Audio Visual Materials

Online Catalogue

• DVD 520 Hyperspace: From the birth of the universe to end of our world. Detailed exploration of the entire universe including black holes, possible new universes, the creation of the earth as well as the possibilities of extraterrestrial life.

• DVD 520 The Magic School Bus Space Adventures: Gets lost in space -- Out of this world -- Taking flight.

• VID 523 Tell me why. Space, earth and atmosphere [30 min.] A video encyclopedia answering astronomical and geophysical questions, with film from NASA : the universe, gravity, stars, comets-meteors-asteroids, the solar system, the sun, the moon, planets, the earth, atmosphere.
  
• VID 523.2 Space Science for Children : All about the planets. [23 min]This program "takes children on a tour of the solar system, explaining vital statistics about each -size, distance from the Sun, temperature and why some are rocky and solid while others are made entirely of gases." (from container)
  
• VID 523.2 Space Science for Children : All about the Sun. [23 min] This program "will give children a broad understanding of this nearby star that is the center of our solar system -and why it's so important to us on Earth". (from container)
  
• VID 523.2 Space Science for Children : All about the Earth. [23 min.] "Children will learn about the Earth's rotation, its seasons and the layers of the Earth's atmosphere. They will also learn how to build their own 'biosphere'" (from container)

• DVD 523.2 Story of the Solar System. How did the universe and Milky Way galaxy form? What danger do solar flares pose to our planet_ In what ways does Earth differ from other planets in our solar system? And is Pluto really a planet?
  
• VID 523.4 Planets & the solar system.  [23 min.] Students will learn the key characteristic of each planet, the difference between inner and outer planets, and wich planets have their own moons. They'll take a fascinating look at how remote-control rovers are designed to explore other surfaces in the solar system.
  
• VID 523.4 Planets. [30 min] (Schlessinger) Examines the origin of the solar system as the planets of the present system.

• DVD 523.4 The planets (30 min) (Bill Nye). Bill takes a serious look at Jupiter's features, Earth's elliptical orbit and the distances between planets before demonstrating how to make Mars soil.
  
• DVD 523.4 The planets (Eyewitness). Provides information about planets, using live-action photography and special effects to examine the birth of the sun and the characteristics of the planets in Earth's solar system.

• VID 523.7 Sun. [23 min] Students will examine the individual layers of the sun and learn about solar activity, including sunspots, solar flares and prominences in a fun, hands-on activity.
  
• VID 523.8 Stars. [23 min] Stars will show students the many amazing ways scientists look at the stars and how they can use what they see to answer questions. They will learn about the life span of stars and the various stages they pass through, from protostar to main sequence star to red giant and eventually white and black dwarfs.
  
• DVD 523.1 Star Gaze Hubble's view of the universe. Displays the beauty and majesty of the universe, viewed from the Hubble telescope.

• VID 523.1 Outer space : way out there! [50 min.] . Bill Nye discusses the fascinating aspects of outer space. Includes fun experiments and original footage of the Apollo moon landings.

• DVD 523.1 Space exploration. (30 min) (Bill Nye) . explores the "final frontier" and shows the tools that humans invent to explore space. Did you know it takes 100 tons of fuel for a rocket to orbit Earth? Meet Dr. Linda Horn, a NASA scientist who's helping to develop the Cassini spacecraft, Destination: Saturn!
  
• VID 523 Astronomy. [23 min.]Students will learn about constellations, star movement and how scientists have studied celestial bodies throughout history from Ptolemy and Copernicus to the work of the Hubble Space Telescope. Includes an interview with Kathy Thornton, one of the astronauts who repaired the Hubble while in orbit.

• BKC 523.2 The Solar system. [bookcassette] Designed to teach specific concepts, improve reading skills, increase reading and listening comprehension, and build vocabulary. Describes the sun, the nine known planets, and other objects that comprise our solar system. Shows that the solar system is part of the Milky Way galaxy.
  
• BKC 523.2 Space trip!  [bookcassette] Picture book that explores concepts and facts about space travel, including navigation, space hazards, and unusual space phenomena.
  
• BKC 523.3 The sun, the moon [bookcassette] Energy from the sun, using the sun's energy, what is the sun, why we have seasons, what is the solar system,how to study the sun. The moon's origin and characteristics, gravity and dust on the moon, the moon's orbit of the earth, moonlight and phases, misconceptions about the moon, astronauts' work on the moon.
  
• MOD 523.2 Solar system model [model]