School Library Journal articles from January 2003

School Library Journal archives from January 2003

Filtering and local control: mandatory filters are a given, but the degree to which you can control them is not. (Editorial).
January 1, 2003... STUDENTS ARE FINDING THAT INTERNET FILTERING SOFTWARE DESIGNED to weed out pornography is blocking their access to essential health information. When these filters are set at their most restrictive levels, they block 24 percent of the health...

A principal concern: a reader ponders the future status of school librarians. (Letters).
January 1, 2003... I AM A HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARIAN IN A VERY large school district with 250 schools. Many of us are concerned about the future of our role in the school environment. Our state standards have removed the research component from the K-8 programs of...

Grants available. (Letters).
January 1, 2003... THANK YOU FOR YOUR RECENT ARTICLES "New Library Grant Helps Immigrants" (November 6, 2002, www.slj.com) and "RI Library Reaches Out" (November News, p. 20). Your readers may be interested to note that the Providence Public Library's program "A...

More on Robie Harris. (Letters).
January 1, 2003... I SAW YOUR STORY ABOUT THE BANNING of Robie Harris's books in Texas (November 2002, "Book Ban Sparks Battle in TX," p. 18), and I thought I'd let you know that we have more information on Harris and her books. We interviewed Harris last...

My Island and I. (Letters).
January 1, 2003... THERE IS A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING that can perhaps be corrected regarding the reviews of Alsonso Silva Lee's My Island and I: The Nature of the Caribbean and Mi isla y yo/My Island and I: La naturaleza de Puerto Rico/The Nature of Puerto Rico...

A picture of grandmother. (Letters).
January 1, 2003... I WAS SURPRISED TO READ THE TEPID REVIEW of Esther Hautzig's A Picture of Grandmother (Farrar, 2002; Oct., p. 112). Your reviewer calls it a "slight story" featuring unrealistic emotions. I reviewed this book for the Association of Jewish...

Our reviewer replies. (Letters).
January 1, 2003... I respect your extensive knowledge of Esther Hautzig's background. However, the intended audience of this book is unlikely to know anything about her, and probably will have minimal knowledge of the Holocaust, at best. As adults we bring a lot...

Clarification. (Letters).
January 1, 2003... In SLJ's 2002 Rating of the Digital Encyclopedias in the November issue (pp. 58-68), the review did not mention that Encyclopedia Americana, New Book of Knowledge, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, and Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre en linea are...

Calendar.
January 1, 2003... January 2003 January 24-29, 2003. American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Registration information and program details are available online at www.ala.org/events/midwinter2003. February 27-28. Lawyers...

Nader campaigns for DC libraries; consumer activist calls on private donors to rescue the beleaguered system. (news).
January 1, 2003... The dilapidated state of the District of Columbia Public Library has prompted support from a surprising source--Ralph Nader. The consumer activist and Dupont Circle resident was inspired to create the DC Library Renaissance Project after...

A museum grows in Amherst; the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art offers a different kind of visual experience. (news).
January 1, 2003... You won't find the flashing lights and sound effects commonly found in children's museums when you visit the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. "We're trying to reach a much broader audience," says the museum's director, H. Nicholas Clark....

Smarties Prize. (short takes).
January 1, 2003... Debut novelist Philip Reeve has received the 2002 Nestle Smarties Book Prize Gold Award in the nine to 11 age category for Mortal Engines (Scholastic, 2001). The fantasy novel is set in a world where entire cities are on the move, consuming and...

Nancy Farmer wins National Book Award. (short takes).
January 1, 2003... Two-time Newbery Award nominee Nancy Farmer has won the 2002 National Book Award for Young People's Literature for The House of the Scorpion (S & S/Atheneum). Farmer's futuristic novel tells the story about Matteo, the clone of a drug lord who...

Filters block needed health facts; Kaiser Foundation study reaffirms that filters don't work. (news).
January 1, 2003... Internet filters in schools and libraries are impeding children's access to helpful health information. While software set to highly restrictive levels blocks 91 percent of online pornography, it also blocks 24 percent of Web sites dealing with...

