Ecology Series

• Item # VLC056
• Copyright 2003
• For Grades 5-9
• 4x 20 minute Videos
• 4x Teacher's Guides

Specifically designed for the middle school science classroom, this 4-part series will help instructors teach difficult to understand concepts, differentiate instruction for diverse learners, and inspire the minds of students. Content is aligned to the curriculum and will help students prepare for the standardized science tests. Each 20-minute video includes on-screen questions, vocabulary words, and a 10-question quiz. The time saving teacher’s guide includes student-learning objectives, standards correlations, lesson plans, preliminary and post assessments, laboratory investigations, and vocabulary activities. Integrate media assets into lesson plans by showing the entire 20-minute videos, short clips, or multiple animations and images. Custom multi-media formats include h.264, Windows Media video, and DVD. Correlated to the NGSS.

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"The female narrator is easily understood. The photography throughout the series is vibrant, diverse, and very well done." -- School Library Journal November 2003

Mary Young, Rolla Junior High School, MO
School Library Journal
November 2003

Titles Include:

The Biosphere

This program explores the major features of earth's amazing biosphere. Students are introduced to the biotic and abiotic components found in an ecosystem. Footage from throughout the world... [more]

Ecosystem Dynamics

In this program students are introduced to the study of ecology. It discusses the role which producers, consumers, and decomposers play in ecosystems and the exchange of energy between them. ... [more]

Natural Cycles

This program addresses many of the cycles conducted by animals including those of migration, hibernation, and patterns relating to day and night. The cycles that affect all living things are... [more]

People and the Environment

Students will explore the notion of resource conservation, and identify the differences between renewable and non-renewable resources. Some of the ways our environment may be harmed via... [more]