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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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