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The Art of Science

~Connect to video online (JMU users)~

Alexandria, Va : PBS Video, [2005, 2000]
1 streaming video file (60 min.)
This video looks at the way art and science overlap and influence each other, and how computers are challenging our conventional ideas about art, while changing the very nature of everyday experience.

Art and science

[Birchfield] Lesson Kits for Biology: Interactive Nervous Systems
Media Resources Multimedia 400

Cardiff, Wales : Birchfield Interactive : Insight Media [dist.], c1997-2006

1 DVD-ROM
IMPORTANT NOTE: Must have QuickTime and Windows Media Player installed to ensure that the animations and video within this program play fully
This lesson kit offers clearly presented, ready-to-use curriculum lessons and activities; a lesson builder to create personalized lessons; assessment to monitor pupils' progress through the lessons by collating results and assistance in identifying areas for development.

Biology -- Study and teaching -- Interactive multimedia

Case Studies in Science Education  

(Video on Demand available through Annenberg Media)

A video library for K-8 science teachers; 25 half-hour video programs and guides

These case studies take science education reform to a personal level, where individuals struggle to make changes that matter. Follow Donna, Mike, Audrey, and other science teachers as they work to improve one aspect of their teaching. Each case follows a single teacher over the course of a year and is divided into three modules: the teacher's background and the problem he or she chooses to address, the chosen approach and implementation, and the outcome with assessment by the teacher and his or her advisor.

Chen Ning Yang

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.1348

Alexandria, Va. : PBS Video, c1988 /a production of Public Affairs Television, Inc.

1 VHS (29 min.)

Series: World of Ideas (television program)

A segment of the television program: A World of ideas, with Bill Moyers

Physicist "Frank" Yang discusses beauty in physics, the differences between the eastern and western approach to science and education, and the American spirit in a conversation with Bill Moyers.

            Yang, Chen Ning, 1922- -- Interviews 

            Physicists -- United States -- Interviews 

            Physics 

            Science -- Study and teaching 

Children, Science, and Commonsense

~Connect to video online (JMU users)~

Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1998
1 DVD (24 min.)
Program probes the childhood tendency toward learning scientific concepts through observation and common sense.

Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary)

Close-Up on Chemistry

JMU East Campus Library    Videotape no.2832

Washington, D.C. : American Chemical Society, c1991

1 VHS (70 min.) + 1 manual (45 p.)

Series: ACS Video Courses

21 demonstrations designed to be used in conjunction with classroom instruction in introductory chemistry.

            Chemistry -- Experiments 

            Chemistry -- Study and teaching 

Creating a Holistic Science Program: Where to Begin

Memorial Hall ETMC  372.3043 Hol

Los Angeles, CA : IOX Assessment Associates, c1991

1 VHS (33 min.)

Bruce Wellman and Drs. Sarah J. Stanley and W. James Popham discuss how to establish and teach a well-rounded elementary science curriculum.

            Teaching

            Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary)

            Teachers -- Training of                       

Creating a Science Learning Cycle in the Classroom

Memorial Hall ETMC  372.35044 Cre     

Los Angeles, CA : IOX Assessment Associates, 1991

1 VHS (ca. 60 min.)

Bruce Wellman and Drs. Sarah J. Stanley and W. James Popham discuss how to create a science learning cycle in the classroom, how to activate and engage students in the science process with exploration and discovery and assessing what students have learned.

            Teaching

            Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary)

            Science teachers -- Training of

Enriching Content Classes for Secondary ESOL Students

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.8402

Washington, D.C. : Center for Applied Linguistics 1998

1 VHS (34 min.) + 1 trainer's manual (34 p.) + 1 study guide (262 p.)

This set of in-service training materials is designed for secondary content teachers of math, science, social studies, and language arts whose classrooms include ESOL students. This 60-hour course is designed to provide these teachers with information and skills to better understand language minority students in order to develop a positive learning environment and appropriate instruction for ESOL students.

            English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers 

            Teachers -- In-service training 

            Science -- Study and teaching (Secondary) 

            Science teachers -- Training of 

            Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary) 

            Mathematics teachers -- Training of 

            Social sciences -- Study and teaching (Secondary) 

            Social science teachers -- Training of 

            Language arts (Secondary) 

            Language arts teachers -- Training of 

Essential Science for Teachers: Earth and Space Science

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8575-8582

~Connect to video on demand through Annenberg Media~

S. Burlington, Vt. : Annenberg/CPB, c2004
8 VHS (60 min. each) + 1 course guide
Summary An professional development course for K-6 science teachers that provides in-class activities, real-world examples and interviews with scientists related to Earth and space science concepts which teachers need in today's standards-based curricula

Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Space sciences -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Audio-visual aids
Earth sciences -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Audio-visual aids
Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States
Curriculum planning -- United States

Essential Science for Teachers: Life Science

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8591-8598

~Connect to video on demand through Annenberg Media~

S. Burlington, Vt. : Annenberg/CPB, 2003
8 VHS (ca. 480 min.) + 1 course guide
This series is designed to help K-6 teachers gain an understanding of the broad concepts in life science.

