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forensics
the environment
the environment forensics
An A ernoon With Alexandra Morton Can Science Stop Crime?: NOVA
Grades 7-Adult 2013 6 min CC Louis Benne Films 2012 PBS
We sat down with marine biologist Alexandra Morton in her David Pogue gives the third degree to scien sts pushing
backyard – to discuss her life, her predic ons for the future the limits of technology - not only to solve horrifi c murders,
of salmon in Bri sh Columbia, and her thoughts on humanity. but to try to prevent crimes. Peer inside the criminal mind
“Humanity itself could fi gure this out. We just need to look at and discover cu ng-edge forensic techniques that help
the system, see it as perfect, and fi gure out how to fi t in.” inves gators stop criminals in their tracks.
#LBF000DV-A14 $69.00: DVD #041623DV-A14 $62.95: DVD
How I Became an Elephant Forensics on Trial: NOVA
Grades 7-Adult 2012 82 min CC Indiecan Entertainment Grades 9-Adult 2012 60 min PBS
When Julie e West set out on a quest to educate herself she There is a startling gap between the glamorous television
got far more than she bargained for. How I Became an Elephant world of CSI and the gri y reality of the forensic crime lab.
follows this wide-eyed fourteen year-old from suburban With few established scien fi c standards, no central oversight
California on her quest to save the world’s largest land and poor regula on of examiners, forensics in the U.S. is in
mammals, a quest that takes her halfway across the globe and a state of crisis. In Forensics on Trial, NOVA inves gates how
face to face with the gentle giants she aims to save. modern forensics, including the analysis of fi ngerprints, bite
#ICE001DV-A14 $175: DVD marks, ballis cs, hair, and tool marks, can send innocent men
and women to prison and some mes even to death row.
Alaska Gold: A War of Resources: #041599DV-A14 $64.95: DVD
The Fish or the Mine?: Frontline
Grades 9-Adult 2012 60 min PBS Manhunt - Boston Bombers: NOVA
FRONTLINE travels to Alaska to probe the fault lines of a Grades 11-Adult 2013 60 min CC PBS
growing ba le between those who depend on the Bristol At 2:50 pm on April 15, 2013, two bomb blasts turned the
Bay region of southwest Alaska, home to the last great wild Boston Marathon fi nish line from a scene of triumph into a
Sockeye salmon fi shery in the world for a living, the mining scene of tragedy, and a city gripped by heartbreak and terror.
companies who are pushing to extract enormous amounts of Less than fi ve days later, the key suspects were iden fi ed
mineral deposits, es mated to be worth some $300 billion, and apprehended; one dead, the other in custody. How did
and the poli cal framework that will ul mately decide the inves gators transform the chaos of the bombing into a
outcome. coherent trail of clues, poin ng to the accused killers?
#041595DV-A14 $64.95: DVD #041644DV-A14 $64.95: DVD
The Sensi ve Skin of the Earth: Microscopic Plant Math
mathematics
Life and the Health of Our Planet mathematics
Grades 9-Adult 2011 52 min
Films for the Humani es Mathema ca
“The photography is stunning and the accompanying Grades 11-Adult 2012 200 min CC PBS
narraƟ ve is lucidly and logically presented....This is a fi ne Explore the boundless world of math and numbers in this
example of how to design, conduct, and report scienƟ fi c 20-part educa onal series that introduces key mathema c
work, iniƟ ally documented in refereed journals, to the enƟ re principles, such as the mechanics of equa ons, factoriza on,
society.” —Science Books + Films (Editor’s Choice) and introductory geometry. With engaging graphic anima on
This program explores the mysterious role that lichens, and relatable, real-life examples, Mathema ca is a valuable
mosses, cyanobacteria, and green algae play in the well-being learning tool that makes math approachable and bolsters
of our planet. Viewers learn about the natural microtechnology comprehension of a wide range of topics.
of these life-forms and how it protects desert environments #041635DV-A14 $64.95: DVD
from erosion while performing photosynthesis and carbon
sequestra on on a massive scale.
