School Library Journal articles from September 2003

School Library Journal archives from September 2003

Are you taken seriously? Changing perceptions that marginalize your role as a teacher.(Editorial)(Editorial)
September 1, 2003... If you thumb through the last couple of years' worth of School Library Journal, it would Be difficult not to notice our commitment to providing the blueprint and strategies you need to be instructional leaders in your schools. We launched...

Hold the bun: a male librarian fends off the gender stereotype.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... I really enjoyed Debra Lau Whelan's article on "The Only Young Librarian in America" (May 2003, pp. 52-55). I, like many of my fellow graduates, am a part of this new breed of librarian. I loved the stereotypes that she touched on--the bun in...

Weston Woods.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... Your article on Weston Woods ("The Wizard of Weston Woods," May 20 pp. 56-58) brought back fond memories of a professional field trip I took to their studios in the early 1970s. Along with about 25 other school and public librarians, I was...

The certification issue.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... After reading the letter by Jimmy Allen (April 2003, p. 15) on ending teacher certification for school librarians, I felt compelled to reply to the assertion that teacher certification is not necessary to be a school librarian. I often...

Freedom Seeker.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... I was pleased to see the review of my recent children's biography, Freedom Seeker: A Story about William Penn in the June 2003 issue of School Library Journal (p. 173). SLJ does an important service to librarians and teachers in giving full...

Correction.(Letters)(Correction Notice)
September 1, 2003... The August news article "Making Strides at a Subdued ALA" (p. 19) stated incorrectly that many council meetings failed to meet their quorums. All of the American Library Association's council meetings achieved quorums and conducted official...

Calendar.(Calendar)
September 1, 2003... September 2003 October 2-4. Minnesota Educational Media Organization (MEMO) Fall Conference Fargo, ND. Log on to www.memoweb.org for registration and conference information. October 3-4. Twenty-First Annual Author Symposium, University...

Texas Education Agency axes jobs; Mary Lankford, library services director, forced into early retirement.(news)
September 1, 2003... Faced with severe budget cuts, the Texas Education Agency recently laid off more than 200 employees and forced Mary Lankford, the director of library services and winner of the 2002 Grolier Award, into retirement. The bloodletting has...

Libraries are left in the dark: the nation's biggest blackout ever sends thousands of kids in eight states home.(news)(Northeast Blackout, 2003)
September 1, 2003... Teenagers were just emerging from a summer writing program at the Queens Borough Public Library's Flushing branch when the lights went out at about 4:10 p.m. on August 14. No one panicked, but there was a lot of confusion about what to do, says...

Congress attacks Patriot Act.(news)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Several lawmakers on Capitol Hill have introduced bills to amend the USA Patriot Act, an antiterrorism law that gives the FBI greater access to private information. All four bills seek to set limits on the federal government's ability to...

Get your Goosebumps.(short takes)(Scholastic to reissue popular series of children's books)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Fans of the scary Goosebumps series will be pleased to know that Scholastic has rereleased 25 of the best-selling titles by R. L. Stine. Barbara Marcus, president of Scholastic Children's Books, says there's a "new generation kids who are eager...

What a doll!(short takes)(librarian action figure available from Accoutrements)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Move over, Barbie. A 5 1/4-inch-high plastic librarian action figure--with glasses, a practical haircut, sensible shoes, and a raised finger ready to shush--is making its debut. The new doll is modeled after a real librarian, Nancy Pearl, the...

Public helps with Ed Tech Plan: DOE to include ideas on teaching technology in schools.(news)(Department of Education integrates public input into report)
September 1, 2003... The public will play an important role in helping the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) as it moves closer to formulating a new plan for teaching technology in our nation's schools. DOE officials are currently sifting through some 270...

CA unveils new school library standards: a task force releases in-depth guidelines on information literacy skills.(news)(California)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The California School Library Association (CSLA) is developing new statewide library media standards that offer detailed checklists of information literacy skills for all K-12 schools and cover the entire spectrum of the school library program....

TX school district gives boost to libraries: decision follows a study uncovering serious shortcomings in many media centers.(news)(Texas)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The Ysleta Independent School District in El Paso, TX, is hoping to bring school libraries up to state standards following recent findings that half of the district's media centers are inadequately staffed and 11 contain an insufficient number...

