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BTNEP Educational Video/CD/DVD Index | | BTNEP has produced outstanding videos, CDs, and DVDs appropriate for K-12 educational use. Below is a short content summary of each production, information on downloading PDF guides (where available), and accessing clips. We have recently combined several productions onto two DVDs: Film Collection #1 and #2 (see below). These DVDs are available by contacting sandra@btnep.org. | To order any of our free videos, CDs or DVDs, email sandra@btnep.org |
A Schoolhouse View of the Estuary | | "A Schoolhouse View of the Estuary" is designed to be used by classroom teachers in grades K-12. Divided by grade levels with lessons, activities, maps and more for teachers to share with students, this CD is easy to navigate. You can visit an elementary classroom, a middle school classroom, or a high school science lab to learn more about Louisiana wetlands. | 
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Down the Bayou During Louisiana’s 2008 brown shrimp season, a two person documentary crew traveled the waters of the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary with several shrimpers to participate in and document their ways of work and life. Coastal land loss, among other factors have threatened Louisiana’s shrimping industry and this way of life. The loss of either would prove disastrous not only to the people living here, but the nation as a whole. “Down the Bayou” presents an accurate account of a unique and endangered livelihood through the language, dialect, food, music and tradition of a truly singular culture. |
Harvest to Restore
America's Coastal Heartland It took 7500 years for the Mississippi River to create the wetlands of Southeast Louisiana. It took about 75 years for man to almost completely destroy them. Scientists estimate that there's only a decade, at most two, before it's too late to save them. America's coast heartland, so critical to the nation's energy, trade, and food supply, is washing away. Can we find a way to save it? Harvest to Restore examines one innovative technololgy that can help solve the environmental crisis of Louisiana's disappearing wetlands. | 
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Film Collection #2 | Bayou Lafourche
The Longest Street in the World A fascinating documentary that captures the history, culture, lifestyle, environmental troubles and emerging ecological solutions of the 100-mile ribbon of bayou that weaves through the Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary. Through the lens of a camera and the voices of many passionate stakeholders, videographer Jim Fields tenderly examines the rich bayou, its historical significance, the culture, and the problems that have been created since this once mighty waterway has been altered and controlled by man. | Video Clips:
1) Intro
2) Bayou History-Head of the Bayou 3)Saltwater Intrusion on the Bayou 4) Losing the Wetlands | Grades 6-12 | Video Clip
Runtimes: 1) 1:45
2) 1:30
3) 1:51
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| Vanishing Wetlands, Vanishing Future This zany video on the BTNEP seven priority problems is in the style of "Bill Nye the Science Guy" and is best suited for middle school, though the vocabulary is applicable to high school topics. | | Video Clips | Entire Video Run Time: 56:12 mins Grades: 5-12 | Student Lessons Teacher's Guides Middle School High School | 
| EstuaryLIVE! In 2004, students from around the country had the opportunity to ask scientists and other experts questions about Louisiana wetlands. Participants investigated the rich bounty of shrimp, redfish, crabs and oysters, offshore oil rigs, pelicans and other resident and migratory birds, and learned of Barataria-Terrebonne’s importance to the nation. | | Video Clips | Grades: 5-9+ Runtime: 40min | Student Lessons EstuaryLIVE! Activities | 
| | Download the EstuaryLIVE Video Activity Sheet |
| Film Collection #1 
| Haunted Waters, Fragile Lands-Oh, What Tales to Tell! An award winning documentary on the cultural, geologic, and environmental history of the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary System. Four 15-minute segments-The Many Peoples; Frontlands and Backlands; Trembling Prairies; Life from Water, Death from Sea. | Rescuing the Treasure A sequel to Haunted Waters, Fragile Lands, describing the importance of estuaries and restoration techniques. Click here to download the Rescuing the Treasures Video Activity Sheet. | | Wings over the Wetlands This video examines the importance of South Louisiana's wetland habitats to the many birds that either call this region home or who depend on it as they pass through during migration. | Video | Grades:5-12 | Entire Video Runtime 27 mins |  |
Click here to download the Wings Over the Wetlands Video Activity Sheet. | | |
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