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Ecosystem

Ecosystem


GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC & ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: LAKE UNDER LOCKDOWN - LAKE ONTARIO AN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM UNDER LOCKDOWN

For almost 60 years, Lake Ontario has been under lockdown, surrounded, controlled and managed more than any other large lake in human history. But what happens when the ebb and flow of such a vast aquatic ecosystem is replaced by the cool efficiency of a swimming pool? A fascinating documentary that shines a light on global scientific and environmental issues.

DVD / 2017 / 52 minutes

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SHOW ME SCIENCE ADVANCED - ECOLOGY: ENVIRONMENT - THE EVERGLADES ECOSYSTEM

Southern Florida is covered by 734 square miles of sub-tropical wetlands known as the Everglades. In this program we explore the history and ecology of this delicately balanced ecosystem as environmentalists walk us through some of the new projects that will improve the health of this unique ecological community. The push is on for environmental clean-up, reduction of invasive species, and increased educational programs. The abuse that the Everglades sustained is now being corrected.

DVD / 2015 / (High School or above) / 13 minutes

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CIRCLE OF LIFE: THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM - AMPHIBIA, REPTILES AND BIRDS

This program discusses common amphibians in the ecosystem; characteristics and examples of Yellowstone reptiles; avian characteristics; and the Passeriformes. In addition, the program discusses the circulatory anatomy of fishes and Amphibia, and how it relates to ectothermy and, looks at the circulatory anatomy in Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals, and how it relates to endothermy and ectothermy.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2009 / (Grades 9-12, College, Adult) / 30 minutes

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CIRCLE OF LIFE: THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM - ANIMAL BEHAVIOR: LEARNING, MEMORY AND BEHAVIOR

This program discusses instinctual behavior and learning (conditioning, habituation, latent, imprinting, and insight learning); short and long term memory; and behaviors that are very common in animals, particularly vertebrates. Also discusses more common animal behaviors and looks at culture and emotions in non-human animals.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2009 / (Grades 9-12, College, Adult) / 30 minutes

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CIRCLE OF LIFE: THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM - ANIMALS: SPONGES TO FLATWORMS

This program finishes the discussion of general animal characteristics before looking at life cycles and examples of Sponges, Cnidaria, and Plathyhelmithes found in the Yellowstone ecosystem.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2009 / (Grades 9-12, College, Adult) / 30 minutes

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CIRCLE OF LIFE: THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM - BIRDS: PASSERIFORMES THROUGH ANSERIFORMES

This program discusses Passeriformes (ravens, magpies, nutcrackers, jays, warblers, wrens, chickadees, vireos, cowbirds, swallows, blackbirds), Falconiformes (bald eagle, golden eagle, osprey, red-tail hawk, northern harrier, peregrine falcon), Strigiformes (great horned owl, great grey owl), Gruiformes (sandhill and whooping cranes), Pelicaniformes (white pelican), and Anseriformes (geese, ducks and swans), and completes the discussion of the greater Yellowstone ecosystem birds.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2009 / (Grades 9-12, College, Adult) / 30 minutes

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CIRCLE OF LIFE: THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM - CELLS, MEMBRANES, AND SOLUTIONS

This program discusses plasma membrane structure; characteristics of prokaryotic cells and their structures; characteristics of eukaryotic cells and their structures; contrasting plant and animal cells; defines solutions; and discusses diffusion, osmosis, and dialysis.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2009 / (Grades 9-12, College, Adult) / 30 minutes

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CIRCLE OF LIFE: THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM - ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS AND MANAGEMENT

This program describes ecological succession in the ecosystem with emphasis on the 1988 fires and fire ecology; positive and negative feedback; synergism; biological magnification; predator-prey population cycles; and methods of monitoring and analyzing ecosystems. The program also describes the trophic cascade in progress resulting from wolf reintroduction; the effect of "island" or fragmented ecosystems, and the famous Kelly Slide on the Gros Ventre River and its current biological status.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2009 / (Grades 9-12, College, Adult) / 30 minutes