How literate is your city? New study ranks the nation's 64 most literate cities; Corpus Christi, El Paso, TX, come in last.(news)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Minneapolis, Seattle, and Denver top the list of America's most literate cities, while Corpus Christi and El Paso, TX, come in dead last. How's that so? Jack Miller, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater drew on key...

San Diego's school library conundrum: district plans to create 102 new libraries, but who's going to run them?(news)(San Diego Unified School District)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The San Diego Unified School District has embarked on a massive campaign, to renovate 102 schools with state-of-the-art libraries--the only problem is, there's no money to fully stock and run them. Funded by a $1.51 billion bond measure...

FCC sets deadline for CIPA compliance: many libraries are weighing the pros and cons of obeying the Internet filtering law.(news)(Federal Communications Commission; Children's Internet Protection Act)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The Federal Communications Commission is giving libraries until July 1, 2004, to comply with the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA). The law, passed by the Supreme Court in June, requires that all libraries install Internet-filtering...

Banned Books Week.(news)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Libraries and bookstores nationwide are gearing up for Banned Books Week with exhibits and readings that celebrate the freedom to read. The theme for this year's event, which runs from September 20-27, is "Open Your Mind to a Banned Book."...

NEH book giveaway: schools, libraries are invited to apply for book collection.(news)(National Endowment for the Humanities)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) will award a set of 15 classic books for young readers to 500 school and public libraries this fall under its new "We the People" initiative. The annual program, established this year in...

Port Libraria: dogw.tripod.com/port_libraria.(Site of the Month)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Debra Waugh (debwaugh@frontiernet.net), a librarian and technology instructor at Graham High School in Bluefield, VA, wanted "to give something back to the library community," so she's created Port Libraria, a personal Web site that offers...

Secrets of the Palm Queen: a Michigan media specialist makes handhelds part of students' everyday lives.(Tech Knowledge)(Cheryl Litt)
September 1, 2003... Cheryl Litt, a librarian at West Hills Middle School (WHMS) in Bloomfield Hills, MI, never took electronic handheld devices seriously until she attended a daylong Palm workshop. Before then, she'd been "curious" about Palms and considered...

Fastback Model 15xs: document binding system.(Test Drive)
September 1, 2003... Powis Parker, Inc., 775 Heinz Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94710; (800) 321-2463 www.powis.com $4,195. The Fastback Binding System from Powis Parker is a desktop thermal document-binding system that easily binds documents of various sizes, from three...

Online access improves academics.(Data Trends)(new study by Michigan State University)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... A new study by Michigan State University (MSU) ended this spring, and it has confirmed what many educators have long suspected: closing the digital divide results in significant academic advances for children of lower-income families. "It makes...

A step toward better reading.(Tech Knowledge)(3.0 version of AceReader )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The AceReader is about to get better. StepWare, the company that manufactures the popular reading improvement software, are for students in grades 1-12, will be releasing a new, improved version this fall. The program is designed to help kids...

Forging early connections: introducing young children to technology.(The Librarian's Internet)
September 1, 2003... Early Connections--Technology in Early Childhood Education www.netc.org/earlyconnections Want to learn how to introduce children ages three through eight (and students with special needs) to computers and software? Then don't miss this...

New surveillance software for schools.(Tech Knowledge)(SpectorSoft Spector Professional Edition )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... It's a sad, but perhaps understandable, sign of the times that computer surveillance software is making its presence felt in schools. Spector Professional Edition made by SpectorSoft, is able to identify everything done on a computer--and by...

Going gaga over Google; is your library's Web site sending the wrong message?(Chat Room)
September 1, 2003... IF YOU WANT YOUR LIBRARY'S WEB SITE TO BE A TRULY useful tool and a must-visit destination, you need to emphasize the resources it provides. And to do that, you need to promote the links to your automated catalog and subscription databases....

Software to make you look marvelous: PowerPoint offers creative ways to get your message across.(Educator's Resource Kit)
September 1, 2003... Media specialists know the effect of presenting information via well-done PowerPoint presentations, but how many actually use this software in the school library? Microsoft's latest version of PowerPoint will enhance your lessons, while...

