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ERC Multimedia
CD-ROMs
Videos
- Salem
witch trials
[ERC] BF1576.S34 S35 1998 (AV)
- Prelude
to war
[ERC] D743.23 .P92 1995 (AV)
- The Holocaust
[ERC] D804.3 .H656 1994 (AV)
Originating from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,
Cronkite examines the history of the Jewish Holocaust in World
War II.
- Survivors
of the Holocaust
[ERC] D810.J4 S86 1996 (AV)
Chronicles the events of the Holocaust as witnessed by those who
survived. The program weaves together archival footage and an
original music score with survivors' personal testimonies and
photographs, chronicling life in pre-war Europe, the devastating
impact of Nazism, the liberation of the concentration camps and
life fifty years later. Contains an additional segment, hosted
by Ben Kingsley, which takes the viewer behind the scenes at Survivors
of the Shoah Visual History Foundation. Included is footage of
Steven Spielberg himself, discussing and describing this, his
most ambitious project ever.
- Athens
& ancient Greece
[ERC] DF78 .A853 1995 (AV)
Explores ancient Greek customs and everyday life, presented as
if touring in 5th century B.C., seeing the temples, sculpture,
monuments--an historical travelogue.
- Rome
& Pompeii
[ERC] DG63 .R6 1993 (AV)
The grandeur of Imperial Rome and Pompeii is reconstructed by
archeologists, historians, and video artists.
- Vikings
[ERC] DL65 .A2 (AV)
- In the
footsteps of Alexander the Great
[ERC] DS10 .I522 1997 (AV)
Wood traces the route of Alexander and his Greek army as they
set out to invade Asia and overthrow the Persian Empire.
- Arab
& Jew
[ERC] DS119.7 .A73 2002 (AV)
Combining new material with interviews that appeared in the original
program, "Arab & Jew, wounded spirits in a promised land" this
documentary examines the tension between Arabs and Jews living
within lands under jurisdiction of the Israeli state, including
the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and explores their prejudices,
stereotypes, and interactions.
- The 50
years war
[ERC] DS119.7 .F53 2000 (AV)
Begins with the 1947 UN decision to partition Palestine and continues
to current day (1998). The film includes interviews and news clips
of heads of state and other military and intelligence leaders.
Traces history of Palestinian Liberation Organization.
- Anne
Frank
[ERC] DS135.A78 1998 (AV)
- Secrets
of the pharaohs
[ERC] DT60 .S43 2001 (AV)
- Egypt
eternal
[ERC] DT61 .E39 2002 (AV)
This National Geographic Special shows treasures from the Cliffside
of Tombs to the Valley of the Golden Mummies.
- Pyramid
[ERC] DT63 .P9 (AV)
Uses the Grand Pyramid of Giza to chronicle the step-by-step process
of building a pyramid. Combines location footage with animation
to tell the entire story.
- Skin
Deep, 1960
[ERC] DT1757 .S54 1999 (AV)
Skin deep combines rare archival film footage, thought-provoking
interviews and first-person accounts to offer a vivid picture
of the struggle for racial equality in both America and South
Africa.
- The ancestors
[ERC] E77 (AV)
The first of eight programs exploring the history and culture
of North America. The Anasazi transform the arid Southwest and
construct the 800-room Pueblo Bonito, depicted by computer animation.
Cliff Palace provides a glimpse into a prospering society. Cahokia
was the largest city in the U.S. before 1800, and yet few have
ever heard of it.
- Native
American Indians
[ERC] E77 .N38 1994 (AV)
A live-action re-creation of the history, crafts, and culture
of Native Americans.
- Mystery
of the first Americans
[ERC] E77.9 .M97 2000 (AV)
In 1996, near Kennewick, Washington, a suspected murder victim
is identified by forensic anthropologists as Caucasian - but turns
out to be almost 10,000 years old. The discovery of the Kennewick
Man, along with several other startling finds in recent years,
has embroiled scientists in a bitter conflict with Native American
groups who want the scientific study of early Americans halted.
- The iron
road
[ERC] E178 .A5 I76 (AV)
With the discovery of gold in California in 1849, fortune hunters
poured into the western United States so fast that California
was added to the union as a state in 1850. This is the story of
the completion of the transcontinental railroad which reduced
the cross-country trip from several months to just nine and one
half days, and meant for the first time that the United States
was truly united.
- America's
explorers and pioneers
[ERC] E179.5.A65 1999 (AV)
This program is about those American explorers and pioneers who
were the pathfinders; those who first explored the valleys, rivers
and mountains of America, and those who were the first to make
it their home.
- The shadow
of hate
[ERC]E184.A1 S55 1995
Examines 4 centuries of United States history in order to understand
the nation's record of intolerance. Includes documentary footage
and eyewitness reports.
- Eyes
on the prize
[ERC] E185.615 .E93 (AV)
- Martin
Luther King-- I have a dream
[ERC] E185.615 .K5 (AV)
Documentary on events surrounding the march on Washington in 1963,
including King's speech. Also includes excerpts from other speeches
of the era.
- A time
for justice
[ERC]E185.615 .T5 1992 (kit)
Depicts the battle for civil rights, recalling the crises in Montgomery,
Little Rock, Birmingham, and Selma and reveals the heroism of
the individuals involved.
- The speeches
of our founding fathers & the American Revolution
[ERC] E188.5 .S634 1997 (AV)
- Africans
in America
[ERC] E441 .A37 1998 (AV)
Considers the contradictions that lie at the heart of the founding
of the American nation. The infant democracy pronounced all men
to be created equal while enslaving one race to benefit another.
Portrays the struggles of the African people in America, from
their arrival in the 1600s to the last days before the Civil War.
- Saga
of Slavery
[ERC] E441 .S86 (AV)
Traces the history of slavery in the United States.
- American
civil war
[ERC] E468 .T2 (AV)
- Half
the people
[ERC] E839.H354 1999 (AV)
By the late 1960's, women challenged every facet of male dominance
in American society, uniting for the goal of equal rights. This
episode relates how women broke down barriers to govern nations,
lead corporations and confront the abortion issue.
- The Mayflower
Pilgrims
[ERC] F68 .M394 1996 (AV)
Looks at the Mayflower Pilgrims, their philosophies and the legacy
they created which formed the bedrock of American democracy.
- The Statue
of liberty
[ERC] F128.64 .L6 (AV)
Features archival photographs, paintings and drawings to tell
the story of the statue's construction and installation, along
with readings from diaries, letters and newspaper accounts. Part
2 includes interviews with New York Governor Mario Cuomo, writers
James Baldwin and Jerzy Kosinski and musician Ray Charles. Film
clips show Charlie Chaplin, Jimmy Stuart and Charleton Heston
in Hollywood episodes with the statue.
- Mighty
times
[ERC]F334 .B6 M66 2005 (kit)
- Mighty
times
[ERC]F334.M753 P372 2002
Over the course of a year, the Montgomery Bus Boycott would test
the endurance of the peaceful protestors, overturn an unjust law
and create a legacy of mighty times that continue to inspire those
who work for freedom and justice today--Container.
- Ruby
Bridges
[ERC] F379.N59 N3 (AV)
Based on the true story of six-year-old Ruby, one of the first
Black students to integrate public elementary school in New Orleans.
- Westward,
the course of empire takes its way
[ERC] F591 .W477 1995 (AV)
Covers the period of 1845 to 1864, from the first decades of expansion
up to the Civil War.
