Revised 11-5-2008
Environmental Studies Center
A Department of the Mobile County Public School System
MULTI-MEDIA CATALOG
Introduction
This publication lists the educational materials that are available through the Environmental Studies Center's
Resource Collection. Materials listed in this catalog may be checked out in person at the Center’s location on
Girby Road, by calling the Center at 221-5000 ext. 6, or by e-mailing the Center at mcrymes@mcpss.com.
Please remember to include your full name, school and the full catalog designation and title assigned to each of
the materials you are requesting. Catalog items are only available to teachers employed by the Mobile
County Public School System.
All phone and e-mail requests will be handled through the school system's mail service with a usual delivery
time of two school days. We ask your cooperation in the care of materials and prompt return of checked-out
items immediately following use. For return, materials should be properly wrapped and secured, conspicuously
addressed to the ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES CENTER and placed in the school mail bag.
It is our sincere hope that the materials in this catalog will enrich your instruction and bring about a more
comprehensive environmental education effort throughout the school system. For further information
concerning Environmental Studies Center services, call (251) 221-5000 or write Director; Environmental
Studies Center; 6101 Girby Road; Mobile, Alabama 36693.
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Video Cassette 7611 Amphibian (Eyewitness Series)
Video Cassette 7558 Amphibians & Reptiles
Compact Disc 7696 An Inconvenient Truth: A Global Warning
DVD 7497
Animal, Ultimate – 53 min.
The spiny starfish is a shining example of a survivor. Watch as incredible time-lapse
photography uncovers startling behaviors that reveal new insights into how even the most
unlikely of creatures are amazing success stories.
Bones, Brawn & Brains – 53 min.
Modern science is using technology to probe ever deeper into the origins of human existence.
See how the latest findings are connecting humans to the array of animals on earth.
Video Cassette 7568 Animals That Build
Compact Disc 7724 Aquaculture, Red Drum
Video Cassette 7577 Artic & Antartic
Compact Disc 7730 Atmosphere, Protecting Earth's
Video Cassette 7273 Beaches Are Moving, The
Video Cassette 7499 Biodiversity vs. Extinction – 11 min.
Interviews, beautiful photography, graphics and original music explore how nature and
human nature are intertwined; how everyday decisions affect biodiversity.
Video Cassette 7500 Biodiversity, Introduction to – 14.5 min.
Entomologist Dr. Jack Longino shows us how human lives are connected to insects in the
tropical rainforests of Costa Rica. Edward O. Wilson, the “father of biodiversity”
explores how humans and ants, which may match each other pound for pound on earth,
have very different effects on the world.
Compact Disc 7513 Biology: The Study of Life
Compact Disc 7515 Biomes
Compact Disc 7709 Biomes for Students: Coral Reefs
Compact Disc 7710 Biomes for Students: Grasslands
Compact Disc 7711 Biomes for Students: Polar Ice
Compact Disc 7714 Biomes for Students: Saltwater Marshes
Compact Disc 7712 Biomes for Students: Temperate Forest
Compact Disc 7713 Biomes for Students: Tropical Rainforest
Compact Disc 7489 Birds
Contains interactive experiments & explorations of disc subject matter.
Video Cassette 7475 Birds of Prey – 51:01 min. (Copy 1)
Includes Teacher Guide.
Compact Disc 7512 Birds: Characteristics & Adaptations
Video Cassette 7477 Birds of Prey – 51:01 min. (Copy 2)
Includes Teacher Guide.
Compact Disc 7729 Birding by Ear
Illustrates an educational and entertaining method for learning bird songs.
Video Cassette 7508 Butterfly Beyond Borders – The Monarch – 47 min.
Documents the amazing Monarch butterfly in its various habitats. Shows us what we do
know…but more importantly it reveals what we still do not know.
Video Cassette 7705 Butterfly & Moth (Eyewitness Series)
Compact Disc Cambridge Educational Series:
7620 Yesterday the Moon, Tommorrow Mars?
7621 The Sun and Stars
7622 The Planets
7623 The Invisible Universe
7624 Living in Space
7625 Just How Big is Space?
7626 Is Anybody Out There?
Video Cassette 7566 Camouflage, Animal: The Great Cover-up.
