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You can chose from 229 different videos and educate yourself on the
subjects of: geology, minerals, mining, plate tectonics, water,
reclamation, scientific principles, energy sources, maps, wilderness,
hunting, fishing, wildlife, ecosystems, fossils, recycling, rafting,
glaciers, and geologic hazards such as earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides,
flash floods, asbestos, soil erosion, and tsunamis.
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CATEGORIES
ECOSYSTEMS
Borneo Coast: Creatures Of The Mangrove
Earth Nectar, Napa Valley Wines & The Earth From Which They Arise
Hidden Congo: The Forest Primeval
Okavango: Africa's Wild Oasis
Panama Wild: Rain Forest Of Life
Protecting Coastal Waters, A Community Approach
Red Buttes Wilderness
The Greening Of Planet Earth
Virunga: The Heart Of Africa
Wild About Life
ENERGY
Alternative Energy Sources
Coal: Clean Power For A Better Life
Coal: Fuel For The Future
Coal Mining, A Multiple Use Environment
Headjam: Crude Energy
Let's Put America Back In The Black
Natural Gas Development On The Carson National Forest: A Success Story
Showcasing Mineral Activities
The Great Fossil Mystery
The Search For Solutions
The Wasatch-Cache Petroleum Showcase
Transformations: Limits: Energy Resources & The Environment
Transformations: Powerful Stuff: Heat And Electrical Power
Wrestling With Uncertainty, 1995 National Assessment Of Oil & Gas Resources
FOSSILS
Dinosaur!
Gems, Metals And
I Dig Fossils
The Challenge Of
The Great Fossil
Transformations:
GENERAL GEOLOGY
Minerals
The Unknown
Mystery
Limits: Energy Resources & The Environment
Earth Revealed Series
Gems, Metals And Minerals
Geology Impact Symposium – Ocampo/Panel
Geology Impact Symposium – Shoemaker/Schmitt
Glacier On my Mind
Let's Do Mineral Science
Metamorphic Rocks
Mining For Music
Project Mine Geology Series
Rock Odyssey
Running Water: Erosion, Deposition & Transportation
The Miracle Planet Series
Transformations: An Ancient Ring Of Gold: Mapping & Geologic Time
Virunga: The Heart Of Africa
What Is Geology?
Yellowstone: Realm Of The Coyote
GEOLOGIC HAZARDS
Adventures Of The Disaster Dudes
Asbestos In Our Environment, Separating Fact From Fiction
At Risk: Volcano Hazards from Mount Hood, Oregon
Best Build I
Best Build II
Best Build III
Business Survival Kit For Earthquakes & Other Disasters
Community Warning System, Cannon Beach
Debris Flow Dynamics
Earthquake And Tsunami Drill
Earthquakes in Oregon: Can It Happen Here?
Earth Revealed: Earthquakes
Earth Revealed: Volcanism
Earth Revealed: Mass Wasting
Earth Revealed: Running Water II: Landform Evolution
Earth Revealed: Living With Earth, Part I
Effects of Earthquakes On Building Contents: A Visual Experience
From Chaos To Confidence
Gems, Metals And Minerals
Geology Impact Symposium – Ocampo/Panel
Geology Impact Symposium – Shoemaker/Schmitt
In The Path Of A Hurricane
Hurricane: Prepare To Survive!
Learning from Earthquakes
Let's Do Mineral Science
Loma Prieta Earthquake: Video Images
Mt. St. Helens: Monitoring An Active Volcano
Mount. St. Helens: Turmoil Of Creation
Nature's Fury
The Alaskan Earthquake
The Eruption Of Kilauea
The Miracle Planet: The Heat Within
The Walls Came Tumbling Down: Earthquakes Of The Holy Land
The Wave: A Japanese Folktale
Torrents Of Change
Tsunami: Surviving The Killer Wave
Virunga: The Heart Of Africa
Volcano
Volcanoes
When The Bay Area Quakes
GLACIERS
Earth Revealed: Glaciers
Glacier On My Mind
Hubbard Glacier-Russell Fiord
The Miracle Planet: Riddles Of Sand And Ice
HUNTING & FISHING
MAPS
Bullets And Greed
Colorado Deer Hunting
Colorado Elk Hunting
Colorado Fishing Hot Spots
Colorado Trout Fishing
Outdoor Ethics
On The Money
Wildlife Enforcement Decoy
Geologic Maps
GPS Instructional Video
The Challenge Of The Unknown
The USGS Western Mapping Center
Transformations: An Ancient Ring Of Gold;
Understanding Coordinate Grids
Mapping & Geologic Time
MATH
Headjam
The Challenge Of The Unknown
The Search For Solutions
MINERALS AND MINING
A Course For The 1990's
A Deadly Playground
Aggregate
All That Glitters
Aluminum Recycling: Your Next Assignment
America's Buried Treasure
Arizona Mining: Watch It Emerging
Asbestos in Our Environment, Separating Fact From Fiction
Bedrock Bustin' Dredging Techniques
Black Sands
Boron: Light Heavyweight
Call Me Can
Chimney Creek
Chromium
Coal Mining, A Multiple Use Environment
Coal: Clean Power For A Better Life
Coal: Fuel For The Future
Common Ground
Copper
Dry Site Mine Reclamation, A Progress Report
Earth Revealed: Minerals: The Materials Of Earth
Earth Revealed: Weathering And Soils
Gems, Metals, And Minerals
Gemstones Of America
Gold
Gold In Modern Technology
Hard Rock And Placer Mining In Alaska: The Searcher
Hardrock Mining
Hardrock Showcase, Humboldt National Forest
Headjam: Crude Energy
I Am Gold
Let's Do Mineral Science
Let's Put America Back In The Black
Lime And The Earth - A Natural Balance
Metal Detecting/Drywashing/Concentrates
Mining For Music
Minerals: Building Blocks Of The Earth
Mining In Idaho: A History Of The Gem State
Mining In Idaho: Mining In The Gem State
Mining In Idaho: Modern Mining And The Environment
Mining In Idaho: Modern Mining In Idaho
Mining: Discoveries For Progress
Modern Gold Mining Techniques
Old Time Mine
Opal Cutting Made Easy
Out Of The Rock
Phosphate And The Forest, Caribou National Forest
Phosphate Feeds You
Platinum: The Element Pt
Project Mine: Nevada History
Prospecting For Gold
Rock Odyssey
Showcasing Mineral Activities
Silver
Sleeper Mine--The Awakening Giant
Sluicing For Gold
Stay Out And Stay Alive
Sure-Fire Panning Methods
Teamwork And Tonnage
The Complete Gold Prospector
The New 49'ers
The Newmont Gold Team
The Permitting Game
Transformations: Little Buddies:
Where Steel Begins
You Are My Sunshine
Zinc: The Great Protector
Microbes And Mining
PLATE TECTONICS
Earthquakes In Oregon: Can It Happen Here?
