The Media Library of Genesee Valley BOCES

Youngsters learn we can discover many things about the past from fossils and other things that are buried under the earth

Fossils provide a window through which we can peer into the past. This program illustrates the different processes by which fossils are formed, what fossils tell us about the past, and how scientists interpret fossils. On location footage takes students to major fossil dig locations. Important concepts and terminology discussed include: fossil, mold, cast, imprint, petrification, index fossil, trace fossil, and paleontology. -- publisher's web site

Animatronic dinosaurs help to recreate what life was like sixty million years ago. Discusses the names and distinctive features of the most common dinosaurs, how fossils are formed, and how fossils give clues about how dinosaurs lived and died

Shows how an Albertosaurus fossil is recovered from a site in Dinosaur Park in Alberta, Canada

The Sharp Wits detectives pool their information and answer many questions concerning fossils, the history of the earth, the environment and the conservation of resources

Learn how the scientific study of fossils can provide clues to Earth's history

This film offers viewers a close look at paleontologists working in the field and laboratory, collecting, examining, and interpreting many types of fossils

Using clues from the past, such as fossils, tree rings, and soil and rock layers, we can learn what transpired throughout our natural history

Follow the dinosaur trail out west to the wide open space of America

LeVar sets off in his four-wheel drive "Jeeposaurus Wreck" to explore the mystery surrounding the life and death of dinosaurs. Based on the book by Aliki