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CIRCLE OF LIFE: THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM - ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT & GLOBAL WARMING

This program looks at the Endangered Species Act; causes of species extinction; greenhouse warming and the consequences to the ecosystem; and the federal agencies that manage the ecosystem and the federal lands found within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. There is also a discussion about cattle grazing in the ecosystem and the challenges it presents to wolf and grizzly management, and considers an important wild card in greenhouse warming that is often neglected: methane.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2009 / (Grades 9-12, College, Adult) / 30 minutes

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CIRCLE OF LIFE: THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM - EUBACTERIA, ARCHAEA & SIMPLE EUKARYA

This program discusses Eubacteria and Archaea found in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem; describes characteristics of the Protist Kingdoms; and discusses examples of Protists found in the ecosystem.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2009 / (Grades 9-12, College, Adult) / 30 minutes

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CIRCLE OF LIFE: THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM - EVOLUTION, SPECIATION AND MORE

This program continues to look at more forces and evidence of evolution in the form of genetic drift and migration. Genetic drift and natural selection are compared by looking at founder effect and bottlenecks. It also discusses speciation including isolating mechanisms, types of speciation, and examples of speciation.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2009 / (Grades 9-12, College, Adult) / 30 minutes

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CIRCLE OF LIFE: THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM - FISHES AND AMPHIBIANS

This program discusses characteristics and examples of important fishes in the ecosystem, including a piece filmed on-location in Yellowstone about the habitat and ecological threats to the cutthroat trout population. Then, the characteristics of the Amphibia are introduced, followed by a discussion about the major contributors to the global amphibian population crash and how Amphibian Chytridiomycosis became a global epidemic.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2009 / (Grades 9-12, College, Adult) / 30 minutes

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CIRCLE OF LIFE: THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM - FLATWORMS TO ARTHROPODS

Circle of Life: The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem continues a discussion of the life cycles and examples of animals found in the ecosystem. Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, Acanthocephala, and Arthropods (Chelicerates) are considered.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2009 / (Grades 9-12, College, Adult) / 30 minutes

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CIRCLE OF LIFE: THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM - FORCES OF EVOLUTION

This program defines biological evolution; examines Darwin's development of evolutionary theory; discusses relevant terminology; and begins a discussion of some of the forces that drive evolution including inheritance, random genetic change, and natural selection. Examples and evidence for these evolutionary forces are emphasized throughout.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2009 / (Grades 9-12, College, Adult) / 30 minutes

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CIRCLE OF LIFE: THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM - FUNGI AND INTRODUCTION TO PLANTAE

This program discusses the Fungal Divisions Chytridiomycota, Zygyomycota, Basidiomycota (Blister Rust), and Ascomycota; lichens; and concludes with an examination of red algae, green algae, and plant alternations of generations.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2009 / (Grades 9-12, College, Adult) / 30 minutes

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CIRCLE OF LIFE: THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM - INSECTS TO CHORDATES

This program continues a discussion of the life cycles and examples of animals found in the ecosystem. The major insect orders are discussed as well as Mollusca, Annelida, and Chordate characteristics.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2009 / (Grades 9-12, College, Adult) / 30 minutes

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CIRCLE OF LIFE: THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM - MAMMALS: ARTIODACTYLA

This program discusses mammalian characteristics and begins a discussion of the ecosystem's mammalian orders with the Artiodactyla and Elk management.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2009 / (Grades 9-12, College, Adult) / 30 minutes

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CIRCLE OF LIFE: THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM - MAMMALS: ARTIODACTYLA AND CARNIVORA

This program examines elk and bison management including Brucellosis before considering the rest of the ecosystem Artiodactyla, including rocky mountain big horn sheep, moose, and pronghorn; then follows with a discussion of Carnivora, beginning with grizzly bears.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2009 / (Grades 9-12, College, Adult) / 30 minutes