Dispelling the myths.(Editor's Note)(myths about literacy development)(Editorial)
September 1, 2003... Literacy is the new imperative in education. Adapting to a bombardment of information, literacy in the 21st century encompasses sophisticated thinking skills, reading for understanding, and persuasive writing. These skills are essential for...

Fostering literacy and inquiry.(Case Study)
September 1, 2003... We must be making progress on the educational front. We have moved from the "Reading Wars" (the conflict between phonics and whole language) to the "High Literacy Crisis" (the failure to teach sophisticated comprehension skills to our...

Building reading communities.(Case Study)(literacy program)
September 1, 2003... The school library can be the place to create a community that will help students cultivate a life long love of reading. Students need to see how they can benefit from being well read. Most school libraries promote reading, but often these...

What about reading?(Practically Speaking)(how school librarians can motivate teenagers to read)
September 1, 2003... The Dilemma When teacher librarian Steven Croft met with his principal, Carol Hart, to assess his progress toward the annual goals he'd set for Valdez High School's library, he was told he was doing a great job. His Web site was helping...

Heard it through the grapevine: from an influence perspective, friends are the best source of information.(Building Influence)
September 1, 2003... INFORMATION IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF INFLUENCE WITHOUT INFORMATION, it's very difficult to assess and address the needs of others which is the key to building influence. You need information about the work others do and, perhaps more importantly,...

A more manageable Harry: is it legal to circulate small sections of the latest 'Harry Potter'?(Carrie on Copyright)(includes information on other copyright issues)
September 1, 2003... We would like to post some old newspaper articles on our library's Web site. I read that print materials published before 1923 are in the public domain. Does that include newspaper articles? Also, some of the articles are from a newspaper that...

Eat, drink, and be literate: a lunchtime program is helping struggling immigrant students succeed.(What Works)
September 1, 2003... MANY STUDENTS AT OUR ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL IN ARLINGTON, VA, hail from Central America, East Africa, and East Asia, and have had very little formal education. So four years ago, I collaborated with Margaret Brown, supervisor of young adult...

When sickness strikes: stories of deadly diseases--and humankind's response--are inspiring.(Nonfiction Booktalker)
September 1, 2003... IN 1918, A YOUNG MAN JOINED THE ARMED FORCES AND SET OFF FOR France. But he never made it. Along with most of his platoon, the boy died of influenza on the way over and was buried at sea. His parents--my mother's neighbors when she was growing...

Great tales to tell: selecting winners for the Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice Awards.(Up for Discussion)
September 1, 2003... Since 1992, the Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice Awards Committee has considered thousands of books in order to draw attention to outstanding titles that can be used with confidence by storytellers. Named for the former Children's Services...

Why isn't information literacy catching on? SLJ's national survey identifies the obstacles--and what you can do to overcome them.
September 1, 2003... If Karen Hoth asked her colleagues at Marathon Middle/High School in Florida to define "information literacy," she'd get quite a few blank stares. While some teachers love working with her, others still don't understand the value of a library...

Dollars for development: the President's education plan has raised the stakes on teacher training.
September 1, 2003... As if No Child Left Behind (NCLB) hasn't put enough pressure on America's educators by asking them to measure students' progress each year, President Bush's education plan is now requiring schools that receive Title I money to employ only...

My own evolution: when Peter Sis began creating a book about naturalist Charles Darwin, little did he know what he was getting himself into.(The Tree of Life)
September 1, 2003... I grew up without television, in Czechoslovakia, a country that was surrounded by the Iron Curtain. I read; I listened; and I drew. I loved tire idea of exploration and discovery. My heroes included George Mallory and Andrew Irvine (two...

Fleet Kids.(website for children)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... www.fleetkids.com. Fleet Bank. (Accessed 7/7/03). Gr 5-10-Students' financial skills and savvy are tested and expanded through games and money making projects (tailed "Frontyard Fortunes") like lemonade stands and pet photography. The games...

