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ABC Education - Junior & Middle Primary
ABC EDUCATION
DVDs for Junior & Middle Primary Students
Last updated May 2008

These video resources have been produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Education Unit, especially for use in Australian Primary Schools.
The programs are suitable for Lower and Middle Primary Students and are available for purchase from Maxwell’s Collection. Freecall 1800 249 786 for more information.

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BODY PARTS


BUILDINGS


CELEBRATIONS


COMMON SENSES


COUNT US IN


DREAMTIME
STORIES


FAMILIES


FARM TO TABLE


FOOD


FRIENDSHIP


THE HUMAN BODY


MINI BEASTS


OUR ANIMALS


PEOPLE WHO
HELP US


RYAN'S WELL


SAFETY


THE SEA


SHAPE, SHAPE, SHAPE


SPACE


TAKE ON TECHNOLOGY


TRANSPORT


WEATHER
 

BODY PARTS  - For the Juniors

This set of programs looks at our hands, feet and mouths and examines how we use them and how they work. 
Episodes on DVD are:

            Hands
            Feet
            Mouths

©ABC Education  (3 x 15 minute programs)
DVD Format  $132.00  ABD146


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BUILDINGS – For the Juniors
This series aims to stimulate an interest in all kinds of buildings and the purposes they serve. Everything from choice of materials to safety considerations and the need for designs to assist people with disabilities is taken into account.

Episodes on DVD are:

Building a House
Shopping Centre
Hospital
Tall Buildings
Homes on the Move

©ABC Education (5 x 15 minute episodes)
DVD Format  $187.00  ABD123

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CELEBRATIONS – For the Juniors

Explores cultural and religious celebrations with an emphasis on the participation of children in these colourful events.

Episodes included on the DVD are:

Celebrating a New Baby
Celebrating Achievements
Celebrating Birthdays
Celebrating Weddings
Celebrating Christmas
Celebrating New Year

©ABC Education (6 x 15 minute episodes)
DVD Format  $198.00  ABD101


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COMMON SENSES – For the Juniors

An introduction to the importance of our five main senses. Each of the programs follows a standard format that is both entertaining and informative.
Hearing
Hugh B Aware, Private Investigator must solve a problem but the clues involve only one sense.
Sight
A world without sight! This segment examines the implications of living without the use of each of the senses.
Smell
A song poses questions about each of the senses and by observing animals, we see how those senses are survival tools.
Taste
An adventurous expedition around the geography and topography of human sensory organs.
Touch
A montage of the different human sensory organs, showing how they move; the ways we use them; and the ways they help us.

©ABC Education (5 x 15 minute episodes)
DVD Format  $187.00  ABD102


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COUNT US IN– Suitable for Lower Primary Students
With the help of two puppet monsters, animation, songs and rhymes, young viewers are taken through a lively and fun exploration of Mathematical topics.

©ABC Education (3 x 75 minute episodes)

DVD Format (3 discs)  $330.00  ABD119
 
Count Us In: Volume 1
Comparing and Classifying, Patterning, Counting, Ordinal Number, Representing Number 1-5.
(5 x 15 minutes)

Count Us In: Volume 2
Representing Numbers 6-10, Addition, Subtraction, Data, Time
(5 x 15 minutes)

Count Us In: Volume 3
Numbers, Chance, Halves, Length, Volume (Liquid)
(5 x 15 minutes)

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Dreamtime Stories – Suitable for all ages
Aborigines have developed a vital and imaginative history of myths and legends that tell of the ways life began and how their society, laws and customs were established. The ABC has recreated five dreamtime stories with Aboriginal actors, accompanied by original music and filmed in stunning locations. Stories are The Monsoon Frog, The Creation, The Evil One, The Stolen Canoe, Pariki and the Flying Foxes.
(75 minutes) ©ABC Television

DVD Format  $187.00  ABD120

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FAMILIES - For the Juniors

Three programs look at three different families, the people who make up the families, and the different issues that arise in their lives.
Episodes on DVD are:

            Where I Live
            Cooperation
            Belonging
 
©ABC Education  (3 x 20 minute programs)
DVD Format  $132.00  ABD147


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FARM TO TABLE – For the Juniors

This series looks at where food has come from before it reaches the supermarket shelves. See how crops grow, what the farmer does, harvesting the crops, processing for the supermarket and finally, how the foods are eaten. Each program features a cartoon animal that prompts children to ask questions.

Episodes on the DVD are:

Apples
Bread
Fish
Honey
Milk
Rice

©ABC Education, (6 x 15 minute episodes)
DVD Format  $198.00  ABD103


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FOOD – For the Juniors

An exploration of food from how it is packaged, how it is stored to keep it fresh, and healthy ways of cooking and healthy eating. Four episodes:

Packaging Food
Keeping Food
Cooking Food
Eating Food

©ABC Education (4 x 15 minute episodes)
DVD Format  $165.00  ABD104


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FRIENDSHIP - For the Juniors

This three part dramatised series raises a variety of personal issues to do with friendship.  The same characters are used in each program. 
Episodes on DVD are:

            Making Friends
            Losing Friends
            Keeping Friends

©ABC Education  (3 x 15 minute episodes)
DVD Format  $132.00  ABD148


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THE HUMAN BODY – For the Juniors

Four programs introduce the human body and how it works, exploring the senses and the role of the brain, the body in action from birth to old age, and what we need to do to look after our body so we can grow and continue to function throughout our life.