Video Cassette 7472 Cells – 21:18 min.
Gives a larger than life look at human and plant cells. Teacher Guide
Compact Disc 7487 Cells
Contains interactive experiments & explorations of disc subject matter.
Compact Disc 7698 Cells: The Basis of Life Unit
Compact Disc 7721 Cells, Living: Structure & Diversity Gr. 6
Describes cells and their structure.
Video Cassette 7691 Living Things, Classification of (Two copies)
Video Cassette 7186 Coast. The Challenge of the
DVD 7496
Conquerors – 53 min.
The conquest of land was one of the most important innovations in the history of animal life.
See how the relentless invaders – arthropods – have taken over the skies, land and sea, adding to
the earth’s diversity in ways strange and beautiful.
Survival Game – 53 min.
As marine life became more varied, competition for food became fierce, creating an evolutionary
arms race. Follow the development of the mollusks and learn how they avoid becoming lunch.
Video Cassette 7186 Conserving America: The Challenge of the Coast
Video Cassette 7533 Coral Reef
Compact Disc 7605 Coral Reef, Ecology of the
Compact Disc 7603 Coral in Peril, The Fragile Reef
Video Cassette 7619 Death Trap
Video Cassette 7574 Desert
Video Cassette 7572 Desert, Let's Explore A
Video Cassette 7535 Dinosaurs: Puzzles From The Past
Compact Disc Discovering Alabama
7629 Mobile-Tensaw Delta
7630 Cheaha Mountain/Talladega National Forest
7631 Cahaba River
7632 Southeast Alabama/Wiregrass Region
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Oakmulgee Division/Talladega National Forest
Guntersville State Park]
Coastal Alabama, Part 1: Natural Diversity
Coastal Alabama, Part 2: Environmental Issues
Tannehill Historical Park
Little River Canyon
Caves of Alabama
Oak Mountain State Park
Locust Fork River
Moundville
Alabama’s Natural Diversity
Geological History of Alabama
Red cockaded Woodpecker
Cahaba River Watershed
A Walk in the Woods
Alabama Forests
Dauphin Island
Black Warrior River
Dauphin Island
Black Warrior River
Sipsey Wilderness
Village Creek
Wildlife History
Red Hills Salamander]
Horse Pens 40
Alabama Adventure
Longleaf Pine
Longleaf Ecosystem
Wetumpka Impact Crater
Alabama Trees
Native American Festival
Arboretums
Mobile River Basin
Fort Morgan
Fort Toulouse/Jackson
Sipsey River Swamp
Forever Wild
Dugger Mountain Wilderness
Earth Day
Tuscaloosa County
Alabama Soils
Forest history
Forest Issues
Night Hike
Alabama Wetlands
Alabama Rivers
Bear Creek Watershed
Alabama Black Belt, Part I
Alabama Black Belt, Part II
Discovering Our Heritage
Lee County
Covington County
7685 Wildlife Rescue
7686 Tracks Across Time
7687 National Forests in Alabama
7688 Little River Canyon National Preserve
7689 Weeks Bay
7701 Longleaf Ecosystem
Video Casette 7548
Earth, Our Dynamic
Compact Disc Set: Earth Science Investigations
7716 Investigating Astronomy
7717 Investigating Weather and Climate
7718 Investigating Earth's Waters
7719 Investigating The Earth's Surface
7720 Investigating The Earth's Formations
Video Cassette 7314 Earth, Think – 7 min.
Two versions, one narrated and one silent so children can supply their own narration.
Introduces children to the environment and to the need for all of us to conserve natural
resources, reduce waste, and minimize pollution.
Compact Disc 7486 Ecology
Contains interactive experiments & explorations of disc subject matter.
Compact Disc 7715 Ecology: Understanding Biodiversity 16:27 min
This Science Discovery video looks at the methods and research of scientists who are
studying the biodiversity of our planet.
