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Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (13 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide.
Language
English
Description
The inhabitants of Mammoth Island learn about electricity during the annual lemon harvest. They learn how current and static electricity are different and what metals make the best conductors of electricity.
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (13 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide.
Language
English
Description
The Mammoth Islanders discover the power of an invisible force called magnetism when lightning strikes their wire and iron bar "clothes dryer." When an electric current flows through the wire, the current creates a magnetic field around it. The Islanders learn that opposites do attract.
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (13 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide.
Language
English
Description
The Mammoth Islanders invite a visiting inventor to a noisy concert of musical mammoths. Then they learn the principles behind various wind, string, brass and percussion instruments. The result is music to their ears.
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (13 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide.
Language
English
Description
When a mammoth delivering canvas awnings gets lifted off the ground by the wind, the Mammoth Islanders discover the power of the wind. The Islanders experiment and eventually learn the right combination of the four forces involved in flight: gravity, lift, thrust, and drag.
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (13 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide.
Language
English
Description
Some of the Mammoth Islanders decide to explore the far side of a distant mountain ridge on a breezy spring day. Halfway up the steep trail, they become trapped and must be rescued by a hot air balloon.
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (13 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide.
Language
English
Description
The Mammoth Islanders are building a new observation tower out of stone blocks. When one of the Islanders gets trapped at the top, the Islanders build ramps around the tower to create a giant screw which help the trapped Islander to get down.
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (13 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide.
Language
English
Description
Mammoth Island residents want to memorialize the winner of their annual golf tournament with a portrait, so a young Islander begins to experiment with how light, lenses and chemicals can be used to produce a photograph.
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (13 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide.
Language
English
Description
An inventor visiting on Mammoth Island observes a family harvesting coconuts by using devices called springs which cause the coconuts to go flying through the air.
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (13 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide.
Language
English
Description
The inhabitants of Mammoth Island are trying to find the best method to lift their mammoths when a young Islander uses a simple machine called a pulley to get the job done. A pulley is a wheel that carries a rope, chain or cable on its rim and can be used alone or with other pulleys to lift heavy loads.
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (13 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide.
Language
English
Description
Two young Mammoth Islanders are delivering mail with a mammoth-drawn wagon when they learn how important the force of friction is as they attempt to slow down. They test a variety of brakes to find the type just right for them, but even with proper brakes, they still get an unscheduled bath after a failed attempt to stop quickly.
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (13 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide.
Language
English
Description
A family of Mammoth Islanders remodel a quaint old lodge in the mountains and decide that the old building could use some modernization. A visiting inventor suggests sensors, and explains the principles behind different types of sensors that respond to heat, light, sound, pressure, magnetism, or motion.
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (13 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide.
Language
English
Description
Dropping boulders off a tower makes gravel for the Mammoth Island roads, but lifting the boulders up to the top of the tower is difficult and dangerous. A young Mammoth Islander suggests that rolling boulders up a ramp would be easier than hauling them up a tower.
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (13 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide.
Language
English
Description
The inhabitants of Mammoth Island work together to retrieve a wedding ring that has fallen down a sink drain. They discover what a straw, a plunger, a vacuum and a jackhammer all have in common and the differences and similarities between air pressure (pneumatic machines) and liquid pressure (hydraulic machines).
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (13 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide.
Language
English
Description
The Mammoth Ferry is hit by a giant wave and all its cargo is washed overboard. A young Islander watches her cousin dive to find the cargo, and designs a vehicle called a submersible that can retrieve the lost cargo.
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (13 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide.
Language
English
Description
A bridge collapses and strands a Mammoth Islander and his mammoth on a small island. A young Islander discovers the principle of buoyancy when she observes wood floating on the water, and this aids in the rescue.
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