Summary: This collection of ten video clips centers on a group of young friends living in Madrid who share the ups and downs of daily life, juggling school work, social obligations, and romance. Using a situation-comedy format, the clips were specially created to help students understand casual, conversational Spanish. Viewers will learn numbers, introductions and common greetings, giving directions,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: How does geography influence plant types? How does a tree become lumber? Is sap like blood? What, exactly, is a succulent? This collection of ten video clips (1 minute 45 seconds to 2 minutes 15 seconds) answers those questions and others through colorful image slides and animated graphics. Video clips include: Classification of Plants; The Anatomy of Flowering Plants; Trees; Reproduction of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Any study of Planet Earth, with its surface area of approximately 200 million square miles, will obviously have a lot of ground to cover! Using high-quality film footage and detailed animations, this collection of 49 video clips (30 seconds to 2 minutes each) examines the history of Earth, the structure of Earth, tectonics and volcanism, water and the oceans, the evolution of landscapes, the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: The weather-a phenomenon clearly beyond human control!-is nevertheless a topic of fascination to people the world over. A combination of high-quality film footage and detailed animations, this collection of 48 video clips (30 seconds to 2 minutes each) discusses Earth's atmosphere, precipitation, meteorology, climates, the environment, and pollution. Video clips include: Earth's...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: For the limitless imagination of a scientific mind, the ever-expanding universe is an ideal subject of inquiry! This collection of 50 video clips (45 seconds to 2 minutes 30 seconds each) uses high-quality film footage and detailed animations to investigate the structure of the universe, the stars, the Solar System, the planets of the Solar System, Earth and the Moon, astronomical observation,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: As amazing as it is complex, the human body is a marvel of biological machinery! This collection of 52 video clips (30 seconds to 2 minutes 30 seconds each) combines high-quality film footage and detailed animations to take a close-up look at the body's building blocks, the architecture of the body, the nervous system, the five senses, blood circulation, respiration and nutrition, and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Filmed in 15 countries, this collection of video segments spotlights Malalai Joya, Mukhtar Mai, and 17 other women who are making a difference in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Filmed in 11 countries, this collection of video segments spotlights Lydia Cacho, Casimira Rodriguez, and 14 other women who are making a difference in Southeast Asia, the Pacific, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Filmed in 15 countries, this collection of video segments spotlights Jasmila Zbanic, Ute Bock, Francoise Gaspard, and 13 other women who are making a difference in Europe and Asia.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: (1st work) A little mouse thinks her name, Chrysanthemum, is perfect until she starts school and all the kids make fun of her. (2nd work) Monty, a dependable alligator taxi for three school children decides he needs a vacation. (3rd work) Jimmy brings along his pet boa constrictor on a class trip to the farm.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods Studios 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BACSummary: Presents four stories by William Steig. Includes a short film about the author.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: (1st work) Georgie : In this classic tale set in New England, a little ghost named Georgie leaves his home in search of a new haunt when the creaky stairs are repaired. New version narrated by David de Vries. (2nd work) The three robbers : Three fierce robbers terrify the countryside until they meet a little girl named Tiffany, whose charm turns their gold to good. Both narration and music are...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SLISummary: This collection of 18 video clips (1 minute to 2 minutes 30 seconds each) takes a close look at genetics. Topics range from the human genome, to “junk” DNA, to genetic implications for obesity, dyslexia, eating disorders, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, substance abuse, weight loss, and aging. Video clips include: Genetics * Junk DNA * Living Longer * Secrets of the Y Chromosome * Tiny Genes, Big...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: This collection of 20 video clips (1 minute to 2 minutes 30 seconds each) takes a close look at breast cancer, skin cancer, and general cancer. Reports shed light on mammography, melanoma, the apoptosis-inhibitory protein survivin, cancer diagnosis at the DNA level, viruses as anticancer vectors, cancer risk factors, improvements in chemotherapy, and a potential cure for cancer. Video clips...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: This collection of 60 video clips (1 minute 10 seconds each) presents innovations and opportunities arising from the impact of environmental threats on the people of the world.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: This collection of 7 dazzling video clips focuses on various aspects of genetics ranging from history's DNA eureka moment, paternity testing, structural degradation of DNA, and tumor research using transgenic mice; to a human death gene and the role of stem cells in a freshwater polyp known as the hydra; to a case of gender/chromosome mismatch in which a girl is unable to naturally mature into...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Contents: DVD. Choice cuts, the complete video collection. You better run -- I'm gonna follow you -- Fire and ice -- Promises in the dark -- Precious time -- Shdows of the night -- Anxiety (get nervous) -- Little too late -- Love is a battlefield -- Lipstick lies -- We belong -- Ooh ooh song -- Painted desert -- Invincible -- Sex as a weapon -- Le bel age -- All fired up -- One love (song for the lion)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Chrysalis 2003
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC CHOSummary: This collection of 40 video clips (1 minute 10 seconds each) addresses concerns about—and threats to—the sustainability of life on Earth as global warming increases in severity. The collection also spotlights recycling and alternative energy, keys to building a brighter future for the planet.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: This collection of 34 visually stunning video clips explores the environment and facets of physics. Properties of rain, ice, snow, oil, trees, volcanoes, and salt are examined, as are aspects of quantum physics, light phenomena, hydrodynamics, thermodynamics, Newton's Laws, and electricity.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: This collection of 16 video clips (1 minute to 2 minutes 30 seconds each) takes a close look at nutrition and obesity. Topics range from the benefits of organic farming, to similarities between hunger and drug cravings, to links between vegetables and healthy vision, nutrients and memory, genes and body fat storage, and race and hereditary conditions. Video clips include: Nutrition * Purely...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Using scanning electron microscopy, this collection of 36 video clips takes a close-up look at the extraordinary qualities of ordinary things. Journey of the Invisible brings science home-literally-by scrutinizing objects that can be found in and around the house. Video clips include. In the Kitchen * Salt * Bread * Orange * Walnut * Cauliflower * Oat Flakes * Coffee Bean * Coconut *...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: This collection of 18 video clips (1 minute to 2 minutes 30 seconds each) takes a close look at alcohol and tobacco and at addiction. A variety of topics is covered, such as the short- and long-term health risks of binge drinking, fetal damage due to alcohol, brain cell regrowth in recovering alcoholics, DNA damage from smoking, smoking-cessation failure, the DNA of addiction, and cocaine detox...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: This collection of 54 video clips (1 minute to 2 minutes 30 seconds each) takes a close look at infectious diseases and medical disorders, spotlighting AIDS, ALS, Alzheimer’s disease, aneurysms, asthma, autism, avian flu, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, food allergies, heart attack, Huntington’s disease, macular degeneration, malaria, Marburg virus, muscular dystrophy, Parkinson’s disease, Spanish...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: This collection of 13 spectacular video clips offers insights into weight management, nutritional supplements, and more. Healthy and unhealthy eating, vitamins and vitamin deficiencies, food additives, and the actions of salt and water in the body are considered. Video clips include. Weight Control * Battling the Bulge: Overindulgence * Battling the Bulge: Glycemic Index * Battling the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008