Label Ease: A Guide To Using The New Food Labels
12 minutes, 1994, leader's guide and cards. National Dairy Council.
Designed to help consumers select nutrient-dense foods using the
new food labels. With the new label, it will be easy for consumers
to compare two similar food products in terms of a single nutrient
or component (such as fat, sodium, calcium, or fiber). Audience:
Grade 9 to adult.
Lamb Evaluation
21:49 minutes, color, 1986.
Alabama Cooperative Extension System-
William Jones.
Discussion of lamb grading. Includes live-animal and carcass
evaluation.
Land And Water 201
18:57 minutes, color, 1989. Mississippi State University
This video introduces Land and Water 201, a cooperative,
multi-agency program formed in 1984 with the aim of assisting
the people in the 201 counties of the Tennessee Valley region in
appropriate soil and water conservation practices. The seven
states in the Tennessee valley, the EPA, the USDA, and the TVA
work together with the objectives of improving water quality,
reducing soil erosion, and increasing farm income. Interviews
with farmers and park administrators in the area are presented
along with practices implemented in conjunction with Land and
Water 201, to help solve their particular
problems.
The Landscape Management Series: Estimating For Landscape
Maintenance
25 minutes, 1993. California Polytechnic State University
Foundation.
This video reviews a critical are of any successful landscape
maintenance business; how to assess the costs of caring for
a landscape so that you may charge a fair, competitive fee
for your services. Methods of estimating are explored. The
process of creating a bid and considerations for contracting
and subcontracting are also presented. Audience: Landscape
businesses.
The Language Of Color
30 minutes, color, 1986. The Learning Seed.
This video is divided into two parts, each about 15 minutes long.
The first explains how color affects our emotions and
psychological states and discusses primary, complementary, and
secondary color, tints, shades, hue, value, and intensity. The
second discusses decorating, using monochromatic, related
(analogous), and complementary color schemes, warm and cool
colors, and how advertisers use color to sell products. The
teaching module includes a color wheel, a discussion guide with
script, and suggested activities.
Latchkey Kids: Give 'Em A Break
20 minutes, color, 1989. Jon Miller Production Studio.
Narrated by Lora June Miller from the TV program "Give Me A
Break." Focuses on concern for safety of children left alone.
Describes quality after-school child-care programs, what to look
for in these programs, and why it is important for children to
participate in them.
Laundry Basics
19:04 minutes, 1994. Maytag Consumer Education.
Discusses basics such as water conditions, detergents and
additives, washing action, and common problems. Audience:
Grade 9 to adult.
Lead Poisoning In Waterfowl
26:49 minutes, color, 1986.
United States Department of the
Interior Fish and Wildlife Service.
Depicts the incidence and consequences of lead-shot toxicosis in
waterfowl. Considerable footage is devoted to field symptoms of
the disease. Secondary ingestion of lead shot by bald eagles is
also addressed.
Learn How To Build A Web Page-Vol. 1-2
Two parts,(50 minutes each), 1996. Learn PC.
Part I, Create a Web site that communicates your message to the
world! Here's a fast and easy introduction to the creation,
maintenance, and understanding of a spot on today's information
highway. A virtual road map to understanding Web communication
and how you can become a part of this exciting technology. Part II,
Enrich the appearance and function of your Web page with graphics,
audio, video, animation...and more! It's exciting to find how quickly
you'll be able to add new dimensions to your communications that will
capture the attention of a worldwide audience. The brief time you
spend learning to enhance your message will pay off many times over.
Learn How To Use Netscape Navigator
60 minutes, 1996. Learn PC.
You don't have to be a computer expert to be an Internet virtuoso.
Now you can master basic Internet browsing techniques illustrated in
amazingly simple terms. Discover what it takes to get connected, learn
essential Netscape Navigator tips and understand the relationship
between your computer and the Internet.
Learning To Be Assertive
27 minutes, color, 1988. AIMS Media.
Teaches assertiveness skills that enable adolescents and teens to
resist peer pressure to take drugs or have casual sex. Also shows
how to respond to other interpersonal problems.
Learning Centers In Child Care Settings
18:30 minutes, 1994. Purdue
Discusses the set up of learning centers and the caregiver's role.
"Discovery" settings provide opportunities and choice--both indoors
and outdoors--to all children, including children with special needs.
Leave No Children Behind
49 minutes, 1993. South Carolina ETV.
Marian Wright Edelman, Founder and President of The Children's
Defense Fund, presents this thought-provoking and compelling
argument for a national campaign on behalf of children. She
discusses the goals of the national association for the education
of young children. These include federal and local funding for an
early childhood immunization system and the Head Start program.
Audience: adults
Let's Have A 4-H Chicken-Que
13 minutes, color, 1989. Alabama Cooperative Extension System.
4-H members show how to barbecue chicken on a grill, from
selecting chickens and preparing sauces to cooking
and serving the chicken.
Life Of A Fire Ant
9 minutes, color, 1994.
University of Arkansas Cooperative
Extension Service
Focuses on fire ant biology.
Audience: Adults.
Lighten Up!
60 minutes, color, 1990. Lifeworks.
Sit back, relax, and enjoy as Sandy takes you on a journey to the
lighter side of wellness.
Listening: The Key To Productivity
17 minutes, 1992, Communication Briefings.
This video will help you and other employees increase productivity
on the job through better listening techniques. It's packed with
practical tips and research findings to make better listening in you
organization one of the easiest and most productive improvements
you'll ever experience.
Livestock Guarding Dogs-Protecting Your Sheep
14 minutes, color, 1990. United States Department of Agriculture.
Using guard dogs to protect sheep from predators.
Living With Lead
2 parts (58 minutes total), 1995. Daniel Schaffer & Rosemary Walker.
The video is presented in two parts on one tape; each part may be
shown separately. The first part of the program looks at why lead
paint poses a significant hazard. It profiles families whose children
have been poisoned and shows how they have reduced the lead hazard
in their own homes and neighborhoods. The second part of the video
portrays successful community-based lead abatement and prevention
programs that are creating a safer, healthier environment and new
economic opportunities.
Audience: Grade 11 to adult.
Look Who's Balking: The Baby Who Wouldn't Come Out
17 minutes, color, 1991, Pyramid Film And Video.