#394357DV-A14 $179.95: DVD
McIntyre Media Inc. tel: 1-800-565-3036 fax: 519-942-8489 email: info@mcintyre.ca www.mcintyre.ca 19
the environment
the environment forensics
An A ernoon With Alexandra Morton Can Science Stop Crime?: NOVA
Grades 7-Adult 2013 6 min CC Louis Benne Films 2012 PBS
We sat down with marine biologist Alexandra Morton in her David Pogue gives the third degree to scien sts pushing
backyard – to discuss her life, her predic ons for the future the limits of technology - not only to solve horrifi c murders,
of salmon in Bri sh Columbia, and her thoughts on humanity. but to try to prevent crimes. Peer inside the criminal mind
“Humanity itself could fi gure this out. We just need to look at and discover cu ng-edge forensic techniques that help
the system, see it as perfect, and fi gure out how to fi t in.” inves gators stop criminals in their tracks.
#LBF000DV-A14 $69.00: DVD #041623DV-A14 $62.95: DVD
How I Became an Elephant Forensics on Trial: NOVA
Grades 7-Adult 2012 82 min CC Indiecan Entertainment Grades 9-Adult 2012 60 min PBS
When Julie e West set out on a quest to educate herself she There is a startling gap between the glamorous television
got far more than she bargained for. How I Became an Elephant world of CSI and the gri y reality of the forensic crime lab.
follows this wide-eyed fourteen year-old from suburban With few established scien fi c standards, no central oversight
California on her quest to save the world’s largest land and poor regula on of examiners, forensics in the U.S. is in
mammals, a quest that takes her halfway across the globe and a state of crisis. In Forensics on Trial, NOVA inves gates how
face to face with the gentle giants she aims to save. modern forensics, including the analysis of fi ngerprints, bite
#ICE001DV-A14 $175: DVD marks, ballis cs, hair, and tool marks, can send innocent men
and women to prison and some mes even to death row.
Alaska Gold: A War of Resources: #041599DV-A14 $64.95: DVD
The Fish or the Mine?: Frontline
Grades 9-Adult 2012 60 min PBS Manhunt - Boston Bombers: NOVA
FRONTLINE travels to Alaska to probe the fault lines of a Grades 11-Adult 2013 60 min CC PBS
growing ba le between those who depend on the Bristol At 2:50 pm on April 15, 2013, two bomb blasts turned the
Bay region of southwest Alaska, home to the last great wild Boston Marathon fi nish line from a scene of triumph into a
Sockeye salmon fi shery in the world for a living, the mining scene of tragedy, and a city gripped by heartbreak and terror.
companies who are pushing to extract enormous amounts of Less than fi ve days later, the key suspects were iden fi ed
mineral deposits, es mated to be worth some $300 billion, and apprehended; one dead, the other in custody. How did
and the poli cal framework that will ul mately decide the inves gators transform the chaos of the bombing into a
outcome. coherent trail of clues, poin ng to the accused killers?
#041595DV-A14 $64.95: DVD #041644DV-A14 $64.95: DVD
The Sensi ve Skin of the Earth: Microscopic Plant Math
mathematics
Life and the Health of Our Planet mathematics
Grades 9-Adult 2011 52 min
Films for the Humani es Mathema ca
“The photography is stunning and the accompanying Grades 11-Adult 2012 200 min CC PBS
narraƟ ve is lucidly and logically presented....This is a fi ne Explore the boundless world of math and numbers in this
example of how to design, conduct, and report scienƟ fi c 20-part educa onal series that introduces key mathema c
work, iniƟ ally documented in refereed journals, to the enƟ re principles, such as the mechanics of equa ons, factoriza on,
society.” —Science Books + Films (Editor’s Choice) and introductory geometry. With engaging graphic anima on
This program explores the mysterious role that lichens, and relatable, real-life examples, Mathema ca is a valuable
mosses, cyanobacteria, and green algae play in the well-being learning tool that makes math approachable and bolsters
of our planet. Viewers learn about the natural microtechnology comprehension of a wide range of topics.
of these life-forms and how it protects desert environments #041635DV-A14 $64.95: DVD
from erosion while performing photosynthesis and carbon
sequestra on on a massive scale.
#394357DV-A14 $179.95: DVD
McIntyre Media Inc. tel: 1-800-565-3036 fax: 519-942-8489 email: info@mcintyre.ca www.mcintyre.ca 19
