1998-99 Environmental Education Video Catalog
Video catalog from US EPA Region 4. Items in this PDF file are available for free 5-day loan.
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Ace on the Case: Secrets@Sea
Innovative online game covering topics in ocean science. Requires the Flash3 Plug-in from Macromedia.
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Bullfrog Films
200 titles on environmental topics.
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Canopy
Co-created by the Will & Company and the
TreePeople, a two-person play in an urban setting which enables young audiences, through hands-on experience, to understand the importance of preserving and nurturing the world around them.
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Chevron Electronic Classroom - Environment
Environmental videos (free via satellite) on greenhouse effect, ozone depletion, and general environmental issues. For grades 8-college.
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EPA Grant Writing Tutorial Popular!
This web-based software walks users through the grant-writing process & helps them learn to write more competitive grants. It has detailed information and tips on writing a grant proposal & completing a grant application package; sections on 3 EPA grant programs; examples of good, complete grant packages; & a mock grant-writing activity.
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Earth Aware - Environmental Awareness Software
FREE review of Earth Aware software program designed for High School EE. Topic areas include energy, transportation, consumption, waste and land use.
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Ecological and Environmental Software
"RAMAS software is for ecology, conservation biology, wildlife management, and public health risk analysis." High School - Graduate School audiences.
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Educational Web Adventures Popular!
Interactive web adventures on topics ranging from watersheds to endangered species.
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Environmental Education Video Program
FREE videos that highlight real-world environmental clean-up efforts. For high school/college level, the videos document clean-up and remediation of pesticide spills, tire fires, and other events.
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Environmental Media Corporation:
They design,
produce, and distribute media to support environmental
education. Come visit their extensive on-line catalog!
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Environmental Video Library
List of EE video titles available for the cost of a blank cassette, from
CLEAR.
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Green Networld
This site features an extensive collection of environmentaland educational FREE downloadable software and FREE online environmental books. Links to resources in Massachusetts, EE and topic specific sites are also available.
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Journey to Planet Earth
"The provocative new three-hour documentary mini-series, 'Journey to Planet Earth,' probes the fragile relationship between people and their environment (airing April 6, 1999, 10-11:00 p.m. ET on PBS)." The Middle School Teacher's Package consists of a teacher's guide and video segments excerpted from each program.
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Let's Plant America
"An environmental educational program for primary school classes, designed to instill an appreciation of nature's timing. The program involves planting a sapling tree and growing with it over a four-year period. (CD-ROM coming soon.)"
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Mission 3R - A Challenge for Change
Interactive Solid Waste Education Software. The program takes students
through the life cycle
of products purchased in a virtual shopping trip. Developed for the
Arizona Department of
Environmental Quality, so the focus is on the US southwest.
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Ozone Action - Teacher Packets Popular!
Free resource available in versions for primary, middle, and high school. From the Center for Environmental Study.
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Rain Forest Audio-Visuals
Several dozen titles,
from the Rainforest Action Network.
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Rainforest Audio-Visuals
A-V materials from the Rainforest Action Network and other sources.
shipping/handling cost.
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Recycling Goes to School (video)
"Learn how several Pennsylvania school districts and a university are helping the environment by reducing the amount of waste they send to landfills while at the same time cutting their disposal costs. Weblinks are included with the video to lead viewers to more information on recycling. (Real Video software required). Sponsored by the PA Dept of Environmental Protection.
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School Energy Doctor
"The School Energy Doctor is a multimedia production designed to lead high school students through a water and energy audit of their school. It provides students with easy calculations to see how efficiency and renewable energy can save energy, water, and money as well as reduce pollution right at their own school." Designed to supplement "The Sun's Joules," an interactive CD Rom.
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Software for Environmental Awareness
Environmental software for school, family, and community. Available free
from CLEAR.
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The Great lakes - CD-ROM
CD that "explores Great lakes ecology, the conflicting human pressures on the lake system, and the complex factors that must be considered when making choices about how
to manage it." From the Center for Environmental Study.
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The Saguaro & The City CD ROM
Multimedia program "tackles many complex issues involving how humans have
affected the
Sonoran Desert ecosystem during the past 100 years." Available for Mac/PC
for $5
shipping/handling cost.
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The Science of Global Warming
This software package is designed to teach grades 8-14 through simulations and real experiments to make the science of global warming more accessible. Designed to meet National Science standards. Ordering information available.
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The Video Project
A non-profit organization
specializing in the distribution of videos and multimedia
programs on the environment, hands-on science, human
rights, and related concerns. Several titles in Spanish.
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Windows on the Wild - Educational Resources
Educational materials (videos, guides) on biodiversity and related topics, from the World Wildlife Fund.
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World Population Film/Video Festival
"International competition for
college and secondary students to encourage critical thought
and self-expression regarding population growth, resource
consumption, the environment." Entry deadline is June 15, 1999. Best-of-Festival videos from previous competitions are available ast this site.
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WorldWatcher Project at Northwestern University
"WorldWatcher is a visualization environment for geographic data that has been developed especially to serve the needs of students and teachers.
The accompanying global warming curriculum (grades 8-10) covers key issues in environmental science." Teacher resources are available online.
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