Earth Revealed: The Birth Of A Theory
Earth Revealed: Plate Dynamics
Earth Revealed: Earth's Structures
Exotic Terrane
Geology Impact Symposium – Ocampo/Panel
Geology Impact Symposium – Shoemaker/Schmitt
Let's Do Mineral Science
PROBLEM SOLVING
Business Survival Kit For Earthquakes & Other Disasters
Headjam
The Challenge Of The Unknown
The Search For Solutions
You Are My Sunshine
RAFTING
Hell's Corner Gorge Rafting On The Upper Klamath
The Hellgate - Experience The History Of The Rogue River
Whitewater Bloopers
RECLAMATION
America's Buried Treasure
Coal: Clean Power For A Better Life
Coal Mining, A Multiple Use Environment
Dry Site Mine Reclamation, A Progress Report
Common Ground
Geology Impact Symposium – Ocampo/Panel
Geology Impact Symposium – Shoemaker/Schmitt
Gold
Hard Rock And Placer Mining In Alaska: The Searcher
Hardrock Showcase, Humboldt National Forest
In Harmony With The Range
Mining In Idaho: A History Of Mining In Idaho
Mining In Idaho: Minerals In The Gem State
Mining In Idaho: Mining In The Gem State
Mining In Idaho: Modern Mining In Idaho
Mining In Idaho: Modern Mining And The Environment
Mining: Discoveries For Progress
Natural Gas Development On The Carson National Forest: A Success Story
Out Of The Rock
Phosphate And The Forest, Caribou National Forest
Showcasing Mineral Activities
Sleeper Mine--The Awakening Giant
The Miracle At Bridge Creek
The Newmont Gold Team
The Permitting Game
The Wasatch-Cache Petroleum Showcase
Where Steel Begins
RECYCLING
Aluminum Recycling: Your Next Assignment
Call Me Can
Earth Aid: Recycling
One More Time: Recycling
The Rotten Truth
Time's A Wasting: Garbage & Recycling In Oreogn/Toxic Tallulah
SCHOOLS
Careers For Geoscientists
GPS Instructional Video
Self Defense For Women
The Earth Beneath Us, A Natural Resource Experience
Understanding Coordinate Grids
University Of Arizona School Of Mining & Geological Engineering
Women Who Walk Through Time
SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES
Headjam
Project Mine: Matter
Project Mine: Simple Machines
The Challenge Of The Unknown
The Search For Solutions
Transformations: Geting It right
Transformations: Simply Incredible
Transformations: What's It Worth?
Weather Classroom: Sun, Seasons and The Sky
Snow, Ice, Wind & Cold
Look Up!
Hurricanes
Water: Oceans To Air
Tornadoes
Thunderstorms: The Weather Machine
Forecasting: Then & Now
Extremes In The Water Cycle
Climate: A World of Weather
Air In Motion
TRAVELOGUES
WATER
If Trees Could Talk...
Southern Oregon Travelogue
Alternative Energy Sources
Best Build I
Best Build II
Best Build III
Business Survival Kit For Earthquakes & Other Disasters
Community Warning System, Cannon Beach
Earthquake And Tsunami Drill
Earth Revealed: The Sea Floor
Earth Revealed: Running Water I: Rivers, Erosion And Deposition
Earth Revealed: Running Water II: Landform Evolution
Earth Revealed: Groundwater
Earth Revealed: Waves, Beaches And Coasts
Headjam: The Truth About H2O
Hell's Corner Gorge Rafting On The Upper Klamath
Hurricane: Prepare To Survive!
Nature's Fury
Play It Safe/Splash/Oregon Water Power
Rapids Of The Colorado River
Running Water: Erosion, Deposition & Transportation
The Miracle Planet: The Third Planet
The Miracle Planet: The Heat within
The Power To Protect
The Search For Solutions: Trial And Error
The Wave: A Japanese Folktale
Tsunami: Surviving The Killer Wave
Weather Classroom:
Air in Motion
Climate: A World Of Weather
Extremes in The Water Cycle
Forecasting: Then & Now
Hurricanes
Indoor Weather
Look Up!
Snow, Ice, Wind & Cold
Sun, Seasons And The Sky
Thunderstorms: The Weather Machine
Tornadoes
Water: Oceans To Air
Whitewater Bloopers
Yellowstone: Realm Of The Coyote
WEATHER
Business Survival Kit For Earthquakes & Other Disasters
From Chaos To Confidence
In The Path Of A Hurricane
The Search For Solutions: Trial And Error
Weather Classroom: Air in Motion
Climate: A World Of Weather
Extremes In The Water Cycle
Forecasting: Then & Now
Hurricanes
Indoor Weather
Look Up!
Snow, Ice, Wind & Cold
Sun, Seasons And the Sky
Thunderstorms: The Weather Machine
Tornadoes
Water: Oceans To Air
WILDERNESS
America's Forests: A History Of Resiliency & Recovery
Borneo Coast: Creatures Of The Mangrove
Citizens Protecting America's Parks
Glacier On my Mind
Great National Parks: Bryce Canyon And Zion National Parks
Great National Parks: Grand Teton And Glacier National Parks
Great National Parks: Mount Rainier And Olympic National Parks
Hawaii
Hidden Congo: The Forest Primeval
If Trees Could Talk...
Land Of The Rogue - A Moving Experience
Okavango: Africa"s Wild Oasis
Panama Wild: Rain Forest Of Life
Sea Of Green, The story Of The Tillamook State Forest
Soft Paths
Some Really Wild Places
The Continuum - An Enduring Resource Of Wilderness
The Hellgate - Experience The History Of The Rogue River
The Oregon Dunes
The Red Buttes Wilderness
Variety In Bloom
Visions Of The Wild
Virunga: The Heart Of Africa
Wild About Life
Wilderness: An Act Of Contrition
Wilderness And The Imagination
Yellowstone: Realm Of The Coyote
WILDLIFE
A Home for Pearl
Borneo Coast: Creatures Of The Mangrove
Colorado Wildlife
Glacier On My Mind
Hidden Congo: The Forest Primeval
Life At The Top - Wildlife Above Timberline
Okavango: Africa"s Wild Oasis
Panama Wild: Rain Forest Of Life
The Hellgate - Experience The History Of The Rogue River
The Search For Solutions
Virunga: The Heart Of Africa
Wild About Life
Yellowstone: Realm Of The Coyote
VIDEOS LISTED ALPHABETICALLY
"A DEADLY PLAYGROUND"*9 min, 4th-5th grades/Teacher's Guide/materials
related/dangers of trespassing/sand-gravel pits/rock quarries/need
materials.
"ADVENTURES OF THE DISASTER DUDES"15 min, Fire/thunderstorms/electricity
outages/ evacuation/disaster supply kit.
"AGGREGATE"13 min, Aggregate industry.
"A HOME FOR PEARL"70 min, Ages 6-12, Teacher Guide, "THE ROBIN" Wild animals
near people/urban wildlife in cities/kind of home/animal's habitat
provides 4 things: food, water, shelter, space. "HABITAT DIVERSITY"
Different animals/different habitat needs/ complex habitat--more wildlife
will live there/type-number regulated by limiting factors. "PREDATOORS"
Exciting, important habitat/habitat improvements attract more wildlife,
predators/habitat diversity. "THE RIGHT HOME FOR PEARL" Bald
eagles/requirements/endangered species/habitat
loss/pollution/eagles/endangered wildlife/ protected in refuges.
"ALL THAT GLITTERS"17 min, Gold most sought after mineral on Earth/early
days/gravity methods/water/sediment/coarse
gold/cyanide/economical/safe/very small particles of gold.
"ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES"29 min, Geothermal/wind/water.
"ALUMINUM RECYCLING: YOUR NEXT ASSIGNMENT"20 min, Student must remain after
school/ he put off assignment/computer disc takes on life of its
own/whisking him to locations to "see for
himself"/landfill/park/highway/recycling locations/aluminum processing
center/ can manufacturing plant/conserving energy/protecting
environment/profitable enterprise for schools for special projects.
"AMERICA'S BURIED TREASURE"20 min, History of mining to present/early
tools/hard work/ difficult conditions/silicosis/water use/old mine sites
being reclaimed today.
"AMERICA'S FORESTS: A HISTORY OF RESILIENCY & RECOVERY"*23 min, Original
forests covered almost ½ of land/in 1 year each of us uses wood equal to
tree 100 feet high/17th Century 70% of wood used for heat/Indians cleared
land by fire/white tailed deer/bison/ early settlers/needed crops/8,000
hand split rails to encircle 40 acre field/1850 enough fences to encircle
earth 120 times/1870-1920 thousands killed in forest fires/1800's
conservation movement/forests not inexhaustible/1st Chief Forester
appointed by President Teddy Roosevelt/U.S. Forest planning/fire
control/scientific management/growing more trees than
harvested/agriculture production/wildlife management/old growth
preservation.