- Lewis
& Clark
[ERC] F592.7 .B8 1997 (AV)
Tells the story of the most important expedition in American history,
led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Includes the
stories of the young army men, French-Canadian boatmen, Clark's
African-American slave, and the Shoshone woman named Sacagawea
who went with them.
- Lewis
& Clark
[ERC] F592.7 .L49 2002 (AV)
- The Oregon
trail
[ERC] F597 .O73 1997 (AV)
A we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Oregon
Trail, western entertainer and poet, Red Steagall, takes us on
a fact-filled voyage across the 2,000 mile route of America's
Great Migration-- from Independence, Missouri to Independence,
Oregon. Told through historic photographs and modern reenactments,
this is the story of those courageous pioneers who, in the 1840's,
ventured into an uncharted wilderness, toward an uncertain future,
in order to settle the West.
- Conquistadors
[ERC] F1411 .C67 2001 (AV)
- Lost
King of the Maya
[ERC] F1435.1.C7 L67 2001 (AV)
"From 200 to 900 A.D., the dynasty of Blood Lords presided over
the Maya city of Copan, conducting hallucinogenic vision quests,
ritual warfare and human sacrifice. Today, a team of archaeologists
and historians are piecing together a more complete look at the
fascinating rise and fall of Copan civilization and Yax K'uk Mo's
pivotal role as founder."--Container excerpt.
- Our American
landscape
[ERC] G73 .O9 1997 (AV)
Enjoy the natural beauty of America while learning fascinating
information and little know facts about each state. Visit the
highest mountains, the lowest deserts and the biggest swamplands
on this whirlwind, state-by-state trip across America.
- Great
geography
[ERC] G128 .G74 2002 (AV)
Host Cindy Meintzer explains how the study of the earth and all
things on it make up the vast topic of geography.
- Geography
[ERC] G133 .G56x 1991 (AV)
Answers questions such as: What are maps and globes? What are
latitude and longitude? What is pollution? What is the difference
between weather and climate?
- Seashore
[ERC] GB451.2 .S42 1996 (AV)
A mixture of animation, still photos and live footage serves as
a background for a narrated introduction to the geological, biological
and cultural history of human beings' involvement with our coast
lines.
- Island
[ERC] GB471 .I87 1997 (AV)
Journey from tropical paradises to some of nature's bleakest outposts.
- Mountain
[ERC] GB511 .M685 1997 (AV)
Explores the formation of mountains, and the diverse creatures
that inhabit them.
- Ocean
[ERC] GC21 .O22 1997 (AV)
Visit the alien world of the deep and come face to face with some
of the most bizarre creatures on our planet.
- Chasing
El Nino
[ERC] GC296.8.E4 C43 1998 (AV)
NOVA explores El Nino's myths, reveals its devastation and exlains
it fascinating origins. Scientists track El Nino with a series
of information- gathering buoys stationed across the Pacific Basin.
The data provides both answers and raises questions.
- The missing
link
[ERC] GN282.5 .M57 2002 (AV)
"Joins several scientific detectives as they travel to South Africa,
Latvia, Greenland, and Pennsylvania in a remarkable search for
fossilized remains that may reveal new clues about the nature
and identity of this mysterious part fish and part four-legged
animal"--Container.
- The celebration
of Kwanzaa
[ERC] GT4403 .C45 1996 (AV)
Celebrating the African-American holiday of Kwanzaa, giving thanks
for first fruits and rekindling important principles for seven
days.
- The industrial
revolution
[ERC] HC103 .I53 1999 (AV)
A student presentation about the Industrial Revolution.
- The magic
school bus getting energized
[ERC] HC103.7 .M24 1997 (AV)
The class needs to power their bus's hottest ride. Mikey plugs
into a powerhouse of alternative energy sources.
- Transcontinental
railroads
[ERC] HE2751 .T734 1995 (AV)
America's first transcontinental railroad system was finally completed
on May 10, 1869, a decade after it began. This is the story of
the struggle to forge an iron link across the untamed West.
- Money
rock
[ERC] HG179.M6 1998 (AV)
- The Story
of Immigration
[ERC] JV6450 .S86 (AV)
Traces the history of immigration in the United States.
- United
States Constitution
[ERC] KF 4541 .Z9 U55 1999 (AV)
Uses American political science experts as well as live action
and documentary photography to explain and amplify the United
States Constitution.
- Independence
[ERC] KF4550 (AV)
Dramatization of the events leading up to America's declaration
of Independence from English rule.
- United
States Bill of Rights
[ERC] KF4749 .U55 (AV)
Shows the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to The Constitution
of the United States.
- World
War I
[ERC] L940.3 W893 (AV)
- Colonial
days
[ERC] L973.2 C714 (AV)
Professor I.M. Smart and his assistant, Jeannie Yuss help students
learn about life in the 13 American colonies. Includes review
questions.
- Revolutionary
War
[ERC] L973.3 R328 (AV)
Professor I.M. Smart and his assistant, Jeannie Yuss help students
learn about the American Revolutionary War. Includes review questions.
- Pathways
to lifelong learning
[ERC] LB1050.P37 2002 (AV)
- How the
brain learns
[ERC] LB1057 .H69 2000 (AV)
- Grammar
rock
[ERC] LB1555 .S366 1995 (AV)
A series of fast-acting musical vignettes using the different
parts of speech in such a way that learning them is made easy.
- Learning
to confer
[ERC] LB1576 .H337 (AV)
In her book, Writing through childhood, Shelley Harwayne set up
a framework to guide teachers in responding to student writing.
Now, with this video, watch Shelley conferring with several children
about their writing. Based on the conference guidelines she explains
in her book, the video follows Shelley as she gently inquires
how a student feels about being asked to write, notices if a student
takes risks as a writer, checks whether a student understands
what writing is for, and ensures (once the above conditions are
in place) that a student has strategies in hand for improving
the work.
- Navigating
informational texts
[ERC] LB1576 .H698 2003 (AV)
- A place
at the table
[ERC]LC1099.3 .P55 2000 (AV)
The video explores how our nation has pursued -- and is still
pursuing -- the dream of liberty and justice for all. The narrators
are eight teenagers from around the country whose families have
experienced the struggle for that dream.
- The SIOP
model
[ERC]LC3719 .S561 2002
A research-based approach that teachers can use to help English
learners succeed academically.
- I can
soar :
[ERC] LC4015 .I25 2003 (AV)
Designed to raise awareness of the benefits of assistive technology,
this resource kit was commissioned by the U.S. Office of Special
Education Programs for parents, educators, and school administrators
who work with students who have disabilities. Includes case studies
of four students in kindergarten, grade 6, grade 8, and grade
11.
- The magic
school bus butterflies!
[ERC] LT5130 .S28 M242 1999 (AV)
When Ms. Frizzle's class gets zapped to bug size and discovers
that there's no surprise... like butterlies!.
- The Magic
school bus taking flight
[ERC] LT5210.S28 M247 1997 (AV)
Ms. Frizzle and her class shrink down to fly in a radio-controlled
airplane as they study the principles of flight.
- The magic
school bus under construction
[ERC] LT5400.S28 M248 2000 (AV)
When Wanda's little brother accidentally port-a-shrinks Ms. Frizzle
and the kids, they end up trapped in a bathroom with no way out.
By using the materials at hand, and some very constructive ideas,
they're soon building hair- roller towers and Band-Aid bridges
as they discover something surprising-- the power of improvising!
