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Media Resources Multimedia 400
Publisher Cardiff, Wales : Birchfield Interactive : Insight Media [dist.], c1997-2006
DVD-ROM
IMPORTANT NOTE: Must have QuickTime and Windows Media Player installed to ensure that the animations and video within this program play fully
Audience Ages 14-16
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 developmentBiology -- Study and teaching -- Interactive multimedia
Chen Ning Yang
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.1348
Alexandria, Va. : PBS Video, c1988 /a production of Public Affairs Television, Inc.
1 videocassette (29 min.)
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
Internet-JMU Users AE5 .F55 Internet
Publisher Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1998
1 DVD (24 min.)
Summary Program probes the childhood tendency toward learning scientific concepts through observation and common sense
Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Close-up on Chemistry
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.2832
Washington, D.C. : American Chemical Society, c1991
1 videocassette (70 min.) + 1 manual (45 p.)
ACS video courses
21 demonstrations designed to be used in conjunction with classroom instruction in introductory chemistry.
Chemistry -- Experiments
Chemistry -- Study and teaching
The Complete Science Program: Where to Begin
Memorial Hall ETMC 372.35044 Com
Los Angeles, Calif. : IOX Assessment Associates, 1991
1 videocassette (ca. 30 min.)
Bruce Wellman and Drs. Sarah J. Stanley and W. James Popham discuss how to make science more interesting for elementary students
Teaching
Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Science teachers -- Training of
Creating a Holistic Science Program: Where to Begin
Memorial Hall ETMC 372.3043 Hol
Los Angeles, CA : IOX Assessment Associates, c1991
1 videocassette (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 videocassette (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
Elementary Science Information Unit. [Filmstrip.]
Memorial Hall ETMC 372.35 Ele
Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development. Released by Technicon Education Systems, 1970
7 filmstrips. (60 fr. each) color. 35 mm. & 4 cassettes and 8 booklets
Compares the goals, contents, classroom strategies, and implementation requirements of six elementary science curricula: COPES-Conceptually oriented program in elementary science; ESS-Elementary science study; IDP-Inquiry development program in physical science; MINNEMAST-Minnesota mathematics and science teaching project; S-APA-Science-a process approach; and SCIS-Science curriculum improvement study
Science -- Study and teaching
Education -- Curricula
Enriching Content Classes for Secondary ESOL Students
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8402
Washington, D.C. : Center for Applied Linguistics ; McHenry, IL : Delta Systems Co., 1998
Author Jameson, Judith H
1 videocassette (34 min.) + 1 trainer's manual (xiii, 439, 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
Publisher S. Burlington, Vt. : Annenberg/CPB, c2004
8 videocassettes (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
Publisher S. Burlington, Vt. : Annenberg/CPB, 2003
8 videocassette (ca. 480 min.) + 1 course guide
Summary 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
Publisher S. Burlington, Vt. : Annenberg/CPB, c2004
8 videocassettes (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 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 Media Resources Videotape no.8650
Publisher Cambridge, MA : Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University, c2004
1 videocassette (28 min.)
Summary 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.
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(s) 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 -from website
Note(s) Adults level course
Contents 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
How Change Happens: Breaking the "Teach as you were taught" cycle in science and math
JMU Media Resources DVD 1656
Publisher Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2000, c2004
1 videodisc (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 FoundationScience -- 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
Bethesda, MD : Discovery Channel School, c2002
1 videocassette (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
Publisher Portland, ME. : Stenhouse Publishers, 2002
videocassette (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 experienceEducation -- 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
Published Bloomington, Ind. : the Agency, c1987 / Wisconsin Educational Communications Board and Agency for Instructional Technology
2 videocassettes + teacher's guide (149 p.)
Waste management -- Robots -- Superconductivity -- Acid rain -- Energy
"Five 30-minute programs in science, technology, and society for teachers used to teach Interactions in science and society."
Science -- Social aspects -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
Technology -- Social aspects -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
Learning that works: science in the real world
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8797-8799
Publisher South Burlington, VT : WGBH Boston Video, c2000
3 videocassettes (120 min.) + 1 guidebook
Summary These videos and associated materials demonstrate models in which rigorous science and mathematics are learned in workplace settingsScience -- 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 videocassette (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
Contents Physical properties -- States of matter -- Weight & mass -- Density -- Boyle's Law -- Charles' Law -- Phase changes
This program explains the basic principles of matter
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
videocassette (29 min.)
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
Physics by inquiry
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8689
Publisher South Burlington, VT : WGBH Boston Video, c2000
videocassette (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
The private universe project:Science Media Group at the Harvard Smithsonian CFA
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8888-8896
Publisher S. Burlington, Vt. : Annenberg/CPB Math and Science Project, [2002?]
9 videocassettes : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 preview videocassette (15 min.) + 1 guide
Provides an interactive forum for teachers, administrators, and other interested adults to explore issues about teaching and learning scienceVideo recordings for the hearing impaired
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?]
videocassette (13 min., 40 sec.)
Subtitle:Eighth-grade findings from the Third International Math and Science Study
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
Secret of Life
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.3050-3057
Publisher Alexandria, Va. : PBS Adult Learning Service, 1993
8 videocassettes (480 min.)
Summary Presents a college level introductory biology course for non-majorsBiology -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Science K-6: Investigating Classroom
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8738-8746
Publisher Boston, Mass. : WGBH Educational Foundation : c1999
9 videocassettes (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 studentsScience -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States
Educational television programs
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Science and the Multimedia Classroom
Memorial Hall ETMC 371.334 Sci
Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1997
videocassette (30 min.)
Features a state-of-the-art high school science facility with its five fully-equipped labs; shows students using the 70 networked computers and 190 workstations, the Internet, CD-ROM, digitizing cameras, satellite hookups, and lab equipment to create customized multimedia projects. Administrators and school board members talk about the planning and financing of this Science in the Biosphere project
Education -- Ontario -- Parry Sound -- Data processing -- Planning
High technology and education -- Ontario -- Parry Sound
Interactive multimedia
Science -- Study and teaching
Science and Technology: The Formative Years
Memorial Hall ETMC 372.35044 Sci
6 videocassettes (26 min. ea.)
Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences [distributor], c1992
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
Scientific Methods and Values
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.3456
Madison, WI : Hawkhill Associates, 1992
videocassette (30 min.) + 1 student's guide (30 p.)
Series Time, space and spirit
Contents pt. 1. The growth of science -- pt. 2. The methods and values of science
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
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
videocassette (30 min.)
Series See how they grow
Recommended for children ages 2 and up
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
Publisher Ann Arbor, MI. : Chalk Dust Productions., 1998
videocassette (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 scientistsTeaching
Lesson planning
Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Toys in Space
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.3951
College Park, MD : American Association of Physics Teachers, [1989?]
videocassette (60 min.) + teacher's guide (29 p..)
Paper aeroplane -- Paddleball -- Slinky -- Ball & jacks -- Juggling -- Magnet marbles -- Flipping mouse (Rat stuff) -- Gyroscope -- Top -- Wheels -- Yo-yo -- Wind-up car -- Press conference Collection of 13 vignettes that show the behavior of common toys in the "weightless environment of space"
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 videocassette (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
Note(s) Secondary : 6-12
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
What is Energy
East Campus Library DVD 3114
Publisher Huntsville, TX : Educational Video Network, Inc., [2004]
videodisc 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 pollutionForce and energy -- Study and teaching