Bush signs Dot-Kids into law. (news).
January 1, 2003... President Bush in December signed a new dot-kids domain into law. The move is a follow-up to the 2002 Dot-Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act, which laid the groundwork for a new child-friendly area of the Web for children ages 13 and under....

Former SLJ editor Cheatham dies at 70. (news).
January 1, 2003... Bertha M. Cheatham, School Library Journal's managing editor and news and features editor from 1973 to 1990, died November 29, 2002, after a battle with cancer. She was 70. Cheatham began her career as a children's librarian at the Brooklyn...

Aileen Fisher dies. (news).
January 1, 2003... Aileen Fisher, author of several volumes of poetry for children, died in Boulder, CO, on December 2, 2002. She was 96. Her best known works include Runny Days, Sunny Days (Abelard, 1958) and Out of the Dark and Daylight (Harper, 1980). Her most...

Livingston, MT. (Censorship Roundup).
January 1, 2003... Livingston, MT: The Montana Library Association (MLA) is protesting the removal of Rolling Stone magazine from the Park High School library. In a letter to the Livingston school district, MLA President Coby Johnson stated that Principal Woody...

Montgomery County, TX. (Censorship Roundup).
January 1, 2003... Montgomery County, TX: Two children's sex education books, It's Perfectly Normal (1994) and It's So Amazing (1999, both Candlewick) by Robie Harris were returned to county library shelves November 18. A recently expanded book review committee...

Sioux City, IA. (Censorship Roundup).
January 1, 2003... Sioux City, IA: A school district committee in Sioux City, IA, voted November 26 to remove Sixth Grade Secrets (Apple, 1994) by Louis Sachar from elementary school libraries after parents and school officials complained that it contained...

No child left unrecruited. (news).
January 1, 2003... The No Child Left Behind Act goes far beyond ensuring that kids get a decent education--it allows military recruiters to gather private information about students from their high school records. Hidden in the 670-page act is a passage that...

New kids' e-books site disappoints; an ambitious project that aims to give children 10,000 e-books isn't ready for prime time. (news).
January 1, 2003... If you've had trouble logging on to the International Children's Digital Library (ICDL), you're not alone. The much-hyped Web site, which went live November 20, 2002, hoped to provide 10,000 free e-books to the world's children. But users...

Pastor shreds `Harry Potter' books; minister says book promotes witchcraft and pagan religion. (news).
January 1, 2003... A Lewiston, ME, group ceremonially shredded copies of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets the night before a film version of the novel was scheduled to open nationwide. The November 14 event marked the grand finale to an anti-Harry-Potter...

Hail to the librarian. (news).
January 1, 2003... One more media specialist has been named "Teacher of the Year." This time, Deborah Burney Hadley, a preK-5 school librarian at Lucas Elementary School in Fort Campbell, KY, was selected among 8,800 teachers in 224 schools on military bases...

Starbucks to host Mother Goose: the national coffee chain partners with the local library to get kids reading. (news).
January 1, 2003... Mother Goose is about to land in Starbucks. Starting in February, a Fort Worth, TX, branch of the national coffee chain will begin hosting weekly storytimes for preschool kids and their caregivers. The yearlong program is a joint project...

Vancouver Public Library Kids' site. (Site of the Month).
January 1, 2003... www.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca/branches/ LibrarySquare/kids/home.html Every successful public library youth services site serves several audiences--parents, teachers, and the kids of various ages themselves--and Vancouver (BC) Public Library (VPL)...

An enlightened approach: publishers of online encyclopedias are now catering to people with disabilities. (Tech Knowledge).
January 1, 2003... Danny Wayne Beemer, a media specialist in Terre Haute, IN, isn't like most librarians--he's legally blind. And since many Web sites are graphic, he can only see some of them, making his job at the Wabash Independent Living and Learning Center,...

Bravo disk publisher: desktop CD publishing system. (Test Drive).
January 1, 2003... Primera Technology, Inc. Two Carlson Parkway North, Plymouth, MN 55447 (800) 797-2772 www.primeratechnology.com $1,995. CD burners weren't created just to copy music. Librarians, teachers, administrative staff, and even music departments,...