- American
visions
[ERC] N6505 .A629 1997 (AV)
Presents a glimpse of American history through its visual art,
painting, sculpture, architecture and monuments. Follows nearly
three centuries of creativity, exploring a nation whose art mirrors
its diversity.
- Cathedral
[ERC] NA 4830 .C385 (AV)
Tells the story of the construction of Notre Dame de Beaulieu,
a fictional gothic cathedral in medieval France. Since the construction
techniques that are demonstrated, such as building with flying
buttresses and stained glass, are no longer used in the modern
world, this program clearly illustrates to a contemporary audience
how all the parts of this process came together to make an entire
cathedral.
- Race
to freedom
[ERC] PN1997 .R12 1995 (AV)
Follows the escape of four slaves to Canada through the "underground
railroad," a carefully constructed network of whites and free
blacks who risk their lives to shelter, feed, and conceal the
slaves in their courageous quest for freedom.
- Squanto
[ERC] PN1997.S682 S68 1994 (AV)
Depicts the story of Squanto, a Native American who escaped enslavement
by the early white settlers to become a leader of his people.
- Life
and death in Britain's ancient theaters
[ERC] PN2589 .L54 1996 (AV)
Delves into the magical world of the Elizabethan stage, a time
when actors were worshipped and playwrights immortalized. With
a dozen grand theaters, including Shakespeare's Globe, the theater-mad
masses could expect almost anything: legends of knights, Biblical
ceremonies, and tales of nobility struck down from their high
horse.
- The scarlet
letter
[ERC] PS1868 .A12 2000 (AV)
- Water
and weather
[ERC] Q163.T4 (AV)
Presents and answers questions about water and weather such as:
What makes the weather? What is a storm? What makes a wind? What
is fog? What is snow? What makes a cyclone?
- Mammals
[ERC] Q163.T4 (AV)
Answers questions children ask about mammals. Included are questions
such as : Why are whales considered mammals? Can seals live underwater?
Why does the kangaroo have a pouch? Why do elephants have big
ears? Why do bats hang upside down?
- Life
forms, animals, and animal oddities
[ERC] Q163.T4 (AV)
Presents and answers questions about life forms, animals and animal
oddities such as : What are animals, what are vertebrates, do
animals laugh or cry, how do worms crawl? This video is an invaluable
learning tool that provides children with the answers they want
and need.
- Gems,
metals and minerals
[ERC] Q163.T4 (AV)
Presents and answers questions about gems, metals and minerals
such as: What are fossils? What are mountains and volcanoes? What
is atomic weight? What are minerals? What is stackactite? What
are gems?
- Fish,
shellfish and other underwater life
[ERC] Q163.T4 (AV)
Presents and answers questions about underwater life. Discover
innermost secrets of fish; learn about the clam, the shark, &
the slippery eel.
- Animals
and arachnids
[ERC] Q163.T4 (AV)
Presents and answers questions about animals and arachnids such
as : How did dogs get their names? Why do cats have whiskers?
What is a cheetah? Are a donkey and jackass the same? How do spiders
spin their webs? What is a scorpion? It's an invaluable learning
tool that provides kids with the answers they want and need.
- Insects
[ERC] Q163.T4 (AV)
Presents and answers questions about insects such as: What is
a moth? What are caterpillars? How many kinds of flies are there?
How are flies born? How do insects breathe? Why do mosquitoes
hum?
- Flowers,
plants and trees
[ERC] Q163.T4 (AV)
Presents and answers questions about flowers, plants, and trees
such as: What is a weed? What is a seed? What products come from
trees? How do flowers grow? What is wood?
- Birds
and rodents
[ERC] Q163.T4 (AV)
Presents and answers questions about birds and rodents such as
: What is a rodent? What is a mouse? What keeps a duck afloat?
How can birds fly? Where do penguins live? This is an invaluable
learning tool, providing kids with the answers they want and need.
- The scientific
method
[ERC] Q175 (AV)
Defines three basic components of the scientific method--observation,
hypothesizing, experimentation.
- Scientific
problem solving
[ERC] Q175.S354 1992 (AV)
This program takes a student through the correct steps for solving
a problem scientifically.
- Teaching
math
[ERC] QA135.5 .T39 1995 (AV)
Provides visual examples of standards-based teaching and learning
for K through 4 mathematics teachers, teacher educators, and professional
development leaders.
- Lost
at sea
[ERC] QB225 .L67 1998 (AV)
"Before global positioning systems, modern map making -- even
before America was America -- the concept of longitude was just
a dream. Without its guidance, navigation in the 1700s was both
unpredictable and deadly," until a country carpenter named John
Harrison solved the mystery--Container.
- Countdown
to the invisible universe
[ERC] QB470 .C685 1991 (AV)
Looks at Infrared Astronomical Satellite which can view regions
of the sky hidden from sight and providing a new window on the
universe.
- Magic
school bus gets lost in space
[ERC] QB500.22 .C64 1995 (AV)
When Ms. Frizzle's class gets lost while on a field trip in outer
space, Arnold's know-it-all cousin Janet may be the only one who
can save them.
- Planets
[ERC] QB601.9.P547 1997 (AV)
The latest information about the Earth's celestial neighbors and
the sun, based on space probe research. Includes animation as
well as images from the Voyager, Magellan, and Galileo missions.
- The magic
school bus out of this world
[ERC] QB651 M345 1995 (AV)
D.A. sees space rocks on a crash course with the school, and the
class takes the bus out to explore.
- Death
of a star
[ERC] QB801.7 .D438 1987 (AV)
Documentary on supernovas, focusing on the 1987 explosion of a
giant star and its repercussions in the world of astrophysics.
- The magic
school bus plays ball
[ERC] QC127.4.M25 (AV)
Dorothy Ann loves her physics book; Ralphie loves baseball. Ms.
Frizzle ingeniously combines the two in a page-hopping adventure
through Dorothy Ann's book to a "Frictionless baseball game."
The whole class learns about pushes and pulls in a remarkable
day at a thoroughly unique ball game.
- Scholastic's
the magic school bus makes a rainbow
[ERC] QC495.5 2001 (AV)
In order to win at Ms. Frizzle's pinball machine, the kids must
light up all six colors of the rainbow.
- Scholastic's
The magic school bus kicks up a storm
[ERC] QC981.S3 1995 (AV)
It's a hot and muggy summer day, and the heat's gone to Ralphie's
head. The Friz asks:"What makes the weather?" then transforms
the bus into a weathermobile and in a wild ride through the skies--
gives Ralphie the opportunity to become the meteorological superhero
of his dreams.
- Warnings
from the ice
[ERC] QC981.8.G56 W37 1998
Experts probe the Antartic ice for clues to the mystery of rapid
climate change.
- What's
up with the weather?
[ERC] QC981.8.G56 W453 2000 (AV)
Film explores the question of whether or not the changes in the
weather are man-made. Topic focuses on the concepts of global
warming and the greenhouse effect.
- The magic
school bus blows its top[videorecording]
[ERC] QE521.3 .H47 1996 (AV)
Dorothy Ann's interest in physics and Ralphie's in baseball have
common ground when the Magic School Bus takes the class to a friction
free baseball field.
- The magic
school bus
[ERC] QE862.D5 M345 1997(AV)
- Desert
[ERC] QH88 .D474 1996 (AV)
Trek across the deserts of the world to meet their inhabitants
and see how they find and conserve water.