Presents the serious message of parenting in an entertaining and
humorous story. A baby refuses to be born until his parents make
promises about how they will raise him. The baby (Henry Winkler's
voice) addresses prenatal care, infant health care, discipline,
self-esteem, cost of child rearing, and the importance of
parenting classes before he agrees to be born.
Audience: Grade 7
to adults.
Looking Good, Feeling Good: Healthy You
17 minutes, with booklet, 1995. Sunburst.
Offers information and advice on personal hygiene, nutrition and
exercise that will help pre-teens and young teens look and feel
better. Using catchy songs and fast-paced visual effects, this
video shows young people how to improve their personal appearance
and grow in confidence and self-respect. Audience: Grades 5 to 9.
Low Fat Cooking
24 minutes, study guide, 1994. Educational Video Network
This video includes eleven low-fat recipes and how to cook them.
Different kinds of fats are also mentioned.
Audience: Adult
Low-Pressure Pipe Septic System
10 minutes, color, 1993.
University of Tennessee Extension Service
This video addresses the need for wastewater treatment. It refers
to city sewer systems, water contaminants, and the operation of
municipal wastewater treatment plants, but most of the discussion
is about single-household septic systems. It covers the conventional
septic system and the alternative low-pressure pipe system. It also
discusses design features, inspection, and maintenance requirements
for the alternative system.
Made In the Shade
45 minutes, 1992. Audio Visual Artists' Productions
Features David E. Benner, renowned plant expert and professor of
ornamental horticulture for 20 years. Mr. Benner reveals his
solutions to shade garden problems with easy-to-follow instructions
for creating your own picturesque, low-maintenance, shady area
garden. You will learn how to grow a living carpet that remains green
all year and can be walked upon, but requires no seeding, fertilizing,
mowing, weeding, thatching, raking, or pesticides.
Audience: Adults.
The Magic Of Accessories
11 minutes, 1995. University of Kentucky.
Dressing for success is a learned process that pays big dividends in
all aspects of life from the classroom to the workplace boardroom.
This program shows teens how to use accessories such as shoes, belts,
jewelry, hats, scarves, and gloves to take a simple outfit and give it
flair.
Audience: Teens and adults.
Make Mine Milk
22 minutes, Booklet, 1994. Turner Multimedia.
A collection of K-6 activity starters from the cows of America.
It offers many types of language, creative arts, social studies,
math, and science extension opportunities.
Audience: K-6.
Make The Phone Work For You
12 minutes, 1992. Communication Briefings.
This video provides telephone tactics you can use to end phone
frustrations so you can get more done, serve your customers
better and sell more products and service. You'll get practical
ideas you can use right away to make the phone work for you.
Making Trees Work For Your Community
14 minutes, 1994. Alabama Cooperative Extension System.
This video is designed for urban foresters, horticulturists, and
city maintenance crews interested in choosing the right tree for
planting and maintaining in communities.
Management Of Recreational Fish Ponds
24:30 minutes, color, 1992. Alabama Cooperative Extension
System-Michael Masser.
Describes and discusses seven essential ingredients of successful
fish pond management: pond construction, removal of unwanted
fish, liming and fertilizing, stocking, harvesting and record
keeping, balance checking, and weed control.
Managing Urban Soils For Tree Survival
14:20 minutes, 1994, University of Kentucky
Millions of dollars are wasted each year when communities and
individuals improperly plant trees in soil adversely affected by
construction activities. This program looks at ways to effectively
change soil within and around the planting holes to insure healthy
trees.
Audience: Adult.
Manners At Work
18 minutes, 1990, The Learning Seed.
Knowledge of etiquette is a basic business skill. This
live-action video shows ways to build confidence and that
manners, common sense, and good behavior are career assets.
Slice-of-life vignettes followed by lively commentary from
etiquette experts explore situations encountered by everyone from
newly hired trainees to top executives.
Audience: Teens and
adults.
Manual Application Of Forestry Herbicides
22 minutes, color, 1991. Alabama Cooperative Extension System.
Discusses forest herbicides and techniques to use in applying
them in an environmentally safe manner.
Manufactured Fibers
14 minutes, color, 1989. American Fiber Manufacturers.
A fast-paced journey from magic to molecules, converting the
chemistry and technology that transform carbon, oxygen, nitrogen,
and other elements into today's fibers and fabrics.
Marian Wright Edelman - 1990 NAEYC Conference Address
60 minutes, 1990. South Carolina ETV.
In this awe-inspiring keynote, Marian Wright Edelman, Founder
and President of The Children's Defense Fund, traces how
advocates succeeded in making the 101st Congress the "Children's
Congress" and sets forth both goals for America's children and
challenges for advocates into the next century.
Audience: Adults.
Marketing What You Make
90 minutes, 1993. Practicality Press.
If you dream of becoming a designer, selling art to wear, or
becoming a dressmaker, this video is for you. Learn how to present
a professional image, determine your market, price the item, deal
with sewing contractors, and make your first sale. Informative
interviews with a designer, a sales rep, and a dressmaker.
Audience: Entrepreneurs.
Marketing Where Your Competition Is Not
35 minutes, 1995. TomKat Productions.
This video will provide you with the tools and methodology to
boldly leap into the world of competition-based marketing.
Mastering Change-Vol.-I - II
120 minutes, booklet, 1994. CareerTrack Publications.
You'll learn why we fear change and how to overcome that fear.
You'll discover how to accurately assess your current situation
and abilities and learn to effectively prepare for tomorrow.
Volume I, Managing Your Future In An Age Of Uncertainty, gives
you lasting, one-on-one, hard-skills training that will serve you well
for the rest of your career.
In Volume II, Management And Leadership Skills For Turbulent
Times, you'll learn what to expect and how to prepare for
organizational change, how to balance between hands-on decision
making and team participation, how to overcome resistance, and
how to motivate your team and put your ideas to work.
Mastering Memos
15 minutes, 1992. Communication Briefings.
This video brims with ideas to help you convert memo madness
to memo magic so you can ease deadline pressures, communicate
clearly and earn a writing reputation that will help you get ahead.
Mastitis Prevention & Control-Parts I & II
30 minutes, 1994. National Mastitis Council.
This video presents a comprehensive review of mastitis in dairy
cows and provides the latest information on preventing and
controlling the disease. This is an excellent resource for
employee training. Part 1: Covers Mastitis Pathogens, Host
Defense System, Monitoring Mastitis and Mastitis Therapy.
