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New 2011 content! Science Screen Report Educational DVDs This fascinating series of educational DVD's (16 titles are produced each year) are designed to get the increasingly complex story of today's scientific and technological developments across to students in a positive and objective manner. The series focuses on the most recent developments in science, technology, engineering, and the environment. A comprehensive teacher guide prepared by a committee of educators accompanies each issue. Additional Teacher Guides are available online at www.ssrvideo.com. Programs can be downloaded or streamed as long as they are not broadcast to the public, or outside the JEA service territory.
Books For Lower Elementary Grades
Energy For Today And Tomorrow Activity Book
Young children will enjoy learning about energy sources and wise energy use from a friendly dinosaur. SC.2.P.10.1, SC.2.E.7.2, SC.3.L.17.2, SC.3.P.10.1, SC.3.P.10.2, SS.3.G.3.2
Be Water Wise Activity Book Full color and easy to understand, this teacher-endorsed, early-learning activity book teaches preschoolers and young readers about water and water conservation. LA.A.1.1, SC.A.1.1, SC.B.2.1, SC.D.1.1.3, SC.F.1.1.1, SC.G.2.1.1, SS.B.2.1.4
Aunt Sarah and the Amazing Power This tale about three adorable kittens and their Aunt Sarah introduces the benefits of electricity and electrical safety basics. LA.A.1.1, SC.B.2.1, SC.D.1.1.3, SC.F.1.1, SS.B.2.1.4, HE.A.1.1.4, HE.B.1.1.2, HE.C.1.1
The Treehouse Team Saves the Forest
This 16-page booklet builds energy efficiency awareness in young students and challenges them to find ways they might use energy more wisely and the importance of doing so. S.C.D.2.2.1
Books For Upper Elementary Grades
Learning About Your Environment|
Count on Kato the Safety Cat to make environmental concepts kid-friendly. Challenging puzzles and games inform youngsters how they can help protect the environment and conserve energy. LA.A.1.2.1, LA.A.1.2.2, LA.A.1.3.2, LA.A.2.3.4, SC.B.1.2.1, SC.D.1.2.2, SC.D.2.2.1, HE.A.1.2.5
Who Knew?® The Water Savers Issue
Puzzles, mazes, “Splash and Save!” board game, and other interactive features teach children how to be water-wise. Helps them understand the water cycle, why water conservation is so vital to the health of our planet, and the important role they can play in conserving water every day. A Channing Bete Company®, Inc. book. SC.4.E.6.3, SC.4.E.6.6, SC.4.L.17.4, SC.4.P.8.2, SC.5.E.7.1, SC.6.E.6.2, SC.6.E.7.2
Your Renewable Energy World Help kids become smart energy users. They'll explore several renewable energy resources; investigate the advantages and challenges of these renewable resources; build their energy vocabulary; and learn how to save energy at home. SC.4.E.6.3, SC.4.L.17.4, SC.4.P.9.1, SC.4.P.10.4, SC.5.E.7.5, SC.5.P.8.4, SC.5.P.9.1, SC.5.P.10.1, SC.5.P.10.4, SC.6.E.6.2, SC.6.E.7.2, MA.4.A.1.1, MA.4.A.6.1, MA.5.A.1.4, MA.6.A.3.1, MA.6.A.3.4, LA 4.1.5.1, LA.4.1.6.1, LA.4.1.6.2, LA.5.1.4.3, LA.5.1.5.1, LA.5.1.6.1, LA.5.1.6.2, LA.5.6.3.2, LA.6.1.6.1, LA.6.1.6.2, LA.6.1.6.4, LA.6.6.2.2
Zap! Play It Safe Around Electricity Kids learn about electrical safety through exciting stories, colorful graphics, real-life testimonials, and fun activities in a magazine-style activity book. Discover how a circus keeps fans electrified but safe. Go undersea to hunt for sunken treasure using electricity safely under water protected by GFCIs. S.C.B.1.2.2, S.C.H.1.2.1, S.C.H.1.2.2
Books For Middle & High School Grades
Groundwater—Protecting Our Supplies Teaches how to help protect our fragile groundwater supply. This color booklet presents the sources of groundwater, the water cycle, and threats to groundwater. It offers tips to protect and conserve this precious resource and points out additional resources. A Channing Bete Company®, Inc. book.
