Homerschoolers please share your Science or History DVD library list or wish-list!?

Question

I have started on my DVD Resource Library which includes CD ROMS and also DVDs (well, i've had it for a few years now, but am finally FORMALLY naming it)... I am looking for ideas of items to include in my library.

Things I already have:

Bill Nye the Science Guy: all 100 episodes

Discovery Channel: 100 best inventions in physics and science

National Geographic: A few DVDs on big cats

BBC: Planet Earth (whole series)

BBC: The Human Animal (whole series, yes we are christian, but this has alot of good info I thought my kids could use and I always watch it with them to answer ?

BBC: Life in Cold Blood

IMAX: Helicopters in action, Coral Reef and a few I can't remember

Popular Mechanics for Kids: Messy Jobs

CD ROMS:

Greys 3-D Anatomy for Medical Students

National Geographic (entire collection of magazines on CDROM)

If anyone has suggestions to add to this DVD or CDROM, I would love to hear them and WHY you use them to teach a subject or to supplement.

THANK

Answer 1

Great list so far. As a medical professional and a home school mom of 5 aging from 21 down to 2 we have used and love programs from www.adam.com/  I first used an older version in nursing school and then a better updated one in pre-med! Loads of fun and now they have stuff for k-8 > look through their products and see what catches your eye. Mostly health and A&P type stuff but ...would go well with Greys Anatomy you already mentioned.

Answer 2

Go the whole hog and get "The Life Collection" (Life on Earth, Living Planet, Trials of Life, Life in the Freezer, Private Life of Plants, Life of Birds, Life of Mammals and Life in the Undergrowth). Also the Blue Planet. IMHO you can't have too much David Attenborough :)  I've also been tracking down the books that go with each series in local charity shops because they really do extend the usefulness of the DVDs.

If you can get hold of any DVDs of "Rough Science" it is well worth it. Excellent way to interest kids who might not be keen on 'boring' old science. They do all sorts, physics, chemistry, everything in a 'reality show' sort of style except that all the people involved are intelligent and nice :)

Answer 3

http://www.mii.org/RockOdyssey.html

Rock Odyssey for earth science (types of rocks, properties, etc.)  Very strange characters but I have yet to find a child who didn't LOVE this movie and watch it over and over.  

The President's series from the History Channel

Answer 4

Those all sound lovely, but where's the Myth Busters season 1? Blue Planet is also amazing.

EDIT: Alton Brown! If the kids are going to do chemistry experiments, they may as well be edible.

Answer 5

"Science Library For Children".  It was on the children's discovery channel about four years ago.  It covered all the sciences very neatly in an informative, entertaining way.  It was directed at  about an 8-10 year level. The "Magic School Bus" is also excellent for preschoolers and primary grades.

Answer 6

I highly recommend the mythbuster series that's out on DVD as well as the two books the mythbusters have out.

Anything from the History Channels Modern Marvels Collection (focus on pop culture history like history of toys and television and history from the last 50 or so years)

Carl Sagan's (think I spelled his name right) Cosmos

Food Network's Unwrapped Series is good to have.  It's a great behind the scene look at food, food factories and how some of today's foods (like skittles and toaster ovens) came to be.

Answer 7

For younger kids, all the Magic School Bus DVD's and the CD-roms would be great for science.

I don't know if you want some Christian history DVD's, but we love the Drive Thru History series (world & America) and the Travel the Road series (missions/global learning).

http://www.drivethruhistory.com/ (world)

http://www.dthamerica.com/home/index.cfm... (America)

http://www.traveltheroad.com/

There are many Standard Deviants DVD's.  We subscribe to Cosmeo and watch most of them there, but we've also rec'd many through SwapaDVD.

http://www.cosmeo.com

http://www.swapadvd.com

I'd also add Mythbusters as others have said.  I've also rec'd two series of their DVD's from SwapaDVD.

We also use a LOT of materials from Answers in Genesis.  Not sure if you're looking for creation-based DVD's, but they have many great ones.  The latest great one we rec'd is "Fearfully & Wonderfully" made.

http://www.answersingenesis.org

There's also the Extreme Engineering series.

The Homeschool Buyers Co-op currently has a deal for History Channel DVD's.

http://www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org

A great, wholesale place to get DVD's (many Christian, some secular) is Library & Educational Resources.  They also have a ton of History Channel and A&E DVD's.

http://www.libraryanded.com

That's all I can think of off the top of my head