Part 2: Covers Recommended Milking Procedures, Postmilking
Teat Dip Protocols, Milk Quality and Milking Systems.
Me . . . Write For The Journal Of Extension?
14 minutes, color, 1989. Journal Of Extension.
Helps Extension professionals organize ideas, choose a topic, fit
it into the appropriate section of the Journal, and write in
coherent style.
Meat Identification And Judging Workshop
80 minutes, color, 1987. Alabama Cooperative Extension System-
William Jones.
Cutting and processing beef and pork, retail-cut identification,
and judging.
Men's Workable Wardrobe
60 minutes, color, 1987. The Learning Tree.
See before and after photos illustrating how haircuts, beards,
and wardrobe choices make a huge difference in first impressions.
Students learn how to assemble a basic business wardrobe.
Menu Planning In 12 Easy Steps
14:40 minutes, 1995. Alabama Cooperative Extension System-
Barbara Struempler.
A step-by-step plan for a 3-week menu cycle and snacks for
preschoolers.
Microsoft Access 97
45 minutes, 1997. Gartner Group Learning.
Learn how easy it is to manage your data and retrieve pertinent
information. From creating a database to working with tables and
forms, this easy-to-learn course will reduce the time it takes for
you to become proficient on this popular software program. Get your
step-by-step questions answered quickly and easily.
Microsoft Excel 97 - Introductory Skills
45 minutes, 1997. Gartner Group Learning.
This popular program streamlines and simplifies core tools to bring
spreadsheet functionality to the surface, making it more accessible
to all levels of users. Work faster and smarter and discover the power
of the spreadsheet. In this introductory course you'll learn to
create formulas, worksheets, format data, and more.
Microsoft Excel 97 - Intermediate & Advanced Skills
45 minutes, 1997. Gartner Group Learning.
You've mastered the basics of the world's most popular spreadsheet,
now learn more of the time saving features this valuable software
tool has to offer. You'll be led through working with worksheets,
creating charts, graphics, and web pages. This course simplifies
your learning curve. You'll be able to manage database records
and automate tasks using functions and macros...easily and quickly
Microsoft Office 97
45 minutes, 1997. Gartner Group Learning.
This internet-ready suite is designed to help you get organized with professional results. Start creating documents that can be easily
integrated with and distributed through a private network or public
Internet. Become familiar with the various applications in the Office
97 Standard Edition and how they mesh seamlessly together to
facilitate your work. We'll guide you quickly and easily step-by-step.
Microsoft Office 97(Introductory Skills
45 minutes, 1997. Gartner Group Learning.
Learn how to create more visually interesting documents with the world's
leading word processor. With this introductory skills course, you'll soon
be impacted by the ease with which you can type and format text. Master
Word 97's most powerful tools and begin creating professional-looking
documents.
Microsoft Office 97(Intermediate & Advanced Skills
45 minutes, 1997. Gartner Group Learning.
Create documents that include tables, graphics, and other professional
features. In this intermediate and advanced skills course, you'll breeze
through learning how to use the new and enhanced features Word 97
offers...from formatting and managing documents to creating web pages.
Microwave Tips, Tricks, And Techniques
15 minutes, color, 1989. Reynolds Wrap Kitchen.
Focuses on the speed, efficiency, and convenience of microwave
cooking. It's a fact-filled program that encourages use of the
microwave oven to cook one-plate dinners, complete meals, fruits,
vegetables, desserts, and snacks. The main concept is that a
microwave oven is a versatile appliance that saves time and makes
cooking a creative experience.
Milk 'Em For All They're Worth
16:30 minutes, 1988. ABS Educational Videos.
Milking cows is one of the most important jobs on the dairy.
Good milking practices are not difficult. This video will teach
you the recommended milking routine that will allow you to reach
your goals.
The Miracle Of Life
60 minutes, color, 1982. WGBH Boston and Nova.
This Emmy-Award-winning program was part of a series from NOVA
on Public Television. Presents a spectacular look at conception,
prenatal development, and birth from the inside. Microscopic
photography magnifies up to a half-a-million times to allow the
viewer to see the egg and development inside the mother.
Audience: Adults.
MTV Sewing Ad
1 minute, color, 1987, American Home Sewing Association.
AHSA produced this ad, which ran on MTV to motivate teens to
learn to sew. Very upbeat with rock music, the ad promotes
creative and fast results. Agents may choose to use the tape as
an attention-getter when teaching teen sewing classes.
National 4-H Congress
18 minutes, color, 1986. Filmtech.
Experience the premier 4-H event of the year through this video
presentation. Using unique video effects, it shows the sights and
sounds that make 4-H Congress the experience of a lifetime. The
last segment is a tribute to donors.
National 4-H Poultry and Egg Preparation Contest 1989
Color, 1989. Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service.
Features 1989 contestants at Louisville, Kentucky.
National 4-H Poultry And Egg Preparation Contest 1991
Color, 1991. Alabama Cooperative Extension System-Shannon
Stover.
Features participants and winners of the 1991 contest.
Nature's Way
11:15 minutes, color, 1989. Water Pollution Control Federation.
Water pollution and how nature and wastewater treatment plants
purify contaminated water.
Audience: Grade 6 to adults.
The New Food Guide Pyramid
27 minutes, 1994. Educational Video Network.
Excellent discussion of the food guide pyramid for
teenagers and adults. Suggested healthy weights
for teens included in the handout. Audience: Older teens
and adults.
The New Nutrition Facts Label
22 minutes, color, 1994. Educational Video Network
Now when the labeling of a food product makes a claim, the
facts have to support it. Take the mystery out of food ingredients.
Here's how to read the new food labels and how to use that
knowledge to build healthier lives.
Audience: Grade 6 to adults.
Nightmare On Drug Street
35 minutes, 1993. Twin Tower Enterprises, Inc.
This award-winning video tackles a timely and important
subject-drug and alcohol abuse-in a dramatic and
powerful way. This is a video kids can relate to and
understand. A MUST for families to view and discuss.
Nine Months In Motion
19 minutes, color, 1977. Perennial Education, Inc.
Dr. Don Creevy discusses the new emphasis on exercise during
pregnancy. Exercise helps increase body awareness and helps the
mother-to-be feel better about herself. Prenatal exercise classes
are visited and specific exercise recommendations are
demonstrated.