"ARIZONA COPPER: WATCH IT EMERGING"*13 min, Arizona Copper industry/1980's
decline/ comeback/restructuring/declining prices/worldwide competition/new
technology/1989 $3.2 billion worth of non-fuel minerals led all other
states/10,400 people employed as engineers/computer technicians/truck
drivers/welders/office workers/flash smelting/air quality
standards/economic contribution/Arizona minerals:
coal/silver/gold/molybdenum.
"ASBESTOS IN OUR ENVIRONMENT, SEPARATING FACT FROM FICTION"*70 min,
International Mineralogical Assoc meeting at Stanford University 7-1886/Research challenges epidemiological studies warning of health hazard
from asbestos/safe public health in mining/waste deposit areas/cleanup
money.
"AT RISK: VOLCANO HAZARDS FROM MOUNT HOOD, OREGON"14 min, Volcanic activity
swift & deadly/future events pose risks to people living nearby/river
valleys/area by volcano.
"BEDROCK BUSTIN' DREDGING TECHNIQUES"
Dredging for gold.
"BEST BUILD I"20 min, Constructing a sound coastal home.
"BEST BUILD II"23 min, Constructing a home in a riverine floodplain.
“BEST BUILD III” 30 min, Flood prone home.
"BLACK SANDS" Sifting through black sands for gold/surefire panning methods.
"BORNEO COAST:
CREATURES OF THE MANGROVE"60 min, Siarau Island on N coast,
Borneo/tidal mangrove forest/creatures adapted/daily flooding/tree roots
above ground/ mudskipper fish/gill chambers allow living out of
water/proboscis monkey.
"BORON: LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT"28 min, Boron cleans fabrics/retard fire/conduct
electricity/grind steel/fertilize crops/kill insects, weeds/strengthen
glass/fiberglass/ plastics/ Europe 13th century/Marco Polo/flux for
melting, fusing metals/dusty prospectors/20-mule teams/1925 sodium borate
deposit/U.S. world's largest supplier/modern mining-refining/diverse
applications/very little in world does not involve some boron.
"BULLETS AND GREED", Hunting tips from Oregon State Police.
BUSINESS SURVIVAL KIT FOR EARTHQUAKES & OTHER DISASTERS, 27 min,
Earthquakes/terrorist attacks/fires/floods/storms/power outages can affect
& permanently alter your business. Identify hazards/reduce impact/protect
employees, facilities, contents/insurance & supplies/evacuation &
communication/resume business/prevent loss. CD includes disaster planning
toolkit.
"CALL ME CAN"19 min, Can, aluminum can calls out in grocery store to Dan/Dan
buys Can/ takes him home/drinks the soda/plays game of catch with Can &
Domino, Dan's dog/Dan hurls Can into street just as steamroller passes/Can
is flat as a pancake/Dan tells him goodbye/ puts him in trash container
near street/Dan hears Can calling for help/couple collecting cans picked
him up/carred him away/later Dan hears Can calling for help again/older
boys kicking him around in grass/Dan rescues Can/Can tells about how he
has been recycled/Can lost again falling into stream/disappearing over
waterfall/yelling, "I'll be baaaaack..." /Dan looks everywhere/finds him
in soft drink machine/Can sings song/he can be recycled over & over/Dan &
Domino rescue Can from landfill/take him to recycling center.
"CAREERS FOR GEOSCIENTISTS"40 min, Careers in
geosciences/atmosphere/oceans/solid Earth/high school/college/earth
sciences description of real-life jobs/focus in
studies/exploration/discovery/stewardship/11
geoscientists/travel/technology/outdoors.
"CHIMNEY CREEK"*28 min, Uses of gold, drilling/blasting ore/heap leaching
process.
"CHROMIUM"25 min, Supreme additive/chrome/decorative/long
lasting/disappeared from automobile bumpers/coffee pots/toasters/replaced
with less expensive materials/aluminum/ plastics/makes stainless steel
stainless/corrosion proof/heat resistant/stainless steel in
flatware/cutlery/pots/pans/super alloy components of jet engines/Clean
Food Bill/stainless steel in dairies/commercial kitchens/chromium salts
make dyes/pigments color almost everything/name from "croma," Greek for
color/in lumber used for picnic tables/decks/ porches/highway sound
barriers/protecting wood against insect/weather damage.
"CITIZENS PROTECTING AMERICA'S PARKS"12 min, Initiatives to fight threats to
America's national parks/NPCA, nonprofit, citizen organization protecting,
preserving National Park System, promoting public understanding of
national parks.
"COAL: CLEAN POWER FOR A BETTER LIFE"10 min, Technologies/indispensability/
inevitability of coal use/producers, users of coal, conscious of
environment/ compatibility of industry, science, nature.
"COAL: FUEL FOR THE FUTURE"8 min, Importance of coal/footage from several
countries/ coal largest fuel for generation of world's electricity--nearly
½ of all electricity in world supplied by coal, a cheap reliable source.
"COAL MINING, A MULTIPLE USE ENVIRONMENT"*22 min, Coal, one of most important
energy sources/one billion tons annually, 60% of electrical power in
U.S./low sulfur coal for electricity production/almost all Utah coal
mining done underground/reclamation.
"COLORADO DEER HUNTING"30 min, Tactics that will make successful
hunter/where to concentrate efforts to get trophy/how to react to hunting
pressure/how to determine where deer are during different seasons.
"COLORADO ELK HUNTING"30 min, Improve chances to bag elk/techniques for
archery, muzzle loading, rifle hunting/where to find elk in seasons,
habitats/weather affects elk movements/how to single-handedly field dress
an elk.
"COLORADO FISHING HOT SPOTS"30 min, Floating Rio Grande during salmon fly
hatch/ challenge of high-altitude golden trout/plains
reservoirs/Colorado's high lakes exotics.
"COLORADO TROUT FISHING"30 min, Techniques for catching trout/best lakes,
rivers.
"COLORADO WILDLIFE"6 min, Colorado covers 100,000 square miles/1897 Division
of Wildlife established, all funds come from hunting, fishing
licenses/tourist attractions are beautiful scenery, wildlife: 200,000 elk;
600,000 deer; 15 fish hatcheries producing fish; 5,000,000 rainbow trout
stocked each year; 700 non-game species.
"COMMON GROUND"*26 min, Teacher Guides for grades 3-12, Importance of
mineral products in everyday lives/new methods of mineral
exploration/modern mining techniques/reclamation/ historical Stone Age,
Copper Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age.
"COMMUNITY WARNING SYSTEM, CANNON BEACH"17 min, Visitors don't know about
tsunamis/
If there is a tsunami, Cannon Beach has capability to warn all citizens/6
loudspeaker units located throughout area/8 minutes to give alert,
instructions/before 1988 it took 1½ hours to alert everyone/each month
units are tested with sound of cow mooing.
"COPPER"27 min, Story begins in Egypt/replaced stone, bone in tools, early
weapons/museum pieces in Bronze Age/made possible Age of
Electricity/properties/ductility/malleability/ conductivity/natural
beauty/can be shaped, formed, many uses/bringing light, heat, water,
information into our lives/winning copper from today's low-grade ores/less
than 1% metal to cathode slabs 99.99% pure/complex chemical/milling
physical processes shown.
"DEBRIS FLOW DYNAMICS"*23 min, Low quality but rare Japanese, Chinese
footage of debris flows, landslides/terms, vocabulary useful for earth
science educators.
"DINOSAUR!"50 min each, Join Walter Cronkite piecing together clues of
great detective story/animation, special effects/visual encyclopedia
insight into creatures that continue to intrigue us/how they lived, died,
efforts to discover their secrets.