Biology -- Study and teaching
Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Essential Science for Teachers: Physical Science

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8583-8590

~Connect to video on demand through Annenberg Media~

S. Burlington, Vt. : Annenberg/CPB, c2004
8 VHS (60 min. each) + 1 course guide
An professional development course for K-6 science teachers that provides in-class activities, real-world examples and interviews with scientists related to physical science concepts which teachers need in today's standards-based curricula.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Matter -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Audio-visual aids
Physical sciences -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Audio-visual aids
Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States
Curriculum planning -- United States

A First Grade Science Lesson, What Sinks? What Floats?

Memorial Hall ETMC  372.3044 Fir

Los Angeles, CA : IOX Videotape Division, c1989   / produced by American Videogram

1 videocassette (40 min.)    

After Marta Bailey teaches the lesson in her first grade classroom, her teaching techniques are analyzed by Sarah Stanley and James  Popham

            Teaching

            Floating bodies -- Study and teaching (Elementary)

            Teachers -- Training of

From Questions to Concepts: Interactive Teaching in Physics with Eric Mazur

JMU East Campus Library Videotape no.8650

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University, c2004
1 VHS (28 min.)
This video features the preparation and delivery of a lecture by Harvard University Professor Eric Mazur in his innovative elementary physics course. Using the techniques of peer instruction and just-in-time learning, Mazur demonstrates how lectures and active learning can be successfully combined and how students can monitor their own understanding of class material and offer feedback.

Physics -- Study and teaching -- United States
Physics -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Group work in education.

Greatest Inventions with Bill Nye. Communication
JMU Media Resources DVD 3525

Silver Spring, MD : Discovery Communications : Distributed by Insight Media, [2007]
1 DVD (ca. 56 min.)
Bill Nye retraces the innovations that allow us to contact almost anyone anywhere at any time.

Telecommunication -- Juvenile films
Information technology -- Juvenile films
Telecommunication
Information technology
Educational television programs
Television programs for children
Films for the hearing impaired

Geology of Virginia

JMU Media Resources Multimedia CD 260-265
[Radford, Va.] : Radford University, Dept. of Geology ; [Charlottesville, Va.] : Commonwealth of Virginia, Dept. of Mines, Minerals, and Energy, Division of Mineral Resources, c1999-<c2001 >
Each CD-ROM is accompanied by a teacher's guide which includes lesson plans and answer sheets
Incomplete Contents CD-ROM 1 [260] Introduction and geologic background -- CD-ROM 2 [261]. Coastal plain -- CD-ROM 3 [262-263] Piedmont and Blue Ridge -- CD-ROM 4 [264-265] Valley & ridge and Appalachian plateau
Introduces information on the geology of Virginia as well as basic principles of geology, including minerals, rocks, fossils, rock structures, weathering, landforms, and plate tectonics. Includes text, music, slides, video clips, and spoken word over information. Teaches students about Virginia's geology through an interactive multimedia format. Fulfills Standards of Learning (SOL) requirements

The Great Principles of Science

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.6551-6565

Springfield, Va.: Teaching Company, 1999

15 videocassettes (ca. 30 hr.) + 5 study guides

Series: The Great Courses on Tape

Note: In 5 parts, 3 videos per part, 4 lectures per video -- Sixty 30-minute lectures

Provides a clear and bracing overview of the scientific world, from the laws of motion first formulated 300 years ago by Sir Isaac Newton, to the latest marvels of contemporary genetic research.

Part I: No.1 - Lecture 1. The Nature of Science -- Lecture 2. The Scientific Method -- Lecture 3. The Ordered Universe --Lecture 4. Celestial and Terrestrial Mechanics ; No 2. - Lecture 5. Newton's Law of Motion -- Lecture 6. Universal Gravitation -- Lecture 7. The Nature of Energy -- Lecture 8. The First Law of Thermodynamics ; No.3 - Lecture 9. The Second Law of Thermodynamics -- Lecture 10. Entropy -- Lecture 11. Magnetism and Static Electricity -- Lecture 12. Electricity

Part II: No.1 - Lecture 13. Electromagnetism -- Lecture 14. The Electromagnetic Spectrum, Part I -- Lecture 15. The Electromagnetic Spectrum, Part II -- Lecture 16. Relativity ; No. 2 - Lecture 17. Atoms -- Lecture 18. The Bohr Atom -- Lecture 19. Relativity -- Lecture 20. The Periodic Table of the Elements ; No.3 - Lecture 21. Introduction to Chemistry -- Lecture 22. The Chemistry of Carbon -- Lecture 23. States of Matter and Changes of State -- Lecture 24. Phase Transformations & Chemical Reactions