Nitrogen Efficiency: Benefiting The Crop And The Environment
9 minutes, color, 1990. Dow Elanco and Company
This video explains the use of nitrogen fertilizer and outlines the
best management practices to increase nutrient utilization to benefit
higher yields and the environment. Directed toward corn production,
it promotes "N-Serve," a nitrification inhibitor, to reduce nitrate
leaching into the groundwater.
Nobody's Perfect: How To Cope With Relapse
Focuses on how to avoid lapses by preplanning, becoming more
aware of emotional eating, and how to handle it. Explores issues
of self-esteem and negative self-talk with an imaginary trial
scene.
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention For The Educator
(#1): The Disruptive Child
30 minutes, color, reference booklet, 1994.
National Crisis
Prevention Institute, Inc.
How to de-escalate elementary school students of all needs and
abilities before they become assaultive. How to appropriately
respond to each of the four stages of crisis development.
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention For The Educator
(#2): The Disruptive Adolescent
30 minutes, color, reference booklet, 1994.
National Crisis
Prevention Institute, Inc.
Learn safe methods for defusing middle and high school students.
When and how to use verbal, nonverbal, and paraverbal intervention
techniques. How to maintain control of your behavior and avoid power
struggles. How to maintain your own safety if a student does become
assaultive.
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention For The Educator
(#3): The Assaultive Student
25 minutes, color, reference booklet, 1994.
National Crisis
Prevention Institute, Inc.
Essential for anyone who may be confronted by potentially violent
students. Learn how to protect yourself from kicks, punches, and
other assaults. How to safely restrain or transport a violent student
so that no one is hurt. How to bring the situation back under control
and reassure bystanders that they are safe and order has been restored.
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention For The Educator
(#4): Fights At School
30 minutes, color, reference booklet, 1994.
National Crisis
Prevention Institute, Inc.
Learn the warning signs that a fight is about to happen and how
to defuse the situation before it becomes physical. How to minimize
the risk to yourself and others when faced with breaking up a fight.
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention For The Educator
(#5): Reading, Writing, And Weapons
25 minutes, color, reference booklet, 1994.
National Crisis
Prevention Institute, Inc.
How to strategies for increasing safety at your school. Learn early I
intervention strategies that can literally "reduce the army in front of
you." Easy physical precautions you can take to improve your facility's
safety. Personal tips for maximizing your own safety every day. What
to do until professionals arrive if a student points a gun at you or
another student.
No-Sew
15 minutes, 1993. Driz Corporation.,
Instructional video that shows examples of window treatments and
home decorating accessories that can be made with the Driz Iron-On
Drapery Tapes. Also includes ironing/fusing instructions for the Iron-
On Tapes plus tips for using Hem-N-Trim to join seams, secure hems
and attach linings.
Not A Drop To Drink
7:51 minutes, color, 1988. The Fertilizer Institute.
A brief overview of surface and groundwater quality issues as
related to nonpoint-source agricultural pollution.
Not For Sale: Ethics In The American Workplace
105 minutes, color, leaders guide, 1992. Sunburst Communications.
Riveting scenarios about ethical dilemmas young people may one
day face on the job help teach ethical values and reinforce the
values students already have. Asks viewers to analyze and discuss
such workplace issues as sexual harassment, kickbacks, racism,
stealing, whether the customer is always right, and
employer-employee obligations and responsibilities.
NSF International
15 minutes, color, 1990. NSF International
The role of the National Sanitation Foundation in evaluating
products for public health, safety, and environmental standards
is explained.
Audience: Adult consumers.
Nursing: A Family Affair
28 minutes, color, 1983. Perennial Education, Inc.
Breast feeding training for new mothers.
Nutrition And Your Busy Lifestyle
9 minutes, color, 1988. National Dairy Council.
Provides basic nutrition information for adults of all ages and
all walks of life.
Nutrition Choices For Young Adults
Two 20-minute segments, 1994. Educational Video Network
Provides students with a better understanding of the food
available to them; outlines a healthy daily nutritional program
for young adults. Study guide and questions included.
Audience: Teens and young adults.
Nutrition Facts: The New Food Label
8 minutes, 1994. Family Experiences Production Inc.
Topics covered in this video include: daily values, serving size,
and label information. Also discussed is a "split second"
approach to label reading.
Nutrition In A Box
22 minutes, color, 1991. The Learning Seed.
Teaches viewers how to use printed information on food packages
to evaluate nutritional value. (Not a primer on how to read
nutrition labels.)
Nutrition Kit: Eating Sensibly In The 1990s
Two parts, 15 minutes, color, 1992. The Learning Seed.
Teaches dietary guidelines for Americans.
OK To Say No: The Case For Waiting
30 minutes, color, 1988. Sunburst Communications.
Tells the story of how three teenagers made decisions about
whether to be sexually active. It gives young people an
opportunity to explore the ways in which sex can affect their
relationships, education, and future career plans. Stresses
abstinence as a valuable alternative.
Old Wives' Tales
19 minutes, color, 1988.
Alabama Cooperative Extension System.
Takes a humorous look at some of the old myths we hear about
pregnancy and babies. Twenty-eight sayings are discussed and
upheld or countered with scientific information as to why the old
saying may not be true and, in some cases, why it may be harmful
to follow the advice. Cravings, birthmarks, cereals for young
infants, and pacifiers are just a few of the topics on which our
"grandmothers" have opinions.
On The Fifth Day
30 minutes, color, 1970. American Quarter Horse Association
Lorne Greene narrates a brief evolutionary history of the horse:
its use throughout human history, the development and use of
different types of horses, and the development of the American
Quarter Horse breed.
Audience: All ages.
Only One Me...Only One You
25 minutes, 1994, Sunburst.
This program presents three scenarios to which middle school
students can easily relate. The stories deal with differences in
personal preferences, differences in cultural background, and
differences in physical abilities. By seeing how other young teens
handle their problems, this video can help students gain insight
into their own struggles.
Audience: Grades 5 to 9.
Our Voices-Youth Speak Out On Race And Gender
22 minutes, manual, 1995. Office of Affirmative Action.
Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California.
Enlightening new approach to discuss issues of racism and sexism.