H.I.P. Pocket Change.(website on coins)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... www.usmint.gov/ kids. United States Mint. (Accessed 7/9/03). Gr 5-10--This child-friendly site from the U.S. Mint offers cartoons about how coins are made, games such as "Wishing Well," and "The Golden Dollar," "Winter Coin Olympics," and...

It All Adds Up.(website)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... www.italladdsup.org. National Council on Economic Education. (Accessed 6/30/03). Gr 7-12--Plenty of books and sites show how to use money wisely, but in this Web site, students can see what the folks on the other end of the credit...

Kids Bank.(website)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... www.kidsbank.com. Sovereign Bank. (Accessed 6/30/03). Gr 3-7-Guided by Penny, Dollar Bill, Interest Ray, Checks, and Mr. EFT, younger students will learn all about money, savings, interest, checking, and electronic banking in this pleasant,...

Secrets of Making Money.(website)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... www.pbs.org/ wgbh/nova/moolah. Nova, Public Broadcasting System. (Accessed 7/7/03). Gr 7-12--Is paper money really made out of wood pulp? How can people tell if hills are real or counterfeit? These are some of the questions that are...

Teens and Their Money.(website)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... http://www.fool. com/teens/teens.htm. The Motley Fool. (Accessed 6/16/03). Gr 9-12--The wise-cracking yet very wise money advisors of Motley Fool guide teens through money related issues such as investing, making money, index funds, saving...

Trillion Dollar Bet.(website)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... www.pbs.org/wgbh/ nova/stockmarket. Nova, Public Broadcasting System (Accessed 7/8/03). Gr 11-12--This companion Web site to the Nova program of the same title introduces the stock market to newcomers. Sophisticated students (and adults)...

Bug Bios.(website)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... www.bugbios.cum. Dexter Sear. (Accessed 7/29/03). Gr 6 Up--This extremely sophisticated, yet user-friendly site is loaded with insect information, from the scientific to the literary. Older, more serious students will be compelled to look...

Bug Club.(website)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... www.ex.ac.uk/bugclub. Amateur Entomologists' Society. (Accessed 7/29/03). Gr 6 Up--From England comes this informative series of fact sheets for the care and handling of pet insects. The Bug Club proper involves membership, but anyone...

Cedric's Insect Page.(website)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... www.magmaconcept. com/insects/0frame.htm. Cedric Vaucher. (Accessed 7/29/0 3). Gr 6 Up--Within these pages are glamour shots of the world of walking sticks, praying mantis, and beetles. There is some information with each photo, but the...

Hall of Fame Trivia.(website)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... www.fourh.unm.edu/ Programs/camping/bug_camp/trivia.html Bug Camp. (Accessed 7/29/03) Gr 3 Up--Stop here for the weird and unusual information you may not find anywhere else. "Hall of Fame Trivia" provides many fascinating facts. Amaze...

Insecta.(website)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... www.insecta.com/insecta. Spencer-Entomological Museum. (Accessed 7/29/03). Gr 4 Up--This offering from Canada is kid-friendly, yet informative enough for older students as well. Although the museum is currently closed, the Web site is...

Most Wanted Bugs.(website)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... www.denniskunkel.com/PubllcHtml/Education05.asp. Dennis Kunkel. (Accessed 7/29/03). Gr 3 Up--This high quality site devoted microscopy and its use in science features amazingly vivid and highly magnified views of many common insects. With...

3-D Insects.(website)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... www.ento.vt.edu/~sharov/3d/3dinsect.html. Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech. (Accessed 7/29/03). Gr 4 Up--Using Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML), this site allows viewers to rotate, magnify, and manipulate 15 different...

Lost Treasures of Tibet.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... Nova Series. videocassette. color. approx. 1 hr. WGBH Boston. 2003. ISBN 1-57807-983-7. $19.99. Gr 7 Up--The mysteries, straggles, and triumphs of the people of Tibet are explored through this look at the lost treasures of Mustang, one of...

Nicotine Addiction: Tobacco Tantrums.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 28 min. with tchr's. guide on web site. Educational Video Network. 2002. ISBN 1-58950-172-1. $89.95. Gr 7-12--This upbeat, well-produced live-action video on nicotine addiction explains what nicotine is. its addictive...