Part III: No.1 - Lecture 25. Properties of Materials -- Lecture 26. Semiconductors and Modern Microelectronics -- Lecture 27. Isotopes and Radioactivity -- Lecture 28. Nuclear Fission and Fusion Reactions ; No.2 - Lecture 29. Astronomy -- Lecture 30. The Life Cycle of Stars -- Lecture 31. Edwin Hubble and the Discovery of Galaxies -- Lecture 32. The Big Bang ; No.3 - Lecture 33. The Ultimate Structure of Matter -- Lecture 34. The Nebular Hypothesis -- Lecture 35. The Solar System -- Lecture 36. The Earth as a Planet

Part IV: No.1 - Lecture 37. The Dynamic Earth -- Lecture 38. The Plate-Tectonics Revolution -- Lecture 39. Earthquakes, Volcanoes & Plate Motions Today -- Lecture 40. Earth Cycles: Water ; No.2 - Lecture 41. The Atmospheric Cycle -- Lecture 42. The Rock Cycle -- Lecture 43. What Is Life? -- Lecture 44. Strategies of Life ; No.3 - Lecture 45. Life's Molecular Building Blocks -- Lecture 46. Proteins -- Lecture 47. Cells: The Chemical Factories of Life -- Lecture 48. Gregor Mendel, Founder of Genetics

Part V: No.1 - Lecture 49. The Discovery of DNA -- Lecture 50. The Genetic Code -- Lecture 51. Reading the Genetic Code -- Lecture 52. Genetic Engineering ; No.2 Lecture 53. Cancer and Other Genetic Diseases -- Lecture 54. The Chemical Evolution of Life -- Lecture 55. Biological Evolution: A Unifying Theme of Biology ; No.3 - Lecture 56. The Fact of Evolution: The Fossil Record -- Lecture 57. Charles Darwin and the Theory of Natural Selection -- Lecture 58. Ecosystems and the Law of Unintended Consequences -- Lecture 59. The Ozone Hole, Acid Rain, and the Greenhouse Effect --  Lecture 60. Science, the Endless Frontier.

Science -- Study and teaching 

Science -- History 

The Habitable Planet: A Systems Approach to Environmental Science

(Video on Demand available from Annenberg Media)
JMU Media Resources DVD 3716-3719

S. Burlington, Vt.: Annenberg Media, c2007

4 DVD (390 min.)

A video course for high school teachers and college level instruction; 13 half-hour video programs, online text, professional development guide, and Web site. "The multimedia course explores the natural functions of Earth's systems: geophysical, atmospheric, oceanic, and ecosystems; Earth's ability to sustain life, especially human life; and the effects that human actions have had on the different natural systems. Components include 13 half-hour video programs featuring two documentary case studies describing current environmental science research, and an extensive Web site providing content, activities, and resources to help educators deepen and extend their understanding of environmental science" -- container. Contents: Disc 1. program 1, Many planets, one earth. program 2, Atmosphere. program 3, Oceans. program 4, Ecosystems -- Disc 2. program 5, Human population dynamics. program 6, Risk, exposure, and health. program 7, Agriculture. program 8, Water resources -- Disc 3. program 9, Biodiversity decline. program 10, Energy challenges. program 11, Atmospheric pollution -- Disc 4. program 12, Earth's changing climate. program 13, Looking forward : our global experiment.

Earth -- Environmental aspects -- Study and teaching
Environmental sciences -- Study and teaching
Human beings -- Effect of environment on
Nature -- Effect of human beings on

How Change Happens: Breaking the "Teach as you were taught" Cycle in Science and Math

JMU Media Resources DVD 1656

Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2000, c2004
1 DVD (25 min.)
This program showcases innovative teaching techniques as performed by science and math professors of Hampshire College, the University of Massachusetts, and Springfield Technical Community College. Demonstrates how these instructors have succeeded in increasing their students' engagement with the subject matter by applying active learning, cooperative group work, and alternative test-taking techniques. An excellent tool for stimulating discussion among faculty members about course and curriculum reform. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

Science -- Study and teaching
Mathematics -- Study and teaching
Effective teaching
College teaching
Active learning
Group work in education
Curriculum planning
Educational innovations

Human Genome

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.8258

~Connect to video online (JMU users)~  

Bethesda, MD : Discovery Channel School, c2002

1 VHS (52 min.) + 1 pamphlet

Series: Assignment Discovery 

Learn about how scientists are discovering which human genes are responsible for specific human traits.

