level: IJS Subject: Runtime: 51 minutes. Film No: VT-5819
- BACTERIA: SIMPLE ORGANISMS IN ACTION - Students will learn their ancient arigins & examine their unique characteristics. Discover not only the nasty effects of bacteria but also the helpful acts. Grade Level: IJ Subject: Runtime: 23 minutes. Film No: VT-6082
- BAHAMAS - Travel to the Islands and meet the fascinating people andvisit the exotic surroundings. Grade Level: IJS Subject: /SOC ST/ Runtime: 35 minutes. Film No: VT-1284
- BAKER - A child is magically whisked away to a bakery to learn the exciting aspects of a baker through kid-friendly explanation & demonstrations of the tasks involved. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 15 minutes. Film No: VT-4789
- BAKER - A child is magically whisked away to a bakery to learn the exciting aspects of a baker through kid-friendly explanation & demonstrations of the tasks involved. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 15 minutes. Film No: VT-3609
- BAKER'S HAWK - The story of a father - son relationship & depics how people sometimes hate & fear those who are different. Grade Level: IJ Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 98 minutes. Film No: VT-5474
- BALTIC STATES: LITHUANIA, LATIVIA, ESTONIA - Tour the revitalized Baltic States! Walk through the revered Hill of Crosses and experience country life in Rumsiskes. Grade Level: IJSC Subject: /SOC ST/ Runtime: 54 minutes. Film No: VT-2589
- BALTO - Animated adventure tells the heartwarming story of a very courageous part husky/part wolf in Alaska. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 78 minutes. Film No: VT-5096
- BAMBI - This simple, heartwarming story of the newborn "prince ofthe forest" reflects the universal joy of the wonders oflife & the beauty of nature. A Walt Disney classic. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 69 minutes. Film No: VT-298
- BAMBI - This simple, heartwarming story of the newborn "prince ofthe forest" reflects the universal joy of the wonders oflife & the beauty of nature. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 69 minutes. Film No: VT-20
- BAMBI: A LESSON IN PERSEVERENCE - Bambi presents an encouraging lesson for youngsters who must overcome embarrassment at failure or fear of trying as he tries to walk & talk for the 1st time. Lessons in Living S. Grade Level: PI Subject: /PER GUI/ Runtime: 8 minutes. Film No: VT-504
- BANJO: THE WOODPILE CAT - A loveable feline who just can't stay out of trouble runs away to the big city in this heartwarming animated tale. Grade Level: KPI Subject: Runtime: 29 minutes. Film No: VT-5863
- BARN BURNING - William Faulkner's story of a tenant farmer torn between his aversion to his father's violent nature & his attempts to win his acceptance. Grade Level: JSC Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 41 minutes. Film No: VT-1488
- BARN BURNING - William Faulkner's story of a tenant farmer torn between his aversion to his father's violent nature & his attempts to win his acceptance. Grade Level: JSC Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 41 minutes. Film No: VT-523
- BAROQUE TO NEOCLASSICISM - Features the work of Valasquez, Caravaggio, Frans Hals, Rembrandt & Rubens. Also includes commentary & analysis by noted historians of the period. Grade Level: S Subject: Runtime: 50 minutes. Film No: VT-5799
- BASKETBALL: SPORTS CLINIC - A variety of offensive & defensive concepts are presented in this program, including dribbling, passing, rebounding & playing against a smaller or larger opponent. Grade Level: JS Subject: /PE/ Runtime: 80 minutes. Film No: VT-79
- BASS BASICS, - STEP 1 - Covers: How to tune up quickly & accurately, how to changestrings, essential right & left hand techniques, & how todevelop bass lines. Grade Level: IJS Subject: /MUSIC/ Runtime: 36 minutes. Film No: VT-4272
- BASS BASICS, - STEP 2 - Covers: How to improve your picking, how to play with adrummer in various styles, popular blues bass lines, & mostpopular slap/pop funk techniques Grade Level: IJS Subject: /MUSIC/ Runtime: 33 minutes. Film No: VT-4273
- BATTLE AT ELDERBUSH GULCH, THE - The 1913 silent film starring Mae Marsh, Lillian Gish and Alfred Paget. Grade Level: JSA Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 25 minutes. Film No: VT-121
- BEAR, SUPER-NATURAL GRIZZLY - Shows the bears capturing salmon in mid-air as the fish leap out of the water. See grizzlies locked in a life & death fight & more. Grade Level: PIJ Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 40 minutes. Film No: VT-4305
- BEAR, THE (W. FAULKNER) - Set in the rural southeast of the 1880's. The Bear tells ofa young boy's rite of passage into adulthood. Grade Level: JSC Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 25 minutes. Film No: VT-3695
- BEAR, THE "VICTORY" - The story of an unusual relationship between an old man anda wild bear. Builds toward a finish that will leave youwith a wonderful appreciation of wild animals. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 30 minutes. Film No: VT-3030
- BEAR: AUTUMN WITH GRIZZLIES - Illustrates and explains the habitat, social hierarchy,interactive behavior, adaptations, life cycles and how bearsand wolves interact when feeding. Grade Level: PIJ Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 16 minutes. Film No: VT-2053
- BEAR: POLAR BEAR ALERT - Visit a Canadian village where the residents have learned tolive with a unique wildlife problem when the largest, mostdeadly carnivore in the Arctic migrates through it each fall Grade Level: IJSA Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-834
- BEARS, BROWN - Presents the brown bears of Alaska as they eat, swim, fish, and care for their young. Also shows how biologists tag them so as to track their activities. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 13 minutes. Film No: VT-4659
- BEATRIX POTTER, TALES OF - A wonderful way to introduce young students to the fairy tale world of Peter Rabbit and friends. Includes a brief read along section. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 43 minutes. Film No: VT-3395
- BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Beauty and the Beast will enthrall both young and old, for-ever reminding us that true beauty comes from within. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 84 minutes. Film No: VT-2127
- BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Beauty and the Beast will enthrall both young and old, forever reminding us that true beauty comes from within. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 84 minutes. Film No: VT-2126
- BEAVER POND - Surrounded by the majestic wilderness of the rockies, a family of beavers creates and maintains a serene pond that supports an entire community of plants and animals. Grade Level: IJS Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 60 minutes. Film No: VT-261
- BEAVERS: BUILDERS OR DESTROYERS - While lots of animals find sanctuary in ponds from beaver dams, humans are forever battling the beaver, whose work causes flooding of roads & towns. Grade Level: KPI Subject: /SCI/ Runtime: 15 minutes. Film No: VT-4056
- BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS - Disney's enchanting story of an amateur English witch who joins up with three Cockney waifs to help save war-torn Britain from Nazi invaders. Grade Level: KPIJ Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 117 minutes. Film No: VT-1174
- BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS - Disney's enchanting story of an amateur English witch who joins up with three Cockney waifs to help save war-torn Britain from Nazi invaders. Grade Level: KPIJ Subject: /LANG ART/ Runtime: 117 minutes. Film No: VT-1175
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