Disney Educational Productions
82) Comets & meteors
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Experiments and activities demonstrate various facts about comets and meteors.
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Live action footage of animals in their natural habitats are combined with clips from Disney's animated films to introduce children to the world of animals. Each segment features a different animal, offering students detailed information about the animal's habitat, living conditions, behavior, diet, survival techniques, and life cycle. Content is tied to K-3 National Science Education Standards. This DVD features segments on tigers and lions.
84) Ocean Life
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In OCEAN LIFE, Bill goes underwater to talk about ocean ecosystems and the importance of small organisms such as coral, kelp, and plankton. Amazingly, these latter organisms are the food of huge whales, which gather them by straining thousands of tons of sea water through their mouths.
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"How do the Imagineers make elephants fly? Actually, it's simple...simple machines, that is! Here, the Imagineers give a new look at how levers and pulleys were utilized to create attractions such as Dumbo the Flying Elephant and Soarin' Over California. See how levers and pulleys make work easier by either multiplying or redirecting the effort we put into them. Identify the two forces involved in using a machine and learn to calculate mechanical...
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Live action footage of animals in their natural habitats are combined with clips from Disney's animated films to introduce children to the world of animals. Each segment features a different animal, offering students detailed information about the animal's habitat, living conditions, behavior, diet, survival techniques, and life cycle. Content is tied to K-3 National Science Education Standards. This DVD features segments on snakes and frogs and toads....
87) The sun
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Bill presents information on solar flares, eclipses, sunspots, fusion, and solar energy, and visits a solar power farm near Sacramento, California.
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When Lucy Pevensie, her older brothers Edmund and Peter, and her older sister Susan are sent to the country for safer keeping during the initial bombing raids of WW II, they decide to play hide-and-seek in the strange house of the mysterious professor. During the game Lucy discovers a mysterious wardrobe and discovers an entirely different world. The place is called Narnia, and it's been locked in winter for over 100 years by someone known as "The...
89) The last lecture
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Randy Pausch, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University was asked to deliver a "Last Lecture" (a series designed to examine the final lessons the speaker would impart when facing their own mortality). For Randy the topic was anything but hypothetical - he had recently received a terminal cancer diagnosis. He delivered his lecture entitled: "Really achieving your childhood dreams" at Carnegie Mellon University on Sept. 18, 2007. Randy lost his cancer...
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A most trustworthy bear helps children learn about school bus and personal safety in this DVD featuring two popular safety programs. Pooh's "Great School Bus Adventure" provides the perfect opportunity to review school bus safety rules, and "Too Smart for Strangers" uses a positive approach to teach young children how to protect themselves and act responsibly.
91) Food web
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Bill Nye becomes tangled in a complex food web in his quest to demonstrate that all living things depend on other living things to survive.
92) Grammar rock
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Book a ride to Conjunction Junction! The series that taught a generation of students about nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs is back!
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Live action footage of animals in their natural habitats are combined with clips from Disney's animated films to introduce children to the world of animals. Each segment features a different animal, offering students detailed information about the animal's habitat, living conditions, behavior, diet, survival techniques, and life cycle. Content is tied to K-3 National Science Education Standards. This DVD features segments on monkeys and chimpanzees....
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"In Pressure, Bill visits Hoover Dam to explore different types of pressure. In this powerful program, check out fire boats, fancy hydraulic lifts for cars, and a water jetski shop that uses pressusre to push water at three times the speed of sound to cut through wood, granite, and even titanium"--Container.
100) Germs & your health
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Bill Nye the Science Guy magnifies the big science behind tiny germs. By exploring the science of health and germs, Bill shows students how hand-washing, eating nutritious food, and getting enough exercise and sleep can help the human body fight illness. The Science Guy demonstrates that taking care of the body isn't just important to health and well-being, it's also Safety Smart!