            Secondary, grades 6-12

            Human genome 

            Human gene mapping 

In and Out of School: Family-School Partnerships in Math and Science

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.9054

Portland, ME. : Stenhouse Publishers, 2002
1 VHS (27 min.)
The first project documents a series of workshops, celebrations, and presentations in which Milwaukee parents become better acquainted with math standards as they learn how to support their children's math literacy at home. In the second project, parents go on a field trip of Chicago's urban natural world and become guides and teachers, transforming traditional classroom science instruction into a community-building experience.

Education -- Parent participation -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Education -- Parent participation -- Illinois -- Chicago
Home and school -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Home and school -- Illinois -- Chicago
Community and school -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Community and school -- Illinois -- Chicago

Interactions in Science and Society

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.1787-1788 

Bloomington, Ind. : the Agency, c1987

2 VHS + teacher's guide (149 p.)

"Five 30-minute programs in science, technology, and society for teachers used to teach Interactions in science and society." Contents:Waste management -- Robots -- Superconductivity -- Acid rain -- Energy.

            Science -- Social aspects -- Study and teaching (Secondary) 

            Technology -- Social aspects -- Study and teaching (Secondary)  

Journey North

~Connect to video on demand from Annenberg Media~

An instructional Web site for K-12 students and their teachers; 1 one-hour Professional Development Video Program and Workshop Guide for teachers on the use of Journey North; and a Teacher's Manual with support materials

Journey North is an Internet-based program that engages students in investigations of wildlife migration and seasonal change. Each year, thousands of students and their teachers across North America come together to experience the annual cycle through observation, inquiry, research, and the sharing of data. Access to the Journey North Web site is free: www.learner.org/jnorth.

With the Professional Development Video and Workshop Guide, teachers can watch Journey North classrooms in action and learn how to use the program in their classrooms. Teachers of second through seventh grades are featured with their students engaging in some of the most popular Journey North investigations.

The Joy of Science. Part I
East Lib-Info Desk Videotape no. 7346-7348
East Lib-Info Desk Videotape no.7346-7348 guide

Chantilly, Va. : The Teaching Company, c2001

3 VHS (ca. 120 min. ea.) + 1 course guide (68 p.)
Series: Great courses on tape

These lucid, information-packed lectures convey the excitement of scientific discovery and trace the connections between discoveries over time. In this course, veteran science educator Robert Hazen renders the most complex ideas simple and memorable, without ever being simplistic" -- website. Contents: Tape 1: lecture 1. The nature of science -- lecture 2. The scientific method -- lecture 3. The ordered universe -- lecture 4. Celestial and terrestrial mechanics -- Tape 2: lecture 5. Newton's laws of motion -- lecture 6. Universal gravitation -- lecture 7. The nature of energy -- lecture 8. The first law of thermodynamics -- Tape3: lecture 9. The second law of thermodynamics -- lecture 10. Entropy -- lecture 11. Magnetism and static electricity -- lecture 12. Electricity.

Science
Science -- History
Science -- Methodology

The Joy of Science. Part II

East Lib-Info Desk Videotape no. 7349-7351
East Lib-Info Desk Videotape no.7349-7351 guide

Chantilly, Va. : The Teaching Company, c2001
3 VHS (ca. 120 min. ea.) + 1 course guide (74 p.)
"The Joy of Science is a re-release of The Great Principles of Science. ...the video version has been thoroughly revised" -- website. Contents: Tape 1: lecture 13. Electromagnetism -- lecture 14. The electromagnetic spectrum, part I -- lecture 15. The electromagnetic spectrum, part II -- lecture 16. Relativity -- Tape 2: lecture 17. Atoms -- lecture 18. The Bohr atom -- lecture 19. The quantum world -- lecture 20. The periodic table of the elements -- Tape 3: lecture 21. Introduction to chemistry -- lecture 22. The chemistry of carbon -- lecture 23. States of matter and changes of state -- lecture 24. Phase transformation & chemical reactions.

Science
Science -- History
Science -- Methodology

The Joy of Science. Part III

East Lib-Info Desk Videotape no. 7352-7354
East Lib-Info Desk Videotape no.7352-7354 guide

Chantilly, Va. : The Teaching Company, c2001
3 VHS (ca. 120 min. ea.) + 1 course guide (76 p.)
"The Joy of Science is a re-release of The Great Principles of Science. ...the video version has been thoroughly revised" -- website. Contents: Tape 1: lecture 25. Properties of materials -- lecture 26. Semiconductors and modern microelectronics -- lecture 27. Isotopes and radioactivity -- lecture 28. Nuclear fission and fusion reactions -- Tape 2: lecture 29. Astronomy -- lecture 30. The life cycle of stars -- lecture 31. Edwin Hubble and the discovery of galaxies -- lecture 32. The Big Bang -- Tape 3: lecture 33. The ultimate structure of matter -- lecture 34. The nebular hypothesis -- lecture 35. The solar system -- lecture 36. The Earth as a planet.