- Treasures
of the Great Barrier Reef
[ERC] QH95.55.G7 .T732 1995 (AV)
An exploration of the undersea world of the Great Barrier Reef
off Australia.
- Magic
school bus gets eaten
[ERC] QH541.14 .R45 1996 (AV)
A trip to the ocean becomes a search for the connection between
Arnold's soggy shoe full of pond scum and Keesha's tuna fish sandwich.
The bus shrinks and travels through the ocean food chain--getting
eaten along the way!
- Jungle
[ERC] QH541.5.J8 J8 1994 (AV)
Why do rain forests harbor the greatest concentration of life
in the world? Fully comprehend why this mysterious world is vital
in maintaining our planet's ecological balance.
- Pond
& river
[ERC] QH541.5.P63 P663 1996 (AV)
A look at the range of plants and animals found in fresh water,
examing the living conditions and survival mechanisms of creatures
dwelling at the edge of water, on its surface, or under the mud.
- Magic
school bus in the rain forest
[ERC] QH541.5.R27 M34 2000 (AV)
"To celebrate Earth Day, the kids surprise Ms. Frizzle with her
very own cocoa tree from the Rainforest Rental Catalog. But when
the tree's cocoa bean harvest falls mysteriously short, it's time
for, you guessed it, a rousing tropical field trip!"--Container.
- The magic
school bus goes to seed
[ERC] QK661 .M25 (AV)
The class's garden is to be featured in a magazine, but one of
the plots is empty. Ms. Frizzle shrinks the bus to the size of
a ladybug, and the class is off and flying to find a plant for
it.
- The Magic
school bus gets planted
[ERC] QK882 .M33 2001 (AV)
Ms. Frizzle turns Phoebe into a real vine to help her learn how
plants eat.
- See how
forest animals grow
[ERC] QL49 .S441 1993 (AV)
Profiles the growth of 4 forest animals, from infancy to young
adulthood. Shows owls, mice, ants, and chipmunks.
- Arctic
& Antarctic
[ERC] QL104 (AV)
A mixture of animation and live footage serves as a background
for a narrated introduction to the general ecology and animal
life of the two polar regions and to their place in human history.
- Desert
animals
[ERC] QL116 .D47 1996 (AV)
Watch the baby tarantula, gerbil, tortoise and gecko as they get
an early sunny start on the adventures of life.
- Shark
attack!
[ERC] QL121 .C743 1996 (AV)
Examines how and why sharks stalk and kill their prey: seals,
albatross chicks, and man.
- The private
lives of dolphins
[ERC] QL121 .C743 1996 (AV)
Looks at attempts to study dolphins in their natural setting since
much of what is known is based on captive animals. Includes discussion
of sexual behavior, alliances and violent behavior.
- Creatures
of the sea
[ERC] QL122.2 .C74 1993 (AV)
- See how
pond animals grow
[ERC] QL146.3 .S441 1993 (AV)
Profiles the growth of 4 pond animals, from infancy to young adulthood.
Shows a dragonfly, a frog, a duck, and a salamander.
- Shell
[ERC] QL405 (AV)
A mixture of animation and live footage serves as a background
for a narrated introduction to the concept of the shell as a protective
feature in plant and animal world.
- The magic
school bus spins a web
[ERC] QL459 .M345 1999 (AV)
The kids in the magic school bus are all zapped into a giant preying
mantis and learn the many ingenious hunting methods of spiders.
- Odyssey
of life
[ERC] QL463 .O41 1996 (AV)
Lennart Nilsson's micro-photography introduces the viewer to the
world of microscopic insects and microorganisms that live on and
in our bodies and our homes.
- The magic
school bus in a beehive
[ERC] QL568.A6 .M345 1999 (AV)
The kids in the magic school bus shrink down and buzz into the
inner world of a beehive. They learn how nectar becomes honey,
why bees are great dancers, and other bee behaviors.
- The magic
school bus "gets ants in its pants"
[ERC] QL568 .F7 M25 (AV)
Ms. Frizzle's class visit the inside of an ant hill to observe
them at close range.
- Little
creatures who run the world
[ERC] QL568.P7 L577 1995 (AV)
Wilson, an ant authority, discusses the "family values" in ant
society, where all work industriously and share with extended
family.
- Reptile
[ERC] QL665 .R467 1994 (AV)
Documentary on reptiles. Explains their origins, physical traits,
& behavior.
- Mammal
[ERC] QL703 .M366 1996 (AV)
A revealing look at animals great and small from the family of
mammals.
- The All
American bear
[ERC] QL737.C27 A45x 1989 (AV)
Documentary on the black bear, covering a year in its life, and
investigating the phenomena of hibernation.
- Scholastic's
The magic school bus going batty
[ERC] QL737 .C5 (AV)
When Ms. Frizzle invites the class's parents for a meeting to
demonstrate the exciting things their children are learning about
noctural animals, Ralphie becomes convinced that The Friz is a
vampire.
- Mystery
of the animal pathfinders
[ERC] QL754 (AV)
- Life's
greatest miracle
[ERC] QP251 .L544 2001 (AV)
The development of a child from conception to birth, using both
microimagery and the story of a young couple preparing for their
first child.
- Surviving
AIDS
[ERC] RA644.A25 S97 1999 (AV)
Bob Massie has survived with AIDS since 1978 without the help
of drugs. What immunologists, physicians, molecular biologists
and courageous patients are learning will help achieve the ultimate
goal: every AIDS patient a long-term survivor.
- Magic
school bus inside Ralphie
[ERC] RC113 .M24 1995 (AV)
Ralphie is crushed when a fever and sore throat keep him home
from school the day he's scheduled to host FNN (Frizzle News Network)
television broadcast on health.
- Dying
to be thin
[ERC] RC552.E18 D94 2000 (AV)
Looks at the eating disorders anorexia nervosa and bulimia, current
treatments, and the American obsession with thin women. Interviews
health experts and models, ballet dancers, and other young women
who are seeking recovery or have conquered their disease.
- Growing
up with autism
[ERC] RJ506 .A2 (AV)
Taylor Crowe, a 19-year-old, shares his experiences as an autistic
individual through home movies and personal recollections. Includes
an update by Taylor Crowe.
- Roman
city
[ERC] TA 16 .R66 (AV)
Shows how the Romans planned and constructed their cities for
the people who lived within them and used these cities to link
their vast empire into a commercial and political unit. Live-action
segments visit historical sites and reveal how these structures
were built and used. Animated segments tell the story of the construction
and conflicts of a fictional Roman city in the newly conquered
territory of Gaul.
- The magic
school bus flexes its muscles
[ERC] TJ211.2 .M34 1997 (AV)
Ms. Frizzle's class tries to build a robot to do their chores
by studying how the human body works. The robot has problems and
they learn how complex the human body really is.
- Three
men and a balloon
[ERC] TL621.V57 S28 1996 (AV)
Follow Richard Branson, Per Lindstrand, and Rory McCarthy as they
set out to be the first to circumnavigate the world in a hot-air
balloon. NOVA follows the effort from designing a balloon capable
of entering the jet stream 8 miles up to survival training aimed
at saving their lives in a catastrophe. Includes footage of their
harrowing flight.
- Rescue
mission in space
[ERC] TL867 .R47 1994 (AV)
Documentary on the dramatic space repair job of the Hubble space
telescope.
