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26 Volume Set
Grades 3-6
13 minutes each
Teacher's Guides
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Set: $518.70, Each: $19.95
*For Sale in the U.S. and Canada Only*. The Way Things Work is a fully animated series based
on the best-selling book by Caldecott Medallist David Macaulay.
Each fun-filled episode enables children to understand how the
principles of physics affect daily life. On the mythical
"Mammoth Island," a group of Islanders and their indigenous
mammoths are caught up in a series of entertaining adventures
which are motivated and inspired by their need to find solutions
to various everyday problems. All the discoveries of the Mammoth
Islanders have been chronicled and sketched in a visiting inventor's
journal. This colorful journal forms the basis of the series and will
assist viewers in learning all about The Way Things Work.
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#V6006, $19.95
*For Sale in the U.S. and Canada Only*. In Ballooning, some inhabitants of Mammoth Island
decide to explore the far side of a distant mountain ridge
on a breezy spring day. Half way up the steep mountain trail,
their trusty mammoth becomes afraid and winds up trapped on
the mountainside. In order to save their hairy friend, Olive
and Troy enlist the aid of the Inventor to build a hot air
balloon. Their plan involves using the balloon to float back
up the mountain, where they harness the mammoth and carry him
safely back to the village. Part of a multi-volume video series,
The Way Things Work is based on the best-selling book by
David Macaulay.
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#V6007, $19.95
*For Sale in the U.S. and Canada Only*. In Belts & Gears, inhabitants of Mammoth Island are
getting ready for their annual fair and are determined to make
this year's event better than ever. Olive, a young Islander,
enlists the help of a visiting inventor to design exciting new
rides and together they decide that using belts and gears will
help make the fair a success. While belts and gears don't
increase the amount of force applied, they can transfer the
force to change direction or speed. And this results in some
terrific new rides! Part of a multi-volume video series,
The Way Things Work is based on the best-selling book
by David Macaulay.
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#V6008, $19.95
*For Sale in the U.S. and Canada Only*. In Cooling, a visiting inventor and two young Islanders,
Olive and Troy, try to beat the heat on a hot summer day by
cooling off in the river - only to find that the Island’s
mammoth population has already beaten them to the water and
there’s no room left for the humans! Olive suggests that
they build a machine to create a breeze for them. After
tinkering in the Inventor’s workshop for a time, they apply
what they learn about how refrigerators work and wind up
building some machines that are really cool - with no
mammoths necessary!
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#V6009, $19.95
*For Sale in the U.S. and Canada Only*. In Electricity, inhabitants of Mammoth Island learn
all about electricity during the annual lemon harvest.
Electricity can be harnessed to power all sorts of
things - from light bulbs to trains. It can be used
to carry information through the circuits of a computer,
or to power a music system or television set! The
Islanders learn about how current and static electricity
are different and what metals make excellent conductors
of electricity. When one Islander and his mammoth spear
a lemon with their zinc and copper lances, thereby
completing a circuit and causing electrons to flow,
they discover that even a lemon can be a source
of energy!
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#V6010, $19.95
*For Sale in the U.S. and Canada Only*. In Engines, inhabitants of Mammoth Island look for an
alternative to mammoths to speed up pizza delivery. They
decide to experiment with different engines and discover how
each works - from simple rockets to turbofan jet engines to
gasoline engines. Comparing the advantages and drawbacks of
these internal combustion engines, the islanders determine
which one will serve their business best and ensure their
pizzas are delivered on time. Part of a multi-volume video
series, The Way Things Work is based on the best-selling
book by David Macaulay.
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*For Sale in the U.S. and Canada Only*. In Flight, inhabitants of Mammoth Island attempt
to use a trusty mammoth to deliver canvas awnings when a
gust of wind creates quite a stir! The Islanders discover
that the power of the wind, combined with the unique shape
of the awning, is able to overcome the considerable weight
of the mammoth, lifting it up into the sky like a kite. As
soon as the wind dies down, however, the mammoth returns to
the earth with a crash. The Islanders begin experimenting,
and eventually come up with the right combination of the four
forces involved in flight - gravity, lift, thrust and drag.