The three sections of the video Problems, We Hurt Deeply, and Our
Solutions, spark in depth discussion on race, gender bias, prejudice
and discrimination. Audience: Middle and high school student, 4-H
youth and adult leaders, youth professionals and educators.
Pants Etc.!
70 minutes, booklet, 1991. Islander Sewing System.
Detailed instructions for taking accurate measurements and step-by-step instructions for
drafting a custom pant pattern.
Pants Fitting & Drafting
54 minutes, 1992. P.A.T.S.C.
Demonstrates easy ways to correct pants-fitting problems.
Paradigm Pioneers
25 minutes, booklet, 1994. Charthouse.
The primary focus is on the high leverage role of paradigm pioneers,
unique individuals who are able to take advantage of opportunities
generated by paradigm shifts. The video describes these individuals,
explains what characteristics they have in common, and examines the
impact they have had on the world.
Paradigm Principles
60 minutes, facilitator's guide, 1996. ChartHouse.
From the "Discovering the Future" Series. This video builds and
expands on the concepts presented in The Business of Paradigms.
Four principles help us fully understand the dynamics of a paradigm
shift and how to take action in our organization. By practicing
paradigm principles, your organization will learn when to look for
new paradigms, who will bring them, how to gain the advantages of a
paradigm shift, and how to recognize change.
The Parent's License
16 minutes, color, 1991. Pyramid Film and Video.
Five couples apply for a "parent's license" and learn that simply
wanting a baby is not enough. The couples are magically
transported into the future and shown the sacrifices they will
have to make and the frustrating situations they will face as
parents. How the couples respond determines whether or not they
will be granted a license. Audience: Grade 7 to adults.
Pattern Fitting For The Truly Terrified-Vol. 1
90 minutes, 1994. Sally Cowen.
Video designed for novice and expert. Teaches how to alter patterns
for sleeves, bodices, skirts, and pants without using special equipment.
Patternless Sewing
51 minutes, color, 1986. Alabama Cooperative Extension System-
Debbie Brummett.
Former clothing specialist Debbie Brummett goes through steps of
making clothes without a pattern. Examples of patternless sewing
are used with pants, skirt, jacket, and top to make several
mix-and-match outfits.
Pesticide Applicator Training
20 minutes, color, 1988. Alabama Cooperative Extension System.
Explains the process for pesticide certification in Alabama.
Included is a short segment on how to use the Pesticide Handbook.
Pesticide Safety Training For Agriculture
10 minutes, color, 1988. Dow Elanco Chemical Company.
Demonstrates proper procedure for pesticide mixing and loading,
demonstrating recommended safety equipment and how to handle
accidental overexposure to pesticides.
Pesticides In The Food Chain
25 minutes, color, 1989. Colorado State University.
Helps consumers understand complex issues surrounding the use of
pesticides in the food chain so they can make rational and
informed choices. Both sides of the pesticide debate are given
with interviews from organic and non-organic growers, EPA
scientists, research and Extension personnel, retailers, and
consumers.
Physical Conditioning Of Horses
6:12 minutes, color, 1988. Oklahoma State University Agricultural
Information.
Discusses parameters used to measure physical fitness in horses
and conditioning programs for horses. Audience: High school and
adults.
Planning Alabama's Future
12 minutes, color, 1988. Auburn University Telecommunications.
Educates elected policy-making officials, developers, citizens,
and others about planning and its importance. Developed by the
Auburn University Telecommunications Department for the Alabama
Chapter of the American Planning Association.
Planning Your Timber Harvest
16 minutes, color, 1992. Alabama Cooperative Extension System.
Discusses ways landowners can plan and achieve a successful
timber harvest and accomplish the harvest in an environmentally
sound manner.
Plant Propagation-Vol. I
22 minutes, 1986. California Polytechnic State University
Foundation.
Learn four popular methods of plant propagation: seed, division,
bulbs and tubers, and micropropagation. An awareness of these
techniques is valuable in understanding plant propagation and
production. Audience: Beginning horticulturists.
Plant Propagation-Vol. II
20 minutes, 1986. California Polytechnic State University
Foundation.
See three additional methods of propagation: cuttings
(hardwood, semi-hardwood, softwood, and herbaceous), layering,
and grafting and budding. This program will deepen your
understanding and appreciation of the skills of plant propagation.
Audience: Beginning horticulturists.
Plastic-Wrapped Round-Bale Silage: An Alternative System
14:48 minutes, 1993, University of Florida/FAS.
Plastic-wrapped round-bale silage is a viable alternative to
conventional round bale silage. Based on six years of ongoing
research by IFAS scientists, the video represents their study's
results for interested cattle producers.
Play And Learning
18 minutes, 1985. South Carolina ETV.
Barbara Biber discusses why play is important for children and what
children learn when they play.
Plumbing And Electrical: Home Improvement
44 minutes, color, 1985. Do It Yourself, Inc.
An overview of plumbing systems, working with copper pipe, and
plumbing for a shower and tub; installing a bathroom sink, a
toilet, and a washer and dryer; connecting outlets, switches,
outdoor fixtures, and overhead lights; and installing a new
outlet in an existing wall.
Pork Evaluation
17:23 minutes, color, 1986.
Alabama Cooperative Extension System-
William Jones.
Discussion of pork grading. Includes live-animal and carcass
evaluation.
Pork Quality Assurance Video Series:
Injection Techniques For Swine
16 minutes, outline and quiz, 1996. National Pork Producers.
This video reviews medication types, injection sites, routes of
administration, restraint methods, and needle size and gauges.
Pork Quality Assurance Video Series:
Medication Handling And
Storage
12 minutes, outline and quiz, 1996. National Pork Producers.
Discusses temperature and light exposure, proper medication
labeling, storage and record keeping.
Pork Quality Assurance Video Series:
Swine Handling For Pork
Producers
15 minutes, outline, 1996. National Pork Producers.
Covers the importance of proper handling for meat quality, pig
behavior, methods to move pigs, handling breeding stock, the
importance of human contact, facilities design, and loading pigs
for transport.
Pork Quality Assurance Video Series:
Swine Handling For
Transporters
17 minutes, outline, 1996. National Pork Producers.
Includes the importance of proper handling for meat quality,
preloading, transporting, delivery, truck and trailer washing,
and adverse weather guidelines.
Pork Slaughter And Pork Fabrication
8:40/9:30 minutes, color, 1987.
