Ecology Series
(Includes all 4 titles below)

Available in DVD or VHS. The complete series is on 1 DVD for instant access to the content chapters in all 4 videos. Extra features of the DVD include indexes, labeled slides, glossary, animations, English subtitles, and an iMovie project.

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The Biosphere

This program explores the major features of earth's amazing biosphere. Students are introduced to the biotic and abiotic components found in an ecosystem. Footage from throughout the world illustrates how ecosystems can change over time. Other terminology includes: wetland, forest, precipitation, temperature, soil type, primary and secondary succession, climax community, biome, forest, taiga, ocean, estuary, freshwater, and rainforest.
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Ecosystem Dynamics

In this program students are introduced to the study of ecology. It discusses the role which producers, consumers, and decomposers play in ecosystems and the exchange of energy between them. Other terminology includes: environment, interconnected, community, natural communities, habitats, energy dynamics, energy laws, stability and biodiversity.
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Natural Cycles

This program addresses many of the cycles conducted by animals including those of migration, hibernation, and patterns relating to day and night. The cycles that affect all living things are discussed including the air we breathe and the water we drink. Other Terminology includes seasons, diurnal, nocturnal, lunar rhythm, annual rhythm, migration, hibernation, water cycle, nitrogen cycle, carbon and oxygen cycle.
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People and the Environment

Students will explore the notion of resource conservation, and identify the differences between renewable and non-renewable resources. Some of the ways our environment may be harmed via pollution, deforestation, species extinction, and habitat destruction are also addressed. Other terminology includes: wildlife conservation, endangered species, treatment plants, recycling, and biodiversity.
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