Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York

Little environmentalist

eng

videorecording

Ages 5+

Little environmentalist

electronic resource Playaway Launchpad

96

Life Skills

Moreton Bay (green turtles), "In Australia, a highly toxic, alien invader is attacking the protected habitat of Moreton Bay's endangered green turtles. Destroying all the vegetation in its path, the notorious fireweed is wreaking havoc on the turtle's natural diet and challenging the comeback of these ancient creatures. Deploying National Geographic's Crittercam젲esearchers learn how the turtles are coping, and search for ways to protect them from the invading slime."-Bat hospital, "In northeastern Australia Wild Chronicles visits an unusual orphanage - the Tolga bat hospital - home to up to 500 baby spectacled flying foxes a year. Many of the young bats at the hospital have lost their mothers to a fatal disease caused by ticks. The center's goal is to release the bats back into the wild while also educating the public about the hazards bats face and their importance to a healthy ecosystem."Australian reef, "Australia's Great Barrier Reef is the perfect laboratory for researchers conducting the Census of Marine Life, an ambitious decade-long project to survey everything that lives in the oceans. Research reveals that climate change is threatening the biodiversity that resides in reefs around the world. Hoping to discover a few dozen new species as they check on the health of the coral of the world's largest reef, scientists shockingly discover hundreds of never before seen organisms."-Glacial ghost, "Skiing the steep mountains of Greenland isn't just fun for adventure activist Natalie Segal-it's helping bring attention to climate change."Innerspace invader, "Discover bones and stones buried underwater as environmental anthropologist Kenny Broad dives deep into mysterious blue time capsules."Desert habitats, "Take a video field trip to some of the driest regions on Earth to learn how different plants and animals adapt to little rainfall and extremes in temperature. Discover how different animals find food, water, and shelter. See the characteristics that allow desert life to thrive. Discover how rainfall and differences in temperature between day and night affect life in the desert."The four seasons, "From the snow of winter to the first flowers of spring, children see the wonder and magic of our changing seasons and the patterns of life. Students witness how changes in climate and weather affect their lives. They will understand that weather changes seasonally, affecting the earth and the people who live on it."Learning about natural resources, "Reduce/Reuse/Recycle are meaningless words to students who do not have a clear understanding of the importance of natural resources. In this engaging production students first learn about the three types of natural resources: inexhaustible, renewable, and nonrenewable. Next, identify the earth's wide variety of natural resources-air, water, oil, coal, gas, forests/trees, soil, rocks, plants, and minerals. Last, see how we use each of these natural resources in every day life."Conserve and don't pollute, "Who better to stress the importance of reusing and recycling resources than Reese, the recycling bin? Reese will emphasize the point that it is our responsibility to recycle, and urge students to take action in order to prevent pollution and keep our planet clean."The tropical rainforest habitat, "Peek inside the wettest habitat on land to learn about the special adaptations plants and animals make to ensure survival, including symbiosis. Take students through three layers of the rainforest to understand the importance of the rainforest to living things. See that much of the rainforest continues to be destroyed and discover the efforts taken to protect the rainforest for future generations."

pre adolescent

live action