Science
Science -- History
Science -- Methodology

The Joy of Science. Part IV

East Lib-Info Desk Videotape no. 7355-7357
East Lib-Info Desk Videotape no.7355-7357 guide

Chantilly, Va. : The Teaching Company, c2001
3 VHS (ca. 120 min. ea.) . + 1 course guide (74 p.)
"These lucid, information-packed lectures convey the excitement of scientific discovery and trace the connections between discoveries over time. In this course, veteran science educator Robert Hazen renders the most complex ideas simple and memorable, without ever being simplistic" -- website. Contents: Tape 1: lecture 37. The dynamic earth -- lecture 38. The plate tectonics revolution -- lecture 39. Earthquakes, volcanoes, & plate motions today -- lecture 40. Earth cycles : water -- Tape 2: lecture 41. The atmospheric cycle -- lecture 42. The rock cycle -- lecture 43. What is life? -- lecture 44. Strategies of life -- Tape 3: lecture 45. Life's molecular building blocks -- lecture 46. Proteins -- lecture 47. Cells : the chemical factories of life -- lecture 48. Gregor Mendel, founder of genetics.

Science
Science -- History
Science -- Methodology

The Joy of Science. Part V

East Lib-Info Desk Videotape no. 7358-7360
East Lib-Info Desk Videotape no.7358-7360 guide

Chantilly, Va. : The Teaching Company, c2001
3 videocassettes (ca. 120 min. ea.). + 1 course guide (ii, 75 p..)
"These lucid, information-packed lectures convey the excitement of scientific discovery and trace the connections between discoveries over time. In this course, veteran science educator Robert Hazen renders the most complex ideas simple and memorable, without ever being simplistic" -- website.
Contents: Tape 1: lecture 49. The discovery of DNA -- lecture 50. The genetic code -- lecture 51. Reading the genetic code -- lecture 52. Genetic engineering -- Tape 2: lecture 53. Cancer and other genetic diseases -- lecture 54. The chemical evolution of life -- lecture 55. Biological evolution : a unifying theme of biology -- lecture 56. The fact of evolution : the fossil record -- Tape 3: lecture 57. Charles Darwin and the theory of natural selection -- lecture 58. Ecosystems & the law of unintended consequences -- lecture 59. The ozone hole, acid rain, & the greenhouse effect -- lecture 60. Science, the endless frontier.

Science
Science -- History
Science -- Methodology

Learning Science Through Inquiry

~Connect to video on demand from Annenberg Media~

A video workshop for K-8 teachers; 8 one-hour video programs, workshop guide, and Web site

Inquiry-based teaching, central to the National Science Education Standards and the Benchmarks for Science Literacy, should not be an isolated occurrence, but a comprehensive and ongoing approach. However, many teachers hesitate to teach science through inquiry because they did not learn this way themselves, when they were students or during their preparation to become teachers. This workshop shows inquiry teaching and learning in action, with real teachers and students in real classrooms. Whether you have already experimented with inquiry teaching and want to enhance your practice, or are new to the approach and want to know how to make it work, this workshop will help you understand the process and how it benefits students, and give you strategies to use in your classroom.

Learning that Works: Science in the Real World

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8797-8799

South Burlington, VT : WGBH Boston Video, c2000
3 VHS (120 min.) + 1 guidebook
These videos and associated materials demonstrate models in which rigorous science and mathematics are learned in workplace settings.

Science -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States
School-to-work transition -- United States
Experiential learning -- United States -- Case studies
Mathematics -- Study and teaching
Documentary television programs

Making a Language, Literature, Science Connection in the Classroom

Memorial Hall ETMC   372.35044 Mak

Los Angeles, CA : IOX Assessment Associates, 1991

1 VHS (ca. 30 min.)

Drs. Sarah J. Stanley and W. James Popham with Bruce Wellman, a science consultant discuss incorporating literature with science instruction in the classroom.

            Teaching

            Science teachers -- Training of

            Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary)

Matter

Memorial Hall-ETMC   530 Mat  2

Marina Del Rey, CA : Tell Me Why Sales Company, Inc., c1992

videocassette (22 min.) + teacher's guide

Series: Tell Me Why; Understanding Science, v. 2

This program explains the basic principles of matter. Contents: Physical properties -- States of matter -- Weight & mass -- Density -- Boyle's Law -- Charles' Law -- Phase changes.

Science -- Methodology 

Matter -- Study and teaching 

Matter -- Properties 

Maxine Singer

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.1339

Alexandria, Va. : PBS Video, c1988 a production of Public Affairs Television, Inc

1 VHS (29 min.)

Series: A segment of the television program A World of Ideas with Bill Moyers

Molecular biologist Maxine Singer discusses genetic research and genetic engineering, popular misconceptions about these activities and about science in general, and the importance of science education of all members of society.