Barney's Read with Me Dance with Me.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 52 min. Prod by Lyons Partnership. Dist. by HIT Entertainment. 2003. #2080. $14.95; also avail. DVD: $16.99. PreS-K--Barney, the popular purple dinosaur, and his friends Baby Bop and BJ are back in their latest...

Fun with Colors.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... DVD. 90 min. Prod. by Fun. with languages. Dist. by AV Cafe. 2002. $16.99. PreS--Fun with Colors is an interesting multi-language exploration of the colors of the rainbow designed for children ages six months to four years. After choosing...

Wee Exercise, Vol. 1 & 2.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... 2 videocassettes. color. 60 min. ea. Prod. by Wee Exercise. Dist. by Instructional Video. 2003. $27.95 set, $14.95 ea. PreS--Designed for babies from birth to 12 months to help foster physical development, the video set is the creation of...

Chiefs.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 1:29 hrs. with tchr's. guide. Prod. by Dewey-Obenchain Films. Dist. by Active Parenting. 2002, 2003 release. ISBN 1-880283-61-1. $129.95. Gr 9-Up--Wyoming's Arapaho and Shoshone Wind River Indian Reservation high...

Connecting with Kids for Kids: Perseverance/Responsibility/Tolerance.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 30 min. with tchr's. guide. Active Parenting. 2002, 2003 release. #5201. $69.95. Gr 1-6--This is the first in a series of six videos designed to help children become responsible citizens. Featuring actual parents who...

Integrity Matters: Perseverance.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... videocassette. color. approx. 28 min. Television Production Group. 2003. $59.95. Gr 1-6--Using a Mission Impossible format, two young Integrity Matters Agents (IMA) Striver and Tag (Try A-Gain), are sent on a mission to neutralize the...

The Six Pillars of Character.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... 6 Series videocassettes. color. range: 23-26 min. with tchr's. guides. Prod. by Elkind & Sweet Communications and Character Counts. Dist. by live Wire Media. 2003. $359.50 ser., $69.95 ea. Includes: Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibility;...

Stop Bullying!: Standing Up for Yourself and Others.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... videocassette. Color. approx. 20 min. with tchr's. guide. Paraclete Press. 2003. ISBN 1-55725-335-8. $79.95. Gr 6-12--Jamaican-born youth motivational specialist Mark Brown, an adult who was bullied as a child, narrates this program and...

Vets: Animal Doctors at Work.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... (Dream Quest: An Education in Vision Series). videocassette. color. approx. 30 min. Manitou Motion Picture Co. 2002. ISBN 1-893195-06-6. $39.95 (classroom version with tchr's. guide), $14.95 (home use). Gr 5-10--Aimed at students studying...

Starting Points for Educators of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Young Children, Program 3: Bringing Language Alive!(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 40 min. with trainer's guide. Educational Prods. 2003. ISBN 0-944726-3l-3. $295 (Rental: $60). The third part in a series Geared for educators of ESL students, Bringing Language Alive! stresses the importance of...

Henry Builds a Cabin.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 8 min. with tchr's. guide. Weston Woods. 2003. ISBN 1-55592-522-7. $60; also avail. 1 cassette w/hardcover book, #HRA636: $24.95; 1 CD w/hardcover book, #HCD636: $29.95. PreS-Gr 3--D. B. Johnson's lovely picture book...

Jake Gander: Storyville Detective.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 8 min. Spoken Arts. 2003. ISBN 0-8045-9679-4. $49.95. K-Gr 3--This comical, iconographic spin-off, based on the book written and illustrated by George McClements (Hyperion, 2002), is embellished with an introduction...

Kipper: Fun in the Sun.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 60 min. HIT Entertainment, 2003. ISBN 1-57132-780-0. $6.99: also avail. DVD: $9.99. PreS--Fun in the Sun features Mark Inkpen's book character, Kipper the dog, and his friends Tiger, Arnold, and Pig in seven short...

The CLEARVUE/eav History of American Literature: from Civil War Turmoil to Romanticism, Realism, and Naturalism.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... (3rd ed.). videocassette. color. 27:30 min. CLEARVUE/eav. 2003. #CL002-02CV. $90. Gr 7 Up--Period artwork, archival video footage and photos, university professors' comments, reenactments, and printed words accompanied by narration...