THE FIRST CLUE: TALE OF A TOOTH
THE FOSSIL RUSH: TALE OF A BONE
BIRTH OF A LEGEND: TALE OF AN EGG
GIANT BIRDS OF THE AIR: TALE OF A FEATHER
"DRY SITE MINE RECLAMATION, A PROGRESS REPORT"*12 min, Montana
mines/affordable techniques for mining arid
climates/reclamation/protection of plants/all plants now growing there in
dry climate/soil examined, annually studied for five years.
"EARTH AID: RECYCLING"20 min, Earth-saving steps taken in home/no change in
lifestyle, positive impact on
environment/recycling/aluminum/glass/paper/motor oils/tires/grass/milk
cartons/plastic/cardboard/magazines/phone books/food scraps.
"EARTH NECTAR"55 min, Vineyards in Napa Valley/topography/rich soils/diverse
micro-climates/geology/wines that characterize this area.
"EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI DRILL"3 min, When there is an earthquake duck, cover,
hold/after shaking stops, get to high ground.
"EARTHQUAKES IN OREGON: CAN IT HAPPEN HERE?"* Seismic Hazard Geologist
explains how earthquakes, volcanoes formed by plate tectonics.
"EARTH REVEALED"30 min each
"DOWN TO EARTH" Geology/uniqueness of Earth in its ability to support life.
"THE RESTLESS PLANET" Solar system/Earth's structure.
"EARTH'S INTERIOR" Seismic waves/gravity/heat flow/earth magnetism/Earth's
interior.
"THE SEA FLOOR" Sea-floor/mid-oceanic ridge/oceanic trenches/fracture
zones/evidence of mobile crust of earth.
"THE BIRTH OF A THEORY" Continental drift/sea floor/plate tectonics theory.
"PLATE DYNAMICS" Movements of Earth's plates/plate boundaries/geologic
features.
"MOUNTAIN BUILDING" Mountain belts/continents are created, evolve, wear
away.
“EARTH'S STRUCTURES” Bedrock responds to tectonic forces within
Earth/studied by structural geologists.
"EARTHQUAKES" Nature, consequences of earthquakes/factors that cause
quakes/location, characteristics.
"GEOLOGIC TIME" Geologic time scale/world-wide basis for correlation of
geologic events/rock formation/fossils.
"EVOLUTION THROUGH TIME" Evolutionary journey of Earth over past 4½ billion
years.
"MINERALS, THE MATERIALS OF EARTH" Origins/classifications/uses of minerals.
"VOLCANISM" How volcanoes are formed/volcanic activity, Earth's geology &
climate.
"INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCKS" Magmas do not reach Earth's surface, solidify
underground.
"WEATHERING AND SOILS" Minerals, rocks change when subjected to physical,
chemical conditions that exist at Earth's surface.
"MASS WASTING" Gravity on rapid moving landslides/slow creep/humans causing
or controlling mass wasting.
"SEDIMENTARY ROCKS: THE KEY TO PAST ENVIRONMENTS" Sedimentary rocks/Earth's
surface /environmental conditions of the past.
"METAMORPHIC ROCKS" Metamorphism/kinds of rocks produced.
"RUNNING WATER I: RIVERS, EROSION AND DEPOSITION" Running water sculpting
Earth's surface/tectonic, hydrologic cycles/shaping the land.
"RUNNING WATER II: LANDFORM EVOLUTION" Intensifying or reducing flood danger/
Process by which streams, valleys are shaped, landscapes formed.
"GROUNDWATER" Critical resource distributed, recycled.
"WIND, DUST AND DESERTS" Deserts cover 1/3 of all land masses/polar,
equatorial regions/form, major features.
"GLACIERS" Alps, Yosemite Valley/important sculptor of earth's surface.
"WAVES, BEACHES AND COASTS" Beach/sand in constant motion/sensitive to
variations in waves, winds, tides, currents, human intervention.
"LIVING WITH EARTH, PART I" Destructive forces of earthquakes, landslides.
"LIVING WITH EARTH, PART II" impact of human activity on Earth/ways which
people can shape their actions to benefit Earth.
"EFFECTS OF EARTHQUAKES ON BUILDING CONTENTS, A VISUAL EXPERIENCE" 5 min
"EXOTIC TERRANE"*, Plate Tectonics of Hells Canyon.
"FROM CHAOS TO CONFIDENCE"
"FROM THE FIELD TO THE TABLE"60 min, Bring home best big game meat/field
dressing/
Skinning/quartering bull elk/cape trophy/butchering/cook meat to
perfection.
"GEMS, METALS, & MINERALS"30 min, Erosion/different kinds of
rocks/coal/alloy/mining/ chalk/birthstones/precious gem.
"GEMSTONES OF AMERICA"60 min, How Earth's crystals formed & why so
rare/richest mines in U.S./ gems are mining/jewelry/crystal deposits/gem
cutters/coarse crystals into gems/rarest gems in Smithsonian Institute.
"GEOLOGIC MAPS"20 min, Ridges/valleys/panoramic views/layers of
rock/formation groups/
Conglomerates/strike/dip/symbols/boundary lines/exposure/faults/cross
section/erosion crust/schist/deposition.
"GEOLOGY IMPACT SYMPOSIUM, OCAMPO/PANEL"
"GEOLOGY IMPACT SYMPOSIUM, SHOEMAKER/SCHMITT"
"GLACIER ON MY MIND"30 min, Unrivalled peaks, lush forests, crystalline
streams, awesome wildlife of Glacier National Park in Montana, Waterton
Lakes National Park in Alberta/Crown of the Continent/sunsets are
incredible!
"GOLD"17 min, Gold, measure of wealth, beauty, usefulness/Placer Dome has
several mines around world/professionals moving mountains, returning them
to nature/Australian mine produces 2 million ounces gold per year/Canadian
mine operating for 80 years/modern methods of searching for gold/space
satellites/$300,000,000 cost to start mine production
/reclamation important.
"GOLD IN MODERN TECHNOLOGY"28 min, Gold in hi-tech
developments/medicine/clinical team monitors heart function using
radioactive isotope of gold, no risk to patient/Space/gold coatings,
shields reflect 98% of high intensity solar radiation/protecting
equipment/ astronauts/most reflective material on earth/without gold
exploration, use of space might still be a dream/architecture/gold-coated
glass panels add beauty to modern buildings/ savings in energy
consumption/micro-thin coatings of gold on glass allow visibility but
deflect sun's heat in summer, conserve heat in
winter/electronics/excellent, reliable conductor will not corrode, even in
space/microcircuits wired at high speed with gold thread finer than human
hair.
"GPS INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO" 40 min, using satellite navigator/hiking//multi-leg
route/ landmark coordinates.
GREAT NATIONAL PARKS,
"BRYCE CANYON AND ZION NATIONAL PARKS"64 min, Intricately shaped, vibrantly
colored rock formations/Bryce Amphitheater/into canyon on trail
ride/"hoodoos" the park's famous towers, eerie statues of stone/Zion
Canyon/switchback trails/Checkerboard Mesa/Zion-Mt. Carmel Tunnel/Kolob
Arch/Great Arch of Zion.
"GRAND TETON AND GLACIER NATIONAL PARKS"71 min, How earth thrust up Teton
Range/ how 19th century trappers penetrated wilderness/Jackson
Hole/Glacier National Park/impact of weather, wind water on park's
wildlife/Going-to-the-Sun Road/waterfalls, wildflowers, majestic
mountains, refreshing lakes, hiking trails.
"MOUNT RAINIER AND OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARKS"66 min, Mount Rainier National Park/
fire-&-ice gave mountain its character/jökulhlaups/flash floods//Rainier's
peak/vistas/valleys/ waterfalls/meadows/bobcats/cougars/raccoons/Olympic
National Park/Hoh Rain Forest/"Iron Man of Hoh", carved
homestead/mountains/Marymere Falls/Soleduck Falls/Mount Olympus/
wilderness coast/tide pools.
"HARD ROCK AND PLACER MINING IN ALASKA: THE SEARCHER"28 min, 300 mines in
Alaska/ less than 1% of Alaska has been
mined/silver/copper/gold/lead/zinc/coal/molybdenum shown being mined/coal
mine won award for reclamation.