Alabama Cooperative Extension
System.
Step-by-step process by which a hog is slaughtered. Shows
critical cutting points and body parts. From the slaughter
process, the tape proceeds to the meat cutting procedure. Various
cuts of pork are made and described.
The Power Of Choice (#1): Overview
60 minutes, color, 1987. Elkind and Sweet Communications, Inc.
Comedian and teen counselor Michael Pritchard shows young people
how to be V.I.Ps to use vision, initiative, and perspective as
tools for making the best choices for themselves. In the next 11
sessions, the camera follows Pritchard on a tour of high schools
across the nation, as he delights his young audiences with
unusual and insightful comedy about growing up.
The Power Of Choice (#2): Acting On Your Values
30 minutes, color, 1987. Elkind and Sweet Communications, Inc.
Students discover how knowing what we value can guide us in
making choices that are right for us. It is a candid exploration
of values on which today's teens base their lives, where those
values come from, and what they mean as teenagers grow toward
adulthood.
The Power Of Choice (#3): Self-Esteem
30 minutes, color, 1987. Elkind and Sweet Communications, Inc.
Considers what self-esteem is, what it does for us, and how we
can get it. The underlying message of this show is that good
self-esteem leads to good choices, and good choices lead to
better self-esteem.
The Power Of Choice (#4): Coping With Pressures
30 minutes, color, 1987. Elkind and Sweet Communications, Inc.
Students talk about the pressures they face, from academic
competition to peer acceptance and parental expectations. They
grapple with ways of keeping pressures in perspective and learn
to handle those pressures in ways that serve their best
interests.
The Power Of Choice (#5): Drugs And Alcohol Part 1
30 minutes, color, 1987. Elkind and Sweet Communications, Inc.
Encourages teenagers to come to grips with the question of what
to do when "Just say no" and "Just say Yes" just won't do.
Students talk openly and honestly about the choices (good and
bad) they have made about alcohol and drug use.
The Power Of Choice (#6): Drugs And Alcohol Part 2
30 minutes, color, 1987. Elkind and Sweet Communications, Inc.
Students examine how chemical abuse damages relationships, what
you can and cannot do about it, and how to respond when a
chemically dependent person asks you for help. It is a useful and
enlightening look at what to do when someone you care about is
hooked.
The Power Of Choice (#7): Drinking And Driving
30 minutes, color, 1987. Elkind and Sweet Communications, Inc.
Talks about how to stay out of (or get out of) drinking and
driving predicaments and still be cool.
The Power Of Choice (#8): Sex
30 minutes, color, 1987. Elkind and Sweet Communications, Inc.
Encourages teenagers to think more critically about their
attitudes and approaches to sexual behavior.
The Power Of Choice (#9): Friendship And Dating
30 minutes, color, 1987. Elkind and Sweet Communications, Inc.
Takes a heartwarming look at how to create and maintain quality
relationships.
The Power Of Choice (#10): Depression And Suicide
30 minutes, color, 1987. Elkind and Sweet Communications, Inc.
Teens identify the signs frequently exhibited by people who are
at risk for suicide and discuss the recommended procedures for
intervening. In addition, they examine ways of coping with the
depression and stress that often lead to suicide and encourage
people to ask for help when they feel themselves at risk.
The Power Of Choice (#11): Communicating With Parents
30 minutes, color, 1987. Elkind and Sweet Communications, Inc.
Comedian and teen counselor Michael Pritchard visits high schools
in Nashville and Boston to explore the critical issue of
teen/parent communication. Through probing dialogue and
hypothetical situations, teens examine some of the ways in which
family communication gets blocked and consider what kinds of
choices they can make to improve the situation.
The Power Of Choice (#12): Raising Your Parents
30 minutes, color, 1987. Elkind and Sweet Communications, Inc.
Takes on the age-old question of how to make teens' relationships
with their parents work better. By defining what they want in
their relationship with their parents and examining how their own
actions affect that relationship, these teenagers uncover some of
the keys to getting what they want in the teen/parent alliance.
The Power Of Customer Service
45 minutes, 1989. Video/Audio Training Program.
Even if you already feel good about your customer relations skills,
you'll find a wealth of new ideas and clarifying reasons for your
success and growth. The skills presented here are also the basis
for outstanding human relations in any area. Use these ideas to build
stronger relationships with your bosses, your co-workers, your family,
and your friends. The principles are pretty much the same and the
payoff to you personally will be gratifying.
The Power Of Vision
25 minutes, 1990. Charthouse.
Second in the popular "Discovering The Future" series by Joel Barker.
From Ancient Greece to Europe and the Pacific Rim, from graduate
school to the corporate boardroom, Barker takes us on a far-reaching
exploration of how positive and meaningful visions of the future
provide purpose and direction to the present.
Power Presentation Skills3/4Vol. I-II-III
150 minutes, notebook & booklet, 1994. CareerTrack Publications.
Powerful presentation skills can help you and your staff become
respected leaders within your community by increasing your
visibility and clout. You will feel more confident and poised by
overcoming your fear of making presentations. With these skills,
you will get better cooperation from your team, peers, and
management.
Power Writing-The Key To Success
60 minutes, color, 1990. Communication Briefings.
If you or anyone in your organization can use help in writing,
this video is a must. It presents scores of easy-to-follow ideas
to help make your writing pay dividends and to communicate your
ideas clearly.
Powerful Communications Skills For Women
Two parts (90-minutes each), booklet, 1994.
National
Businesswomen's Leadership Association
Kay Keller, communication specialist, shows you how to achieve
success in all facets of your professional and personal life. Learn
the key skills of a powerful communicator through self evaluations
and focused training. This program will provide you with the tools
to build your self-esteem and deal more confidently with problems.
Powerful Ways To Persuade People
45 minutes, 1990. Communication Briefings.
This video shows executives, managers, and employees how to become
more persuasive and powerful communicators.
Practice Horse Judging: Halter II & III
Two parts (38 minutes each),1990. Creative Educational Videos.
A class of four horses is presented for viewers to judge. Then an
official placing is given and reasons presented.
Practice Horse Judging: Hunter Under Saddle II & III
Two parts (43 minutes each),1990. Creative Educational Videos.
A class of four horses is presented for viewers to judge. Then an
official placing is given and reasons presented.