Rock 'n Learn: Division Rap.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... videocassette. color. approx. 55 min. Prod. by Rock 'n Learn. Dist. by Big Kids Prods. 2003. ISBN 1-87848-997-6. $14.95. Gr 3-5--Animated rapsters Nelson, Michelle, and Rappin' Sebastian team up with live DJ Doc Rock to bring some...

Symmetry.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... (Star Maths Series). videocassette. color. 9:38 min. with tchr's. guide. New Dimension Media. 2003. #23078. $49. Gr 2-6--This technically superb video features intense, clear color, excellent sound quality, and three-dimensional puppet...

Performing an Exciting Play.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 20 min. with tchr's. guide on web site. Educational Video Network. 2002. ISBN 1-58950-181-0. $79.95. Gr 1-8--This companion video to Producing an Exciting Play is intended for documentary and middle school students who...

Producing an Exciting Play.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... 2 videocassettes. color. 12 min. ea. with tchr's. guide on web site. Educational Video Network. 2002. ISBN 1-58950-182-9. $79.95 set. Gr 1-8--Elementary and middle schools that are thinking about starting a theatre program will find these...

Noah's Ark.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 14 min. with tchr's. guide. Weston Woods. 2003. ISBN 1-55592 529-4. $60;also avail. 1 cassette w/hardcover book, #HRA640: $24.95: 1 CD w/hardcover book, #HCD640: $29.95. PreS-Gr 3--Jerry Pinkney's Caldecott Honor Book...

People Who Met Jesus.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 58 min. Prod. by International Media Ministries. Dist. by Vision Video. 2001, 2003 release. ISBN 1-56964-648-X. $19.99. Gr 7 Up--Eight vignettes in this live-action production portray' the New Testament stories of...

Understanding World Religions.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... (Series). 6 videocassettes. color. 20 min. ea. with tchr's. guides. Prod. by Schlessinger Media. Dist. by Library Video Co. 2002. Includes: What Is Buddhism? (ISBN 1-57225-548-X); What Is Christianity? (ISBN 1-57225-549-8); What Is Hinduism?...

Cosmic Odyssey.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... (Series). 9 videocassettes. color. 45 min. ea. with tchr's. guides. Prod. by Schlessinger Media. Dist. by Library Video Co. 2001, 2003. $39.95 ca. Includes: The Case for Mars (ISBN 1-57225-619-2); The Enigma of Venus (ISBN 157225-620-6);...

The Final Frontier Series.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... (ABC News Classroom Edition Series). 4 videocassettes. Color. 18 min. ea. with tchr's. guide. Prod. by ABC News Classroom Edition. Dist. by Disney Educational Prods. 2003. ISBN 0-89625-954-4. $185 ser., $49 ea. Includes: The Race to the Moon...

How and Why--a Journey Through Nature, Science and History.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... (Series). 10 videocassettes. Color. range: 14-20 min. with tchr's. guide. MediaPro. 2003. $349.50 ser., $45 ea. includes: Planet Earth (ISBN 1-892987-63-5); Volcanoes (ISBN 1-892987-64-3); Weather (ISBN 1-892987-67-1); The Moon and the Universe...

The Living Cell.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... videocassette. color. 17 min. with tchr's. guide. 100% Educational Videos. 2003. ISBN 1-58541-217-1. $49.95. Gr 4-6--The game show format, "Cell-Ebrity Squares," is a very entertaining vehicle to introduce a lesson on the function and...

Mountain of Ice.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... (Nova Series). videocassette. color. 1 hr. WGBH Boston. 2003. ISBN 1-57807-982-9. $19.95. Gr 7 Up--Mountain of Ice compares a modern day ascension of Mount Vinson in Antarctica by mountaineers Conrad Anker and Jon Krakauer and their team...

Ocean Oasis.(Video Recording Review)
September 1, 2003... DVD. color. 75 min. Slingshot Entertainment. 2003. ISBN 1-58448-366-0. $19.99: also avail, videocassette (39 min.): $14.99. Gr 5 Up--All of the magnificence and excitement of an IMAX presentation is featured in this live action majestic...