Balancing these forces allows them to harness the power of
the air and take to the skies! Part of a multi-volume video
series, The Way Things Work is based on the best-selling
book by David Macaulay.
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*For Sale in the U.S. and Canada Only*. In Floating, inhabitants of Mammoth Island attempt
to rescue an Islander and his mammoths from the middle of a
lake. They are stranded on a small island after a wooden
bridge collapses. Olive, a bright young Islander, notices
that the wood from the broken bridge is floating on the
surface of the lake. With the help of a visiting inventor,
she discovers the principle of buoyancy. Every object
exerts a downward force on the water and the water pushes
back with an upward force on the object. When the buoyant
force is greater than an object’s weight, the object
floats!
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*For Sale in the U.S. and Canada Only*. In Friction, two young Islanders, Olive and Troy,
are delivering mail with a mammoth-drawn wagon when they
learn how important the force of friction is as they
attempt to slow down! Applying what they discover
about friction, Olive and Troy test a variety of brakes,
trying to find the type just right for them. Even with
proper brakes, it does take some time to come to a stop,
though. Young Troy and Olive find this out as they join
their two delivery mammoths for an unscheduled bath after
a foiled attempt to stop quickly!
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#V6014, $19.95
*For Sale in the U.S. and Canada Only*. In Heat, a visiting inventor discovers just how useful
the Island’s mammoth population is in keeping things warm one
freezing winter day on Mammoth Island! The warm-blooded
creatures helped heat water, press clothes, warm beds and
keep the village sauna hot and steamy. Heat is energy that
comes from the movement of the atoms and molecules that make
up everything around us. The Inventor reveals that heat can
travel from place to place in three ways: conduction,
convection and radiation. And he also reveals his amazement
at the Islanders’ ingenious use of mammoths to keep
warm!
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#V6015, $19.95
*For Sale in the U.S. and Canada Only*. In Inclined Planes, inhabitants of Mammoth Island
have decided to smash boulders into bits by dropping them
off a wooden tower to make gravel for their new roads.
While this method does produce gravel, the Islanders find
it is difficult and even dangerous to hoist boulders up the
side of a tower. A young Islander, Olive, suggests that they
roll the boulders up a ramp instead of hauling them up the
tower, and proves that it takes less effort to roll the
boulders up an inclined plane thereby allowing them to get
the job done more easily! Part of a multi-volume video series,
The Way Things Work is based on the best-selling book
by David Macaulay.
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*For Sale in the U.S. and Canada Only*. In Levers, inhabitants of Mammoth Island have decided
to enter their mammoth in a "heaviest mammoth" competition.
To do so, they need to find the best method to weigh a mammoth.
After observing some children playing on a see-saw, Olive, a
young Islander, is inspired to try a simple machine called a
lever to get the job done. The Islanders then explore the
properties of the three classes of levers and discover that
scissors, nail clippers and tweezers are just a few examples of
useful inventions based on the principle of the lever! Part of a
multi-volume video series, The Way Things Work is based
on the best-selling book by David Macaulay.
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*For Sale in the U.S. and Canada Only*. In Light, young Olive and her cousin Troy learn all
about the properties of light with the help of a visiting
inventor and a room full of his crystal trophies. They
discover that light behaves in different ways to change
the way we see things. When light waves hit something,
three things can happen: the light can bounce, it can pass
through or it can be absorbed. Troy, Olive and the Inventor
also examine a variety of devices which use lenses to bend
light and help us see images correctly, such as telescopes,
periscopes, and binoculars. Part of a multi-volume video
series, The Way Things Work is based on the best-selling
book by David Macaulay.