Practice Horse Judging: Reining II & III
Two parts (33 minutes each),1990. Creative Educational Videos.
A class of four horses is presented for viewers to judge. Then an
official placing is given and reasons presented.
Practical Horse Judging: Western Riding II & III
Two parts (33 minutes each),1990. Creative Educational Videos.
A class of four horses is presented for viewers to judge. Then an
official placing is given and reasons presented.
Practical Horse Judging: Western Pleasure II & III
Two parts (42 minutes each),1990. Creative Educational Videos.
A class of four horses is presented for viewers to judge. Then an
official placing is given and reasons presented.
Practical Horse Judging: Western Riding II & III
Two parts (33 minutes each),1990. Creative Educational Videos.
A class of four horses is presented for viewers to judge. Then an
official placing is given and reasons presented.
Practice Dairy Heifer judging
27 minutes, 1994. Creative Educational Videos.
Includes: Holstein Junior Yearlings, Milking Shorthorn Senior
Heifer Calves, Jersey Senior Yearlings, Brown Swiss Junior
Yearlings, and Holstein Senior Heifer Calves. Clear views
are shown of each heifer's rear, walking, posing, and top.
Placings and cuts are provided.
Pregnant Teens: Taking Care
22 minutes, color, 1983, Perennial Education, Inc.
Discusses complete prenatal care and how nutrition, alcohol, and
drug use affect fetal development.
Preventing Non-Ambulatory Cows
17 minutes, 1993. Penn State.
Proper management practices need to be implemented to help
prevent non-ambulatory animals. This video provides information
on safe handling practices and facilities for producers, haulers,
and auction personnel. These procedures can help prevent stress
and injury to animals on the farm and in the market chain.
Priorities For People
15:45 minutes, color, 1987.
Alabama Cooperative Extension
System.
Highlights ACES long-range goals.
260 Primrose Lane
24 minutes, 1990, Oregon State University.
Senior Citizens want to live independently in their own homes.
However, situations change and older people and their families
must then consider alternative living arrangements. This
program will help people understand the impact a change in
living arrangements can have on an older person. They will also
learn about available alternatives and factors to consider when
deciding what will be best.
Private Wells: Protecting Your Water Quality
13 minutes, color, 1990. Environmental Management Services
A Central Minnesota Water Quality Project. This video shows
the importance of wells and groundwater for water consumption
and what can happen when they become contaminated. It
demonstrates different types of wells, proper placement and
construction, and testing for water quality.
Audience: Grade 8 to adults.
Produce
19:37 minutes, 1992. Produce Marketing Association.
Discusses the importance of eating more fruit and vegetables.
Learn how to select, store, and prepare produce. Teaching guide
included.
Audience: Grades 7-12.
Production Agriculture: Feeding People, Protecting The Environment
15:26 minutes, color, 1991.
Potash and Phosphate Institute and
Foundation for Agronomic Research
This video discusses the decrease in farms, the increase in population,
and the need for farmers to maximize food production. It also covers
protecting the environment with proper soil management and judicious
use of fertilizer and pesticides while achieving adequate food production.
Professional Approach To Starting A Dairy
51 minutes, color, 1990. Dairy Management Institute
Steve Watrin, Director of Dairy Development at Land O' Lake,
Inc. covers the many phases of starting a dairy or continuing to
operate a successful one. He shows two time lines: Planning Process
and Construction and Implementation Process which are broken
down into workable increments.
Professional Telephone Skills-Vol. I & II
154 minutes, 1993. CareerTrack.
This video seminar with Debra Smith teaches everything from
answering professionally to transferring with efficiency, to
processing callers with speed and care. Turn every telephone
contact into an image-boosting, positive impression for your
organization.
Proofreading & Editing Skills-Vol. I, II & III
186 minutes, 1992, CareerTrack.
Volume I, teaches basic how-to proofread. Volume II, helps brush
up on grammar rules. Volume III, teaches how to spot common
misspelled words.
Pruning Ornamental Plants In The Landscapes
30:15 minutes, 1990. University of Georgia CES.
This tape reviews the proper tools, timing and techniques of
pruning wood ornamental trees and shrubs in the landscape.
Public Policy Education-How To Do Policy Education
24:50 minutes, color, 1986. Kentucky Extension Service.
Public policy methods are shown.
Public Policy Education-Kings and Kingmakers
31:33 minutes, color, 1986. Kentucky Extension Service.
Discusses power structure.
Public Policy Education-Two Worms
28:50 minutes, color, 1986. Kentucky Extension Service.
General information about public policy education.
Punky Brewster: Just Say No
25 minutes, color, 1987.
Punky and her friend Chery learn to "Just Say No" to peer
pressure from other girls to take drugs in order to fit into a
group. Includes a discussion guide and suggestions for use.
Audience: Grades 4-6.
Quality Assurance...For 4-H Swine Producers
25 minutes, 1992. Iowa State University.
Introduces concepts of the Pork Quality Assurance program.
Seeks to help 4-H pork producers be more aware of food
safety and drug residue issues, be better livestock managers,
and be more efficient through the safe use of feed and water
medications, Audience: 4-H swine project members, 4-H group
volunteers, and 4-H parents.
Queen Bee Rearing For Hobbyists
110 minutes, color. Agricultural Technical Institute
of Wooster Ohio.
How to produce queen bees for hobbyists as well as for commercial
uses.
A Question Of Ethics
20:30 minutes, 1994. Texas A&M University.
This educational program addresses the rare cases of unethical
practices associated with the Junior Livestock Program. This is
a "must see" video for every 4-H and FFA family in the country.
The ultimate purpose of the video is two-fold: to explain that the
vast majority of people involved with the Junior Livestock Program
will not tolerate the unethical practices of a few and to remind all
involved of the ultimate purpose of the program--youth development.
Radon: What It Is And What You Can Do About It
17:39 minutes, color, 1988. Maryland Extension Service.
Discusses the causes of radon gas, how to test for radon gas, and
tips on how to eliminate the problem.
Rags To Riches
11:48 minutes, color, 1986.
American Textile Manufacturers
Institute.
Shows one side of the debate revolving around textile imports.
Presents a look into the "sweat shops" in Taiwan, which use child
labor illegally. Although child labor produces cheap goods, the
mark-up by department stores translates into high profit for
them, according to this film.
