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Author
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
These 36 half-hour lectures are your initiation into the geological world that lies just outside your door. "The Nature of Earth: An Introduction to Geology" introduces you to physical geology, the study of Earth's minerals, rocks, soils, and the processes that operate on them through time.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[[2013] 2013]
Language
English
Description
Of all continents on Earth, none preserves a more spectacular story of its origins than Australia. With help from high-energy host and geologist Richard Smith, we meet titanic dinosaurs and giant kangaroos, sea monsters and prehistoric crustaceans, disappearing mountains and deadly asteroids. Epic in scope, intimate in nature, this is the untold story of the Land Down Under, the one island continent that has got it all.
A look at the natural history...
Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The brand-new, 2016, high-definition program explores the characteristics of Earth's four systems: Geosphere, Biosphere, Hydrosphere and Atmosphere. Understand how the Earth's systems interact with each other. Detailed graphics, diagrams, and exciting video, as well as on-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A look at the natural history of Australia from the birth of Earth to the emergence of the world we know today. Host and geologist Richard Smith introuduces us to titanic dinosaurs and giant kangaroos; sea monsters and prehistoric crustaceans; and disappearing mountains and deadly asteroids.
Series
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
In ROCKS & SOIL, Bill unearths the hard facts on volcanoes, landslides, tectonic plates, rivers, weather, and their varied effects on the creaton of rocks and soil. Check out how to unearth fossils and sedimentary rocks and soil and discover why there's a piece of quartz in watches.
Series
Publisher
Questar
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
An inside look at the environments of both Hawaii and Cuba in this two-episode disc. 'Violent Hawaii' delves into how forces of nature have created a tropical paradise. 'Cuba: Wild Island of the Caribbean' takes an unprecedented look at Cuba's wildlife.
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Course covers the making of our planet from the Big Bang, to the formation of the solar system, to the subsequent evolution of Earth. Travel to the center of our planet and out again, charting the geologic forces that churn beneath our feet to push the continents and seafloor.
9) Core geology
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
In Core Geology, the building blocks of this most contemporary science are laid out in a logical order, including the meaning of the fossil record.
10) Last extinction
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"Nova investigates a provocative new theory that suggests the extinction of more than 34 types of large prehistoric mega-creatures, such as the saber-toothed cat and woolly mammoth, was caused not by climate change or the arrival of the first human hunters, but by the massive breakup of a comet over the Great Lakes region at the end of the last Ice Age, some 12,900 years ago." -- WGBH/Nova website.
Publisher
Reader's Digest DVD
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Explores the fascinating mysteries of the ocean depths. Spectacular underwater sequences by award-winning filmmakers, Howard and Michele Hall, reveal never-before-seen behaviors of sharks, whales, dolphins and even more unusual creatures like wolf eels, demon stingers, and stargazers.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
In 1906, Teddy Roosevelt created the nation's first National Monument destination. The purpose was to preserve all of America's significant pieces of history. Now viewers can take a journey through the ecology, geology, and beauty of the Great Plains, the geologic West, and the historic South in an adventure never to be forgotten.
14) Grand Canyon
Publisher
Bennett Watt HD Productions
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Presents footage of the natural geologic features of the Grand Canyon and includes segments on the reintroduction of the California condor and on rafting through the canyon.
15) Ring of fire
Publisher
Slingshot Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1991
Language
English
Description
Takes you heart-stoppingly close to the great circle of volcanoes and seismic activity that rings the Pacific Ocean.
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