Schlessinger Media
9) Addition
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (23 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide ([3] pages ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
Students will discover the concept of joining groups together to make a new group by using objects from pies to penguins. They learn about addends, sums, and plus and minus signs, and will learn tips for adding single- and double-digit numbers and for adding with zero, making ten and ordering addends.
10) Fractions
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 23 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide ([4] pages ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
Students will understand the relationship between parts and wholes, and learn to name and write fractions with numerators and denominators. Students discover that equivalent fractions, mixed numbers and improper fractions are different ways to name the same amount. The concept of adding and subtracting fractions with like and unlike denominators is also emphasized.
11) Subtraction
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (23 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide ([3] pages ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
In this DVD, kids separate groups that make up a whole using objects such as cookies and crayons to learn how many objects are left, how many items are missing and how many more there are. They learn about the minus sign and how to write subtraction equations. Children also learn tips for subtracting single- and double-digit numbers as well as subtracting with zero.
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide (5 pages ; 19 cm)
Language
English
Description
The story of Anne Frank's life is told through quotations from her diary, photographs from the Frank family albums and historical film extracts. It includes the only film footage of Anne. The film is designed for an audience of both young people and adults and tells the story of the Second World War and the persecution of the Jews as well as the story of Anne Frank, her diary, her family, and the secret annex.
14) Multiplication
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (23 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide ([4] pages ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
Kids learn the ingredients in multiplication number sentences-- factors, products, multiplication signs and equal signs-- and master multiplication tips including ordering factors, fact families, multiplying by one and zero, skip counting and using patterns. Physical arrays of everyday objects, place value blocks, and hundreds charts help students easily visualize and solve multiplication problems. The concepts of prime and composite numbers are explored...
15) Prehistoric life
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 27 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This program explores Earth's age, uncovers fossils and traces evolution through the geological time periods. It also examines continental drift, studies cockroaches, early communication, and the role of mass extinctions throughout history.
16) Division
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (23 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide ([4] pages ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
Students create number sentences using dividends, divisors, quotients, division signs, and equals signs, and discover division tips including fact families and dividing by one, zero and a number by itself. Dividing with both one and two-digit divisors is explained and illustrated. Using a concrete example like pizza, kids learn how to divide objects into equal groups.
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (27 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A mixture of animation and live footage serves as a background for a narrated introduction to the general ecology and animal life of the two polar regions and to their place in human history.
18) Planets
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 27 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Journey through space and time, witnessing the birth of the sun and traveling to the outer limits of the solar system.
19) Monster
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 27 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A journey through fact and fantasy, putting viewers face to face with deadly spiders, scorpions, and ferocious crocodiles. Meet terrifying monsters and discover the real creatures who may have inspired these mythical beasts.