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VisionsofEarth is a DVD-based series derived from National Science Education Standards. It was designed to fit with current and future Earth science curricula in schools across the country. Drawing upon the American Geological Institute's huge geoscientific archive of HD television footage, this video looks at the hydrosphere and the atmosphere as they interact with Earth systems. It covers their formation and components, the water cycle, geological...
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"Explores water biomes and covers where they are located as well as the plants and animals that inhabit them"--Provided by publisher.
6) Water Worlds
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This program begins high in the mountains of Iceland and ends at the coral reefs of the Maldives in an exploration of aquatic biomes that includes mountain streams, wetlands and swamps, coral reefs, and deep ocean. Along the way, viewers discover South America's Pantanal, the world's greatest wetland, and the Sundarbans - an immense mangrove swamp at the mouth of the Ganges in Bangladesh. Finally, sailing far out into the deep ocean, the video explains...
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The third largest freshwater lake on the planet has been invaded by numerous exotic species over the last century. "Lake Invaders: The Fight For Lake Huron" is a documentary which explores the threat to Lake Huron's ecosystem and the innovative solutions employed by biologists. Biologists from around the Great Lakes describe invaders such as the sea lamprey, alewife, zebra mussel, quagga mussel, goby, and killer amphipod. They describe the damage...
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Explores freshwater ecosystems such as ponds and rivers, as well as marine ecosystems like coral reefs and the open ocean. Explains that the animal and plant life found in water ecosystems make up communities that are as complex as they are beautiful. A hands-on experiment demonstrates what happens when pollutants get into ponds and lakes, while a visit with a marine biologist examines the oyster population of the Chesapeake Bay.