Audio Visual Materials

Online Catalogue

Call Number, Title

• DVD 398.2 Ponce de Leon and the search for the fountain of youth. Tells a tall tale about Ponce de León, the Spanish explorer who discovered Florida, in which he must dodge a lady pirate's attempts to trap him on his quest to find the Fountain of Youth.
• VID 812 Columbus: Adventures to the edge of the world . Animated version of Columbus's journey to find the New World.
• DVD 812 Chrisopher Columbus= Cristobal Colon. "While the whole world sailed east on a path to find China, Columbus believed it could be reached in two weeks...by sailing west!" (from container). Beautifully animated.
• DVD 812 Marco Polo. Beautifully animation of the  story of Marco Polo's astonishing adventures throughout India, China and many other exotic lands from his native home in Italy.
• DVD 912 Making & reading maps. Takes students through a step-by-step process of constructing a map. Also covers essential map reading skills such as scale, absolute and relative location, point, line, area, distance, and direction.
  
• DVD 912 Maps & globes. Looks at the similarities and differences between maps and globes, including how flat maps distort size, shape, and distance between places on Earth. While exploring the advantages and disadvantages of maps and globes, students learn strategies for determining which one to use.
  
• DVD 912.09 A history of maps. Explores the development of maps from the ancient Babylonians through the Age of Exploration and onto the use of satellite imagery. Also examines different types of maps and how maps reflect geologic events.
  
• BKC 910 Discovering maps. Discovering maps introduces basic map concepts such as direction, symbols, and map keys. Children acquire the skills to examine and appreciate their environment from a new perspective.
  
• MAP 910.9 Age of discovery. World map that shows the different explorers and their routes, as well as the lands that were explored by each country. Markable surface.
  
• MAP 910.92 Seekers and searchers from Europe. North America map that shows the different explorers that arrived from Europe and their routes. Markable surface
  
• TRA 910.9 The age of exploration. Transparencies that deepict Columbus, Magellan, Drake and Cook, the events, places, people, and objects of significance in the explorers' life.
  
• VID 523.2 The magic school bus gets lost in space. Ms. Frizzle's class gets lost in the solar system on a field trip into outer space and only Arnold's know-it-all cousin can save them.
  
• VID 910 Geography basics : map & globe skills. Introduces students an understanding of basic concepts in geography and covers maps and globes, weather and climate, earth's physical features, and the most crucial environmental issues that we face today.
  
• VID 910.9 Challenging geography : explorers discover America. Discusses the role geography plays in discovery and exploration, specifically the United States. "The students will learn about the land that was settled and the people who settled it. They will see how geography helped this process and hindered it. The program also examines how social and political factors influenced the journey of peoples from all over the world across the sea and across a continent." (from Teacher's Notes)
  
• VID 912 Latitude and longitude. A history and explanation of maps and cartography; follows the development of latitude, longitude, & navigational systems from ancient to modern times, & shows how the imaginary grid system is used to pinpoint any location on earth.
  
• VID 912 Mapping your world. Shows different kinds of maps & the means by which they convey information, including names, colors, lines, numbers, & direction; also discusses some of the many ways in which people use maps.
  
• VID 970 The new world encountered. Discovers who were the first European navigators were to set foot on the North American continent and why they came.

• VID 970 The new world explored. Discovers who the first Europeans were to explore North America, what were they seeking and why, and how did the Native Americans react.

• VID 970 The song of Sacajawea. A recounting of the true story of a young Indian woman who guided Lewis and Clark on their historic expedition from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean.

• VID 973.5 United States Expansion. Discusses the expansion of the United States westward. Includes a sing-a-long of the song "America the Beautiful". Tells the story of John Henry and the building of Mount Rushmore.