Now even adults can use Kidspiration. (New Products).
January 1, 2003... Teacher Created Materials, an educational publishing company founded by two classroom teachers, has designed a TechTools Resource Kit to help teachers master Kidspiration, visual learning software for students in kindergarten through grade...

Introducing a new, improved reading aid. (Tech Knowledge).
January 1, 2003... LeapFrog SchoolHouse has designed a more durable version of its LeapPad reading aid, Quantum Pad Learning System, for classroom use in grades three and up. The new electronic device enables interactive books to talk to students, modeling the...

An Oprah for teens? (Tech Knowledge).
January 1, 2003... BookDivas.com (www.bookdivas.com) is trying to do for teenagers and books what Oprah did for adults and novels. The new Web site is touted as the first online book club for teen girls, but organizers want boys to take part, too. "We already...

A down-home visit with kids' book creators. (Tech Knowledge).
January 1, 2003... Students, teachers, and librarians looking for biographies and other materials about children's book authors and illustrators have a new online resource. TeachingBooks.net (www.teachingbooks. net) is a portal to 800 personal Web sites,...

ProQuest buys bigchalk. (Tech Knowledge).
January 1, 2003... ProQuest Information and Learning announced early in December that it had planned to reacquire bigchalk, the online K-12 education services vendor, by the end of 2002. Mark Trinske, ProQuest's vice president of investor relations, says that...

Learning a language online: fun tools for students of ESL and other languages. (The Librarian's Internet).
January 1, 2003... Little Explorers Picture Dictionary www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html One of the best ways to help kids learn English (or any language) is to provide them with pictures of the words. This cool dictionary designed for elementary age...

Creating an Indie site: a do-it-yourself Web site may be your ticket to freedom. (Chat Room).
January 1, 2003... IN MY OCTOBER 2002 COLUMN ("TAKING CHARGE," p. 33), I talked about the dilemma faced by many school librarians who want to control their school libraries' Web sites but aren't allowed to. Instead, many librarians are required to work with...

Tools you can't live without: using online programs in your lessons can make a big difference. (Educator's Resource Kit).
January 1, 2003... Online tools are one of the most useful resources available on the Internet, but many educators don't even know about them. What exactly are online tools? They're Internet-accessible sites that enable librarians and teachers to create...

Anecdotal evidence: statistics may count, but nothing takes the place of a good story. (Building Influence).
January 1, 2003... WHEN PLANNING YOUR NEXT PRESENTATION TO AN IMPORTANT GROUP, think about including anecdotes to illustrate your point. Why? Statistics connect us to the audience intellectually, but not emotionally like stories do. And most of the time--even at...

Reading the fine print: does your licensing agreement permit you to share magazine articles? (Carrie on Copyright).
January 1, 2003... Many members of our school consortium subscribe to a range of periodical databases. If our library uses EBSCO and another library uses ProQuest can we request an article from them that's not in our database? Our local EBSCO representative said...

A haven for homeless kids: L.A.'s public library program attracts children in need. (What Works).
January 1, 2003... THE LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY (LAPL) IS ONE OF THE LARGEST library systems in the country, yet many local children never see the inside of our buildings. That's because they live in nearby homeless shelters and hotels, and they lack...

Nurturing wonder: an author explores the need for nature books. (Up for Discussion).
January 1, 2003... I CAN'T THINK OF A NOVEL OF MINE THAT WAS INSPIRED BY SHEER IRRITATION. NON-FICTION is another story. When I heard one too many folks call a wasp a "bee," a gorilla a "monkey," and even a heron a "duck," I got bugged enough to write A Wasp Is...

Multnomah on a mission: the library's ambitious outreach program is turning preschoolers into readers. (SLJ/GALE Giant Step 2003 Award Winner)(Cover Story).
January 1, 2003... Storytime ended 10 minutes ago, but two-year-old Olajuwon wanders to the blue chair his daycare "Mom" occupies when she reads to the class. He searches for his favorite book, Chicken, Chicken, Chicken Pox, and turns the pages with fervor,...

Greatest challenges for 2003.
January 1, 2003... These are particularly challenging times for library media specialists. Library budgets are being cut, federal funding is waning, and the government is clamping down on information in the name of national security. What's a librarian to do? The...

