Audio Visual Materials

Online Catalogue

Call Number, Title by Author

• VID 306 Amazonia : voices from the rainforest. For over 500 years the native inhabitants of the Amazon have fought against the invasion and destruction of their homeland. This historic devastation has already resulted in the mass extinction of over 700 tribes. In this film, the people for whom the Amazon has always been home voice both their fears and their hopes.
• DVD 333.7 Environment & society. Explore how society uses Earth's resources to meet its most basic needs for food, water and shelter, and how those same resources influence how and where people live. Also see how humans impact the world through the use and misuse of technology. Consider critical environmental issues related to society's use of energy resources, and learn to appreciate the interconnectedness of Earth's systems.
• VID 333.7 Natural resources. A look at Earth's natural resources such as water, soil and lumber, how they are used to support modern life, and the importance of conserving these resources.
• DVD 333.7 People and the environment. Examines the effects of human industry on Earth, discussing the causes and effects of water pollution and hazardous waste, and looking at what is being done to save the environment.
• DVD 333.7 Population and world resources. Questions how different populations consume, discussing such factors as economic and technological development and population size, with examples from around the world.
• DVD 333.7 Protecting our planet. What changes is our planet facing, including the effects of nature's constant forces and the growing human footprint? And how can we protect Earth's riches for future generations?
• DVD 333.72 Environmental health. . Provides tips for children on how to keep the environment healthy. Covers the recycling process as well as the different types of pollution and their causes.
• DVD 333.72 SOS planet. Explores the Earth's changing environments, looking at global warming, ocean depletion, and deforestation. Also travels to the most affected areas of the planet to look at the cause-and-effect relationships of each environmental condition.  
• VID 333.7 Listen to the children. Thought provoking speech of a student about conservation of natural resources and the responsibility of grown-ups to take care of the world "while they are in charge".
• VID 333.7 Nguyamyam. Animated characters live in a fictitious planet full of resources. This planet is eaten by its inhabitants because they do not take care of their resources. Appropiate for all ages.
• VID 333.7 The state of planets : the future of life. Good introduction to environmental concepts and concerns about the future of the earth.
• DVD 333.7 Science clips for children: Using natural resources.
• VID 333.75 Deforestation. Through a lively dialog between two high school students the program presents varied points of view on how to approach the problem of deforestation. Relationship between industrial development and the impact on the environment, reasons to create a change, potential future effects of deforestation.
• VID 333.75 Manejo de bosques, el negocio olvidado. Reportaje sobre el buen manejo de los bosques naturales y la indiscriminada tala de madera.
• VID 333.75 Reforestación: El negocio del siglo XXI. Reforestación -- Perú, país forestal. Reportaje sobre el manejo de los bosques naturales y la indiscriminada tala de madera.
• VID 333.79 Fossil fuels. Students will explore these non-renewable resources of the Earth.
• DVD 333.95 Biodiversity: Expressions of life. Discusses the scope of biodiversity and mass extinction as well as the ecological threat posed by human interference.
• VID 333.95 Protecting the endangered species. The concepts of extinction and endangered species are explored through use of a variety of examples.
• VID 333.95 More is better: the biodiversity story. Looks at the reasons to preserve the many kinds of species on the planet. Also explains what pressures are producing the accelerated rate of extinction of so many species
• VID 338.2 Tierra de todos.The program describes in which degree we depend upon the resources that come from the inside of the earth and how man has taken advantage of this resources through history. Describes the different techniques of the mining industry.
• VID 363.72 Earth aid: Recycling. Actor and environmentalist Ed Begley, Jr., offers cost-free tips on how to reduce waste by precycling, recycling, and reusing.
• VID 363.72 Magic School bus holiday special . Three adventures. [1st] Ms. Frizzle's class learns the importance of recycling. [2nd] Phoebe's crusade to save the animals & plants of the desert. [3rd] Explore the life of a cocoa bean tree in the rainforest.
• DVD 363.73 Air pollution, Smog, and Acid Rain.Discusses the basic composition of Earth's atmosphere, explains the negative effects of air pollution on living creatures and inanimate objects, and identifies the sources of air pollution.
• VID 338.2 Oro de nueva ley- pesca responsable. Oro de nueva ley -- Pesca responsable. Part 1.- La extracción del oro y los esfuerzos del estado peruano con una nueva ley para evitar la contaminación de las aguas. Part 2.-La explotación de la industria del pescado en forma responsable y técnificada.
• VID 363.7 La industria maderera. Industria maderera -- Pequeños gigantes. Parte 1: El desarrollo de la industria maderera del Perú con el manejo y conservación adecuado de los bosques naturales. Parte 2: En Tingo María existe un grupo juvenil ambiental "CRAJU" que realizan una serie de acciones como el reciclaje para conservar y preservar el medio ambiente. Parte 2: Un viaje por el Norte del Perú donde existen comunidades que han empezado un trabajo de conservación de pantanos, manejo de los bosques de algarrobos y conservación de el algodón de colores.
• VID 591.5 What is an endangered species?
• VID 591.92 Endangered and extinct animals. Students will learn how scientists determine whether an animal species is threatened or endangered and what factors put these populations in danger or extinction and also about the animals whose populations are affected today and the ways in which people are working to protect these species.
• VID 812 The big six. Joe and his friends in the Coot Club are wrongly accused of setting boats free from docks as part of their wildlife preservation activities.
• VID 812 Hoot. The new kid in town teams up with two middle-school classmates to help protect an endangered species of miniature owls threatened by new construction.
• VID 812 Once upon a forest. Three young animal friends try to save their forest from toxic chemicals.
• VID 812 The white seal. In this animated film, based on a story from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, a young white seal named Kotick leads his fellows to an island of safety away from the hunters and their clubs.
• VID 910 Geography basics : Environmental impacts. 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. Environmental impacts : provides students with an understanding of how human activities affect the planet. Examines the ways in which humans depend upon the planet for survival, and looks at critical changes to Earth's atmosphere, water cycle and land use.