Hands on Science:
FOOD CHAINS AND WEBS: CIMC Resources
Animal Predators and the Balance of Nature
591 ANI
1 VHS videocassette 14 minutes, 1 teachers guide.
Explains the complex relationship between predator, prey, and nature. Discusses omnivores, carnivores, herbivores, and factors that help maintain nature's balance.
Magic School Bus: Gets Eaten
551.4 MAG
1 VHS videocassette 30 minutes.
A field trip to the ocean becomes a travel through the ocean food chain.
3-2-1 Contact: Food Chains - Eat and Be Eaten
574 THR
1 VHS videocassette 15 minutes, 1 ditto, 1 teachers guide
Examines the importance of the food chain in our environment. Shows marine biologists in California observing the kelp-sea urchin food chain and sometimes intervening to maintain the delicate balance.
Web of Life
574.5 WEB
1 VHS videocassette 18 minutes, 1 teachers guide.
Illustrates the transfer of energy between living things and how marine food chains combine to form food webs. Shows how people can disrupt marine food webs through over-fishing and pollution.
Owl Pellet Kit
598.2 OWL
1 VHS videocassette 17 minutes, 1 video teachers guide, 7 posters, 1 pellet model, 1 ditto, 6 transparencies, 2 booklets.
Examines the barn owl's natural habits and habitat, and how it relates to the ecosystem and study of skeletal anatomy. Includes owl pellet biorama, bone charts, factual and folklore information.
Owl Pellets Posters
598.2 OWL
6 posters
Titles: Shrew; Mole; Varied Thrush; Vole; Food Web; Bone Sorting Chart.
Life Habitats: Secret of the Pond
574.5 LIF
1 VHS videocassette 12 minutes.
Shows the variety of organisms that inhabit a pond community. Good introduction to food chains.
The barn owl: an introduction to owl pellet labs
598.9 BAR
1 videocassette, 15 minutes.
Describes the habitat and life-cycle of the Barn Owl. Computer animation is used to show the adaptations which allow the owl to find prey in darkness and process the prey into pellets. The final portion of the video is an overview of classroom techniques with owl pellets, including dissection and identification of prey and their skeletal parts.