Read The Label: Set A Better Table
14 minutes, color, 1994. Educational Video Network
Improve your viewer's nutrition and help them get more for
each food dollar by reading food labels.
Audience: Grade 7 to adults.
Real Moo-Vies: Proper Milking For Mastitis Prevention
15 minutes, 1995. ABS Global Inc.
Make-believe news reporters stage this video. A top dairy
owner talks with one of the reporters about mastitis and how
it almost wiped out his dairy farm. Dr. Gary Shaw, veterinarian,
discusses in detail proper milking for mastitis prevention. In the
latter part of the video, a talking dairy cow takes you through a
tour of proper milking procedures.
Audience: High school and adults.
Real People: Relationships
28 minutes, teachers guide, 1997. Sunburst.
Explores relationship problems to help teens recognize the warning
signs of an unhealthy relationship. Offers viewers ways to break loose,
rebuild their self-esteem, and forge the healthy patterns that can
enrich their lives.
Audience: Grades 7 to 12.
Real People: Violence In The Family
30 minutes, teachers guide, 1997. Sunburst.
Offers real help to teens who live in a family where violence occurs.
Helps viewers learn coping skills and how to distinguish between
what is normal family life and what is not.
Audience: Grades 7 to 12.
Recycling Within Reach
12:53 minutes, color, 1992, Cornell University Distribution.
Discusses the need to recycle and motivate the consumer to get
involved in a recycling program. Discusses all phases of
recycling rethink, reduce, reuse, and recycle. This video could
be used to work with a community recycling project or a county
recycling committee.
Red Cross Video Series
Series of 10 videos, 1989. Red Cross Birmingham.
Video 1: Aging Well, 17:05;
Video 2: Bathing And Personal Care Of
Bed Patient, 16:14;
Video 3: Eating To Stay Well Or Get Well,
15:29;
Video 4: Getting Your Patient Up And Out Of Bed, 15:37;
Video 5: not available;
Video 6: Making The Bed And Positioning
The Patient, 18:50;
Video 7: Staying Healthy, 16:09;
Video 8:
Taking Blood Pressure, 15:10;
Video 9: Taking Care Of Illness,
15:53;
Video 10: Taking Temperature, 16:57.
Red Drum Aquaculture
34:28 minutes, color, 1989. Texas A&M University
Hatchery and production techniques for producing red drum, with
film of existing facilities in Texas.
The Reining Horse
25:30 minutes, color, 1988. American Quarter Horse Association.
Two world-class trainers discuss the training of reining horses.
Bobby Ingersoll talks about east vs. west coast reining.
Interesting and informative.
Reproductive Management Of Mares
34 minutes, color, 1988.
Oklahoma State University Agricultural
Information.
Discusses reproductive physiology and reproductive management of
mares.
Audience: High school and adults.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
25 minutes, teachers guide, 1996. Sunburst.
Using dramatic vignettes close to teens' experience, each followed
by thought-provoking discussion questions, program challenges
viewers to think critically about respect for oneself, authority,
rules, and other people's opinions.
Audience: Grades 7 to 12.
The Responsible Hunter
23 minutes, color, 1986. Pebble Creek Productions.
Excellent tape on behaving correctly while hunting. Respect for
private property, respect for the game hunted, and general
respect for the outdoors are stressed.
Return Of The Wild Turkey
30 minutes, color, 1976. Missouri Conservation Commission.
Traces the revival of the majestic bird and reviews problems that
beset the turkey and threaten its habitat. Young biologist Glenn
Chambers spent 3 years filming in the wilderness. Sound,
photography, and background scoring, along with the dramatic
narrative and filming, brought a standing ovation at the film's
debut at the annual National Wild Turkey Symposium.
Ribbonry
20 minutes, 1994. Nitschke
Camela Nitschke's current career as a ribbon historian and
designer spans some 20 years and has evolved from several
sources. Camela is proprietaire of the Ribbonry in Perrysburg,
Ohio. She conducts seminars teaching others an appreciation of
the beauty and history of ribbons. In this video Camela shares the
antique art of flower making with ribbons, which flourished in
Victorian times.
Road To Wise Money Management
30 minutes, 1989. Cambridge Career Products.
A thorough and entertaining introduction to the basics of money
management. Students learn about credit: how to get it, the
advantages and disadvantages of the different types of credit cards,
interest, and finance charges. The program concludes with an
explanation of the Truth in Lending Law.
Audience: Grade 9 to adult.
ROPS Safety
7:30 minutes, 1991. Kubota Tractors
Kubota Tractor Corporation urges all tractor owners to
equip their tractors with a ROPS (Rollover Protection Structure)
and wear a seat belt. In a recent year, over 200 tractor operators
lost their lives in rollover accidents. This video demonstrates why
it is so important to have the ROPS package.
Audience: Adults.
The Rotten Truth
30 minutes, color, 1991. Children's Television Workshop.
Where do smelly old sneakers, sticky soda cans, and other yucky
things go after you throw them away? Can you make nothing out of
something? This entertaining video takes you on an adventure to
learn about garbage.
Appropriate for Junior 4-H clubs.
Running Water: Erosion, Deposition, And Transportation
20 minutes, color, teacher's guide, 1988. Scott Resources.
This video illustrates how running water can carry eroded material
and how this load-and the composition of the underlying bedrock-
effects geologic features. It discusses erosion, floodplains, meandering
streams, the formation of oxbow lakes and deltas, and the contribution
of glaciers towards present-day river formation.
Audience: Grades 6-12.
Running Water: From Rain To River To Ocean
20 minutes, color, teacher's guide, 1988. Scott Resources.
This video discusses the water cycle, the types of runoff-laminar
flow, turbulent flow, and jet-shooting flow-and the velocity of
flow in these different types. It presents a geologic view of the
various forces that shape and form our rivers.
Audience: Grades 6-12.
Russell Bermudagrass
38:53 minutes, 1995. Bice and AU/LSU Experiment Station.
"Russell" is a new variety of bermudagrass released by the Auburn
University Agricultural Experiment Station and Louisiana Agricultural
Experiment Station. This video discusses the history, experiment
station test data, producer experiences, Extension specialist
interviews, proper establishment practices, and how to obtain
Foundation and Certified plant material. It also summarizes the
outstanding characteristics of the new variety "Russell"
bermudagrass.
Audience: Adults.