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CIRCLE OF LIFE: THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM - MAMMALS: CARNIVORA THROUGH RODENTIA

This program discusses grizzly biology and management; wolf biology, reintroduction and management; followed by the rest of the ecosystem's Carnivora (black bear, red fox, coyote, wolf, mountain lion, bobcat, lynx, skunk, otter, wolverine, badger, short-tailed weasel, black-footed ferret), Insectivora (shrews); and Rodentia (beaver, muskrat, porcupine, marmot, squirrels, prairie dogs, chipmunks, pocket gophers, voles). Finally, a short discussion about Lagomorphs (rabbits and hares) and Chiroptera (bats).

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2009 / (Grades 9-12, College, Adult) / 30 minutes

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CIRCLE OF LIFE: THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM - MOSSES AND FERNS

This program looks at plant tissues; transpiration and translocation; moss life cycles and examples within the Yellowstone ecosystem; the fern life cycle and examples within the ecosystem.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2009 / (Grades 9-12, College, Adult) / 30 minutes

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CIRCLE OF LIFE: THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM - PROKARYOTES

This program looks at prions and viruses and how they cause disease; characteristics of the Prokaryotic Domains; and examples of some Eubacteria found in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2009 / (Grades 9-12, College, Adult) / 30 minutes

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CIRCLE OF LIFE: THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM - PROTIST AND INTRODUCTION TO FUNGI

This program continues the discussion of Protists found in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem and introduces characteristics of the Fungi.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2009 / (Grades 9-12, College, Adult) / 30 minutes

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CIRCLE OF LIFE: THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM - SYSTEMATICS

This program defines systematics; examines how organisms are classified comparing traditional and cladistic approaches; lays out the Linnaean hierarchy; and defines characteristics of the three major Domains of life and how they relate.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2009 / (Grades 9-12, College, Adult) / 30 minutes

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BIOLOGY: THE FABRIC OF LIFE - ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS

Ecosystem Dynamics discusses the following:

  • succession
  • feedback mechanisms
  • synergy
  • biological magnification
  • population cycles
  • techniques for monitoring and evaluating ecosystems
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    DVD / 2008 / (Grades 9-12, College, Adult) / 30 minutes

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    BIOLOGY: THE FABRIC OF LIFE - ECOSYSTEMS

    Ecosystems looks at biotic and abiotic factors; ecosystem structure; marine and aquatic zones; net primary productivity and biomass; and then discusses the following ecosystems:

  • wetlands
  • estuaries
  • riparian ecosystems
  • coniferous and deciduous forests
  • chaparral
  • desert
  • tundra
  • temperate and tropical grasslands
  • tropical rain forests
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    DVD / 2008 / (Grades 9-12, College, Adult) / 30 minutes

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    ECOSYSTEMS

    What is ecology? How can it help us understand the world we live in? A 2005 revised and updated program ideal for life science and environmental studies.

    Part 1. From Nature Study to Ecology. The naturalist tradition of Henry David Thoreau is contrasted with the hard science tradition of modern quantitative ecology. New video footage from Walden Pond and from Silver Springs, Florida, where Eugene and Howard Odum did their pioneering work in the 1950s.

    Part 2. The Web of Life. Carefully outlines concepts used by ecologists to study ecosystems today. Program includes a look at how human values play key roles in environmental choices.

    In Ecosystems the keys to scientific literacy include: abiotic, acid rain, biosphere, Rachel Carson, chemical cycles, consumer, decomposer, ecology, food chains, greenhouse effect, natural selection, niche, ozone, parasite, photosynthesis, predator, producer, quantitative, recycling, species, thermodynamics, Thoreau, toxic wastes.

    DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2005 / (Secondary, College) / 36 minutes

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    ECOSYSTEM CYCLES: ECOSYSTEMS ON EARTH/FOOD CHAINS IN BIOSPHERE/CHEMICAL CYCLES IN BIOSPHERE

    Ecosystems on Earth
    What is the state of the world's ecosystems as the 21st century begins? A primer on ecosystem problems and opportunities with the stress on new efforts to save endangered species, new efforts to avert global warming and new efforts to preserve and restore to health all ecosystems, including agricultural and urban ones.