"HARD ROCK MINING"
"HARDROCK SHOWCASE, HUMBOLDT NATIONAL FOREST"*17 min, Nevada mines/panning for
gold, silver in boom towns of 1800's/blast done at open pit gold
mine/50,000-70,000 oz of gold per year/employment for 125/reclamation so
mining doesn't interfere with other habitats.
"HAWAII"35 min, Islands of paradise/lava fields/vents of sulfur steam in
Volcanoes National Park/Oahu at Waikiki/snorkeling/scuba
diving/surfing/Pearl Harbor/Arizona Memorial/Maui's Haleakala volcano/Iao
Needle/pineapples/macadamia nuts/kona coffee/ humpback whales/Kauai/Waimea
Canyon/Na Pali coastline.
"HEADJAM"108 min, GO FIGURE 22 min, Math in real world/problem solving. THE
TRUTH ABOUT H2O 22 min, Hydrologic cycle/water audits/microorganisms/students hook up with environment. SLINKY SCIENCE 20 min,
Gravity/inertia/centrifugal force/Slinky engineering concepts. THINK SMART
22 min, Making decisions/analyzing situations using science-based
skills/strategic thinking. CRUDE ENERGY 22 min, Petroleum/science/energy.
"HELL'S CORNER GORGE, RAFTING ON THE UPPER KLAMATH"
"HIDDEN CONGO: THE FOREST PRIMEVAL"60 min, Central African Rain
Forest/wildlife/ untouched, unseen by Westerners/bubble-blowing
elephants/2-headed snake.
"HUBBARD GLACIER-RUSSELL FIORD"*25 min, Mountains/glaciers of Hubbard Glacier
area of Alaska/Glacial Lake Russell/Russell Fiord.
"HURRICANE: PREPARE TO SURVIVE!" Preparations to survive a hurricane.
"I AM GOLD"10 min, How gold formed/geology where gold found/gold mine to
gold pour.
"I DIG FOSSILS"22 min, 65 million year old dinosaur/find fossils older than
dinosaurs /Scott & dad go on adventure to find 300 million year old
fossils/how fossils formed/how to hunt for treasures only paleontologists
could find.
"IN THE PATH OF A HURRICANE" 17 min
"IF TREES COULD TALK..."20 min, Jacksonville, Oregon's effort to preserve
300+ acres of woodlands/history of town, from glory of Gold Rush Days to
present National Historic Landmark Community/Giant Sequoia, planted in
1862 by photographer, Peter Britt.
"IN HARMONY WITH THE RANGE" Rangeland managers improve biological diversity,
promote wise use of natural resources, meet needs of all who share the
range/Gunnison National Forest, Colorado/Tonto National Forest,
Arizona/Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri/Buffalo Gap National
Grassland, South Dakota/Payette National Forest, Idaho.
"LAND OF THE ROGUE - A MOVING EXPERIENCE"*12 min, Beautiful scenery/life in
Rogue Valley/different outstanding citizens.
"LEARNING FROM EARTHQUAKES"44 min, Effects of earthquakes,
tsunamis/countermeasures to be prepared/build town to withstand
damage/evacuation centers/earthquake prediction, public awareness/if
underground (shopping malls), on freeways, in high-rise buildings/
lifelines (gas, water, electricity, telephone) going out/workplace safety.
"LET'S DO MINERAL SCIENCE"30 min, Teacher Guide, Health/beauty
products/minerals that go into making them/6 hands-on classroom
activities/inside earth/pet rock/plate tectonics/ sedimentary
rocks/mineral exploration with cupcakes/cookie mining.
"LET'S PUT AMERICA BACK IN THE BLACK"30 min, Coal began in prehistoric
plants/types of coal give off different amounts of heat/lignite, least
amount/subituminous/bituminous/ anthracite, most amount/Alabama, most coal
used for energy in U.S./1830's/1920's coal nation's energy source/1929
Great Depression/layoffs/industry concerned with health, safety of
workers/supplies should last for next 300 years.
"LIFE AT THE TOP--WILDLIFE ABOVE TIMBERLINE"30 min, Colorado's several
wildlife above timberline/geology there/biologist shares knowledge of
animal behavior.
"LIME AND THE EARTH--A NATURAL BALANCE"27 min, Protection, strength in hostile
environment/life forms secrete calcium carbonate, chemical hardened into
shell-like substances/lived, died by billions/filled ancient sea beds/used
against pollution/ limestone calcined, roasted at more than 2,000°F,
produces lime/4 million tons used every year to preserve, protect
environment/lime cleans industrial wastes, toxic materials in air, water,
soil/purify drinking water, industrial waste water/neutralize acid rain.
"LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE: VIDEO IMAGES"*53 min, Actually occurring in San
Francisco Bay Area, 1989/seismographs, survivor interviews, media,
politicians, scientists in field.
"METAL DETECTING/DRYWASHING/CONCENTRATES
"METAMORPHIC ROCKS"21 min, Recrystalization/folds are changed by pressure,
fluid, heat/
shale becomes slate/thermal dynamic
metamorphism/schist/gneiss/lenses/weathering.
"MINERALS: BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE EARTH"19 min, How minerals are composed.
"MINING IN IDAHO" 5 video series,
"A HISTORY OF MINING IN IDAHO"
"MINERALS IN THE GEM STATE"
"MINING IN THE GEM STATE"
"MODERN MINING IN IDAHO"
"MODERN MINING AND THE ENVIRONMENT"
"MINING: DISCOVERIES FOR PROGRESS"10 min, Employs 3 million in U.S./safe/high
paying jobs/things we see, hear, touch come from mining/40,000 lbs of
minerals used per person each year/reclamation plans essential.
“MINING FOR MUSIC”23min., Teacher Guide, Everything you use is made from
elements that come from earth/sources of things we use everyday/copper,
iron, coal, gold, silver mines/ without mining there would be no
instrumental music or hardly anything else.
"MODERN GOLD MINING TECHNIQUES"90 min, Geology/where to locate
gold/panning/sluicing techniques/mossing/sampling/fanning/dry
washing/electronic prospecting/underwater prospecting/hydraulic
concentrating/dredging/cleaning/amalgamating gold.
"MT. ST. HELENS: Turmoil of Creation"90 min, Mt. St. Helens Visitor Center/Mt.
St. Helens before great eruption, aftermath devastation/Signs of life
returning to area.
"MT. ST. HELENS: MONITORING AN ACTIVE VOLCANO"*25 min, 1980 eruption/effects
on property, people/geological hazards reduction.
"NATURAL GAS DEVELOPMENT ON THE CARSON NATIONAL FOREST: A SUCCESS STORY"*12 min,
Natural gas extracted in environmentally sound manner/public participation
in project/ keeping roads out of drainage bottom/road corridor for
pipeline/avoiding elk calving area /cultural resource
clearances/woodland/meadow edge effect/gas wells water treated for
wildlife/ponds/revegetating disturbed areas.
"NATURE'S FURY", Earthquakes/hurricanes/tornados/floods/consequences for
humans/ cataclysmic destruction/human courage/earthquakes create, shape
landscapes, destroy cities rotating updrafts build into tornados that
sweep Midwest's "Tornado Alley"/cloud disturbances grow into hurricanes
that ravage coastal areas/flooding cannot be tamed/ Heroes save homes,
lives/victims suffer tragedies.
"OKAVANGO: AFRICA'S WILD OASIS"60 min, Okavango Delta/refuge in heart of
world's greatest deserts/floodwaters from Angola double delta size to
5,000 sq miles/water decides who will survive, perish/cheetahs, wild dogs
rule savanna/hippos, crocodiles reign swamp/ pangolin survives raging
fires/catfish try to walk away from shrinking pools/elephants shake trees
for palm nuts/wild dogs overpower lechwe.