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*For Sale in the U.S. and Canada Only*. In Magnets, inhabitants of Mammoth Island discover the
power of an invisible force called magnetism when a sudden
lightning bolt transforms their "clothes drier" - a contraption
made of wire wound into a coil around an iron bar. When an
electric current flows through the wire, the current creates a
magnetic field around it. The iron bar in the middle helps to
concentrate the field, and because of the high number of turns
in the coil, a very strong magnetic field is created. When the
current flows, the bar develops opposite poles at either end,
which attract iron and steel objects. The inhabitants of Mammoth
Island learn that opposites really do attract as they explore the
many ways in which magnets can be used!
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*For Sale in the U.S. and Canada Only*. In Musical Instruments, inhabitants of Mammoth Island
invite a visiting Inventor to a concert of mammoth proportions!
Instead of playing instruments, the Islanders rely on musical
mammoths for entertainment. After the performance, which
includes a rather dangerous stampede, the Inventor shares
what he knows about musical instruments with a young Islander
named Olive and her friends. Sound waves of different
frequencies result in different pitches, and instruments of
those different pitches are combined to produce music. The
Islanders learn the principles behind various wind, string,
brass and percussion instruments and the various sounds they
produce. And the result is music to their ears!
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*For Sale in the U.S. and Canada Only*. In Photography, local inhabitants of Mammoth Island are
attempting to memorialize the winner of their annual golf
tournament with a portrait. Since the only painter never
seems to complete a painting, a young Islander named Olive
begins to experiment with light when she notices its effect
on the grass growing on the golf course. Before long, she
stumbles on the principles involved in photography, and a
visiting inventor helps her understand how light, lenses and
chemicals can be used to produce a photograph. Together they
build a camera of mammoth-sized proportions!
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*For Sale in the U.S. and Canada Only*. In Pressure, the Islanders work together to retrieve
a wedding ring that has fallen down a sink drain. With the
help of a visiting inventor, they discover what a straw, plunger,
vacuum and jackhammer all have in common: they are all useful tools
that operate by manipulating a force called pressure. The
Islanders discover the differences and similarities between
devices that derive their power from changing air pressure
(pneumatic machines) and from liquid pressure (hydraulic
machines). Thankfully, by applying what they learn about
pressure and how their various tools work, the Islanders
recover the missing ring! Part of a multi-volume series,
The Way Things Work is based on the best-selling
book by David Macaulay.
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*For Sale in the U.S. and Canada Only*. In Pulleys, inhabitants of Mammoth Island try to find
the best method to lift their mammoths. A young islander, Olive,
decides to use a simple machine called a pulley to get the job done.
A pulley is a wheel that carries a rope, chain or cable on its rim
and can be used to lift a heavy load. And when multiple pulleys
work together, they lessen the effort it takes to do work. So
using a ten-pulley system would require one tenth of the effort
of a single pulley to lift a mammoth! Part of a multi-volume
video series, The Way Things Work is based on the best-selling
book by David Macaulay.
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*For Sale in the U.S. and Canada Only*. In Pumps, all is well on Mammoth Island when suddenly
Brenda's baking shed has caught fire! Soon the Mammoth Island
Fire Brigade arrives and attempts put the fire out using
water-filled mammoths. However, young Olive is sure that a
machine might make it easier to get water to a fire. Looking
at her bicycle pump, she wonders if it might be possible to
create a device for pumping water. With the help of the
inventor and other islanders, Olive builds a water pump that
is soon put to the test and saves the summer barbecue! Part
of a multi-volume video series, The Way Things Work
is based on the best-selling book by David
Macaulay.
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*For Sale in the U.S. and Canada Only*. In Screws, inhabitants of Mammoth Island are in the
process of building a new observation tower out of stone
blocks when one of the islanders gets trapped at the top
of the tower. With the help of a visiting gallant knight
and his trusty mammoth, they are able to build a ramp
around the circular structure and create a giant simple
machine known as a screw. Turning the tower into a giant
screw allows the islanders to spin the tower down into the
soil, bringing the trapped inhabitant of Mammoth Island close
to the ground-and saving the day! Part of a multi-volume video
series, The Way Things Work is based on the best-selling
book by David Macaulay.