Episodes on the DVD are:

The Working Body
The Thinking/Feeling Body
Using Your Body
Looking After Your Body

©ABC Education (4 x 15 minute episodes)
DVD Format  $165.00  ABD105


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MINI BEASTS – For the Juniors
A nature program looking at different environments where minibeasts interact with other life forms and cope with different sets of conditions.

Episodes on DVD are:

Caves
Bush Pond
City
Beach

©ABC Education (4 x 15 minute episodes)
DVD Format  $165.00  ABD106

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OUR ANIMALS
A fascinating series narrated by Richard Morecroft, produced for lower to middle primary school students by ABC Education. Take a closer look at our wonderful Australian animals - their physical features, food, homes, environment and social groups.

©ABC Education (24 x 5 minute episodes)

DVD Format (3 discs)  $220.00  ABD124

Our Animals Volume 1 - In the Air DVD
Gliders, Fruit Bats, Parrots, Pelicans, Wedge-tailed Eagles, Butterflies

Our Animals Volume 2 - On The Ground DVD
Kangaroos, Koalas, Quolls, Emus, Dingoes, Echidnas, Blue Tongue Lizards, Lake Eyre Dragons, Ants, Spiders, Wombats

Our Animals Volume 3 - In The Water DVD
Frogs, Turtles, Crocodiles, Platypuses, Fur Seals, Sea Dragons, Sharks

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PEOPLE WHO HELP US – For the Juniors

A four part series illustrating how we receive help from others at certain times, who helps us, why these people are in a position to help us, what forms that help can take, and ways to approach these people for help. We see the environments in which the people who help us work, their uniforms, (including safety clothing) and the tools they use.

People Who Help Us With Our Health
People Who Help Us With Our Safety
People Who Help Us With Our Environment
People Who Help Us With Our Transport

©ABC Education (4 x 15 minute episodes)
DVD Format  $165.00  ABD107


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RYAN'S WELL – Suitable for all ages

An inspirational story about 7 year old Ryan Hreljac from Ontario, Canada who decided to build a well for his pen pal Jimmy in Angola. His modest $70 grew to over $750,000 as other individuals and organisations committed to his cause to help provide clean water to those without this precious life giving commodity we often take for granted. ©2004 Journeyman Pictures (50 minutes)
Suitable all ages
DVD Format  $88.00  ABD122


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SAFETY – For the Juniors

Looks at various aspects of personal safety, the need for hazard identification skills, and the use of observation and intelligence in identifying, avoiding and preventing accidents.
Episodes on the DVD are:

As Safe as Houses
Play it Safely
Travel Safety - Road Safety
Water Safe

©ABC Education (4 x 15 minute episodes)
DVD Format  $165.00  ABD108


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THE SEA – For the Juniors

This series of four programs aims to develop an understanding and appreciation of various aspects of the sea. Different shorelines and depths of the sea are examined as places to have fun, find food, and which support a great diversity of life that has adapted to the different environments.
Episodes on the DVD are:

Under the Sea
Life on the Seashore
Mangroves
Let's Go to the Beach

©ABC Education (4 x 15 minute episodes)
DVD Format  $165.00  ABD109


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SHAPE, SHAPE, SHAPE – Suitable for Lower and Middle Students

A mathematics series which explores 2D and 3D shapes. In a fantasy bushland setting, two characters, Bunyip and Swaggie, playfully explore the qualities of various shapes making the concepts accessible to young children.
Episodes on DVD are:

Boxes and Rectangles
Cubes and Squares
Spheres and circles
Triangles
Cylinders
Cones
All Sorts

©ABC Education (7 x 15 minute episodes)
DVD Format (2 discs)  $220.00  ABD121


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SPACE – For the Juniors

With a focus on easily identifiable objects in the day and night sky such as the sun, moon and stars, this series links the topic of 'space' with the everyday experience of young children. Four episodes:

The Sun
The Moon
Stars
Space Travel

©ABC Education (4 x 15 minute episodes)
DVD Format  $165.00  ABD110


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TAKE ON TECHNOLOGY – Suitable for Lower Primary Students
This twelve part series adopts an investigative approach that helps children recognise and understand the use of technology around them. With the help of two puppets, the narrator encourages young viewers to think about the things people have considered when designing technology to meet particular needs.

©ABC Education (3 x 60 minute volumes)
DVD Format  $330.00  ABD128

Take on Technology Volume 1
Bridges, Playgrounds, Headgear, Bags

Take on Technology Volume 2

Toys, Food Containers, Boats, Musical Instruments

Take on Technology Volume 3
Worm Farm, Food Technology, Cubby Houses, Sound Technology

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TRANSPORT – For the Juniors

This series explores different modes of transport. Each program starts by presenting simple examples with which a child can readily identify and move on to a wide variety of examples of each form of transport, stressing movement and sound.
Episodes on DVD are:

Getting Around on Land
Getting Around on Water
Getting Around in the Air

©ABC Education (3 x 15 minute episodes)
DVD Format  $132.00  ABD111


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WEATHER – For the Juniors

Seven programs look at different weather conditions that occur through the year and how they affect our lifestyles, bodies and behaviour. A young girl living on a farm and a boy in the suburbs describe ways the changing weather affects their lives.

Episodes on the DVD are:

Wet Weather
Hot Weather
Dry Weather
Cold Weather
Rain
Wind
Sunshine

©ABC Education (7 x 15 minute episodes)
DVD Format  $220.00  ABD112


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