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The Art of Science
~Online video (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
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
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 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
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 senseScience -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Close-up on Chemistry
JMU East Campus Library 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 1998
1 videocassette (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
(Video on Demand available through Annenberg Media)
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8575-8582
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 curriculaVideo 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
(Video on Demand available through Annenberg Media)
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8591-8598
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 scienceBiology -- Study and teaching
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Essential Science for Teachers: Physical Science
(Video on Demand available through Annenberg Media)
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8583-8590
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 curriculaVideo 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 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 feedbackPhysics -- 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.)
Note: Grades 6-12
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
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
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.
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
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 DVDs (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 label
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 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
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
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)
Journey North (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.
Co-created by Twin Cities Public Television, Inc. and Journey North, Inc. 2001.
The Joy of Science. Part I
East Lib-Info Desk Videotape no. 7346 [tape 1],no. 7347 [tape 2], no. 7348 [tape 3]
East Lib-Info Desk Videotape no.7346-7348 guide
Publisher Chantilly, Va. : The Teaching Company, c2001
3 videocassettes (ca. 120 min. ea.) . + 1 course guide (ii, 68 p.)
Series Great courses on tape
Note VHS
"Course no. 1101"--p. [4] of course guide cover
"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 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
Summary "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"--
Science
Science -- History
Science -- Methodology
The Joy of Science. Part II
East Lib-Info Desk Videotape no. 7349 [tape 1], no. 7350 [tape 2], no. 7351 [tape 3]
East Lib-Info Desk Videotape no.7349-7351 guide
Chantilly, Va. : The Teaching Company, c2001
3 videocassettes (ca. 120 min. ea.) + 1 course guide (ii, 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 [tape 1] no. 7353 [tape 2] no. 7354 [tape 3]
East Lib-Info Desk Videotape no.7352-7354 guide
Chantilly, Va. : The Teaching Company, c2001
3 videocassettes (ca. 120 min. ea.) + 1 course guide (ii, 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 [tape 1] no. 7356 [tape 2] no. 7357 [tape 3]
East Lib-Info Desk Videotape no.7355-7357 guide
Chantilly, Va. : The Teaching Company, c2001
3 videocassettes (ca. 120 min. ea.) . + 1 course guide (ii, 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 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
Credits Editor, Sal Rodriguez ; content superviser, Ann Weigand ; image acquisition, Liz Edgar
Performer/Participant Instructor, Robert M. Hazen
Summary "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"--
Science
Science -- History
Science -- Methodology
The Joy of Science. Part V
East Lib-Info Desk Videotape no. 7358 [tape 1] no. 7359 [tape 2] no. 7360 [tape 3]
East Lib-Info Desk Videotape no.7358-7360 guide
Publisher Chantilly, Va. : The Teaching Company, c2001
3 videocassettes (ca. 120 min. ea.). + 1 course guide (ii, 75 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 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
Summary "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"--
Science
Science -- History
Science -- Methodology
Learning Science Through Inquiry (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 videocassettes (120 min.) + 1 guidebook
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
The Next Move: Steps Toward Change in Elementary Math and Science
(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
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
Planet Earth. The complete series. Disc 1-5
JMU Media Resources DVD 3313 - 3317
BBC Video ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2007]
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.)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.)
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.)
4. Contents: Seasonal forests (48 min) -- Planet earth diaries: Forest fliers (11 min.) -- Ocean deep (48 min.) -- Planet earth diaries: Ocean wanderers (11 min.)
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 (Video on Demand from Annenberg Media)
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8888-8896
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 educators9 ninety-minute video programs, 1 fifteen-minute facilitator's video, workshop guide, and Web site
[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?]
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
Rediscovering Biology: Molecular to Global Perspectives (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.
Produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting. 2003.
Secret of Life
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.3050-3057
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 First Hand: Three Classrooms at Work
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.9276-9278
Boston : WBGH Educational Foun
3 videocassettes (105 min.) + 1 teacher's guide
Audience Science teachers and student teachers
Summary 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 (Video on Demand from Annenberg Media)
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 (Video on Demand from Annenberg Media)
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8738-8746
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
Science in Focus: Energy (Video on Demand from Annenberg Media)
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.
Produced by Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. 2002.
Science in Focus: Force and Motion (Video on Demand from Annenberg Media)
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.
Produced by Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. 2001.
Science in Focus: Shedding Light on Science (Video on Demand from Annenberg Media)
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.
Produced by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. 1999.
The Science of Teaching Science (Video on Demand from Annenberg Media)
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
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
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)
Teaching High School Science (Video on Demand from Annenberg Media)
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.
Produced by WGBH Boston. 2000.
Toys in Space
JMU East Campus Library 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
Unseen Life on Earth: An Introduction to Microbiology
JMU Media Resources DVD 3713-3715
S. Burlington, VT : [Annenberg/CPB Project], c1999
3 videodiscs (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 diseasesMicroorganisms
Microbiology
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
What is Energy
East Campus Library DVD 3114
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