            Genetics -- Research 

            Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects 

            Science -- Study and teaching 

The Next Move: Steps Toward Change in Elementary Math and Science

~Connect to video on demand from Annenberg Media~

A video workshop on creating a student-centered classroom, for K-5 teachers; 8 one-hour video programs, workshop guide, and Web site.

This workshop explores issues in classroom change with the goal of helping teachers move toward more student-centered classrooms. The programs feature K-5 teachers at decision-making points in actual classroom situations, allowing viewers to discuss with colleagues how they might approach their "next moves" given similar circumstances.

Physics by Inquiry

East Campus Library Videotape no.8689

South Burlington, VT : WGBH Boston Video, c2000
1 VHS (ca. 90 min.) + 1 guide (2 p.)
Takes viewers inside the six-week NSF Summer Institute in Physics and Physical Science conducted by the Physics Education Group. At the intensive institute, K-12 teachers take part in a hands-on, inquiry-oriented approach to professional development. Guided by instructors through carefully sequenced questions and experiments.

Physics -- Methodology
Physical sciences -- Methodology
Physics -- Study and teaching -- Methodology
Physical sciences -- Study and teaching -- Methodology
Physics

Planet Earth. The Complete Series. Disc 1-5
JMU Media Resources DVD 3313 - 3317

BBC Video ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2007]
Disc 1. Contents: From pole to pole (48 min.) -- Planet Earth diaries: Eye in the sky (11 min.) -- Mountains (47 min.) -- Planet earth diaries: Snow leopard quest (11 min.) -- Fresh water (48 min.) -- Planet earth diaries: diving with piranhas (11 min.)

Disc 2. Contents: Caves (48 min.) -- Planet Earth diaries: Into the abyss (9 min.) -- Deserts (48 min.) -- Planet Earth diaries: Wild camel chase (10 min.) -- Ice Worlds (48 min.) -- Planet earth diaries: Alive in the freezer (11 min.)

Disc 3. Contents: Great plains (48 min) -- Planet earth diaries: Shot in the dark (11 min.) -- Jungles (48 min.) -- Planet earth diaries: Trouble in paradise (11 min.) -- Shallow seas (48 min.) -- Planet earth diaries: Shark quest (11 min.)

Disc 4. Contents: Seasonal forests (48 min) -- Planet earth diaries: Forest fliers (11 min.) -- Ocean deep (48 min.) -- Planet earth diaries: Ocean wanderers (11 min.)

Disc 5. Contents: The future: saving species (59 min) -- The future: Into the wilderness (59 min.) -- The future: Living together (59 min.).

The Private Universe Project in Science

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8888-8896

~Connect to video on demand from Annenberg Media~

S. Burlington, Vt. : Annenberg/CPB Math and Science Project, [200?]
9 videocassettes + 1 preview videocassette (15 min.) + 1 guide
A video workshop on teaching and learning science for grade K-12 educators. Contents: [Tape] 1. Astronomy: eliciting student ideas (62 min.) -- [Tape] 2. Biology: why are some ideas so difficult? (82 min.) -- [Tape] 3. Physics: hands-on/minds-on learning (84 min.) -- [Tape] 4. Chemistry: a house with no foundation (84 min.) -- [Tape] 5. Vision: can we believe our own eyes? (80 min.) -- [Tape] 6. Energy: where should we start? (89 min.) -- [Tape] 7. Environmental science: taking a risk (88 min.) -- [Tape] 8. Progressive education: finding solutions that work (85 min.) -- [Tape] 9. Constructivism: a vision for the future (83 min.).

Science -- Study and teaching
Educational films

Pursuing Excellence: Initial Findings from the Third International Math and Science Study

JMU Carrier Lib-GovDocs-US   ED 1.334/2:EX 2/VIDEO      

Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Development, National Center for Education Statistics : [1997?]

1 VHS (13 min., 40 sec.)

Summarizes the key findings of the TIMSS at the eighth-grade level, with respect to curriculum and learning expectations, teaching, teachers' lives, and students' lives.

Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- Statistics 

Science -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- Statistics 

Eighth grade (Education) -- Statistics 

Academic achievement -- Statistics 

Rediscovering Biology: Molecular to Global Perspectives

~Connect to video on demand from Annenberg Media~

A video course for high school teachers; 13 half-hour video programs, course guide, and Web site.

Great advances have been made in the field of biology in recent decades that will continue to have a major impact on our lives. Rediscovering Biology explains these developments for teachers of high school biology to update their content knowledge and understanding. The multimedia course materials—video, online text, interactive Web activities, and course guide—will help new and veteran biology teachers become familiar with current research methods and tools that will lead to new discoveries in the coming decades. Thirteen half-hour video programs feature interviews with expert scientists involved in groundbreaking research, such as Eric Lander of the MIT Genomics Center and Rita Colwell, director of the National Science Foundation. Detailed animations provide a micro-level view of biological processes and techniques such as mass spectrometry and microarray analysis. Supporting and expanding the video content, the course guide and interactive Web site provide learning activities, additional information, a detailed glossary, annotated animations, and case studies that invite teachers to run their own mini research projects. An extensive online text, downloadable for printing, covers the content participants need to know for the 13 units.

