Information forwarded from the IEC.......Harriet Jerry Cochrane, Coordinator Iowa Educators Consortium 1120 33rd Avenue SW Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
Phone: 319-399-6741, (800) 798-9771, Ext. 6741 Fax: 319-399-6474 Email: jcochr...@gwaea.org IEC Website: www.iec-ia.org Please forward to teachers in your building/district... LIFE...now available on Discovery Education streaming Plus! The earth is home to more than 30 million animals and plantsfighting to survive. From the makers of PLANET EARTH,the epic series LIFE is the definitive exploration of our planet¹s living things and their spectacular and fascinating behaviors. More than four years in the making, with over 3,000 days of filming in the field, LIFE will take students to every continent and every habitat. Narrated by Oprah Winfrey, LIFE captures never-before-seen behaviors using the latest in state-of-the art high-definition filming techniques. From strange creatures, such as the star-nosed mole that hunts underwater using bubbles to smell its prey, to grand spectacles, like millions of fruit bats darkening the Zambian sky, each episode makes classroom walls disappear as students immerse themselves in our spectacular world. Titles Include: * Challenges of Life * Reptiles & Amphibians * Birds * Creatures of the Deep * Fish * Hunters and Hunted * Insects * Kingdom of Plants * Mammals * Primates Life premiered on Discovery Channel last week. For the next several weeks, the new episodes will be available the following Monday morning on DE streaming Plus. Each episode will be broken out into clips and have supporting teacher resources, including Teachers Guides for grades 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12, Writing Prompts for Grades 3-12 and an Up Close Guide for grades 6-12. Login to DE streaming today to see "Challenges of Life" and "Reptiles & Amphibians" as well as supporting teacher resources, including Teachers Guides for grades 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12, Writing Prompts for Grades 3-12 and an Up Close Guide for grades 6-12. For more information on the Life series go to: http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/life/ --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] --------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us/ ---------------------------------------------------------