- Mill
times
[ERC] TS1315 .M54 2002 (AV)
Live action segments introduce the Industrial Revolution and animated
story.
- Castle
[ERC] UG405 .C3 1995 (AV)
Presents an animated tale about a fictional thirteenth-century
fortress and town built by King Edward I to subdue the rebellious
Welsh. Includes live- action sequences in which David Macaulay
explains the history and architecture that inspired the fictional
castle.
- Top gun
over Moscow
[ERC] UG1242.F5 T67 1996 (AV)
Former enemies meet in an atmosphere of mutual respect as NOVA
accompanies pilot and aviation writer Jeff Ethell to an air base
outside Moscow for a visit with the Russian Knights. The Russians
invite their guests inside the cockpits of their Migs and SUs
for a brain-numbing ride to demonstrate their aerobatic skills.
As these pilots from opposite sides of the world swap questions
and stories, a brief history of Russian and Soviet air combat
unfolds, using images that were locked away in Moscow military
archives for generations. The program also takes a detailed look
at the design, firepower and capabilities of Russia's combat jets
-- still among the most awesome flying machines invented by man.
- Aircraft
carrier
[ERC] V874.3 .A37 1994 (AV)
- The race
to the White House
[ERC] VR324.63 Rac (AV)
The video explores the process of electing an American president.
It explains each hurdle in the race, from the primaries to the
national conventions, rounding the curve to the electoral college
and on to the White House.
- Solving
information problems the Big6 way
[ERC] ZA3075 .S64 2003 (AV)
Using a lively, student-friendly approach, this engaging new video
introduces the Big6 skills to upper elementary and middle school
students. Viewers follow a student, Bobby, as he learns and applied
the Big6 to complete a school research assignment. With the help
of his mentor and friend, Travis, Bobby's attitude and abilities
change from reluctance and confusion to confidence and proficiency
in information problem solving.
- One survivor
remembers
[ERC]D810.J4 K56 2005
Through a series of interviews, photographs and footage shot in
the actual locations of her memories, Gerda Weissmann Klein takes
us on her journey of survival of the Holocaust.
- Squanto
& the first Thanksgiving
[ERC]E99.W2 S68 2005
A biography of the Pawtuxet Indian who, after his capture, escape,
and return to his childhood home, helped the Pilgrims establish
the colony of Plymouth.
- Follow
the drinking gourd
[ERC]GR72 .F65 2005
A cartoon story based on the traditional American folksong that
recounts the compelling adventures of one family's escape from
slavery via the Underground Railroad.
- The lion
and the lamb
[ERC]GR72 .L54 2005
The wondrous fable of an escaped lion and a new-born lamb who
teach a brother and sister about the true spirit of Christmas.
- The monkey
people
[ERC] GR118.A4 M745 2005
In the Amazon, magic monkeys come mysteriously to do the villager's
work, but soon the villagers wish the monkeys had never come.
- The tailor
of Gloucester
[ERC]GR141 .T35 2005
Some small mice return a kindness to a tailor in need of help.
- Finn
McCoul
[ERC]GR153.5 .R22 F514 2005
The hilarious legend in which the famous Irish hero Finn McCoul
and his clever wife Oonagh defeat the brutish giant Cucullin once
and for all.
- The tiger
and the Brahmin
[ERC]GR305 .T54 2005
Traditional Indian folktale about a well-meaning Brahmin who makes
the unfortunate mistake of freeing a ferocious tiger from its
cage.
- It's
so much work to be your friend
[ERC]HQ783 .L38 2005
The lives of most children are filled with joy, laughter, and
their daily adventures with friends, classmates, and teammates.
Some children, however, seem unable to make these important connections
with peers and, as a result, are often islolated and ignored.
Richard Lavoie explores the causes and consequences of "social
incompetence." He provides strategies for teaching friendship
skills in the classroom, at home, and in the community.
- Optimizing
different learning styles
[ERC]LB1117 .O68 2004
Guide to teachers for recognizing their students' styles of acquiring
and working with information: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic.
Discusses observation techniques used by visual learners; the
hearing and repetition procedures by auditory learners, and the
hands-on approach of kinesthetic learners. Identifies ways educators
can plan and implement strategies that will best meet the students'
learning style.
- The effective
teacher
[ERC]LB1775.2 .E33 2004
The Effective Teacher, an eight-part program, shows what effective
teachers do to promote student achievement.
- Inclusion,
issues for educators
[ERC]LC4015 .I52 2004
This documentary, for all educators, focuses on particular teachers
and administrators in Illinois schools, but reflects universal
experiences. It deals with fears about inclusion of children with
special needs in the mainstream classroom. The realities of implementation,
the profound benefits that accrue to all teachers and students,
strategies for effective inclusive education, and the necessity
of teamwork and support systems are explored.
- Beyond
F.A.T. city
[ERC]LC4704.5 .B48 2005
Offers practical strategies and inspirational advice for teachers
and parents of children with learning disabilities who constantly
struggle with Frustration, Anxiety, and Tension (F.A.T.).
- Dyslexia
[ERC]LC4708.8 .D97 2004
Many youngsters with Dyslexia do not know they have Dyslexia or
may not have been diagnosed as Dyslexic. Gerard Sagmiller is "the"
expert on Dyslexia. He has been living with Dyslexia for most
of his life. He is an author and speaks regularly to schools,
universities and many other venues on Dyslexia. This program will
provide a greater insight for teachers to learn how best to work
with and educate people who have Dyslexia.
- Attention
deficit disorder
[ERC]LC4713.2 .A88 2004
This is perhaps one of the best programs relating to ADD/HD, as
it was designed by Barbara Berg, M.S., M.C.S.W, who has counseled
thousands of youngsters with ADD/HD and has also been diagnosed
as ADD/HD herself. She understands the difficulty children and
teachers have in their daily routine. Barbara provides insight
for teachers to understand the illness and what things teachers
can do or not do to improve the education and behavioral environment
of those children with ADD/HD.
- Autism
in the classroom
[ERC]LC4717.8 .A985 2004
Autism is one of the fastest growing disabilities that affect
children in many different and unique ways. Many teachers have
not been taught about Autism and what special care may be needed
to help children with this disability. Program designed by teachers
and parents with Autistic children and Autistic children in their
facilities. Features a short interview with Dr. Bernard Rimland,
Founder of the Autism Research Institute, Author and noted expert
on Autism. Dr. Rimland was the technical director of the movie
"Rainman" featuring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise.
- How difficult
can this be?
[ERC]LC4818 .H68 2004
A group experiences life the way a learning disabled student does
and learns methods of teaching and helping such students.
- School
house rock!
[ERC]PN1992.8.A59 S36
Collection of all 46 Schoolhouse rock! songs on the topics of
science, multiplication, money, American history and English grammar.
Plus, the new song "I'm gonna send your vote to college" about
the American electoral college.
- The white
cat
[ERC] PQ1711 .A85 2005
Based on an 18th century French fairy tale, this story is a magically
romantic tale about a young prince who befriends an enchanted
cat-queen. She provides him with the rarities requested by his
father, in a series of challenges to win his kingdom. Their affection
for each other blossoms into love, and the prince helps break
the spell that an evil gnome has cast over the white cat.
- Brer
Rabbit and the wonderful tar baby
[ERC]PS1805.B7 B74 2005
The wily Brer Rabbit outwits Brer Fox who plans to trap him.
