Audio Visual Materials

Online Catalogue

Call Number, Title by Author

Bookcassettes:

• BKC 581 Wonders of plants and flowers. Introduces the world of botany, explaining simply the parts of plants, what they need to grow, and how they propagate.
• BKC 581 What is a plant?. Plants are important -- The parts of a plant Plants grow all around us-in parks, in forests, even in your own backyard. Use this two sets to help students understand what is a plant.
• BKC 582 All about seeds. Presents several kinds of seeds and shows how they grow into plants.
• BKC 582.16 A tree through the seasons. Discusses parts of a tree and seasonal cycles.
• BKC E Jack and the beanstalk.
• CHT 581 Plant life.

    Videocassettes :

• VID 581 All about caring for plants. Explore the needs of plants and learn how to care for them. Compare a plant's growth in good and bad conditions to illustrate the concepts.
• VID 581 How plants grow. Debbie Greenthumb shows the growth of plants from sprouting seeds to those which yield food and explains the function of roots, stems, leaves and flowers. Includes 10 worksheets.
• VID 581 The magic school bus goes to seed. When Phoebe's garden plot is bare Ms. Frizzle's class shrink to the size of a ladybug to fly off and find a plant to grow in Phoebe's garden.
• VID 581 The magic school bus gets planted. When the vine that Phoebe is growing for the school production of Jack and the beanstalk isn't as big or strong as she would like it to be, Ms. Frizzle teaches her about plants, how they eat and grow.
• VID 581 Plants can be found everywhere. Debbie Greenthumb discusses the presence of plants everywhere, from tiny molds to giant trees, in the oceans and in all areas of the world.
• VID 581 Plant life for children : All about plant adaptation. "Uncover some of the amaing ways that plants have adapted over millions of years enabling them to survive almost anywhere on Earth. Discover how some plants living in cold, arctic climates or dry, arid regions have adapted by remaining inactive or dormant for long periods of time. Examine how some plants have evolved in order to survive under the lush, thick canopy of the rainforest. Find out how epiphytes, like some orchids, are able to obtain their water and nutrients right out of the air."
• VID 581 Plant life for children : All about plant structure and growth. The secrets of roots, stems and leaves are explained in this program. It shows how water and minerals flow from the roots through the stem and into the leaves through special tissue called xylem, explains the plant's root system, shows how to identify different types of leaves.
• VID 581 Plant life for children : All about plant and animal interdependency. Botanists help discover how plants and animals interrelate, learn about the constant exchange of gases in the oxygen-carbon dioxide cycle, the ways plants provide energy to all of the Earth's inhabitants through photosynthesis, the role of animals in dispersing plant seeds.
• VID 581 Where plants come from. Debbie Greenthumb discusses the wonders of plant and seed distribution, including seeds, spores, runners, roots and bulbs.
• VID 582 Plant life for children : All about plant pollination : fruit, flowers & seeds. Learn about the different parts of a flower through the use of microscopic photography and detailed diagrams, flower pollination, structure of seeds and how they develop inside fruit, seeds dispersion.
• VID 630 Growing our food. Learn about the exciting journey food takes as it makes its way from farms to our table. See how crops are grown and harvested, prepared, packaged and transported to stores and how technology has influenced all phases of food production
• VID 812 Franklin plants a tree. Franklin plants a tree -- Franklin's garden. When Franklin's sapling seems too small, he loses interest in planting it for the Earth Day celebration until the village naturalist helps him discover the potential of his small plant; Franklin's fascination with caterpillars turns to contempt when he learns that they have been eating the flowers in his garden, but he has a change of heart when a visit to Mr. Mole's garden shows him the value of a world that is shared with a variety of living things.
• VID 812 Jack and the beanstalk. A video version of the classic tale of a boy who outwits an evil giant.
• VID 812 Mickey and the beanstalk. The Disney version of Jack and the Beanstalk, with Mickey, Donald and Goofy rescuing the magic harp from the clutches of Willie the giant.