Compact Disc 7595 Ecology: Life at the Edge of the Sea
7601 Copy 2
Compact Disc 7604 Endangered Animals: The Battle Against Extinction
Compact Disc 7516 Environment, Human Impacts on the
Compact Disc 7599 Evolution in Action, Journey of Life:
Model 2582 Fish (Perch)
The longitudinal median section of a common fish with the relative positions of a number of
different organs comprising the ten body systems is shown in realistic detail. The external surface
is illustrated in natural color permitting all fins and other structures to be located and identified.
Video Cassette 7612 Fish (Eyewitness Series)
Compact Disc 7488 Fish & Amphibians
Contains interactive experiments & explorations of disc subject matter.
Video Cassette 7507 Fisheries – Beyond the Crisis – 47 min.
Documents how fisheries around the world are at a cross-roads. Having fished the
oceans beyond their limit, one fishery after another collapses and thousands of once
vibrant coastal communities face extinction.
Video Cassette 7567 Flower, What Is A
Model 2584 Flower (3 copies)
Constructed about 10 times larger than life-size to better show the parts of the flower. (2 copies)
Compact Disc 7517 Food Chains & Webs
Video Cassette 7550 Food, How Animals Get Their
Video Cassette 7541 Food Web, Pond-Life
Video Cassette 7545 Food for Thought
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Video Cassette 7560 Forest, A
Video Cassette 7617 Forest, People of: The Chimps of Gombi
Video Cassette 7461 Forestry in Alabama – 20 min.
Video Cassette 7460 Forests: A History of Resiliency and Recovery, America’s – 23 min.
Video Cassette 7502 Forests, Biodiversity, and You – 10 min.
Jerry Franklin, Professor of Ecosystem Analysis at the University of Washington, seeks
to manage forests to retain both their productivity and biodiversity.
Model 6930 Frog
A detailed and accurate representation of the internal and external anatomical features of the
common American bullfrog, Rana Catesbeiana. Teacher Guide.
Video Cassette 7471 Frogs: Fact & Folklore – 25:52 min.
True and amazing facts about these misunderstood amphibians with long, sticky tongues.
Teacher Guide
Video Cassette 7616 Grand Canyon
Video Cassette 7473 Habitats, Aquatic – 48:24 min.
Explores the watery world of four different habitats. Teacher Guide.
Video Cassette 7593 Habitats, Schoolyard
Video Cassette 7510 Heron Finds Its Home, Where – 46 min.
Documents the importance of Great Blue Herons as sensitive indicators of the state of our
wetlands.
DVD 7495
Hunter, The First – 53 min.
Follow an unlikely predator, the bizarre and vibrant flatworm, whose hunting and sexual exploits
forever altered the shape of life.
Compact Disc 7694 & 7695 Hurricane Education
Compact Disc 7700 Hurricane Katrina: America’s Costliest Storm
Compact Disc 7699 Hurricane Ivan: A Portrait From Earth and Space
Compact Disc 7693 Hurricane Season 2005 (NOAA)
Video Cassette 7468 Insects: Facts & Folklore – 26:17 min.
All about insects. Teacher Guide
Video Cassette 7458 Invasion, Non-Native – 19:49
Documents non-native, invasive plant & animal species and control strategies.
Compact Disc 7490 Invertebrates
Contains interactive experiments & explorations of disc subject matter.
Compact Disc 7518 Invertebrates
Video Cassette 7573 Island
Video Cassette 7580 Jungle
Compact Disc 7524 Leaf, The
Compact Disc 7594 Life, Interdependence of
Video Cassette 7284 Life, The River of: The Hydrologic Cycle and Water Pollution
Video Cassette 7586 Living Things, Communities of
7587 Copy 2
Video Cassette 7459 Luck Isn’t Enough – 13:30
The Invasion of the Zebra Mussels – 10:00
Model 2583 Leaf and Stem
Illustrates parts of dicot leaf and stem structure in an exaggerated size for the purpose of
observation.
Video Cassette 7474 Mammals – 24:56 min.
A three-part video examining groups of animals and their characteristics. Teacher Guide
Compact Disc 7485 Mammals
Contains interactive experiments & explorations of disc subject matter.
