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  • Cartoon of a bear wearing a backpack and holding a map with a koala in a desert setting. Spanish captions.

    Eco, the little bear, travels around the world observing human interactions with the environment. During his journey, he meets many other friends from the animal kingdom and gets a firsthand look into some of the environmental and social problems facing the planet. Eco and his friends provide ways for humans to ensure a healthy planet for the future. Part of "Eco S.O.S." series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Twigs sticking out of the sandy ground. Spanish Caption: que habia sido sembrada y tuvimos perdidas,

    In the Baja California Desert, experts oversee the controlled hunting program of bighorn sheep. This conservation model generates an entire economy for local inhabitants of the region. Part of the "Bios: Nature and Society" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Desert with low scrub and red rock formations rising in the distance. Caption: There are hot deserts and cold deserts.

    Part of a series that features a wide variety of video footage, photographs, diagrams, graphics, and labels. For this particular video, students will focus on the geography of deserts. Part of the Science Video Vocab series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Light brown earth dotted with low lying shrub brush. Caption: (narrator) The typical desert seems to be hot and dry deserts,

    Deserts are some of the harshest environments in the world. They can be found just about anywhere water is scarce, including in tropical rain forests and even in cold and snowy Antarctica. When most people think of deserts, they immediately think of scorching heat. However, it takes more than heat alone to create a desert. While each desert is unique, all share commonalities: they are dry, windy, arid lands with little annual rainfall.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Giraffe eating foliage from a treetop. Caption: Every habitat is different.

    Why are habitats important? Students journey around the globe to explore the tundra, deserts, grasslands, forests, and waterways and learn about the plants and animals that live there. Part of the Real World Science series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Stream of water running through soil. There is no plant life holding the soil in place. Caption: we typically identify as "soil erosion."

    Surveys soil's formation, composition, properties, types, and movement. Also identifies the five major plant communities: tundra, forests, scrublands, grasslands, and deserts. The connection between soils and vegetation affects where people live.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Desert with a tree in the foreground, low scrub and red rock formations rising in the distance. Spanish captions.

    Part of a series that features a wide variety of video footage, photographs, diagrams, graphics, and labels. For this particular video, students will focus on the geography of deserts. Part of the Science Video Vocab series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Person hiking up a rock trail with mountains behind and tropical flowers along the path. Caption: That's because ecosystems are all around us.

    Ecosystems and biomes exist around the globe in various regions. Students will explore the plant and animal life found in tropical rainforests, deserts, and oceans. Part of the Real World Science series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Ants climbing on the shoots of grass.

    Insects can be found in baking deserts, lush rainforests, and all points in between. For most, their size seems insignificant; however, the influence insects have on the planet is immense. They make it possible for reptiles, amphibians, and mammals to exist. Part of the "Nature's Microworlds: Insect Specials" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Elephant reaching trunk into the foliage of a tree. Caption: And even here, life endures.

    Focuses on animal life in four extremely inhospitable deserts: the Namib's adaptive elephant, a dromedary roundup in Australia's outback, fish in thermal lakes in Mexico's Chihuahua desert, and the Sahara's Ennedi crocodiles. Survival is an eternal challenge to any life in these places.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • The Tropics

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    Farmers working in a field. Caption: In humid regions, these are intensively cultivated.

    Earth's landscapes vary because there are different climatic zones that have unique, distinguishing conditions. One of these, the tropic zone, is divided into four more specific zones. The rainy tropics, wet-dry tropics, tropical and subtropical deserts, and tropical highlands are similar, yet different. Includes information on vegetation, animal life, human settlement, urban centers, and climatic conditions.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Bear in a river on all fours with a fish in its mouth. Caption: animals live in and around lakes and rivers.

    While asleep, a young girl dreams that her computer teaches her about earth's geographic areas. Uses a globe to tell about areas of water (oceans, lakes, and rivers), land (mountains, forests, canyons, deserts, plains, and poles), and climates (cold, tropic, and moderate). Emphasizes that all areas and features of earth support life.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • A cluster of telescopes pointed to the sky. Caption: at 16,500 feet in the deserts of Atacama in Chile.

    At first glance, the bone-dry landscape of the Atacama Desert in Chile might seem inhospitable. But, it’s prime real estate for astronomers. This desert is now home to the largest ground-based radio telescope in the world called the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array or “ALMA for short. And, it’s allowing astronomers to see the universe like never before. Part of the National Science Foundation Series "Science Nation."

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Sand dunes. Caption: The wind that builds them also blows them away,

    As shown on the History Channel. Africa's Sahara Desert is the size of the United States, making it the largest desert in the world. It's also the hottest place on the planet. But now the series of geological discoveries has revealed this searing wasteland hides a dramatically different past. Scientists have unearthed the fossils of whales, freshwater shells, and even ancient human settlements. All clues to a story that would alter the course of human evolution and culminate in biggest climate change event of the last 10,000 years.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Illustration of mountains and the night sky with a crescent moon reflected on water. Caption: No plant or animal can survive for long in these salt deserts.

    Moko is an explorer. As he travels the world continent by continent, he makes many friends and discovers many natural phenomena which sometimes delight him, and other times scare him. Each animated episode recounts an adventure and takes an "original story" approach to explaining these natural phenomena. In this episode, having made their way beyond the great valley, Moko and Totemie discover a blanket of white stretching out in front of them. An old man tells them that once they get to the other side they will see what so many others have dreamt of seeing, but that they must fly like birds. He offers them a strange kite. As the wind picks up, they hang on tight and fly off from the salt pan.

    (Source: DCMP)

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    Resources to teach younger students about animals

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