Schlessinger Media.Schlessinger Media 7 East Wynnewood Road, Wynnewood, PA 19096-0580 $39.95 each www.schlessinger.com 1-800-843-3620 The new 'Space Science in Action' collection from Schlessinger Media is a standards based, ten volume, DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. series specifically designed for students in grades 9 through 12 and which provides core astronomically themed science information combined with a 'hands-on', inquiry-based approach as evidenced through experiments and investigation. Each individual 23-minute, full color DVD presents a laboratory technique from physics, chemistry, earth or life science, and makes it meaningful to the student viewers by explaining the theory behind the application through the skilled inclusion of graphics and real-life examples. Each individual program is closed captioned for the hearing impaired, includes both English and Spanish language Spanish language, member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Romance languages). The official language of Spain and 19 Latin American nations, Spanish is spoken as a first language by about 330 million persons tracks, a chapter select feature, and discussion questions. Free 'Teacher's Guides' are available on the Schlessinger Media website at www.LibraryVideo.com. This outstanding series consists of Astronomy; Earth; Earth's Atmosphere “Air” redirects here. For other uses, see Air (disambiguation). Earth's atmosphere is a layer of gases surrounding the planet Earth and retained by the Earth's gravity. It contains roughly (by molar content/volume) 78% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0. ; Space Exploration; Moon; Planets & The Solar System solar system, the sun and the surrounding planets, natural satellites, dwarf planets, asteroids, meteoroids, and comets that are bound by its gravity. The sun is by far the most massive part of the solar system, containing almost 99.9% of the system's total mass. ; Stars; and Universe. While each program is available separately (and in a VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier. format), school and community libraries should acquire the entire 10 volume set for their students. The 'Space Science In Action' series is also ideal as a home schooling curriculum supplement for teen viewers. |
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