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| Videos are available for teachers to borrow. We will ship
to you. You must pay for shipping back to the park. The borrowing period
is two to four weeks, depending on your distance from the park. The videos
are separated into categories and rated for your convenience (5 = Best).
Some videos have educator guides or activities with them (*). |
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| Contact the education office at 760-365-2371 to arrange to borrow park
videos. |
ANIMALS |
| |
Length |
Description |
Grade |
Rating |
| A Delicate Balance |
14 min. |
Explores why the desert tortoise is a threatened species and
what people can do to help. |
5th+ |
4 |
| California Desert Tortoise |
5 min. |
Introduces the desert tortoise, talks about ravens as predators,
and gives instructions on how to move a tortoise safely from the road. |
3rd+ |
4 |
| The Turtle Family |
30 min. |
Explains differences among turtles, tortoises, and terrapins,
with footage of species from all over the world. |
3rd+ |
5 |
| Coyoteland |
17 min. |
Filmmaker Jay April captures the conflict between urban development
and wildlife when a coyote carries away a domestic pet. |
5th+ |
4 |
| Catch Me If You Can — Grazers & Predators |
20 min. |
Shows how the play activities of young animals help them survive
as adults. |
2nd+ |
5 |
| Endangered |
30 min. |
Explains what the Endangered Species Act is and why we need
it. |
7th+ |
4 |
CULTURAL
HISTORY |
| |
Length |
Description |
Grade |
Rating |
| Desert Song |
55 min. |
Remarkable wildlife photography of desert animals caring for
their young, building homes, searching for food, and competing for dominance.
|
3rd+ |
5 |
| Desert Under Siege |
28 min. |
Explores the impact of grazing, mining, off-road vehicles,
and military use on the health of the California deserts. |
5th+ |
3 |
| Joshua Tree National Park |
30 min. |
A general introduction to the park’s plants, animals,
and early human inhabitants. |
5th+ |
3 |
| The Desert |
15 min. |
Explores the adaptations and relationships among desert plant
and animal species. |
4th+ |
2 |
| Challenge of the Desert |
28 min. |
The story of the Keys family, who homesteaded in what is now
Joshua Tree National Park. |
4th+ |
4 |
| Invasion of the Tamarisk |
11 min. |
Learn how the park deals with non-native plants, such as tamarisk,
when they take root inside park boundaries. |
7th+ |
4 |
| California’s Gold —Joshua Tree |
30 min. |
Explore Joshua Joshua Tree National Park with Huell Howser. |
4th+ |
4 |
DESERTS |
| |
Length |
Description |
Grade |
Rating |
| Desert Song |
55 min. |
Remarkable wildlife photography of desert animals caring for
their young, building homes, searching for food, and competing for dominance.
|
3rd+ |
5 |
| Desert Under Siege |
28 min. |
Explores the impact of grazing, mining, off-road vehicles,
and military use on the health of the California deserts. |
5th+ |
3 |
| Joshua Tree National Park |
30 min. |
A general introduction to the park’s plants,
animals, and early human inhabitants. |
5th+ |
3 |
| The Desert |
15 min. |
Explores the adaptations and relationships among desert plant
and animal species. |
4th+ |
2 |
| Challenge of the Desert |
28 min. |
The story of the Keys family, who homesteaded in what is now
Joshua Tree National Park. |
4th+ |
4 |
| Invasion of the Tamarisk |
11 min. |
Learn how the park deals with non-native plants, such as tamarisk,
when they take root inside park boundaries. |
7th+ |
4 |
| California’s Gold —Joshua Tree |
30 min. |
Explore Joshua Joshua Tree National Park with Huell Howser. |
4th+ |
4 |
ENVIRONMENT |
| |
Length |
Description |
Grade |
Rating |
| Special Report: You Can Make a Difference |
25 min. |
Uses a news report format to familiarize students with our
most common environmental problems and what they can do to help. |
8th+ |
5 |
| We Can Make a Difference |
20 min. |
A good introduction to an environmental unit. Made by a high
school class in Ojai, California |
6th+ |
4 |
| Tinka’s Plant |
13 min. |
A young girl in Los Angeles learns about recycling and teaches
her friends how easy it can be. |
3rd-6th |
4 |
| This Was Your Planet |
20 min. |
Shows how one “messy” boy learns to stop littering. |
4th-6th |
3 |
FOR
TEACHERS |
| |
Length |
Description |
Grade |
Rating |
| Parks as Classrooms |
12 min.
28 min. |
Explains what the National Park Service program, Parks As
Classrooms, has to offer teachers in their pursuit of “active education.” |
adults |
4 |
| Explore Your World: GIS in K-12 Education |
17 min. |
Helps educators determine how GIS can be used in the classroom. |
adults |
3 |
| Garmin Instructional Video |
15 min. |
This step by step video shows individuals how to use a Garmin
GPS 12. |
7th+ |
2 |
NATIONAL
PARKS |
| |
Length |
Description |
Grade |
Rating |
| Where in the World? — Kids Explore America’s National
Parks |
40 min. |
Five friends travel to Yosemite, Olympic, and Fort Vancouver
and talk about what they discover. |
3rd to 6th |
4 |
| Conviction of the Heart |
8 min. |
Kenny Loggins’ song about preserving our planet’s
special places is heard over footage of people enjoying national parks. |
all |
5 |
| National Parks: An American Legacy |
28 min. |
Historical overview of the National Park System in America
with early footage of visitors in parks. |
7th+ |
5 |
| Meet the Mentor: Veronica Gonzales-Vest, Park Ranger |
10 min. |
Learn what some rangers do through a visit with a park ranger
at Sequoia National Park. This is part of the Nature Guide series by Scholastic. |
3rd+ |
4 |
NATURAL
HISTORY |
|
Length |
Description |
Grade |
Rating |
| Biological Diversity: It Makes All the Difference in the
World |
14 min. |
National parks are places where we can preserve biological
diversity. |
4th+ |
3 |
| Rare and Endangered Plants of California |
18 min. |
Identifies and provides the scientific names of many rare
California plants. |
7th+ |
1 |
| Children and Africanized Honey Bees |
9 min. |
Students learn what to do about Africanized honey bees. |
1st to 6th |
2 |
| Living with Africanized Honey Bees |
12 min. |
Students learn about the life cycle of bees and how Africanized
honey bees got established in the Americas. |
4th+ |
3 |
| Beyond the Backyard |
35 min. |
Join highschool students as they plan a backpacking trip,
and learn about public lands and leave no trace camping. |
7th+ |
3 |
| The Wilderness Idea |
58 min. |
Documents early environmental politics by tracing the work
of John Muir and Gifford Pinchot. |
7th+ |
4 |
| Wild By Law |
58 min. |
This video looks at the history, concepts, and beliefs of
what is wilderness and how it is management. |
7th+ |
4 |
| The Last Parable |
30 min. |
Great footage of wilderness areas will help students understand
what wilderness is and why it is important to preserve it. |
4th+ |
3 |
| Canyon Soft Paths |
20 min |
Explains how to have a minimum impact on fragile desert lands
using Leave No Trace ethics. |
|
|
| Soft Paths |
31 min |
A demonstration of Leave No Trace ethics. |
5th+ |
3 |