"OLD TIME MINE"55 min, Old photos, newsreels show freedom of gold rush
life/new towns started by prospectors/rocker boxes/long toms/processing
ore/ball-stamp mills/ placer-lode-hydraulic mining/amalgamation tables.
"ON THE MONEY", Hunting tips from Oregon State Police.
"OPAL CUTTING MADE EASY" Black Mexican, Boulder
opal/doublets/triplets/carving opal.
"OUTDOOR ETHICS"19 min, Standards, consequences of outdoor
behavior/littering/criminal trespass/criminal mischief/wildland
fire/pollution/could mean parks being closed.
"OUT OF THE ROCK"*29 min, Minerals in future/modern life depends on mineral
resources/ Minerals finite/sampling of earth's crust confirmed adequate
resources exist to meet human needs far into future/environment
issues/technologies/geologic history of earth.
"PANAMA WILD: RAIN FOREST OF LIFE"60 min, Rain forest on Panamanian
island/sustained by plant, animal/colossal tree/shadowy forest floor/leafy
canopy/exotic species/predatory & peaceful natural harmony/one of world's
last great places.
"PHOSPHATE AND THE FOREST, CARIBOU NATIONAL FOREST"*29 min, Idaho mines/mining
on public land/reclamation plans before mining proceeds/products/where
phosphate found/how earth produces it/modern techniques/industry-agency
cooperation/economic benefits for community/environment protection a
priority.
"PHOSPHATE FEEDS YOU" Teacher Guide, Phosphate mining essential to
production of food human beings depend on for survival/discovered in
Florida 1881/phosphate beds are primary source of phosphorus, element
required for formation, function of brain, blood, bones, tissue in
animals, humans/2 areas in Florida provide 80% of nation's, ¼ of world's
phosphate/before removing phosphate ore from earth, companies subject to
stringent permitting process/employment for more than 9,000/innovative
techniques.
"PLATINUM: THE ELEMENT PT"20 min, Platinum/platinum group
metals/ruthenium/rhodium/ palladium/osmium/iridium first used in
Egypt/16th Century Columbia, South America by Conquistadors/"platina"
means little silver/200 years later brought to Europe/beauty in platinum
jewelry crafted for Czars/antique Russian coins/platinum-rich Merensky
Reef, Africa, leading producer of platinum/complex chemical, mechanical
processes required to refine, separate platinum/platinum, alloys vital in
catalytic converters/reduce exhaust pollution/manufacture synthetic
fibers/fuel cells produce energy/surgical-medical implants resist
corrosive body fluids/stainless steel & super alloys/aviation
systems/electronics.
"PLAY IT SAFE"/"SPLASH"/"OREGON WATER POWER"64 min, K-6, Water safety/surf
condition flags/water currents.
PROJECT MINE K-6, teacher's guide
"TEACHER ORIENTATION"12 min, Explains other videos/ shows teacher applying
projects in classroom, students tell what they have learned from videos,
hands-on projects.
"GEOLOGY"18 min, How rocks are formed/physical properties of
minerals/different types of rocks, minerals, fossils.
"MATTER"24 min, Systems for extracting gold/cyanide leaching/gold
panning/wall board factory/atoms/elements/compounds/ density/mass/volume.
"NEVADA HISTORY"29 min, Life of early miners/improvements made through
technology/supply /demand, diversity, cost of operations.
"SIMPLE MACHINES"17 min, Make work easier/wheels/axles/gears/inclined
planes/lever/ fulcrum/pulley.
"PROSPECTING FOR GOLD!"63 min, Gold fever/the cure/6 methods of finding
gold/tips for beginner-experienced gold seeker/gold-bearing areas/identify
gold/where gold accumulates/ panning/sluicing/wet-dry washing/metal
detectors/shallow, deep-water dredging.
"PROTECTING COASTAL WATERS, A COMMUNITY APPROACH"*18 min, Coast
activities/animal habitats/estuary/Coquille River testing.
"RAPIDS Of THE COLORADO RIVER"*20 min, Hydraulic geomorphic events at
specific sections of rapids along this mighty river.
"ROCK ODYSSEY"30min, Sandy, Crystal search for "Mica's Magic Gemstone"/meet
4 characters
/Mica, tour guide/Sir Sediment, ruler of sedimentary rocks/Iggy St.
Igneous, guardian of igneous rocks/Matty Morphic, metamorphic magician/3
categories of rocks/sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic/how each category
formed/mineral properties/types/mineral makeup.
"RUNNING WATER: EROSION, DEPOSITION & TRANSPORTATION"21 min, Streams,
consequent, antecedent, subsequent, superimposed, braided,
terraces/load/solution/suspension/narrow valleys/waterfalls/broad
valleys/alluvial fans/flood plane/meander/erosion/deposition/
oxbow/delta/river patterns/water gap/wind gap/placer deposit.
"SEA OF GREEN, The Story Of The Tillamook State Forest"19 min, Tillamook State
Forest/N Oregon Coast Range mountains/wildfires transformed forest into
300-sq mile wasteland/reforestation returned area to health/before
settlement/homesteaders/loggers/ wildfires/pioneers replanted
Tillamook/specialists managing forest for future.
"SELF DEFENSE FOR WOMEN"120 min, Defend yourself against attackers/If
assaulted, you have options/weapons/submission/strange
behavior/talking/noise/running/fighting.
"SHOWCASING MINERAL ACTIVITIES"*15 min, Mining done in harmony with forest
resources /environment concerns/water quality/animals/reclamation/oil-gas
exploration/rare plants/ roads have minimum impact on
environment/phosphate-coal mining, 1/3 of America's energy.
"SILVER"28 min, Mile underground/twisting veins of ore make recovery
challenging/old photographs-drawings-music of post-Civil War silver
boom/importance of silver in American West/rich deposits easily mined with
pick, shovel/metallurgical processes to separate, refine small amounts of
silver from ore/Americans consume 150 million troy ounces of silver every
year/40 million troy ounces produced domestically/hi-tech
applications/recycling, conservation vital.
"SLEEPER MINE--THE AWAKENING GIANT"*15 min, 24 hours a day/7 days a
week/lowest cost producer in U.S./$27,000,000.00 to start, repaid within 6
months/1 oz high-grade coarse gold per ton of ore/blasting done twice a
day/heap leaching explained/protecting environment/many jobs for local
community.
"SLUICING FOR GOLD"
"SOFT PATHS"*15 min, How to enjoy wilderness without harming it, no trace
camping.
"SOME REALLY WILD PLACES"*12 min, grades 5-8, teacher's guide, Scenic
wilderness.
"SOUTHERN OREGON TRAVELOGUE"60 min, What to see, do in S Oregon/history of
towns/ Applegate
Trail/lakes/rivers/recreation/parks/climate/wineries/medical services.
"STAY OUT AND STAY ALIVE"15 min, Dangers in, around abandoned mine sites.
"SUCCESSFUL GOLD DREDGING MADE EASY" 45 min, Locating, dredging up
paystreaks/gold bearing areas/reading the river/sampling/production/final
clean-up procedures.
"SURE-FIRE PANNING METHODS" Panning for gold.
"TEAMWORK AND TONNAGE"15 min, Rochester, large surface mine, NW Nevada's
largest mining property/largest silver mine in North America/lowest
production costs per oz/produces gold byproduct/latest technology/heap
leaching process/employee satisfaction.
"THE ALASKAN EARTHQUAKE"*27 min, Damage caused by great 1964 Alaskan
earthquake/ tsunami damage/coastal uplift/liquefaction/lateral movement
damage on large scale/early need to plan for regional geologic
hazards/general nature, causes of earthquakes.