Secret of Life

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.3050-3057

Alexandria, Va. : PBS Adult Learning Service, 1993
8 VHS (480 min.)
Presents a college level introductory biology course for non-majors. Contents: Pt.1 Mendelian genetics and the DNA molecule: The immortal thread.--Pt 2. From DNA to protein and the accidents that lead to evolution: Accidents of creation.--Pt.3. DNA from generation to generation: Birth, sex and death.--Pt.4. DNA and regulation: Conquering cancer.--Pt.5. DNA in defense: The mouse that laid the golden egg.--Pt.6. Genetic recombination, natural and artificial: Cell wars.--Pt. 7. DNA in humankind: Children by design.--Pt.8. The role of DNA in behavior: Who are you?

Biology -- Study and teaching (Higher)

Science First-Hand: Three Classrooms at Work

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.9276-9278
          Boston : WBGH Educational Foun

3 VHS (105 min.) + 1 teacher's guide
7th and 8th graders at 3 different high schools in Massachusetts learn science through activity programs that involve experimenting with tops, making yoyos, building water wheels to lift the weight of nails, and building houses and bridges to support the weight of nails, using a variety of easily available household materials. Students are taught in groups and are taught to think analytically and theoretically as to why their projects did or did not work. Contents: [Prog. 1.] Tops and yo-yos -- [Prog. 2.] Water wheels -- [Prog. 3.] Structures.

Physical sciences -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Massachusetts
Science -- Study and teaching -- Activity programs -- Massachusetts
Physical sciences -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Massachusetts -- Aids and devices
Physical sciences -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Massachusetts -- Problems, exercises, etc
Activity programs in education -- Massachusetts
Project method in teaching

Science IMAGES

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A video library for grade 1-8 teachers; 8 forty-five-minute video programs and guides

Meet eight elementary and middle school teachers who focus on scientific thinking. These unscripted programs capture several days in their classrooms, complete with the normal changes-of-plan and interruptions, to show inquiry-based science instruction as it unfolds. Each program begins with a science concept and a teacher explaining his or her goals. You'll then see the lesson in progress as students observe, analyze, develop theories, and reach conclusions. Finally, each teacher gives a candid review of the class response and an evaluation of his or her lesson.

Science K-6: Investigating Classroom

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8738-8746

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Boston, Mass. : WGBH Educational Foundation : c1999
9 VHS (403 min.) + 1 guidebook
Profiles three elementary classrooms to see what teachers from around the country are doing to incorporate in-depth investigations into their science lessons. The teachers offer themselves and their students as case studies in an effort to raise questions and inspire discussion about what it takes to prepare scientifically literate students.

Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States
Educational television programs
Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Science and Technology: The Formative Years

Memorial Hall ETMC  372.35044 Sci

Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences [distributor], c1992

6 VHS (26 min. ea.)

Designed for elementary science teachers who want to develop new teaching methods for the active, child-centered science program.

            Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary)

            Teaching

            Curriculum enrichment

Science in Focus: Energy

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A video workshop for K-6 science teachers; 8 one-hour video programs, workshop guide, and Web site.

Understanding the concept of energy is crucial to the comprehension of many ideas in physical science, Earth and space science, and life science. The video programs, print guide, and Web site of this workshop for elementary school teachers provide a solid foundation, enabling you to distinguish between the way "energy" is commonly understood and its meaning in science. Examine energy’s role in motion, machines, food, the human body, and the universe as a whole. Learn how energy can be converted from one form to another and transferred over space and time. And explore the notion of "conservation of energy" — the idea that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. Return to the classroom with a new focus on the important concept of energy.

Science in Focus: Force and Motion

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A video workshop on force and motion for K-8 teachers; 8 one-hour video programs, workshop guide, and Web site.

Explore science concepts in force and motion and come away with a deeper understanding that will help you engage your students in their own explorations. With science and education experts as your guides, learn more about gravity, friction, air resistance, magnetism, and tension through activities, discussions, and demonstrations. Extensive footage shot in real classrooms shows students learning and building on ideas as they explore the relationships among motion, force, size, mass, and speed. As you watch the students develop understanding through activities that connect science concepts to real-world phenomena, you will be asked to think about your own ideas on force and motion and compare them to what you observe.

Science in Focus: Shedding Light on Science

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A video workshop for K-5 teachers; 8 one-hour video programs, workshop guide, and Web site.