    Food Chains in the Biosphere
    Students will learn how producers, consumers, decomposers and the abiotic elements are connected in ecosystems and how ecosystems make up a biosphere. Program features new computer graphics and live-action video illustrating important concepts in modern ecology.

    Chemical Cycles in the Biosphere
    Video footage from around the world and updated informative computer graphics show how chemicals cycle within the biosphere. Emphasized are the oxygen-carbon dioxide cycle, the nitrogen cycle, the water cycle, acid rain and how toxic chemicals can affect the biosphere.

    On Ecosystems Cycles DVD you can have easy access to keys to scientific literacy that include:
    Chemicals in the biosphere, oxygen-carbon dioxide cycle, photosynthesis, respiration, nitrogen cycle, organic fertilizers, water cycle, chemicals of life, what is the biosphere?, life cycles in biosphere, producers, food pyramids, food chains, food webs, decomposers, energy flow, agricultural and urban ecosystems, homeostasis, chemical pollution, chemical progress, global warming, species extinction.

    DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2001 / (Secondary, College) / 61 minutes

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    ECOSYSTEMS IN ACTION 1: DESERTS/THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS/A TROPICAL RAIN FOREST

    Deserts
    Takes you and your class to the Sahara Desert of North Africa, the Mohave, Colorado and Great Basin deserts of the southwestern United States to learn facts, concepts and values that make these unique ecosystems both dreaded and loved.

    The Galapagos Islands
    The islands Charles Darwin made famous are still alive and well 150 years after his visit. Take your students on a field trip to this unique ecosystem to learn more about the connections between ecosystems and evolution, and the fight to save endangered species.

    A Tropical Rain Forest
    Saving the Amazonian rain forest is a high priority today. This program takes your students into a small section of the Amazonian rain forest to learn how this unique ecosytem functions today. Diversity of species, soil impoverishment and interconnectedness are stressed.

    On Ecosystems in Action 1 DVD you can have easy access to keys to scientific literacy that include:
    Energy flow, producers, consumers, decomposers, symbiosis, mutualism, rainforest value, matter recycling, diversity of species, geology of deserts, energy flow in deserts, life in deserts, plants & photosynthesis, solar energy in deserts, volcanoes and life, ecosystems in the Galapagos, succession, lizards and finches, Darwin, natural selection, boobies, tortoises, mammals.

    DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2001 / (Secondary, College) / 76 minutes

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    ECOSYSTEMS IN ACTION 2: A NEW ENGLAND POND/THE GREAT LAKES ECOSYSTEM/THE WEB OF LIFE

    A New England Pond
    Some of the best work in ecology has been done on small fresh water pond ecosystems. This live-action video uses a small New England pond to teach basic concepts in ecosystem science. Food webs are illustrated, the abiotic-producer-consumer-decomposer cycles, problems of acid rain and pond succession are also stressed.

    The Great Lakes Ecosystem
    The largest chain of fresh water lakes in the world has special ecological problems of its own. This live-action video explains some of the challenges today. Stressed are the sea lamprey, toxic wastes in the lakes, the coming of the zebra mussel and the ruffe fish.

    The Web of Life
    Explains the concepts used by ecologists today to study ecosystems. Food chains, food webs, cycling of elements, toxic wastes and more.

    On Ecosystems in Action 2 DVD you can have easy access to keys to scientific literacy that include:
    Pollution from mining, zebra mussels, food chains and eutrophication, chemical pollutants, european ruffe, ecology and ecosystems, energy flow in a small pond, food pyramids, niches, food webs, cycling of matter, succession, acid rain, what is ecology?, energy flow in all ecosystems, producers & consumers, food chains, recycling of matter, environmental problems, biosphere problems.

    DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2001 / (Secondary, College) / 66 minutes

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