"THE CHALLENGE OF THE UNKNOWN"143:30 min, K-12, teacher's guide, For students
who view math as school survival skill, have trouble seeing their way into
mathematics, and understanding its relevance in their lives/shows math in
new light/helps students understand how to solve complex problems/shows
men, women using mathematics as tool to make tasks easier. "SITUATION:
WHERE AM I?"18 min, orienteering/wind prospecting/sun sculpture/comedy
segment--revolving door. "INFORMATION: WHAT DO I KNOW?"21 min, ice
climbing/Anasazi Indians/speed skiing/fish finding/comedy segment--the
lineup. "RESTATEMENT: HOW DO I SEE IT?"19 min, dinosaurs/locks, swamp/ski
bus/comedy segment–-wallpapering. "OUTCOMES: HOW DO I GET THERE?"22:30 min,
giant egg/cathedral/ demolition/comedy segment--the sandwich. "MANAGEMENT:
WHAT DO I DO NEXT?"21 min, canoe and comedy segment--the outing.
"ESTIMATION: AM I CLOSE?"21 min, sharks/china/ avalanche/comedy segment--the
bakery. "ARGUMENT: AM I RIGHT?"21 min, boomerangs/sun
daggers/blimp/Stonehenge/comedy segment--piano moving.
"THE COMPLETE GOLD PROSPECTOR"120 min
Prospecting/panning/sluicing/hibanking/dredging.
"THE CONTINUUM--AN ENDURING RESOURCE OF WILDERNESS"*14 min, Scenic landscapes
presented with inspiring quotations.
"THE EARTH BENEATH US, A NATURAL RESOURCE EXPERIENCE"*10 min, Summer field
course "Total Concept of Mining Industry"/annually June thru mid-July with
Colorado School of Mines/6-week course provides secondary school teachers,
counselors, administrators with working knowledge of mining, metallurgical
industries to enhance classroom teaching/6 semester hours of credit
granted by Colorado School of Mines for completion of course.
"THE ERUPTION OF KILAUEA"*27 min, Film footage/sound of lava
fountains/volcanoes in Hawaii/volcanic processes/1962 American Film
Festival Award.
"THE GREAT FOSSIL MYSTERY"13 min, Case of Sharp Wits detectives figure out
what Snooper found outside/looks like rocks/one rock looks like a shell,
other looks like someone pressed a plant into it/they need to use more
resources than just their computer, Watts-On/library, museum, botanical
gardens for information/Sharp Wits pool information/ questions on
fossils/history of earth/environment/conservation of resources.
"THE GREENING OF PLANET EARTH"28 min, Carbon dioxide/nature's basic building
block/ process of photosynthesis/earth's biosphere/carbon dioxide levels,
30% higher now than in pre-industrial era/enhanced growth of trees,
plants/doubling of carbon dioxide in atmosphere to occur over next
century/increase crop yields 30-40%/double water-use efficiency of
vegetation/triple productivity of forests.
"THE HELLGATE - EXPERIENCE THE HISTORY OF THE ROGUE RIVER"30 min, Designated
National "Wild and Scenic" river in 1968/Rogue River draws people from
around world to experience unspoiled wilderness/history/wildlife/natural
splendor/Hellgate Canyon's whitewater rapids/settlers first arrival in
1840's/kayak, raft, jet boat/alluring, dynamic, beautiful,
fearsome/timeless, tireless sculptor shaping land.
"THE MIRACLE AT BRIDGE CREEK"30 min, Wild West has been urbanized/differences
between people/compromise among ranchers, environmentalists,
others/benefits of cooperation.
THE MIRACLE PLANET,55 min. each
"THE THIRD PLANET" Earth: wrapped in clouds, rich in water, planet of
intricate systems/perfectly balanced to sustain life/sun forms from dust,
hot gases/inner planets from colliding meteorites that brought water,
amino acids/Earth's 3rd from sun position makes it refuge for life/1st
rainfall/meteorites bombard our planet.
"THE HEAT WITHIN" Earth largely covered by cool oceans, hot enough inside to
shine like star/energy from inner furnace brought water to
surface/Yellowstone, geysers & seaming vents/Iceland, world's largest
volcanic island, still growing/rifts in ocean floor/water hot enough to
melt lead/Himalayas, thrust up from ocean bed because of heat within/Earth
as only one continent/planet's inner furnace breaks continent apart,
carries pieces to present positions/heat has shaped, changed planet.
"RIDDLES OF SAND & ICE" Earth's climate/balance of water, sunlight,
temperature/limits of life/changing in ways we're just beginning to
understand/ice age, ice covers more than 1/3 of globe/Alaskan glacier
moves, breaking off rocks, taking them with it/massive boulders from
Northern Canada left in New York City's Central Park by mile-thick
glacier/Manhattan under sheet of ice/ Sahara, brought freezing death to
much of planet, made desert bloom.
"THE NEW 49'ERS"30 min, Problems facing miners/productive/mining
questions/motto is "miners helping miners"/gold mining techniques/members
tell benefits.
"THE NEWMONT GOLD TEAM"20 min, Carlin gold deposit/most active producing
area in world/leach pad covers 400 acres/started 1965, 105 employed, now
2,000 employed/history
/gold uses/King Tut's tomb treasures/gold attributes/geological
process/geologist locates gold/engineering mine/computer graphics/assay
lab/reclamation.
"THE OREGON DUNES" Oregon Dunes Nat'l Recreation
Area/formation/nature/geography/man's uses of Oregon Dunes.
"THE PERMITTING GAME"*21 min, Mine operation plan/Montana platinum mine/laws
affect mining operations/affecting surrounding
area/efficiency/Environmental Impact Statement/ public
commentmeetings/water quality/site suitability/wildlife/cost/visual
quality/
construction/production/reclamation/roads/opening placement for
underground mine/testing of liners under tailings to protect soil done by
independent co.
"THE POWER TO PROTECT"30 min, Communities cooperate/groundwater protection
programs/ pollution into ground into water supply/water
underground/contamination/water sources.
"THE RED BUTTES WILDERNESS"*6 min, Botanical wonderland/spectacular
scenery/Rangers keep trails clear/guide visitors/wilderness managed so
people can see natural, healthy ecosystem at work/keeping pristine place
where vegetation not disturbed.
"THE ROTTEN TRUTH"30 min, Here today, gone tomorrow--true about some things,
but not garbage, it's forever/in U.S., we generate 200,000,000 tons
garbage a year/"Museum of Modern Garbage" world's largest landfill/stuff
buried in landfill/garbage magician/ Rhode Island plant/stuff we put out
to be picked up for recycling/music, magic play part in tale of rotten-rotting--truth.
"THE SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS" teacher guides EVIDENCE 17 min, Problem solving;
info gathered/tested/retested/interpreted. PATTERNS 19 min,
Form/purpose/patterns/framework of vision/evidence. INVESTIGATION 21 min,
Systematic approach/observable
facts/tasting/listening/generalizations/categories/experiences. TRIAL &
ERROR 18 min, Errors essential to process/problem solvers organize, direct
plan of attack. CONTEXT 18 min, Object in framework, context/powers of
observation. ADAPTATION 18 min, Borrowing solution from
problem/feedback/systematic repetition of adaptation process/problem &
solution always changing. MODELING 19 min, Real world abstract
description/complex forms/processes/phenomena/ideas/reduce risk, cost,
complexity. PREDICTION 20 min, Purpose of science/world in orderly
scheme/language/look ahead/laws/forecast. THEORY 17 min, Human stories/what
happened/what structures universe/individual's experience.
"THE USGS WESTERN MAPPING CENTER"*13 min, Mapping
Program/technologies/applications.
"THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN: Earthquakes of the Holy Land"*55 min, Ruins in
holyland/earthquakes cause of destruction/oldest damage in world/offset
stairs thousands of years old/pillars offset before falling/scriptures
about earthquakes/dates of structures reinforce hypothesis.
"THE WASATCH-CACHE PETROLEUM SHOWCASE"*19 min, Utah Uinta Mtn Range/petroleum
exploration/environmental impact statement/roads designed/protection for
wildlife/native plants/water/drilling permitted/drilling site reclamation.
