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Nova: The Universe Within [VHS]

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This video is a great addition to my Human Physiology Class. It has a wealth of infomation about the body systems and is simply put. It is easy for my Alternative Education students to understand and supplements our lessons well. I would recommend this video to anyone who teaches either Biology or Physiology.

(Please see my review of the DVD edition of this title.)

I teach middle school science and health in North Carolina. This video supports the 7th grade science and 6th-8th grade health curriculums. My students love this video and so do I. They alternately gross out (their terminology) and are fascinated by the trip through the digestive tract. We measure out on our classroom floor just how far a man can long jump, and we are in awe; I draw a diagram on the board of the climber's foot as he looked and saw the sole pointed the wrong way and we realize how badly broken and twisted his leg was. We watch on video and then measure on paper how long a developing human is at different times inside its mother. At the end of the year, they get to watch a movie of their choosing (within reason!). Last year, my 7th grade science class chose this video over all other commercial movies or cartoons to watch, even though they had already seen it. So we did! Quite a feat to please a group of 7th graders, who generally cannot agree on anything except apparently on the value of this video.