- The night
before Christmas
[ERC]PS2429 .M5 2005
"Dim the lights and gather around the freshly-trimmed tree for
a magical Christmas Eve experience that will become a family tradition.
With a heartfelt reading of Clement C. Moore's beloved poem and
stirring, illustrated renditions of your favorite carols, this
wonderful collection of holiday classics captures the true spirit
of Christmas"--Container.
- The legend
of Sleepy Hollow
[ERC]PS2607 .A1
The legend of the new schoolmaster, Ichabod Crane, the local bully,
Brom Bones, and the ghost, the Headless Horseman.
- Koi and
the kola nuts
[ERC]PS3551 .A274 2005
A bright African folktale about the proud son of a chief who sets
out to find his rightful place in the world.
- East
of the sun, west of the moon
[ERC] PT8802 .N613 2005
The Moon, Father Forest, Great Fish of the Sea, and North Wind
help a maiden rescue her true love from a troll princess in a
faraway kingdom.
- The five
Chinese brothers
[ERC] PZ7 .B5245 2005
Five brothers who each possess an amazing physical gift conspire
to outwit the cruel Emperor, who forced thousands into slavery
to build the Great Wall of China.
- Anansi
[ERC]PZ8.1 .M134
Two stories about Anansi, the boastful small spider.
- The talking
eggs
[ERC] PZ8.1 .S227 2005
Based on a Creole folktale, a young girl befriends a mystical
woman. When the old woman gives the girl three magical eggs, wonderful
things happen.
- The velveteen
rabbit
[ERC]PZ8.9.B47 Ve 2003
By the time the velveteen rabbit is dirty, worn out, and about
to be burned, he has almost given up hope of ever finding the
magic called Real. When he turns to the skin horse for help, he
begins to understand that one becomes a real person through human
relationships that are loving, positive experiences.
- Forces
of nature
[ERC] QE521.2 .F67 2004
Experience the awesome spectacle of earthquakes, volcanoes, and
severe storms as National Geographic cameras travel the world,
venturing to the very brink of erupting volcanoes, into the paths
of deadly pyroclastic flows, along massive fault lines, and aboard
vehicles barreling toward massive tornados, all in the pursuit
of scientific knowledge. Stunning visual footage and a powerful
soundtrack bring natural disasters to life like never before."
Audio Cassettes
Games & Kits
- World
War II, 1939-1945
[ERC] D743.4 .A43 2002
Contains a teaching unit on World War II based on photographs,
documents and other primary source materials.
- The Holocaust
[ERC]D804.3 (kit)
- Ancient
Mesopotamia
[ERC] DS70.7 .P2 (kit)
- Secrets
of the pharaohs
[ERC] DT60 .S43 2001 (AV)
- Native
Americans, 1830-1890
[ERC] E77 .N3519 2002 (kit)
Provides primary documents, photographs, and support materials
to allow students to expand their study of the history of Native
Americans. Book includes lesson plans, historical background pages,
and student activity pages. CD-ROM for Macintosh or Windows contains
photos and other primary sources as well as student activity sheets,
extension activities, and document text.
- Westward
expansion
[ERC]E179.5 .W47 2001 (kit)
- Civil
rights movement
[ERC] E185.61 (kit)
Photographs: Rosa Parks being fingerprinted -- Segregated waiting
room sign -- Woolworth sit-in, February 2, 1960 -- Burning Freedom
Rider bus in May 1961 -- Ku Klux Klansmen in front of burning
cross -- Governor Wallace in front of doors at University of Alabama
-- Protesters during the March on Washington - - Malcolm X and
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Contains primary source materials.
- Colonial
America
[ERC] E188 .C65 2002 (kit)
- American
Revolution
[ERC] E209.S66 2002 (kit)
Provides primary documents and photographs that allows student
to expand their study of the American Revolution. Book includes
lesson plans, historical background pages, and student activity
pages. CD-ROM for Macintosh or Windows contains photos and other
primary sources as well as tudent acticity sheets, extension activities,
and document text.
- Slavery
in America
[ERC]E441 (kit)
- Civil
War, 1861-1865
[ERC] E468.7.V47 2002 (kit)
Historical photographs and documents concerning the United States
Civil War are provided on the CD-Rom and in the kit.
- Mayas,
Incas, and Aztecs
[ERC]F1428 .T9188 (kit)
- Exploration
[ERC]G200 .E39 2004 (kit)
Photographs and reproductions of primary sources on exploration
are provided on the CD-Rom and in the kit.
- Our World:
[ERC]G1019 (kit)
- I spy
preschool game
[ERC] GV1480 (game)
Players match riddles with pictures.
- I spy
Bingo
[ERC]GV1507 (bingo/game)
Popular I SPY pictures become a fast and fun bingo game. Players
learn beginning sounds and practice reading skills, promotes manual
dexterity, verbal and visual skills, and has two levels of play.
- Tangrams
[ERC] GV1507 (kit)
- I spy
memory game
[ERC] GV1507 (memory/game)
Rhyming verses ask players to turn over cards trying to find matching
pairs.
- Involving
families in secondary transition
[ERC]HV888.5 .I68 2004 (kit)
"This seminar presents practical strategies for creating expanded
partnerships with parents during the secondary transition years,
with attention to changes in parent involvement practices resulting
from IDEA and NCLB. Effective relationships among schools, families,
and communities result in increased student achievement, enhanced
post-school outcomes, and greater independence for youth with
disabilities"--Publisher information.
- Immigration
[ERC]JV6032 .I44 2003 (kit)
- Soundtracks
[ERC]LB1139.23 (listening/game)
A listening game that teaches children auditory perception by
having them match the sound to the picture.
- Reading
rods for English language learners
[ERC]LB1525 (kit)
Manipulative-based literacy kit for english language acquisition.
Thematic listening, speaking, reading and writing activities to
build key vocabulary. Students who are new arrivals: quickly master
critical vocabulary for high-interest themes, learn common language
patterns and how to use them, increase confidence and fluency
in English.
- Reading
rods for English language learners
[ERC]LB1525 (kit)
Manipulative-based literacy kit for english language acquisition.
Listening, speaking, reading and writing activities to build fundamental
phonics skills. Develop phonic skills through highly decodable
text, learn vocabulary in context using an anchored approach,
honor student's first language with unique home connection activities,
build fluency with 48 fun phonics chants and songs..
- Reading
rods
[ERC]LB1525 .R373x 2001 (kit)
Using connecting letter and picture rods, children learn to identify
letter sounds, recognize uppercase and lowercase letters, sequence
the letters of the alphabet, match letter sounds with pictures,
and build simple words.
- Reading
rods
[ERC]LB1525 .R374x 2001 (kit)
Using connecting rods, children learn to identify parts of speech,
construct sentences, recognize subjects and predicates, and use
correct punctuation.
- Reading
rods
[ERC]LB1525 .R376x 2001 (kit)
Using connecting rods, children learn to recognize spelling patterns,
consonant blends and digraphs, identify advanced vowel sounds,
and use silent "e".
- Reading
rods
[ERC]LB1525 .R377x 2001 (kit)
Using connecting rods, children learn to identify short and long
vowel word families, recognize initial consonants and blends,
build rhyming words and recognize spelling patterns.
- Reading
roadway USA
[ERC]LB1573(reading/game)
Reading comprehension game for 2 to 4 players that uses a board
with a map of the United States, question cards, cardboard souvenir
pieces, plastic cars, a tornado top and a spinner.
