Earth in Action Series
- Item # VLC061
- 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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"This extremely well done series uses excellent live-action footage and computer graphics to hold viewers' attention. The information is presented clearly and logically, and the female narration is outstanding...The excellent teacher's guide for each video includes student worksheets and answer keys." -- School Library Journal February 2004
Doug Brant, Chambersburg Area Middle School, PA
School Library Journal
February 2004
Titles Include:
Plate Tectonics
Students will explore how the discoveries of specific fossils, the geographic fit of the continents, ocean floor magnetic fields, young ocean rocks, and seafloor spreading provide evidence to... [more]
Volcanoes and Earthquakes
Footage of volcanic activity in Iceland and Hawaii, as well as earthquake events in California, illustrate how these dynamic forces affect our world. Through descriptions of actual volcanic and... [more]
Forces Shaping the Earth
Gravity and erosion are major factors in changing the shape of the surface of Earth. The different types of erosion, and the major types of mass movements caused by gravity are discussed in this... [more]
Weathering and Soils
In this video students will learn about the two major types of weathering, and the forces that alter the shape and composition of rocks. Students will explore the different types of soils, soil... [more]
DVD
Each DVD disc includes 4 videos, each with a chapter index and subtitles, 4 Teacher’s Guides, labeled slides, glossary, animations, and an iMovie project.
- Product Code:
- VLC061DVD
- ISBN:
- 9781592340774
Digital Bundle
License Details
Single School License.
Digital Bundle includes video files for full shows and content clips in H.264 (for iPods) and.WMV format. Plus images (.jpg), teacher’s guides (.pdf) and metadata.
- Product Code:
- VLC061Digital
- ISBN:
- 9781592343447
Spanish DVD - Serie La Tierra en Accion
DVD and 30-page Teacher’s Guide. Narration in English and Spanish and Subtitles in Spanish
- Product Code:
- VLC061ESPDVD
- ISBN:
- 9781592346349
Spanish Digital - Serie La Tierra en Accion
License Details
Single School License.
Four Digital Videos Full Show file in H.264 (for iPods) and four 30-page Teacher’s Guides. Narration in Spanish.
- Product Code:
- VLC061ESPDigital
- ISBN:
- 9781592343447