Video Cassette 7552 Mammals & Their Young
Video Cassette 7540 Meadow, A
Compact Disc 7519 Meiosis
Compact Disc 7520 Mitosis
Video Cassette 7608 Night Sky, Tales of the
Compact Disc 7627 & 7628 Ocean Adventures with Jean-Michael Cousteau
Video Cassette 7549 Ocean, The Living
Video Cassette 7582 Oceans Alive – Part One
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Video Cassette 7274 Oceans Alive!
Compact Disc 7597 Oceans of Life: Marine Biology
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DVD 7494
Origins – 53 min.
Search for…and discover the origin of today’s animal life. Stunning photography reveals neverbefore-seen wonders beneath the sea that offer new understandings of life on earth.
Life on the Move – 53 min.
Once animals began to move, all life changed. Set out to see how animals first evolved their
splendid machinery for motion.
Model 2577 Paramecium
Shows details of the cytoplasm, with filled and discharged vacuoles, macro and micronuclei,
pores, trichocysts, and the digestive structure.
Compact Disc 7521 Photosynthesis
Video Cassette 7581 Plant
Video Cassette 7453 Plants, Edible Wild – 60 min.
Takes viewer into the field foraging for useful wild plants.
Video Cassette 7554 Carnivorous Plants
7563 Copy 2
Video Cassette 7479 Plants: Putting Down Roots, The Private Life of – 51:01 min.
Time lapse photography gives a remarkable glimpse into the complex daily life of plants.
Teacher Guide
Video Cassette 7480 Plants: The Birds and the Bees, The Private Life of – 51:01 min.
Takes a closer look at plant methods of overcoming obstacles to mating, and rooting.
Teacher Guide
Video Cassette 7481 Plants: Plant Politics, The Private Life of – 51:01 min.
Visits the hurricane-torn woodlands of Great Britain and the fire-scorched Australian
bush to see how some plants thrive on disaster and engineer catastrophes to meet their
own needs. Teacher Guide
Video Cassette 7482 Plants, The Private Life of – 51:01 min.
Part 1: Living Together: Learn the vital role algae have played in building the most
massive biological structure on Earth: The Great Barrier Reef.
Part 2: It’s A Jungle Out There: Travel from the coldest Arctic wastes to the driest deserts
to see some of the amazing ways plants have adapted to
inhospitable environments. Teacher Guide
Compact Disc 7522 Population Ecology
Video Cassette 7454 Population, World – 6:30 min.
A graphic simulation of the history of human population growth.
Video Cassette 7615 Ten, Powers of: The Films of Charles & Ray Eames
Compact Disc 7523 Protista
Video Cassette 7476 Reptiles – 24:35 min.
A visual survey of characteristics of snakes, crocodilians, and lizards. Teacher Guide
Video Cassette 7723 Reptiles
An informative and entertaining presentation on venemous and nonvenemous snakes and
lizards. 112 min.
Compact Disc 7722 Reptiles
An informative and entertaining presentation on alligators & crocodiles plus turtles and
tortoises. 112 min.
Model 2581 Root Tip
The model shows both cross section and longitudinal section so that the root tip’s internal
structure can be studied in detail. Differentiating colors define organs such as the root cap,
endodermis, central cylinder, cortex, epidermis, phloem, and xylem vessels.
Video Cassette 7501 Salmon, The Significance of – 12 min.
Ecologist Bob Fuerstenberg looks at how humans have pushed salmon out of the habitat
on which they depend.
Video Cassettes 7725, 7726, 7727
Scientific Inquiry, in three volumes, introduces elementary students to biology, geology,
astronomy, and phtysics with these 16 video segments. The targeted clips are designed
for three age ranges--grades K-3, grades 4-5, and grade 6---and meet national standards.
Video Cassette 7531 Sea, Riches from the
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Video Cassette 7569 Seed, What Is A
Video Cassette 7498 Shoreline Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore, The – 46 min.
Documents man’s use of futile engineering solutions to combat natural beach erosion.
