video recordings for children

Traces the history and culture of early Native American communities, the growth of early colonial settlements and pioneers into the West, and how the industrial age and inventions changed communities worldwide.

Helps young students understand the purpose of maps, showing how real life locations can be depicted in small models, and how that information can then be placed on maps.

Two friends learn the difference between needs and wants when they wake up on a desert island and meet the Genie of Wise Choices.

Describes the causes, battles, and aftermath of the Revolutionary War, discussing its impact on the shape the new America took.

Describes the various classifications of animals and how those animals fit into each category, and includes a brief teacher's guide.

Takes viewers on a walk through a park, teaching concepts related to direction, destination, order, and location.

People earn, save, and spend money to satisfy their needs and wants. Making the right choice between the two is not always easy. Follow two friends who wake up a desert island and are forced to choose between an essential need or a desired want.

Jeff Corwin explores the habitats of Morocco in North Africa, discussing such animals as the bald ibis, Montpellier snake, cobras, the African hedgehog, the desert horned viper, sand fish, the desert monitor lizard, and camels, and providing an introduction to the nomadic Berber people.

Jeff Corwin describes some of the bizarre wildlife of Tasmania including egg-laying mammals, an ancient spider, kangaroos, and the Tasmanian Devil.

Jeff Corwin explores a secluded beach in Costa Rica hoping to witness thousands of sea turtles that come ashore to lay their eggs. Jeff encounters a troop of capuchin monkeys, a venomous bushmaster serpent, and a silky anteater.