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Past Bell LIVE! Programs
Past Bell LIVE! curriculums and videotapes now on sale!
Take your students grades 4-8 on a field trip without leaving the classroom!
To order one or more past Bell LIVE! programs, call 1-800-923-5548!
Bell
LIVE! 2000: Great Lakes: A Superior Adventure
2001 Communicator Award for exceptional programming in two categories
2001 New York Festival award winner of the Silver WorldMedal
Cost: $75
Did you know…
- The deepest point in Lake Superior is 1,330 feet?
- The largest fish in Lake Superior is the lake sturgeon which can reach up to 100 pounds and live over 100 years?
- Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by area?
Students will learn about these and other interesting facts as they explore the unique ecology of Lake Superior and the Great Lakes system as a whole. An easy to use, curriculum and videotape together cover many topics in limnology, geophysics, toxicology, ichthyology and ecology. The curriculum exercises emphasize hands-on, inquiry-based learning and the videotape brings exciting, cutting-edge research to life.
Bell
LIVE! 1999: On the Prairie
Cost: $75
Finalist in the 1999 New York Festival in the category of distance learning.
Did you know…
- Tall grass prairie plants can reach 2-3 meters in height on only 25-30 inches of yearly precipitation?
- Some prairie grasses will grow even better if they are partially eaten by herbivorous grazers like the American Bison?
- The glacial lake Agassiz once covered 350,000 square miles of land in Minnesota, North Dakota and Canada and helped shape the many prairie ecosystems that we see today?
Students will learn about these and other interesting facts as they explore the Blue Stem Prairie of North Western Minnesota. On the Prairie is a program that promotes exciting hands-on science through a user-friendly curriculum and videotape. Topics include prairie plant ecology, the study of elusive prairie mammals, lessons in insects netting, bird identification and courting behavior in prairie chickens and finally cultural studies of native peoples.
Bell
LIVE! 1998: Aquatic Adventure
Cost: $75
Winner of the following awards:
1999 Silver MUSE Award from the American Association of Museums
1999 Technology Enhanced Leaning (TEL) Award from the University
of Minnesota
1998 Communicator Award for exceptional programming
Did you know...
- Water covers 70% of the earth's surface, yet only 1% is fresh water...
- The adult mayfly, and aquatic insect, does not eat and usually lives only a few short hours or days...
- The world record rainbow trout was found in Alaska and weighed 42 pounds, 2 ounces..
Students will learn about these and other interesting facts concerning freshwater systems with the Aquatic Adventure curriculum and videotape. The easy to use, hands-on curriculum materials provide lessons that fulfill the National Science Standards, and incorporates subject areas such as history, social studies, art, math, and science. The videotape brings to life the curriculum materials with an on-site research experience—it's like going on a real field trip! Students will watch current researchers explore an actual freshwater ecosystem, and will learn about freshwater animals, watersheds, stream ecology and stream restoration. View a QuickTime clip from the program or try the Watershed Game.
Bell LIVE! 1996:
FIRE AND THE FOREST
Cost: $75
Winner of the following awards:
1996 U.S. Distance Learning Association Award for Best Distance
Learning Program
1996 Gold Plaque for outstanding electronic field trip
1997 Communicator Award for exceptional programming
What role does fire play in the forest? Which animals rely on forest ecosystems? Can human activities take the place of natural fire? Learn the answers to these questions and more with the Fire And The Forest curriculum and videotape!
Through the integrated curriculum, students will learn about the forest and the effects of fire. Conifers are the focus of this program— the resources needed for their survival, the competition for these resources, and their fight against disease. The video takes students into the forest to investigate the role of fire on plants and animals, while exploring the relationship between managing a forest for wildlife habitat, recreation, and business. View a QuickTime video (1.8MB) of the videotape.
Bell LIVE! 1995:
WORLD OF WOLVES
Cost: $75
Winner of the 1995 Silver Hugo Award for outstanding
electronic field trip
Finalist in 1996 New York Film Festival in category of Distance
Learning
Did you know ...
- Wolves can run up to 35-40 miles per hour?
- Wolves can eat up to 1/5 of their weight in a single feeding?
- Wolves can hear and distinguish other individual wolves 4-7 miles away?
Students will learn about these and other interesting facts with the World of Wolves curriculum and videotape!
The easy to use curriculum provides learning materials about wolf communication, survival, identification, and predator-prey relationships. It also explores the special relationship that exists between American Indians and the wolf. The videotape brings students to the Wildlife Science Center in Minnesota to observe a group of biologists as they work to better understand wolf survival. Students will observe pack behavior, learn how wolves use body language to protect themselves, and much, much more! View a QuickTime movie of wolf cubs from the videotape (slow connection: 1.3MB or fast connection: 2.4MB).
Bell LIVE! 1994:
RAPTORS LIVE!
Cost: $75
Raptors are an excellent medium through which to study environmental and ecological issues. Poised at the top of the avian food chain, birds of prey act as indicator species, providing us with an early warning of environmental hazards. By demonstrating that science is both interesting and important, Raptors LIVE! hopes to encourage more students to pursue careers in science.
The curriculum contains lecture materials and fun activities
aimed at showing how raptors demonstrate important environmental and ecological
relationships. The video takes students to the world famous Raptor Center
at the University of Minnesota to witness behind the scenes rehabilitation
of injured eagles, hawks, falcons, and owls. Students will observe diagnosis,
treatment, physical therapy, and surgery—and finally, the release
of these magnificent birds back into nature! View a QuickTime movie of
raptor surgery from the videotape (slow
connection: 1.7MB or fast
connection 3.1MB).
To order one or more past Bell LIVE!s, call 1-800-923-5548!
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