- Rhyming
bingo
[ERC]LB1573 (rhyming/game)
Learn 28 pairs of rhyming words, match words, photos, or combinations,
and build reading and vocabulary skills.
- Sight
Words bingo
[ERC]LB1573 (sight words/game)
Build vocabulary with 46 most-used words.
- Vowels
bingo
[ERC]LB1573 (vowels/game)
Bingo game that teaches players to recognize and use long and
short vowel sounds.
- Reading
Rod's word for word game
[ERC]LB1573.3 .R42 2000 (game)
Game designed to teach children phonics and word-building skills.
Game is made up of 112 plastic colored blocks with consonants
vowels, word families, etc. on them, a two minute timer, a score
pad, 4 pencils, and 1 instruction sheet.
- Snap
it up!
[ERC]LB1574 (spelling/game)
A face-paced card game that builds spelling and reading skills.
- Snap
it up!
[ERC]LB1574 (word families/game)
A fast-paced card game that builds reading and phonics skills.
- Story
Starters in a jar
[ERC]PE1479 (kit)
- Journal
Jots in a jar
[ERC] PE1479 (kit)
- GeoSafari
science
[ERC] Q163 .G367 1997b (game)
- Calc-u-vue
basic teacher's kit
[ERC]QA75 .C34 (math/kit)
These materials were designed to aid teachers in explaining the
uses of the calculator. The book contains teacher's notes which
contain instruction, examples and activities. The other pages
may be reproduced as worksheets for student use.
- [Beads
& pattern card set]
[ERC]QA113(beads&pattern/kit)
Students duplicate sequences of beads shown on the pattern cards
to develop visual motor skills and fine motor skills.
- Meteor
Math Bingo
[ERC]QA115 (math/bingo/game)
- Meteor
math bingo :
[ERC]QA115(math/bingo/game)
Master the basic math operation skills of multiplication and division
through fun and challenging rounds of bingo.
- Snap
it up!
[ERC]QA115(math/game)
A fast-paced card game that reinforces multiplication skills.
- Snap
it up!
[ERC]QA115(math/game)
A fast-paced card game that reinforces addition and subtraction
skills.
- Snap
it up!
[ERC]QA115(money/game)
A fast-paced card game that reinforces skills of identifying,
adding, subtracting, and counting coins.
- Fun with
money
[ERC]QA115 (money/kit)
Fun with money is a problem-solving approach to help children
develop money concepts and skills.
- Pizza
fraction fun
[ERC]QA117 (math/game)
"Teaches fraction concepts and skills using slices of pizza to
identify fraction denominations. Students play seven different
games to practice identifying fractions, matching fraction equivalents
and performing fraction addition and subtraction by building pizzas.
Game includes 13 double-sided pizzas (one side shows fractions)
and three double-sided spinners providing different levels of
learning"--Learning Resources website.
- Fostering
children's mathematical development :
[ERC] QA135.5.C36 2004 (kit)
An innovative project where teachers helped young children construct
a deep understanding of number and operations in a math workshop
environment. From the project a 21st-century approach that provides
pre-and inservice teachers with an interactive, video-based, digital
context for inquiry into the teaching and leaning of mathematics.
- Taking
inventory :
[ERC] QA135.5 .F6318 2004 (kit)
Chronicles the journey of teacher Jodi Weisbart and K-1 class
as they inventory materials in their classroom and how they develop
number sense, counting strategies, and the big ideas underpinning
place value.
- Connecting
cuisenaire rods
[ERC]QA135.5 (math/kit)
Cuisenaire rods are manipulative aids for modeling math concepts
at any point in the elementary curriculum. This kit includes everything
you need to teach addition, subtraction and critical thinking.
- Connecting
cuisenaire rods
[ERC]QA135.5 (math/kit)
Cuisenaire rods are manipulative aids for modeling math concepts
at any point in the elementary curriculum. This kit includes everything
you need to teach fractions, decimals, improper fractions, mixed
numbers and critical thinking.
- Connecting
cuisenaire rods
[ERC]QA135.5 (math/kit)
Cuisenaire rods are manipulative aids for modeling math concepts
at any point in the elementary curriculum. This kit includes everything
you need to teach multiplication and division.
- Math
Operation Cubes
[ERC]QA135.5 (math/kit)
Math operation dice used for teaching addition, subtraction, division,
greater-than and less-than.
- Working
with the number line, grade 2 :
[ERC] QA135.5.N7 W67 2004 (kit)
Interactive CD-ROM includes film clips of real classrooms, students,
and teachers participating in mathematics workshops, interviews
with students and teachers, samples of the children's work, and
questions and activities to stimulate discussion.
- Measurement
Learning Center Kit
[ERC]QA465 (kit)
- Scholastic's
The magic school bus explores the solar system
[ERC] QB501.3 (AV) CD Rom
Multimedia science adventure program for primary and younger elementary
students. Features Ms. Frizzle and the characters from the book
series as they explore the solar system. Offers science reports,
experiments, games, and three- dimensional exploration of the
planets. Includes graphics with video from National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
- Scholastic's
The magic school bus lands on Mars
[ERC] QB641 .S34 2000 (AV)
Multimedia science adventure program for primary and younger elementary
students. Features Ms. Frizzle and the characters from the book
series as they investigate the red planet's amazing surface, hear
cool facts about missions to Mars, and see color photographs.
Play games like Mind over Mars, build your own Mars Rover, challenge
Liz in Race Your Rover, guide the Mars Lander to the surface of
Mars, and send real postcards from outer space. Reassemble fascinating
space photo puzzles.
- Matter
& Energy
[ERC] QC73 (kit)
Over 30 science experiments & projects for your classroom including
demonstration materials.
- Gravity
rules! :
[ERC] QC 133 .G73 1998 video
"Skydiving provides the context for a study of the science topics
of force and motion."
- Chemistry
[ERC]QD38 (kit)
Over 30 science experiments & projects for your classroom including
demonstration materials.
- Scholastic's
The magic school bus explores inside the Earth
[ERC] QE29.C696 (AV)
Arnold's lost some rocks and a mineral from his rock collection.
Dig deep into the Earth with Ms. Frizzle and her class as you
help Arnold search for his lost rocks. Create a volcano, pan for
gold, and check out fun experiments with Scholastic's The magic
school bus.
- Scholastic's
The magic school bus explores in the age of dinosaurs
[ERC] QE862 .D5 (AV)
Explores the dinosaurs of the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous
time periods with over 15 games and activities and 20 multimedia
reports. Uses narration, sound, video, and animation.
- Scholastic's
The magic school bus explores the ocean
[ERC] QH91.16 .S36 1995 (AV)
The magic school bus travels below the ocean's surface, allowing
Ms. Frizzle's class to explore the ocean and follow clues to find
missing treasure.
- Ecology
[ERC]QH541 (kit)
Over 30 science experiments & projects for your classroom including
demonstration materials.
- Scholastic's
The magic school bus explores the rainforest
[ERC] QH541.5 .R27 (AV) CD Rom
Explore the Costa Rican rainforest with Ms. Frizzle and the class.
You'll explore 7 eco-zones within the 3 main layers of the rainforest
(understory, treefall gap, and canopy).
- Scholastic's
The magic school bus explores the world of animals
[ERC] QH541.5 .R27 (AV) CD Rom
When Arnold, one of Ms. Frizzle's students, finds a small foxlike
animal with huge ears in the lost and found, he and the rest of
the class join in the search for the animal's habitat. They visit
six different habitats: the Arctic, the North American temperate
forest, the African grasslands, the Amazon rain forest, wetlands,
and desert.