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*For Sale in the U.S. and Canada Only*. In Sensors, Olive and her cousin Troy help their
family remodel a quaint old lodge in the mountains. They
decide that the old building could use some modernization. A
visiting inventor suggests some sensors that would help.
Sensors are devices that respond to heat, light, sound,
pressure, magnetism, or motion. The inventor explains the
principles behind different types of sensors that can detect the
presence of something, such as smoke detectors, automatic doors,
and security alarms. Part of a multi-volume series, The Way
Things Work is based on the best-selling book by David
Macaulay.
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*For Sale in the U.S. and Canada Only*. In Sinking, a giant wave overtakes the Mammoth Ferry
on its maiden voyage and all of the ship’s cargo is swept
overboard! An enterprising young Islander, Olive, watches
her cousin Troy attempt to retrieve the sunken cargo and
notices air bubbles rising to the surface around him.
Olive uses these bubbles as a cue and, with the help of a
visiting inventor, designs a vehicle called a submersible
that allows them to sink to the ocean floor and then rise
back to the surface. Before long, Olive retrieves the lost
cargo and saves the day!
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*For Sale in the U.S. and Canada Only*. In Sound, the inhabitants of Mammoth Island learn
how sound energy travels in waves. While herding their
mammoths towards fresh pasture through a maze of canyons,
someone sneezes and the sound reverberates, startling the
timid mammoths and causing them to run away! A visiting
inventor explains that sounds are caused by the movement
of molecules - what scientists refer to as vibrations.
Thinking about how our ears translate vibrations into
sound leads a bright young Islander, Olive, to create a
primitive microphone. The Islanders use this device with
an amplifier and loudspeaker to send out a loud trumpeting
mammoth call and the lost herd reunites and travels on to
greener pastures.
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*For Sale in the U.S. and Canada Only*. In Springs, a visiting inventor observes a family
harvesting coconuts on Mammoth Island using a number of
devices called springs. Springs come in two shapes: there
are coil springs, and there are bending bars - called
"leaf springs" - which is what the Islanders use to improve
their coconut collecting. When a spring is bent, the
molecules on one side are pushed together while the
molecules on the other side are pulled apart. So once
the bending force is removed, the molecules rapidly "spring"
back into their natural places. Springs store potential
energy when they are stretched or compressed. This stored
energy is transferred to the energy of motion - causing
the coconuts go flying through the air!
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*For Sale in the U.S. and Canada Only*. In Steam Power, two young Islanders, Olive and Troy,
enlist the help of a visiting inventor to build a machine that
will make the rides at the amusement park much more exciting.
After observing the power of expanding steam in a whistling tea
kettle, they decide to build a steam engine! A steam engine is a
device that converts heat energy to mechanical energy.
The Islanders soon discover that using steam power can make the
Mammoth Island fair more thrilling - from spinning cotton candy
to powering roller coasters. Part of a multi-volume video series,
The Way Things Work is based on the best-selling book by
David Macaulay.
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*For Sale in the U.S. and Canada Only*. In Telecommunications, a visiting inventor investigating a
stream of flying boulders discovers the Islanders’ primitive
communication system and decides to help them upgrade to one
that is more efficient and less dangerous. The inventor
introduces the telephone - a device that uses electricity,
light and radio waves to transmit sound messages. The
Islanders discover that fiber optic systems make communicating
over long distances even easier than phone lines. They learn
how fax machines work and how cell phones make it possible to
talk to anyone almost anywhere in the world!
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*For Sale in the U.S. and Canada Only*. In Wheels & Axles, the inhabitants of Mammoth Island
decide to use the concept of a wheel and axle to create a
feather machine that will help them dry their mammoths.
The wheel and axle is a simple machine that makes work
easier by changing the effort that force needs to move an
object. Aside from their feather wheel, the Islanders
discover that the wheel and axle is at work all around
them - from waterwheels and windmills to turbines and
doorknobs. Part of a multi-volume video series,
The Way Things Work is based on the best-selling
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