Video Cassette 7728 Shrimping, A Century of: Portrait of an American Industry
Captures the history of the shrimp industry from its meager beginnings when shrimp
were caught by hand, salted and given away free to the patgrons of local pubs to whet
their appetites...through the 20th century and today's technologically advanced power
drawn trawls. 27:30 min.
Video Cassette 7610 Skelton (Eyewitness Series)
Video Cassette 7470 Snakes, The Ultimate Guide: – 26:52 min.
Eliminates misconceptions and reveals the truth about snakes around the world.
Video Cassette 7506 Songbird Story – 13 min.
In an animated dream, children fly along with birds on one of their migration paths to the
tropical rainforest. While there they see how quickly the rainforest in Central and South
America are being cut down to make way for people and development.
Video Cassette 7503 Species, Keystone – 9.5 min.
Zoologist Bob Paine conducts an experiment to determine the relationship between
starfish and other marine life.
Model 2579 Stem, monocot (maize, Zea Mays)
A 550-fold magnification of transverse section of a monocot stem (maize, Zea Mays) showing the
peripheral part with associated structures.
Video Cassette 7607 Star Hustler
Video Cassette 7609 Stars Your Own, Make the
Model 4233 Torso, Human (Advanced)
The model includes the muscular structure, internal organs, respiratory and circulatory systems,
and dorsal view of the skeletal system.
Model 6171 Torso Human (Basic)
This model provides the student with an accurate picture of the size, shape and spatial relationship
of the following internal organs: intestines, liver, stomach, back half of heart and left lung.
Compact Disc 7697 Trash, Talking
Assorted videos on pollution & recycling
Includes auxilliary printed student activities
Video Cassette 7450 Trials of Life, The – 50 min.
Documents the food-chain designs of plants and animals.
Video Cassette 7575 Tree
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Video Cassette 7557 Trees for Life
Video Cassette 7452 Trees, Shrubs, Nuts & Berries – 60 min.
Takes viewer across North America identifying trees and shrubs.
Video Cassette 7511 Turtle, A Natural History of the Painted – 24 minutes
Documents one of the world’s oldest creatures, it has endured through 200 million years,
thanks to its tough, adaptable body and behavior. The turtle’s survival has never been in
question – until now.
Compact Disc 7525 Vertebrates, The
Video Cassette 7553 Water: A Precious Resource
Compact Disc 7702 Water Odyssey,The Great (Grade 3)
Compact Disc 7703 Water Odyssey, The Great (Grade 4)
Compact Disc 7704 Water Odyssey, The Great (Grade 5)
Video Cassette 7418 Waves, Making: Why Care About the Gulf of Mexico?
7692 Copy 2
Video Cassette 7546 Weather, Animals in all kinds of
Video Cassette 7534 Weather: Come Rain, Come Shine
Video Cassette 7547 Wetland, A
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Video Cassette 7187 Wetlands, The
Video Cassette 7509 Wetlands, Vanishing – 45 min.
Shows the effects of industrial development, levees, and dams in Illinois, Mississippi and
Ontario. Examines some of the most threatened biological communities in the world –
the wetlands in mixed hardwood and softwood forest and prairie habitats – and
documents successful efforts to restore wetlands in both rural and urban areas.
Video Cassette 7505 Whales, The Science of – 56 min.
Documents that whales, like many of the other creatures that share this planet, have a
much more complex social life than we knew.
Video Cassette 7504 Wildlife for Sale – Dead or Alive – 46 min.
Investigates the politics and problems behind the wildlife trade, and discovers some
success by the Wildlife Forensics Lab in Oregon, where illegal animal trade issues are
being approached in a new way.
Video Cassette 7456 Wind, The Enemy
A Weather Channel presentation on storm winds.
Video Cassette 7555 Winter, Where Do Animals Go In
Video Cassette 7543 Woods, Wild, Wonderful Animals in the
7556 Copy 2
Video Cassette 7614 Woods, A Walk in the
Video Cassette 7469 Worlds, Hidden – 30 min.
Explore the hidden world of the smallest of insects and fungi.
Video Cassette 7613 Zoo Life