Plant Life for Children - Science DVDs
Product Information CSH is proud to be the exclusive licensee and sole distributor in Singapore and Malaysia of the following award-winning Science Video-CDs.
Some are pretty and others are prickly. Some have flowers and fruit, and others have needles. What are they? You guessed it…amazing plants! Join a young investigative agent for M.A.P.L.E. (the Marvelous Association of Plant Loving Enthusiasts) and his friends as they uncover fascinating information about the world of plants. This Video-CD series introduces young viewers to the plant world, where they will learn about the parts of the plant, how they grow, how pollination works and much more. Children will be intrigued as they find out about the incredible variety of plants from the Venus flytrap to the saguaro cactus and will perform hands-on experiments to obtain an appreciation for plant life. This series is based on the concepts outlined in the National Science Education Standard for Life Science: Characteristics of Organisms, Life Cycles of Organisms, and Organisms & Environments.
Plants can survive in even the harshest of environments, from the freezing Arctic to the arid desert. In All About Plant Adaptation, join young plant lovers as they uncover some of the amazing ways that plants have adapted over millions of years enabling them to survive almost anywhere on Earth. Discover how some plants living in cold, arctic climates or dry, arid regions have adapted by remaining inactive or dormant for long periods of time. Examine how some plants have evolved in order to survive under the lush, thick canopy of the rainforest. Find out how epiphytes, like some orchids, are able to obtain their water and nutrients right out of the air! Learn about other ways that plants have adapted either to protect themselves from predators or to help them reproduce to ensure their survival. A hands-on experiment that explores how the Venus flytrap has adapted to survive in mineral-free water is also included.
All About Plant & Animal Interdependency Plants provide oxygen, food, shelter, medicine and more for all animals, including humans. In fact, people depend on plants for their very survival just as plants rely on animals! In All About Plant & Animal Interdependency, join aspiring botanists as they discover how plants and animals interrelate. Learn about the constant exchange of gases in the oxygen-carbon dioxide cycle. Discover the amazing way plants provide energy to all of the Earth’s inhabitants through the process of photosynthesis. Find out how animals play an important role in plant reproduction and how they are also instrumental in dispersing plant seeds. In a hands-on experiment, kids learn how animals transport a seed to new locations.
How does a tiny seed sprout and grow into a towering tree? Join the kids from M.A.P.L.E. as they learn about some of the incredible transformation that a plant goes through during its lifetime. In All About Plant Structure & Growth, uncover the secrets of roots, stems and leaves – structures that are vital to a plant’s role as an energy producer. Find out how water and minerals flow from the roots through the stem and into the leaves through special tissue called xylem. Discover how a plant manufactures sugar in its leaves and then transfers it to the rest of the plant through the phloem. Uncover facts about a plant’s root system – the structure used to anchor a plant in the soil and take in water and minerals. Learn how to identify different types of leaves – simple, compound and needle. A hands-on experiment in which kids prove that the xylem tissue flows through all parts of a plant is also included.
What do plants require in order to survive? In All About Caring for Plants, join young enthusiasts as they investigate what plants need in order to grow from seedlings to healthy adult plants. Discover the basic necessities of a variety of plants, including sunlight, water, appropriate temperature and proper nutrients. Learn how to provide the proper amount of these elements to enhance a plant’s ability to grow strong and healthy. Kids also find out how changes in the environment can influence a plant’s growth in an exciting, hands-on activity.
Flowers are not only pretty, they are also one of the key elements in the process of plant pollination and reproduction that goes from flowers to fruits to seeds! In All About Plant Pollination: Fruit, Flowers & Seeds, young scientists learn about the different parts of a flower through the use of microscopic photography and detailed diagrams. See how a flower becomes pollinated when pollen lands on the stigma of the same type of plant. Learn about the structure of seeds and how they develop inside fruit. Find out how seeds are dispersed and how the process starts all over again when a new plant begins to grow. In a hands-on experiment, kids pollinate a flower themselves and then observes the development of its seeds and fruit.