- Scholastic's
The magic school bus explores the world of animals
[ERC] QL49.M34 (AV) CD Rom
- Scholastic's
The magic school bus explores bugs
[ERC] QL467.2 .W445 (AV)
"There's been a terrible mishap with the terrariums created by
the kids in Ms Frizzle's class. Each is missing one of its bugs.
Shrink down to wee bug size, explore the world of bugs, and help
find the missing ones..." -- box.
- Human
Body
[ERC]QP37 (kit)
Over 30 science experiments & projects for your classroom including
demonstration materials.
- Simple
Machines
[ERC]TJ147 (kit)
Over 30 science experiments & projects for your classroom including
demonstration materials.
Books on CD
- Shakespeare's
greatest hits
[ERC]PR2878.S53 C65 2003
- Little
women
[ERC]PS1017 .L5
- The secret
garden
[ERC] PS1214 .S4 2003
Ten-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire
moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked
garden.
- Sarah,
plain and tall ;
[ERC] PS3563.A3178 S2 2001
From the beginning when Caleb and Anna are captivated by their
new mother, to the time in the city during the drought, and further
adventures of life on the prairie. Includes an interview with
the author.
- Tuck
everlasting
[ERC] PZ7 .B1135 Tu 1995
The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when
they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger
now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one
from ever growing old.
- Walk
two moons
[ERC]PZ7.C8615 Wal 2003
After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and
her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route.
Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose
mother also left.
- The Watsons
go to Birmingham--1963
[ERC] PZ7.C94137 Wat 1996
The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons,
an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically
changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer
of 1963.
- The witches
[ERC]PZ7.D1515 Wi 2006
A courageous young boy struggles to save the children of Britain
from the nasty schemes of the Grand High Witch of the World.
- The miraculous
journey of Edward Tulane
[ERC] PZ7.D5455 Mi 2006
Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy rabbit, loves only
himself until he is separated from the little girl who adores
him and travels across the country, acquiring new owners and listening
to their hopes, dreams, and histories.
- Johnny
Tremain
[ERC] PZ7.F749 Jo 2001
In 1773 in Boston, Johnny Tremain is fourteen and apprenticed
to a silversmith. He is cheerful and clever and lords over the
other apprentices until the tragic day when a crucible of molten
silver breaks and Johnny's right hand is so burned as to be useless.
After a period of despair and humiliation, Johnny becomes a dispatch
rider for the Committee of Public Safety, a job that brings him
in touch with Otis, Hancock, John and Samuel Adams, and other
Boston patriots, and with all the exciting currents and undercurrents
that were to lead to the Boston Tea Party.
- The wind
in the willows
[ERC] PZ7 .G759 Wi
- Hoot
[ERC]PZ7.H52 Ho 2002
Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved
in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from
a proposed construction site.
- Kira-kira
[ERC] PZ7.K1166 Ki 2005
Chronicles the close friendship between two Japanese-American
sisters growing up in rural Georgia during the late 1950s and
early 1960s, and the despair when one sister becomes terminally
ill. kira-kira (kee' ra kee' ra): glittering; shining Glittering.
That's how Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem.
The sky is kira-kira because its color is deep but see-through
at the same time. The sea is kira-kira for the same reason. And
so are people's eyes. When Katie and her family move from a Japanese
community in Iowa to the Deep South of Georgia, it's Lynn who
explains to her why people stop them on the street to stare. And
it's Lynn who, with her special way of viewing the world, teaches
Katie to look beyond tomorrow. But when Lynn becomes desperately
ill, and the whole family begins to fall apart, it is up to Katie
to find a way to remind them all that there is always something
glittering -- kira-kira -- in the future.
- Just
so stories
[ERC] PZ7.K632 Jus 2005
- From
the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
[ERC] PZ7 .K8352 Fr 1995
Having run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things
in order in their new home and to become a changed person and
a heroine to herself.
- A wrinkle
in time
[ERC] PZ7.L5385 Wr 1993
Young Meg Murry, her brother Charles, and their friend Calvin,
embark on a journey through space and time, assisted by three
eccentric women, when they set out to find Meg's father, a physicist
who disappeared while experimenting with time travel.
- The chronicles
of Narnia
[ERC] PZ7.L58474 Ch 2004
Tells the tales of Narnia, a magical, fantastic place where good
and evil battle, children have adventures as kings and queens,
and beasts and creatures can talk.
- The giver
[ERC]PZ7.L9673 Gi 2000
At the annual Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas is chosen for something
special as his life assignment. This leads him to The Giver, a
man who holds all the memories of the past. Through this man,
Jonas learns the terrible truth about the society in which he
lives. Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve,
Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other
in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society
in which he lives.
- Number
the stars
[ERC]PZ7.L9673 Nu 2004
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old
Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps
shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
- Shiloh
[ERC]PZ7.N24 Sg 1992
When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia
home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real
owner, a mean-spirited man.
- Bridge
to Terabithia
[ERC] PZ7.P273 Br 2005
The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when
he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely
death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.
- Harry
Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban
[ERC] PZ7.R7835 Ham 2000
During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry,
Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible
for his parents' deaths.
- Harry
Potter and the chamber of secrets
[ERC] PZ7.R7968 Har 2000
When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the HogwartsSchool
for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter
finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been
released on the school.
- Harry
Potter and the goblet of fire
[ERC] PZ7.R79835 Hal 2000
Harry Potter, a fourth-year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft
and Wizardry, longs to escape his hateful relatives, the Dursleys,
and live as a normal fourteen-year-old wizard, but what Harry
does not yet realize is that he is not a normal wizard, and in
his case, different can be deadly.
- Harry
Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
[ERC] PZ7.R79835 Halm 2003
Harry Potter, now a fifth-year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft
and Wizardry, struggles with a threatening teacher, problematic
house elf, the dread of upcoming final exams, and haunting dreams
that hint toward his mysterious past.
- Harry
Potter and the sorcerer's stone
[ERC] PZ7.R79835 Har 1999
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young
boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts
School for Wizards and Witches.
- Harry
Potter and the half-blood prince
[ERC] PZ7.R79835 Har 2005
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince takes up the story of Harry
Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
at this point in the midst of the storm of this battle of good
and evil. Harry searches for the full and complex story of the
boy who became Lord Voldemort, and thereby finds what may be his
only vulnerability.
- The bronze
bow
[ERC] PZ7.S7376 Br 2005
A young boy seeks revenge against the Romans for killing his parents,
but is turned away from vengeance by Jesus.
- Roll
of thunder, hear my cry
[ERC] PZ7.T21723 Ro 2001
An African-American family living in Mississippi during the Depression
is faced with prejudice and discrimination that its children do
not understand.
- Charlotte's
web
[ERC]PZ7 .W58277 Ch
Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined
to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte,
decides to help him.
- James
and the giant peach
[ERC] PZ8.D137 Jam 2003
- The tale
of Despereaux
[ERC]PZ8.D525 Tal 2003
The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual
talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs
to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all
to ruin.
- American
tall tales
[ERC] PZ8.1.O813 Am 2002
A collection of tall tales about such American folk heroes as
Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind, Pecos Bill, John Henry, and Paul
Bunyan. Author, Mary Pope Osborne, supplies an introduction to
each tale.
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