Contact any Park Interpreter to book a program at 501-868-5806.
Tree
(Eyewitness
series, 35 minutes)
Helps us discover many amazing facts about tree strategies for survival,
their almost limitless uses, their boundless beauty, and their life sustaining,
and life enhancing benefits. Grow
your mind on this one!
Spring
Wildflowers Of The Eastern Forests
(Volume 1)
A presentation of 100 of the most common and most attractive native or
naturalized wildflowers of the eastern US (includes central Arkansas).
Each is identified by a common name and is grouped together by its
family.
Plants
(Bill
Nye The Science Guy Series, 26 minutes)
Sample questions asked are: What are the oldest living things on Earth?
What makes all the oxygen and food we eat? What is fruit? Experiments: Breath
Deeply- To produce oxygen from lettuce leaves. Greenery- To demonstrate the
existence of chlorophyll in leaves. A pre or post visit handout covering major
topics is available.
Forests
(Bill
Nye Science Series, 26 minutes)
Sample questions asked: What are the largest living things on Earth?
What are the parts of a forest? What are decomposers?
Experiments shown: Chewy Celery- To simulate the diverse forest
environment. A pre or post visit handout covering major topics is available.
Plants:
What It Means To Be Green
(National
Geographic Society Picture Show CD-ROM)
Includes 2 shows that introduce students to plant structures and their
functions. “Roots, Stems, and
Leaves” describes the magical process of plants making their own food through
photosynthesis, color changes in leaves, and the vital role of plants.
The second show explores plant reproduction and seed dispersal.
Features more than 100 images and music.
A
World Of Plants
A
National Geographic Society Education Set.
Children learn about the basic life of plants from seed growth, the
parts of a plant, why plants are important, how trees change with the season.
Uses color photos, sound effects and music.
