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PLANT
QUESTAR III
PLANT WORLD: PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND PLANT RESPONSES
VH2233 VHS videocassette, IJ, 20
Students will learn why photosynthesis is so important and how we
benefit from the process. Through vivid footage and colorful
animations, the different plant structures and compounds involved in
photosynthesis and transpiration are explained. (V.LRNG)
PLANT WORLD: PLANT REPRODUCTION
VH2231 VHS videocassette, IJ, 20
Using captivating plant images along with engaging animations, this
program describes how plants reproduce. The intricate reproductive
structures are outlined through vivid imagery. (V.Lrng)
PLANT WORLD: PLANT STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
VH2232 VHS videocassette, IJ, 20
Students will learn how the structures of plants enable them to live
and grow. Focusing primarily on a wide variety of plants, structures
such as roots, stems, and leaves are explored in detail. (V.LRNG)
POISONOUS CURRENTS OF AIR AND SEA
VH3140
VHS videocassette, I-J/H, 18, C
After the Great Lakes became the runoff for the industrial waste of
Midwestern America, naturalists noticed changes in the reproductive
patterns of fish-eating birds of the area. As the program
demonstrates, this is not a regional or a national problem alone.
(FFH, 1990)
POLAR EXPRESS, THE
VH703
VHS videocassette, P-I, 12, C
Late one December 24, a boy finds a train stopped outside his
house. A conductor beckons him aboard. It is the first of many
astonishments... (Amer.School Pub.,)
POLAR PROWL
VH2389
VHS videocassette, PI, 40, C
Students will travel to the icy Arctic Ocean, Antarctica, and the
Canadian coast, and pal around with a polar bear, tangle with a
toothy walrus, and cruise with killer whales. (Filmic Archives,
1994)
PLANT WORLD: THE WORLD OF PLANTS
VH2230 VHS videocassette, IJ, 20
POLICE OFFICER/TEACHER
This video explores the great diversity of the plant world. It
VH3460
VHS videocassette, JH, 24, C
describes the early history and origins of plants. The defining (Vol.2:Prog.1) (CAREERS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY) (CAREERS FOR
characteristics of non-vascular and vascular plants are highlighted. THE 21ST CENTURY) (TakeOff, 1993)
(V.LRNG)
POLLUTION/LABOR AND MANAGEMENT/PROFITS AND
PLANTS OF THE RAINFOREST
INTEREST/REDUCING POVERTY
VH932 VHS videocassette, PI, 25, C VH1863 VHS videocassette, J-H, 120, C
Extraordinary visuals introduce young students to some of the many Includes: Program #1: Defines the concept of "external diseconomy"
flowers, vines, fungi and trees found from the forest floor to the top and analyzes the "optimum" level of pollution. Program #2:
of the forest canopy. This program explains the ecology of the Explores how labor unions affect the supply of labor, wages, and
forest and explores the human uses of the rainforest for food and economic efficiency. Program #3: Examines profit and its role in the
medicine. (Library Video, 1996) economy, and the present value of future income. Program #4:
Examines the causes of income inequality, and government policies
PLATE TECTONICS: THE PUZZLE OF THE CONTINENTS
to reduce poverty. (ECONOMICS U$A) (ECONOMICS U$A) (Films
VH3556
VHS videocassette, J-H, 18, C Inc.,)
Explore the fundamentals of the Plate Tectonics theory, from Alfred
Wegener's observations on continental drift to the latest computer POMPEII:DAILY LIFE OF THE ANCIENT ROMANS
analysis of movements at plate boundaries. (Churchill, 1994) VH3137
VHS videocassette, J-H, 45, C
A walk through the streets of Pompeii, into villas and shops, baths
PLAYFUL PANDAS
and gardens, temples, basilicas, the stadium and the market place,
VH2151
VHS videocassette, P, 10, C demonstrates and explains the history of Pompeii and its relationship
The animals at the National Zoo are curious about Ling-Ling and to Rome; the customs, life-style, living standards, and moral and
Hsing-Hsing, the rollicking pandas from China. The snow falls, and religious values of Pompeians; and the cataclysm that buried the
with a new snowperson to play with, the pandas delight the other city and suffocated its entire population. (FFH, 1989)
animals with their comical antics. (Coronet, 1975)
POOH'S GREAT SCHOOL BUS ADVENTURE
PLAYING WITH FIRE
VH1405
VHS videocassette, P, 14, C
VH1086
VHS videocassette, P-I-H, 16, C
This video teaches the school bus safety rules in four important
Through Walter's eyes, children and parents learn the consequences
areas: waiting for the bus, loading and riding the bus, and
unloading. (Disney,)
of playing with fire. Shows an ambulence, oxygen tent and burn
unit of a hospital with life-saving message for every child over six
and adults. (Gift,)
PORTRAIT OF A WHALE
VH211
VHS videocassette, P-I, 12, C
Your students will be amazed to discover that the largest animal on
PLEA, THE
earth is also one of the most gentle. (Gift,)
VH1563
VHS videocassette, J-S, 15, C
This story of a hit-and-run driver shows how a responsible citizen
PORTRAIT OF THE SOVIET UNION: MOTHER RUSSIA
can unintentionally break the law while under emotional stress.
VH360
VHS videocassette, J-H, 60, C
(Disney,)
Focuses on the Russian Republic and Russians. These are the
people of the old Russian Empire, who brought with them the land,
PLIMOTH PLANTATION
ideas and power that formed the fabric holding the Soviet Union
VH296 VHS videocassette, I-J/H, C together. (Ambrose Video,)
The year 1627 lives forever at the Plimoth Plantation, the museum
that celebrates America's first white settlers. You'll learn firsthand PORTRAIT OF THE SOVIET UNION:COUNTRY OF THE REVOLUTION
the stories of the men and women who settled the New World, the VH369 VHS videocassette, J-H, 60, C
Indians that befriended them, and about the ways they managed to Brings together the things learned in the previous tapes and
survive the wilderness. (WNET,) speculates on the future of this complex nation. (Ambrose Video,)
POCKET FOR CORDUROY, A
PORTRAIT OF THE SOVIET UNION:SIBERIA:ICE ON FIRE
VH3773 VHS videocassette, PI, 20, C VH361 VHS videocassette, J-H, 60, C
Based on the classic children's book by Don Freeman. This program Siberia is a land of vast beauty, harshness, immense resources and
follows a little bear's adventure after being lost in a laundromat. folk heroes, being explored and conquered by a new breed of Soviet
(Includes: VHS tape, book and teachers guide) (BFA,) hero. (Ambrose Video,)
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