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Borrow a video or a music CD!

If you see something that interests you, just click here to send your request.  Items may be borrowed for two school weeks.

Please include:
1. Video title
2. Date needed
3. Name of your school


and we will send you the video through the Bay City Schools mail.


COMPACT DISCS
Science Through Song
CD and songbook with sheet music, words and lesson plans.


Sing the Science Standards Volume I 2000
Over 50 songs by Science Explosion in this 2 CD set.  Lyrics and instrumental versions for K-5.  

Songbook (words only) also available by request.


Sing the Science Standards Volume II 2001
Over 40 songs by Science Explosion in this 2 CD set.  Lyrics and instrumental versions for K-5. 
Songbook (words only) also available by request.

VIDEOTAPES
HIGH SCHOOL
WATERSHEDS 
The Weather Channel and EPA have produced "After the Storm," a 30-minute video that shows the connection between weather and watersheds and the importance of watershed protection.  Borrow the video from the Science Center video library, and find related resources on the
EPA Watersheds web site.  Appropriate for use with High School classes using the Advanced Water Monitoring kits.  (Offensive language describing sewage makes this video inappropriate for younger students.)



Women are Pathologists
Women are Researchers
Women are Surgeons
The Women are Scientists series is produced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health to stimulate the interest of girls in science.  The success stories told by these three videos provide information and encouragement for girls to explore science careers.   Bay City students have given this series a high rating.  Excellent production and interviews, and views of the real fields of science careers!


ALL GRADES
Bill Nye the Science Guy:  Family Fun Science!
This is a parent/teacher help video.  Bill Nye offers you advice to help you and your kids explore the amazing world of science.  He talks to parents, answers their questions and shows how to get kids excited about science.

KINDERGARTEN
Pushes and Pulls:  Teacher to Teacher with Mr. Wizard
This is a teacher help video.  Two parts, 13 minutes each
BALLS & RAMPS

GRADE 1
The Great Outdoors: Exploring Ecosystems
Suzanne gets postcards from her Grandma, and we are transported to different ecosystems.
Includes teacher’s guidebook with black line masters. 13 minutes
Harcourt Brace
OBSERVING AN AQUARIUM


GRADE 2
STC Plant Growth and Development
Teacher Resource Videotape
Carolina Biological Supply Company 1998
INVESTIGATING ANIMAL AND THEIR NEEDS
 
STC Sound
Teacher Resource Videotape
Carolina Biological Supply Company 2001
SOUND & LIGHT

Air and Weather:  Teacher to Teacher with Mr. Wizard
This is a teacher help video.  Four parts, 13 minutes each
WEATHER WATCHING

GRADE 3
Primary Level: Forces/Mechanical Energy and Work
Nasco SciQuest 70 minutes in 6 segments.
FORCE & MOTION

Wisconsin Fast Plants:  The Basics
49-5229 Carolina Biological Supply Company 20 minutes
HEREDITY & ADAPTATIONS

Dinosaur
Discover dinosaurs as a paleontologist, from digging to reconstruction, and the realization of what dinosaurs might actually have looked like.
BBC Eyewitness 1994 35 minutes
HEREDITY & ADAPTATIONS

Dig That Rex!

Your 10-minute guide to the Colossal Fossil
The Field Museum of Chicago/McDonalds 1998
HEREDITY & ADAPTATIONS

Science in the Toy Box
Children go from the toy box to the real world and explore force and motion.
Includes teacher’s guidebook with black line masters.
Harcourt Brace 12 minutes
FORCE & MOTION

GRADE 4
All About the Sun
A broad understanding of how the sun gives the Earth seasons, weather, light, and heat.  Follow this link and do a Quick Search for "sun" for a description, teacher's guide and videoclip.
Space Science for Children 1999 23 minutes
SUN, EARTH & MOON AND ELECTRICITY

Solids and Liquids
Carolina Biological Supply Company
SOLIDS, LIQUIDS & GASES

Floating and Sinking
:  Teacher to Teacher with Mr. Wizard
This is a teacher help video.  Five parts, 13 minutes each
SOLIDS, LIQUIDS & GASES

GRADE 5
Kolb Elementary School:  Nathan Weidner Wetlands Memorial Dedication, May 27, 2004
This 20 minute video from Bay3TV includes comments by the Weidner family and Bay City Schools personnel, as well as water testing by Kolb 5th graders.
HYDROSPHERE and WATER TESTING

The Life of the Great Lakes:  The Great Lakes Fishery
Presenting the past, present and future of the dynamic Great Lakes resource.
Michigan Sea Grant Extension, Michigan State University 60 minutes
DIVERSITY OF LIFE

The Odyssey of Life:  The Unknown World
Insects, mites and other tiny creatures share our homes and live on us!  Microphotography catches them in the act and magnifies them to monster size.
NOVA  1996 60 minutes
DIVERSITY OF LIFE

Secret Garden
An English garden teems with life, uninvited guests included.
BBC Nature Video Library 1998 60 minutes
DIVERSITY OF LIFE

In-Digestion
:  Teacher to Teacher with Mr. Wizard
This is a teacher help video.  Three parts, 13 minutes each
DIVERSITY OF LIFE

Weather

Mr. Know-It-Owl teaches how the forces of nature interact to create our weather.
Concord Children’s Video Encyclopedia 1987 32 minutes
ATMOSPHERE & WEATHER

Temperature, Pressure and Wind #9151, 16 minutes
Atmospheric Circulation #9153, 16 minutes
Coriolis Effect #9155, 8 minutes
Cloud Formation #9157, 8 minutes
Evaporation and Condensation #9156, 16 minutes
Weather Fronts and Precipitation #9158, 9 minutes
Meteorology Series, Hubbard Scientific copyright 1971, 1987, 1993.  These videos are rather old.
ATMOSPHERE & WEATHER


GRADE 6
The Life of the Great Lakes:  The Great Lakes Fishery
Presenting the past, present and future of the dynamic Great Lakes resource.
Michigan Sea Grant Extension, Michigan State University 60 minutes
ECOSYSTEMS

GRADE 7
Fastballs, Flips and Physics
The popular series continues with the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, this time focusing on science on the sandlot, bringing a well-known hall-of-famer to the host's microphone.  Video available through January 2005.
 90 minutes
NEWTON'S TOY BOX/SIMPLE MACHINES

Wisconsin Fast Plants:  The Basics
49-5229 Carolina Biological Supply Company 20 minutes
GENETICS & HEREDITY

Batteries and Bulbs:  Teacher to Teacher with Mr. Wizard
This is a teacher help video.  Two parts, 13 minutes each
MATTER MATTERS

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