Hands-on Energy Efficiency
This fascinating book is brimming with experiments and activities for the classroom that have real life applications for students and their families, including examining an energy bill and testing ways to conserve energy. LA.A.1.2.1, LA.A.1.2.2, LA.A.2.3.1, LA.A.2.3.5, LA.B.2.2.1, LA.B.2.2.2, LA.B.2.3.1, MA.A.1.2.3, MA.A.1.2.4, MA.B.3.2, SC.A.1.2.1, SC.B.1.2, SC.B.2.2, SC.B.1.3.1, SC.B.1.3.3, SC.B.2.3.2, SC.D.2.2, SC.D.2.3.1, SC.D.2.3.2, SC.G.2.2.3, SC.G.2.3.1, SC.G.2.3.4, SC.H.1.2, SC.H.2.2, SS.B.2.2.3, SS.D.1.2.1, SS.D.1.2.2, HE.A.1.2.5, HE.C.2.2.4, HE.C.2.2.5, HE.C.2.2.6
Energy Efficiency World
An exciting book teaching energy-related science concepts such as renewable energy sources, energy transformations, reduction of greenhouse gases, and how to reduce energy use. SC.B.1.2, SC.B.2.2, SC.B.2.3.2, SC.C.2.3.5, SC.D.2.2,SC.D.2.3.2, SC.G.2.2.3, SC.G.2.3.1, SC.G.2.3.4, SC.H.1.2, SC.H.2.2, SS.B.2.2, SS.D.1.2.1, SS.D.1.2.2, SS.D.1.3.3, HE.A.1.2, HE.C.2.2.4, HE.C.2.2.5, HE.C.2.2.6
Energy Transformations Students analyze some familiar events in terms of energy transformations, then experience converting energy from one form to another by building lightbulbs and paper clip electric motors.S.C.B.1.2.4, S.C.B.1.3.2, S.C.B.2.3.1, S.C.D.2.3.3, S.C.G.2.3.4
On® Energy Careers This interactive workbook begins with a true/false quiz that helps students assess what they know about careers in energy, and goes on to show them the advantages of a career in the energy industry. Hands-on pages include a career worksheet, checklists that help students identify their areas of interest, and fill-in pages that encourage them to think about their career goals. A Channing Bete Company®, Inc. book.
Electrical Safety and You
This small-format booklet is loaded with color photos that clearly illustrate hazards indoors and outdoors around the home. It also explains where electricity comes from, how it works, steps to respond to electrical fires and shock, and electrical safety rules and best practices. LA.A.1.3.2, LA.A.2.3.1, LA.A.2.3.4, LA.A.2.3.5, LA.A.1.4.1, LA.A.1.4.3, LA.A.2.4.4, HE.A.1.3.2, HE.A.1.3.7, HE.B.1.3.6, HE.B.1.4.1, HE.B.1.4.2, HE.B.1.4.4, HE.B.1.4.5
Don't Get Zapped Developed with the assistance of middle school teachers, this magazine-style activity book easily ties into existing science curriculum. Kids can do experiments in the classroom, learn about the power of electricity, and how to stay safe.
Electricity Is in the News
Students work as a team of "reporters" to research and write and article on saving energy at home. Resource information is provided. Can be used to teach language arts and math units. A companion website is provided. SC.D.2.2, LA.A.1.4, LA.A.2.3, LA.B.2.3, LA.B.1.3
Energy and Your Environment
Inspire tomorrow's customers to become responsible energy users today. Colorful, magazine-style pages explain how we get our energy from the planet—and how our energy use impacts the environment. Curriculum compatible activities. SC.D.2.2, LA.A.1.4, LA.A.2.3, LA.B.2.3, LA.B.1.3
The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming
Introduces students to basic climate science, and implications of a changing global climate. SC.D.1.3, SC.D.2.3, SC.D.1.4, SC.D.2.4, SC.G.2.3, SC.G.2.4, SC.H.1.3, SC.H.1.4, SC.H.2.4, SC.H.3.4