This workshop uses light as a theme to explore topics in physics, chemistry, biology, space science, and Earth science. Light is a common thread through many areas of science and a natural topic for interdisciplinary science study. Make connections to real world phenomena and explore the behavior of light, the transformation of energy, and the role of light in the weather, the seasons, and the production of food by plants.

The Science of Teaching Science

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A video workshop for K-8 teachers; 8 ninety-minute video programs, workshop guide, and Web site; graduate credit available

The Science of Teaching Science encourages K-8 teachers to explore ways to improve their teaching practices. Each program takes an in-depth look at a real classroom, so that teachers can focus on the issues involved in teaching science. Observing other teachers in unrehearsed situations will provide new and veteran teachers with the confidence to try new approaches to teaching.

Scientific Methods and Values

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.3456       

Madison, WI : Hawkhill Associates, 1992

1 VHS (30 min.) + 1 student's guide (30 p.)

Series: Time, Space and Spirit

Part one presents a survey of the methods and values of scientists through the ages, with special attention to Ionian Greece, Renaissance Italy, and modern 19th- and 20th-century revolutions. Part two outlines scientific methods and values of today. Contents: pt. 1. The growth of science -- pt. 2. The methods and values of science.

            Science -- Social aspects -- Study and teaching (Secondary) 

            Science -- Methodology -- History 

            Technology -- Social aspects -- Study and teaching (Secondary) 

See How Wild Animals Grow

Memorial Hall-ETMC   591.39 See3

New York : Sony Wonder, c1993 / Dorling Kindersley vision

1 VHS (30 min.)

Series: See How They Grow 

Watch how the wilderness teaches rabbits, foxes, snakes and pheasants to thrive and grow toward the independence of young adulthood.

            Rabbits -- Growth 

            Foxes -- Growth 

            Snakes -- Growth 

            Pheasants -- Growth

Teaching an Effective Hands-on Science Lesson

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8505

Ann Arbor, MI. : Chalk Dust Productions., 1998
1 VHS (13 min.)
This video shows an elementary science lesson. Its presents how the teacher helps the students to become better observers; and to act and think like scientists.

Teaching
Lesson planning
Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary)

Teaching High School Science

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A video library for high school teachers; 6 video programs (from 30 to 55 minutes in length) and guide

Asking questions, making discoveries, gathering data, analyzing explanations, and communicating scientific arguments are key ingredients in a classroom where vibrant inquiry is taking place. The Teaching High School Science library will help new and veteran science teachers integrate national science standards and inquiry learning into their curricula. Showing science classrooms around the country, the modules cover topics in life science, physical science, Earth and space science, and integrated science. They also show a range of teaching techniques and student/teacher interaction.

Toys in Space

JMU East Campus Library  Videotape no.3951

College Park, MD : American Association of Physics Teachers, [1989?]

1 VHS (60 min.) + teacher's guide (29 p..)

Collection of 13 vignettes that show the behavior of common toys in the "weightless environment of space." Contents: Paper aeroplane -- Paddleball -- Slinky -- Ball & jacks -- Juggling -- Magnet marbles -- Flipping mouse (Rat stuff) -- Gyroscope -- Top -- Wheels -- Yo-yo -- Wind-up car -- Press conference.

            Force and energy 

            Motion 

            Toys 

            Physics 

            Space environment 

            Gravity 

The Ultimate Guide: Octopus

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.6364

Bethesda, MD : Discovery Communications, c1998

1 VHS (26 min.) + teacher's guide ([4] p)

Series: Discovery Channel School 

Videocassette release of a television program in the Assignment discovery series produced by the Discovery Channel and Summer Productions. This documentary introduces students to the world of cephalopods -- octopus, squids and cuttlefish. The film shows how octopus and their cousins survive and behave in their habitat.

            Octopus 

            Squids 

            Cuttlefish 

Unseen Life on Earth: An Introduction to Microbiology
JMU Media Resources DVD 3713-3715

S. Burlington, VT : [Annenberg/CPB Project], c1999

3 DVD (360 min.)
Explores the vast biotechnological potential micro-organisms hold and discusses their importance in everything from medicine to environmental issues to global politics. Features new techniques in microscopy and computer-generated imagery. Contents: Disc 1. The microbial universe -- The Unity of living systems -- Metabolism -- Reading the Code of Life -- Disc 2. Genetic transfer -- Microbial evolution -- Microbial diversity -- Microbial ecology -- Disc 3. Microbial control -- Microbial interactions -- Human defenses -- Microbes and human diseases.

Microorganisms
Microbiology
Video recordings for the hearing impaired

What is Energy
East Campus Library DVD 3114

Huntsville, TX : Educational Video Network, Inc., [2004]
1 DVD-R (15 min.)
Defines energy, describes various forms of energy, the law of conservation of energy, how energy is measured, and heat and thermal pollution.

Force and energy -- Study and teaching