"THE WAVE:
A JAPANESE FOLKTALE"9 min, Japanese village wise man saved people
when tsunami struck village.
"THE WEATHER CLASSROOM" Teacher Guide
"AIR IN MOTION"
"CLIMATE: A WORLD OF WEATHER"
"EXTREMES IN THE WATER CYCLE"
"FORECASTING: THEN & NOW"
"HURRICANES"
"INDOOR WEATHER"
"LOOK UP!"
"SNOW, ICE, WIND & COLD"
"SUN, SEASONS AND THE SKY"
"THUNDERSTORMS: THE WEATHER MACHINE"
"TORNADOES"
"WATER: OCEANS TO AIR"
"THE WILD & SCENIC ROGUE RIVER"30 min, Rogue rapids adventure/Rainie
Falls/Mule Creek Canyon/Blossom Bar/put-in to take-out/wildlife, deer,
black bear, otter, eagles, osprey/natural waterslide/crystal clear
pools/lush forests/Zane Grey's cabin/Rogue River Ranch/logistics/permit
process.
"TIME'S A WASTING: GARBAGE & RECYCLING IN OREGON/TOXIC TALLULAH"29 min, Family
of 3 produces 2-3 bags garbage per day/1900: not as much garbage/reusable
glass/cloth towels/ refillable ink pens/saved metals, tin foil/no
landfills/dumped trash in empty city lot/ incinerators/landfill
maintenance today/pre-cycle/packaging choices/Toxic Tallulah/safe
disposing of toxic waste.
"TORRENTS OF CHANGE"25 min, Forest management practices/landslide
severity/debris torrents/stream systems/fish/Oregon Cascades/Coast Range
mountains/February, 1996, storms.
"TRANSFORMATIONS"15 min each, grades 6-8, teacher's guide
GETTING IT RIGHT: THREE STORIES ABOUT PROBLEM SOLVING Problem
solving/scientific method/MIT student design competition/petroleum
engineers at Amoco/teamwork/estimating/ modeling/false starts/failures.
AN ANCIENT RING OF GOLD: MAPPING & GEOLOGIC TIME Gold has strong associations
for people/largest gold mine in North America/gold prospecting
technology/geologic time/rock formations/topographic maps.
LIMITS: ENERGY RESOURCES & THE ENVIRONMENT Nation's energy supply/W Texas oil
field/ New Mexico photovoltaic power/renewable resources/fossil
fuels/energy/environment.
SIMPLE INCREDIBLE: ELECTRONICS & COMPUTERS
Microelectronics/transistors/integrated circuits/microchips/Texas
Instruments/electrical circuits/electronics/computers.
POWERFUL STUFF: HEAT & ELECTRICAL POWER Texas Steel mill/recycles popular
alloy/ junkyard cars to steel to specifications/heat generated by massive
electricity.
LITTLE BUDDIES: MICROBES AND MINING Bacteria microbes/bacteria used to
extract metals from low-grade ore/bacteria-water to extract copper from
low-grade ore/microbes & mining.
ONE MORE TIME: RECYCLING Technology/we produce 1 ton of solid waste
yearly/recycling/ facilities/waste management/land
use/resources/environment.
WHAT'S IT WORTH? RISK AND VALUE IN TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY What society judges
valuable/risk/technology advances/biomechanical engineer with Dow-Corning-
Wright/drilling engineer in charge of drill rig in Gulf of Mexico/social
values/economics.
"TSUNAMI:
SURVIVING THE KILLER WAVES"14 min, When earthquake causes tsunami.
"UNDERSTANDING COORDINATE GRIDS" Map location/course of travel/coordinate
grid systems/2 most common grids on maps/GPS receiver/lat-long coordinate
grid/UTM grid/tools/ methods/determine locations on earth's
surface/tools/methods/plot location coordinates.
"UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA SCHOOL OF MINING & GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING"*10 min,
Outdoor lifestyle/exciting/well-paying career/travel/overseas
assignments/University at forefront of space mining/field trips/research
projects/environmentally sound mining/financial aide/job opportunities.
"VARIETY IN BLOOM"* Wildflowers.
"VIRUNGA: THE HEART OF AFRICA"60 min, Virunga National Park active
volcanoe/red-hot rivers of fire scorch earth/rich volcanic ash/strange
happenings/terrain/rare, fascinating creatures/snowcapped mountains/rain
forests/savanna/protecting mountain gorilla.
"VISIONS OF THE WILD"*23 min, Award winning video, benefits, history of
wilderness.
"VOLCANO!"60 min, Couple went to every eruption/fantastic, colorful
spectacles/shoes melting on their feet/camped on active volcanoes/going on
sulfuric acid lake.
"VOLCANOES"21 min All about volcanoes.
"WHAT IS GEOLOGY?"20 min, Study of Earth/running
water/movement/mountains/volcanoes/
physical, historical geology/structure/minerology/geomorphology.
"WHEN THE BAY AREA QUAKES"*20 min, Animation/interviews/Loma Prieta
earthquake/3 main causes of damage, liquefaction, ground shaking,
landslide/damage to Bay Bridge, Marina District, Cypress structure, city
of Santa Cruz.
"WHERE STEEL BEGINS"15 min, Steel made from iron ore/bridges, ships, farm
machinery, national defense vehicles, kitchen sink/mining industry has
strength/environmental concerns/iron ore into steel into
products/expenses, $1 million huge trucks, tires $15,000 each/employees
have voice in how job is done/efficiency to lower costs.
"WHITEWATER BLOOPERS!"40 min, River runners come to N California's Salmon
River/more fun than they bargained
for/rafters/kayakers/equipment/flips,swims,wraps/ Marble Mountains
beautiful scenery/whitewater/Bloomer/Cascade/Last Chance/Freight
Train/incredible California Salmon called the "Slammin' Salmon".
"WILD ABOUT LIFE" Biodiversity rules! 14 min/bald eagle/manatee/black-footed
feret/Pacific yew/survival/quality of life. Long Journeys 12 min/migratory
animals/whooping crane/hummingbird/protecting habitat. Predators & People
11 min/gray wolf/grizzly bear/ecosystems. Joining Forces for Nature 14
min/conservation partnerships.
"WILDERNESS AND THE IMAGINATION"*22 min, Wilderness/painters/poets/musicians.
"WILDERNESS: AN ACT OF CONTRITION"*10 min, Wilderness/quotes of
conservationists.
"WILDLIFE ENFORCEMENT DECOY", Hunting tips from Oregon State Police.
"WOMEN WHO WALK THROUGH TIME"
3 women in geoscience careers.
"WRESTLING WITH UNCERTAINTY, THE 1995 NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF OIL AND GAS
RESOURCES"30 min, Oil-gas resources onshore, State waters U.S./Earth
processes/
technologies/see beneath Earth's surface/historical exploration/production
data/
results in context of processes that generate them/processes/ resource
estimates.
"YELLOWSTONE: REALM OF THE COYOTE"60 min, Young coyote cast out by
pack/learns to survive in wilderness/beautiful, treacherous Yellowstone
National Park//wildlife characters in America's Serengeti/steamy geysers
in winter/raging fires of summer/
Cain's yearlong adventure/hardship/triumph/life-or-death confrontation
with original pack.
"YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE" 67 min, Mine rescue teams, safety in mines.
"ZINC: THE GREAT PROTECTOR"8 min, Hero in metal world/widely used in society,
seldom seen/protects steel in automobiles, bridges, ships, other
structures from corrosion/in 1,000's of small parts, toys,
appliances/alloyed with copper it produces brass/commercial products:
cosmetics, sunscreen lotions, ceramics, household, industrial paints/zinc
additive in high-grade, longwearing rubber tires/foods/plants/most living
things/essential to life/copper penny stamped in zinc, copper
coated/ancient times/
today/mining/concentration/refining/fabrication.