Series Title: Wonderwise: Women in Science
Visit Native American reservations to check on the health of bison and elk. Follow Tolani Francisco, DVM, as she visits her powerful and unpredictable patients. Learn about wild animal behavior, physiology, and digestion.
Find out how Tolani tries to stop the spread of diseases by using the science behind traditional Native values. See how her work takes her around the world as she helps native people protect their wildlife and land.
Your students will develop an understanding of:
●How to collect and interpret data.
●Animal behavior.
●Animal physiology and digestion.
●How to sample populations and compare data sets.
●The nature and causes of disease in animals.
Each Wonderwise: Women in Science kit includes a DVD or VHS, CD-ROM and Activity guide. The CD-ROM sound track and text are available in both English and Spanish.
Rights granted with purchase include: a) life of media audiovisual use, b) public performance, c) campus or building closed circuit and digital/video-on-demand transmission. The episodes may also be licensed for broadcast or cablecast. Contact slenzen@shopdei.com for details.
Each site purchasing a Wonderwise kit may make additional copies of the CD-ROM without charge for use at the site or to be given to students. Organizations requiring multisite rights should contact slenzen@shopdei.com for pricing.
Click here for Guide Look on page 4 for a list of materials required to complete the activities.
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Ideal for grades 4 - 6
Duration: 15 -20 minute episode
Closed-Captioned
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