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Have students click here to learn about waste prevention. Divide students into groups to identify ways that their school can prevent waste. Have the groups share their ideas and then select a set of strategies to propose to the principal. Students should explain the need for waste prevention, list the suggested strategies, and cite the sources of their information.

Bridge To Terabithia

Bridge To Terabithia

Product ID: 77D18VL000

Cost: $29.95

Grades: 5-8

Take students on a journey they will never forget with this exhilarating story about the power of imagination and the magic of friendship.

The Way Cool Game Of Science: Earth Structure and Process

The Way Cool Game Of Science: Earth Structure and Process

Product ID: 77D03VL00

Cost: $49.95

Grades: 4-8

Interactive DVD games that complement science lessons and feature questions from Bill Nye the Science Guy.


The Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement

Product ID: 77C53VL00

Cost: $49.95

Grades: 6-12

Meet the people behind the landmark civil rights events of the 1950s and 1960s: Rosa Parks, Linda Brown and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

ABC News Classroom: Part 3: Global Interdependence

ABC News Classroom: Part 3: Global Interdependence

Product ID: 77C63VL00

Cost: $49.95

Grades: 6-12

Probe the myriad connections between fiscal policies and global markets.


Bill Nye The Science Guy: Blood & Circulation

Bill Nye The Science Guy: Blood & Circulation

Product ID: 77A10VL00

Cost: $49.95

Grades: 3-8

Join Bill Nye as he shows how valves, blood cells, and the circulatory system work together to pump it up... in the heart, that is.

Bill Nye The Science Guy: The Water Cycle

Bill Nye The Science Guy: Water Cycle

Product ID: 77C16VL00

Cost: $49.95

Grades: 3-8

Using a whimsical model made of a tiny staircase, wind-up penguins, and a bicycle tire, Bill demonstrates the phases of the water cycle: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection.


Roving Mars

Safety Smart with Bill Nye The Science Guy: Electricity

Product ID: 77D34VL00

Cost: $39.95

Grades: 4-8

Join Bill Nye the Science Guy as he explores the power and danger of electricity as only he can.

Anne Frank

Johnny Tremain

Product ID: 77A99VL00

Cost: $59.95

Grades: 4-18

As seen through a young boy’s eyes, the events and emotions leading up to the American Revolution have a powerful immediacy that will engage young viewers. Johnny Tremain’s human perspective allows students to see, hear, and feel history!


Roving Mars

Roving Mars

Product ID: 77D14VL00

Cost: $29.95

Grades: 7-12

As Seen in IMAX Theatres!

Mars is the stuff of planetary science dreams. Now students can actually see the amazing and beautiful reality of the Mars surface through the eyes of two intrepid, death-defying explorers.

Anne Frank

Anne Frank

Product ID: 77C28VL00

Cost: $59.95

Grades: 4-12

Bring Anne's story out of the "secret annex" with this gripping drama that sheds new light on her life before she went into hiding and also documents her death.


Holes

Holes

Product ID: 77A82VL00

Cost: $59.95

Grades: 4-8

Stanley Yelnats is an unusual young hero who has no clue he's in for the adventure of a lifetime when he's unfairly sentenced to detention at Camp Green Lake for a crime he didn't commit.

Sounder

Sounder

Product ID: 77A89VL00

Cost: $59.95

Grades: 4-9

Based on the Newbery Medal-winning book by William Armstrong!

Facing the harsh realities of life in the segregated South, a boy finds strength in his mother's faith, his father's determination, and the hope represented by education and by his dog Sounder.


Where The Red Fern Grows

Where The Red Fern Grows

Product ID: 77C29VL00

Cost: $49.95

Grades: 5-8

Renew interest in Wilson Rawls's renowned coming-of-age novel with Disney's brand-new presentation of a time-honored classic. Students will learn the meaning of loyalty, courage, and perseverance as they follow 10-year-old Billy Coleman and his beloved hounds on their harrowing hunt for the wily "ghost raccoon."

Schoolhouse Rock: Money

Schoolhouse Rock: Money

Product ID: 77D49VL00

Cost: $29.95

Grades: K-9

The Schoolhouse Rock creative team sets its sights on economic matters with Schoolhouse Rock: Money. Songs like "Where the Money Goes" and "The Check's in the Mail" use catchy melodies to teach kids about the national debt and the importance of fiscal responsibility.