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SCIENCE
QUESTAR III
ZERO HOUR
SCOLIOSIS
VH873 VHS videocassette, I-J-H, 20, C VH3787 VHS videocassette, PIJ, 9, C
The Ray Bradbury classic centers on a young girl named Mink, her This enlightening video illustrates the back problem that good
friends, and a strange game called, "Invasion," which they play with posture cannot solve: scoliosis. It explains that this sideways
precision and intensity. (BFA,) curvature of the spine affects about one in ten people and that
scoliosis may be easily detected during a 30-second examination.
SCIENCE ODYSSEY, A: BIGGER, BETTER, FASTER
VH2246 VHS videocassette, JS, 120
(Marsh Media,)
Spotlights the inventors, entrepreneurs and industrial scientists
SCRAMBLED STATES OF AMERICA, THE
whose work fueled the 20th century's technological revolution.
VH2531 VHS videocassette, PIJ, 17
Topics include aviation and automobiles, mass media and the
Disenchanted with their fixed places on the map, the states decide
computer, and the invention of synthetic materials like nylon and
to swap spots in hopes that each can get to see a different part of
synthetic rubber. (PBS, 98)
the country and do something different for a change. Full of facts
and fun, students will have a geography lesson like never before.
SCIENCE ODYSSEY, A: IN SEARCH OF OURSELVES
VH2245 VHS videocassette, JS, 120
(WW, 2)
Explores what has been learned about human behavior over the past
100 years−and how much more of this dramatic frontier is yet to SCROOGE MCDUCK AND MONEY
be discovered. Topics include psychoanalysis, eugenics, the brain, VH1565
VHS videocassette, I-J, 16, C
Sigmund Freud, Dr. Benjamin Spock, Harry Harlow on the power of Animated−Educate students about basic money matters with the
love and comfort, and John B. Watson on the behaviorist help of Scrooge McDuck. (Disney,)
movement. (PBS, 98)
SCIENCE ODYSSEY, A: MATTERS OF LIFE & DEATH
SEA ANIMALS ASHORE
VH603
VHS videocassette, PI, 20, C
VH2243 VHS videocassette, JS, 120 Students will find this program an excellent review of different sea
Investigates the remarkable breakthroughs in surgery, vaccines, mammals from elephant seals to walrus. It also provides a close-up
drugs and medical technology; medicine's new ethical questions; look into a nursery of sea elephants and the lives of baby elephant
and assumptions about life and death. Key topics include fighting
disease, penicillin, insulin, surgery and organ transplants. (PBS, 98)
seals. (Berlet, 1996)
SEA GULLS, THE
SCIENCE ODYSSEY, A: MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE VH3206 VHS videocassette, P-J/H, 11, C
VH2244 VHS videocassette, JS, 120 This program tells the story of a seven-year-old boy's observation of
Probes the twin revolutions in physics and astronomy, and delves sea gulls while on a picnic at the beach with his parents. The video
into scientists' century-long struggle to discover the fundamental illustrates the scientific technique of careful observation. (Aims,)
laws of everything. Topics include telescopes, pulsars, the size of
the universe, astrophysics, black holes, the structure of the atom
and super colliders. (PBS, 98)
SEAL ISLAND
VH1525
VHS videocassette, I-J-S, 27, C
SCIENCE ODYSSEY, A: ORIGINS
Authentic story of the magnificent fur-bearing seals that repeat their
VH2247 VHS videocassette, JS, 120
life cycle against the rugged background of the misty Pribilof
Reveals what is known about the history of the planet, the human Islands. (Disney,)
species and life itself. Topics include earth sciences−volcanoes,
earthquakes, age and origin of the earth, formation of mountains SEAL MORNING
−and life sciences, such as the legacy of Charles Darwin, DNA and VH2388
VHS videocassette, IJH, 103, C
RNA and the origins of life. (PBS, 98)
A heartwarming family story about adolescence, love and the
relationship between man and nature. (Filmic Archives,)
SCIENCE OF HIV, THE
VH2412 VHS videocassette, JH, 30, C SEALED WITH A KISS-(#21)
Students will meet some HIV-positive adolescents, watch the virus VH1707 VHS videocassette, I-H, 30, C
invade human cells, and learn why a cure is so elusive.
This episode stresses that experimentation is common among young
(Discovery, 1997) teens and that everyone grows up at their own pace. This episode
deals with peer pressure and insecurity. (DEGRASSI JR. HIGH)
SCIENCE PROJECTS FOR JR. HIGH
VH3265
VHS videocassette, I-J, 28, C
(DEGRASSI JR. HIGH) (Direct Cinema, 1987)
Dedicated exclusively to experiments and scientific methods, this SEARCHING FOR BLACK HOLES
fast-paced production presents over 40 experiments at various VH1963 VHS videocassette, I-J/H, 60, C
levels of difficulty. (Insights,) Using the latest technology, young astronomer John Conway links
radio telescopes spanning two continents and thousands of miles to
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MAN
search into deep space for a massive black hole capable of
VH1630
VHS videocassette, JR-HS, 29, C
swallowing millions of stars. Also explores the oldest and most
Describes the effects of technological living on society and the
powerful objects in the universe, sometimes known as Quasars.
individual, and examines several points of view concerning man's
(ASTRONOMERS, THE) (ASTRONOMERS, THE) (Wilson Media,
future. (WESTERN MAN AND THE MODERN WORLD) (WESTERN
MAN AND THE MODERN WORLD) (Random House, 1979)
1991)
SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND MEASUREMENT
SEARCHING FOR PARADISE
VH3582
VHS videocassette, I-J/H, 30, C VH2303
VHS videocassette, JH, 60, C
Program #1 describes how the scientific method developed as the This episode reaches the far western edge of North America: the
popular approach used by scientists worldwide. Students learn the golden land of California. The program shows how the discovery
steps of the scientific method, and how to conduct an experiment and settlement of California, first by Spanish missionaries and then
of their own. Program #2 emphasizes the importance of careful and by the new Americans pushing west, is a microcosm for the story of
proper laboratory measurements. Students develop an the entire continent: native peoples were annihilated, landscapes
understanding of the metric system and how it is used in scientific were eliminated or changed forever, and today, species continue to
investigation to measure length, mass, volume, temperature, and be threatened. (LAND OF THE EAGLE) (LAND OF THE EAGLE) (PBS
density. (Cambridge, 1993) Video, 1992)
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