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