The once and future video: emerging technologies will radically alter video programming in schools. (Focus on Technology).
January 1, 2003... New and exciting video technologies are beginning to appear that will change the way schools handle video programming in the future. And surprisingly, DVDs will probably make up only a small fraction of those emerging technologies. The real...

Making a splash with summer reading: seven ways public librarians can team up with schools.
January 1, 2003... If you're a children's librarian who wants to promote an upcoming summer reading program at your public library, start by targeting the local schools. After all, that's where the children are. Although cooperation between public libraries...

Dr. Edwin H. Land.
January 1, 2003... www.rowland.org/ land/land.html. Rowland Institute, Harvard University. (Accessed 12/01/02). Gr 7 Up--The Rowland Institute at Harvard provides this biography of Edwin Land. Did you know he left Harvard to further his studies using the New...

History of Kodak.
January 1, 2003... www.kodak.com/US/ en/corp/aboutKodak/kodakHistory/ko dakHistory.shtml. Kodak Company. (Accessed 12/01/02). Gr 5 Up--The Kodak Web site provides a wonderfully in-depth history of the company. The site's first section pays homage to the man...

How Cameras Work.
January 1, 2003... www.howstuffworks. com/camera.htm. HowStuffWorks, Inc. (Accessed 12/01/02). Gr 7 Up--This is the site for anyone who wants to understand how a basic camera functions. It defines technical terms and uses clear graphics to complement the...

Photo Foolery.
January 1, 2003... www.nationalgeographic. com/ngkids/0104/foolery. National Geographic Society. (Accessed 12/01/02). Gr 4 Up--National Geographic Online explains that photographs may not be what they seem, especially in the age of computer photo...

Photography 101.
January 1, 2003... library.thinkquest.org/ 28146. Students at Dundee (IL) Middle School. (Accessed 12/01/02). Gr 5 Up--Another ThinkQuest team has created a general site about photography. The site includes a history of cameras and discusses the different...

Polaroid Company History.
January 1, 2003... www.polaroid. com/polinfo/history. Polaroid Corporation. (Accessed 12/01/02). Gr 4 Up--Kodak hasn't been the only innovator in film and photography in the past 100 years. Edwin H. Land also had a vision and dropped out of Harvard...

The Cold War Experience: the Red Scare.
January 1, 2003... www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold. war/episodes/06. CNN Perspectives Series. (Accessed 12/02/02). Gr 7-12--"Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?" Answers to this question divided Hollywood in 1947 as the House...

John W. Mauchly and the Development of the ENIAC Computer.
January 1, 2003... www.library. upenn.edu/special/gallery/mauchly/jwmi ntro.html. Dept. of Special Collections, Van Pelt Library, Univ. of Pennsylvania. (Accessed 12/02/02). Gr 9-12--On Valentine's Day in 1946, ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and...

Navajo Code Talkers.
January 1, 2003... bingaman.senate. gov/code_talkers. U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico. (Accessed 11/30/02). Gr 7-12--If it had not been for the Navajo Code Talkers during World War II, the United States military might not have won so many battles. By...

The United Nations.
January 1, 2003... www.un.org. The United Nations. (Accessed 12/2/02). Gr 7-12--Since October 24, 1945, the United Nations has addressed political, social, and humanitarian issues of concern to its member nations. Students may be familiar with the UN for its...

What Did You Do in the War, Grandma?
January 1, 2003... www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Wo men/tocCS.html. Linda Wood for South Kingston (RI) High School. (Accessed 11/30/02). Gr 7-12--In 1989, inspired by school librarian Linda Wood, the ninth grade Honors English class at South Kingstown (RI)...

World War II Links on the Internet.
January 1, 2003... history.acusd.edu/gen/ww2_links.html. University of San Diego History Department. (Accessed 11/30/02). Gr 9-12--History professor Steve Schoenherr presents everything you ever wanted to know about World War II. The links are nicely arranged...

William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
January 1, 2003... 1 DVD. 90 min. Prod. by Mythicnet. Dist. by Library Video Co. 2002. $29.95. Gr 7 Up--Described as a digital textbook, this DVD presents an abridged performance of Macbeth, consisting of four parts. Each segment contains selected scenes and...

