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WNET's Educational Publishing Department prepares
educational kits to accompany NATURE television programming.
These guides are available in print and electronically,
as PDFs (Portable Document Format), through the Web.
Download Instructions
The following NATURE
Teacher's Guides are available online:
TRIUMPH OF LIFE
 This
Teacher's Guide accompanies the six-part series TRIUMPH
OF LIFE. These programs tell the story of evolution
-- how our planet came to be filled with the diversity
around us, and how the ancient struggle for life is
still being fought today. Lessons in the guide discuss
how survival depends on having the resources to meet
life's challenges. Each program is available for purchase
on video.
To purchase the tapes, please contact PBS Video by
calling (800) PLAY PBS.
Download the TRIUMPH OF LIFE Teacher's
Guide.
THERE'S NO PLACE
LIKE HOME
 This
Teacher's Guide has been developed for use with six NATURE programs: OBSESSION
WITH ORCHIDS, EARTH NAVIGATORS, GREAT WHITE BEAR, THE BODY CHANGERS, SPRINGS ETERNAL:
FLORIDA'S FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH, and THE SECRET WORLD OF SHARKS AND RAYS. These programs
show the many ways animals and plants have adapted to ecosystems around the world,
from the snow-and-ice covered Arctic to the coral reefs of the Caribbean. Students
are encouraged to observe animals in a variety of habitats, noting their behavior
and drawing conclusions. Each program is available for purchase on video.
To purchase any of the tapes except GREAT WHITE BEAR,
please contact WNET Video Distribution at (800) 336-1917,
or write to WNET Video Distribution, P.O. Box 2284,
South Burlington, VT 05407. GREAT WHITE BEAR is available
from PBS Video by calling (800) PLAY PBS.
Download the THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE
HOME Teacher's Guide.
FORCES OF THE WILD
 This
Teacher's Guide accompanies the five-part series FORCES
OF THE WILD. The materials include activities that
call for observing natural phenomena, as well as for
research in libraries, museums, and on the Internet.
Teachers may assign the entire series of FORCES OF
THE WILD to their students; the series is available
for purchase on video.
To purchase the tapes, please contact WNET Video
Distribution at (800) 336-1917, or write to WNET Video
Distribution, P.O. Box 2284, South Burlington, VT
05407.
Download the FORCES OF THE WILD Teacher's
Guide.
ENTER THE WORLD
OF THE NATURALIST
 This
Teacher's Guide is a companion piece to five NATURE
programs: ECHO OF THE ELEPHANTS; JANE GOODALL'S WILD
CHIMPANZEES; GHOST BEAR; BORN TO RUN; and WARTS AND
ALL. Each of these programs looks at the way a very
young animal learns to live in the world around it,
inviting students to think of themselves as naturalists.
With the exception of WARTS AND ALL, each of these
programs is available for purchase on video.
To purchase the tapes, please contact WNET Video
Distribution at (800) 336-1917, or write to WNET Video
Distribution, P.O. Box 2284, South Burlington, VT
05407.
Download the ENTER THE WORLD OF THE
NATURALIST Teacher's
Guide.
Download Instructions
To download the Teacher's Guides as PDFs,
you must first download the Adobe Acrobat Reader,
available for free on Adobe's Web
site. The Reader is available for most computer
platforms, and once downloaded the Guide may be viewed
on-screen as well as printed out.
Steps:
1. Download Adobe's Acrobat
Reader from Adobe's Web site and follow the instructions
to install it.
2. Download the Teacher's Guide.
3. Open the Teacher's Guide. If Adobe Acrobat is
installed correctly, the guide will open automatically
in most browsers. If the guide doesn't open automatically,
save the file to your desktop or to a particular folder,
then open it manually.
Please note: these Teacher's Guides are also available
in print, and Teacher's Guides for INDIA: LAND OF
THE TIGER and ANIMALS AND US are also available in
print. If you are interested in obtaining printed
copies, please write to:
Robert A. Miller, Educational Publishing
Thirteen/WNET New York
450 West 33rd Street
New York, NY 10001
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