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The Hole Story: The Real Cost of Mining in Canada
Item# 52012
© 2011
79 Min.
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The history of mining in Canada is a story of astronomical profits made with disregard for the environment and human health. It is the story of nickel in Sudbury, silver in Cobalt, gold in Timmins, an...
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The Rock Cycle
Item# 47563
© 2011
20 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62102-376-0
In this program a young environmental engineer takes viewers into the field for an in-depth look at the rock cycle and the geologic processes that occur within Earth’s core, mantle, and crust. Using d...
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Born of Fire
Item# 40733
© 2007
50 Min.
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DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-894-0
Through volcanic eruptions of molten rock, Planet Earth is forever giving birth to itself. But this engine of landmass creation is also a vehicle of cataclysmic destruction—particularly in the form of...
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Planet Earth: Seven Ways to Help Save the World
Item# 37523
© 2007
42 Min.
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DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-7846-6
As the world wakes up to the need to protect the environment, ABC News continues to cover the most crucial ecological issues of today-and tomorrow. This unprecedented program, reported from all seven...
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Peak Oil?
Item# 39705
© 2006
46 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60467-626-6
Peak oil: the point at which oil-producing countries, faced with diminishing crude reserves, can no longer keep pace with growing demand. Has the world already reached it, or is the point of irrevocab...
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Mining
Item# 37670
© 2006
24 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-8890-8
In this program, three women with rewarding careers in the mining industry describe their work. Robin Betker is a mining technician who lays drill patterns for long hole drillers; Marilène Larocque is...
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If... The Oil Runs Out
Item# 37526
© 2006
44 Min.
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DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-7967-8
Transporting viewers to the year 2016, this program paints a disturbing picture of an oil-starved America and the socioeconomic upheaval that may accompany the death of the Oil Age. The film follows a...
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The Sun
Item# 35992
© 2006
60 Min.
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DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-5287-9
Solar science has entered a golden age. Exploring discoveries made possible through new orbital and ground-based technology, this program offers fascinating conclusions concerning the past, present, a...
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Energy and Resources
Item# 34727
© 2006
21 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-5071-4
As the Earth's fossil fuel reserves decline, what forms of energy will come next? After discussing the formation, uses, and consequences of burning coal, oil, and natural gas, this video explores the...
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Our Planet Earth
Item# 34721
© 2006
22 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-5065-3
If Earth's entire history could be compressed into a single year, modern humans would've appeared just 23 minutes ago! Use this video to introduce your students to the concept of geological time (also...
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