Religions of the World/Our World Faiths.
January 1, 2003... 1 DVD. 2:30 hrs. Prod. by S4C/Channel 4. Dist. by Entertainment Programs. 2002. $19.95. Gr 4-8--Intended to teach tolerance to children, this collection of stories does a fine job of representing major world religions. Ten 15-minute...

Annual policy statement 2003.
January 1, 2003... SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL'S MULTIMEDIA POLICY STATEMENT IS PUBLISHED each year in order to reaffirm the Multimedia Review's purpose and to restate our practices. Over the years, our goal has remained essentially the same--to provide our...

Discoveries ... Argentina: Dinosaurs.
January 1, 2003... 1 DVD. 70 min. Bennett-Watt Prods. 2001, 2002 release. ISBN 0-9719280-8-8. $29.95; also avail. videocassette, ISBN 0-9719280-7-X: $29.95. Gr 7 Up--In the harsh badlands, or Patagonia, region of Argentina, paleontologists have made recent...

Pro Chess: the Video Chess Mentor.
January 1, 2003... 1 DVD. 3:46 hrs. SI Video Sales. 2002. $39.95. Gr 6 Up--Former U.S. Champion and International Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan does a fine job of explaining various moves and strategies that will help older chess players master the game. Filmed...

Animals in Art: Two Illustrators.
January 1, 2003... videocassette, color. 30 min. with tchr's, guide. Reading & O'Reilly. 2002. #EV18. $49.95. Gr 3-8--The works of two well-established illustrators are used in short, clearly delineated lessons to introduce concepts of composition, the...

Ecstasy: the E Street Blues.
January 1, 2003... Ecstasy: The E Street Blues. videocassette. color. 21 min. BrainTrust Films. 2002. $195. Club Drugs: Dancing with Danger. video-cassette. color. 20 min. BrainTrust Films. 2002. $195, $295 set. Gr 6 Up--In Ecstasy: The E Street Blues,...

Living with Addiction: a Family Disease.
January 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 21 min. with tchr's. guide. Sunburst. 2002. #4353. $119.95. Gr 7-12--Two vignettes dramatically illustrate the plight of teens dealing with family members who are addicts. A narrator comments on the situations,...

RAGGS Kids Club Band: Pawsuup! Tour Video.
January 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 53 min. RAGGS Kids Club Band. 2002. ISBN 0-7694-1703-5. $9.99. PreS-Gr 2--From its humble beginnings as a marketing concept, RAGGS Kids Club Band has developed into a fine children's entertainment package. The...

Shana Banana: Music and Fun for Kids!
January 1, 2003... videocassette. color. approx. 30 min. Big Kids Prods. 2001, 2002 release. #M455. $14.95. PreS-Gr 2--Shana "Banana" Smith welcomes a diverse group of kids (including one virtual visitor) to the Banana Shack, a live-action haven in the midst...

Wiggly Safari.
January 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 55 min. Prod. by Wiggles Touring Pry Ltd. Dist. by HIT Entertainment. 2002. #2517. $14.95; also avail. DVD: $19.99. PreS-Gr 3--The Wiggles, an Australian pop band, sing 16 irresistibly catchy songs about animals in...

El Circulo de las calabazas: historia de un huerto.
January 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 20 min. Informed Democracy. 2002. ISBN 1-879363-04-8. $69.95; hardcover book: $15.95, paperback book: $7.95. K-Gr 4--This Spanish language version of the award-winning Pumpkin Circle (Dec. 1997, p. 65) centers on the...

Living with Change (In the Mix: the New Normal Series).
January 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 30 min. with tchr's. guide. Prod. by Thirteen/WNET and In the Mix. Dist. by Castle Works. 2002. $69.95. Gr 7-12--A diverse group of teens talk about how the events of 9-11 affected their lives and. their reactions to...

Self-Esteem: Developing Strengths (In the Mix Series).
January 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 30 min. with tchr's. guide. Prod. by In the Mix. Dist. by Castle Works. 2002. $69.95 Gr 5-8--This program from the award-winning PBS series In the Mix begins with teens discussing what they don't like about themselves...

Student Workshop: Don't Be So Bossy.
January 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 19 min. with tchr's. guide, activity sheets. Sunburst. 2002. #4348. $99.95. K-Gr 2--Hosted by a teenage farm boy and featuring cow and rooster puppets, the video offers three live-action vignettes that cover...

Student Workshop: Respect--It Starts with You.
January 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 20:15 min. with tchr's. guide. Sunburst. 2002. #4322. $99.95. Gr 3-5--"Respect, it's what everyone wants, it's what everyone needs and that is so true! Respect, it's important to know and it's how you show what...

Teenage Emotional Harassment.
January 1, 2003... videocassette, color. 24 min. with tchr's. guide online. Educational Video Network. 2002. ISBN 1-58950-141-1. $129.95. Gr 7-10--Emotional harassment is psychologically destructive behavior by people in a position of power or trust. It also...

Life After High School: Explore Your Options.
January 1, 2003... videocassette, color. 24 min. with tchr's. guide online. Educational Video Network. 2002. ISBN 1-58950-165-9. $99.95. Gr 10-12--The choices that students have after graduating from high school are explained in this video. The section on...

Successfully Educating Preschoolers with Special Needs.
January 1, 2003... videocassette. color. approx. 30 min. (closed captioned). Edvantage Media. 2002. ISBN 0-9646168-7-4. $49.95. This video provides a good overview for parents of children who ]nay need special education services before they are the...

Chinese Violin (Talespinners Collection Series).
January 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 8:21 min. with hardcover book. National Film Board of Canada. 2002. $139. Gr 1-3--A young Chinese girl tells the story of her emigration to Canada with her father in this dramatic, animated film. Joe Chang created the...

Christopher Changes His Name (Talespinners Collection Series).
January 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 6:34 min. (closed captioned). with paperback book, tchr's. guide. National Film Board of Canada. 2002. $139. PreS-Gr 4--Christopher Mulamba doesn't like his name because it is far too common. He adopts a couple of new...

Dottie: the Little Girl with the Big Voice.
January 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 11 min. Ron de Cana Prods. 2002. $75 ($4.50 s/h). Gr all levels--In this clever but too short animated program, five-year-old Dottie possesses a booming voice that causes tomatoes to explode and hair to unravel. Her...

The Eyes of Karras (Short Stories for Children Series).
January 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 15 min. with tchr's. guide. Prod. by Hedley Griffin Films. Dist. by Chip Taylor Communications. 2002. $59.99 (Rental: $50). Gr 1-6--In this animated Middle Eastern fable, a powerful lord named Karras has all that he...

Lights for Gita (Talespinners Collection Series).
January 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 7:34 min. (closed captioned). with paperback book, tchr's. guide. National Film Board of Canada. 2002. $139. PreS-Gr 4--This delightful multicultural tale of celebration and friendship is a beautiful retelling of...

Get the News? (In the Mix: the New Normal Series).
January 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 30 min. with tchr's. guide. Prod. by In the Mix and Thirteen/WNET. Dist. by Castle Works. 2002. $69.95. Gr 7-12--In this engaging documentary, students discuss the news media and its effects on the public since...

Mr. Henry's Wild & Wacky World, Vol. 5: Don't Be a Bully!--All About Respect.
January 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 30 min. Tommy Nelson. 2002. ISBN 0-8499-7914-5. $12.99. K-Gr 6--Frank Peretti, popular Christian adult and children's author, returns to his "absent-minded professor" role in this latest episode of Mr. Henry's Wild &...

American Grasslands (Series).
January 1, 2003... 6 videocassettes. color. 9:45 min. ea. with teacher's guide online. Environmental Media Corp./Snyder Prods. 2002. $299.95 ser., $59.95 ea. Includes: North American Grasslands (ISBN 1-56791-311-3); Tallgrass Prairie (ISBN 1-56791-312-1); Mixed...

Electricity: Force That Changed the World.
January 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 56 min. Landmark Media 2001, 2002 release. $195. Gr 7 Up--The ancient Greeks noticed that amber glowed when rubbed with wool. This primitive observation was the foundation for the discovery and application of...