Montgomery County Public Schools - Social Studies Department

MCPS TV has created the following video productions to supplement field trip experiences. To order one of the videos below, send a Tape Duplication Request Form (365-28) to Tape Duplication, Video Library via PONY. Use the project number below to order specific tapes. This service is available to MCPS schools only. The highlighted links go to the related MCPS Social Studies Field Trip page.

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Maryland Science Center:
Part One
Curriculum Connection: Simple switches and circuits
Project Number 96-13-01 Time: 20:18

Maryland Science Center:
Part Two
Curriculum Connection: Food Chain-Chesapeake Bay Area
Project Number 96-13-02 Time: 18:58

C & OCanal
Curriculum Connection: Maryland early transportation system
Project Number 96-13-03 Time: 24:30

Ft. McHenry
Curriculum Connection: Star Spangled Banner and Battle of Baltimore
Project Number 96-13-04 Time: 14:59

Waterway to the Bay Series
Curriculum Connection: Stream studies from head end of RockCreek to Pointe Lookout on the Chesapeake Bay.Includes local history, math , music.

Waterway to the Bay - Part One
Begins at head end in Laytonsville.
Project Number 96-13-05 Time: 20:51
Waterway to the Bay - Part Two
Continues to Smith Center
Project Number 96-13-06 Time: 27:06
Waterway to the Bay - Part Three
At the Smith Center
Project Number 96-13-07 Time: 16:38
Waterway to the Bay - Part Four
Rock Creek Park in D.C.
Project Number 96-13-08 Time: 16:56
Waterway to the Bay - Part Five
On the Potomac
Project Number 96-13-09 Time: 24:21
Waterway to the Bay - Part Six
At Point Lookout
Project Number 96-13-10 Time: 24:40

Baltimore Museum of Industry
Curriculum Connection: Economics of anearly Maryland industry - the oyster canning business
Project Number 97-13-01 Time: 20:29 Homestead Farm:
Part One
Curriculum Connection: Foods and products from animals, how farm products get to the store, what animals are fed.
Project Number 97-13-02 Time: 17:00

Homestead Farm:
Part Two
Curriculum Connection: Apple growing, honey making, food preservation.
Project Number 97-13-03

National Capital Trolley Museum
Curriculum Connection:
Project Number 99-013-03

Baltimore Harbor
Curriculum Connection:
Project Number: 99-013-04

Smith Island:
Part One
Curriculum Connection: Chemical and salinity testing. Connection of the marsh flats to Smith Island life.
Project Number 97-13-04 Time: 16:23

Smith Island:
Part Two
Curriculum Connection: Crab potting, SAV scraping, waterman's life in the Chesapeake Bay.
Project Number 97-13-05 Time 28:46

Smith Island:
Part Three
Curriculum Connection: Visiting a crab coop, African-American heritage on Smith Island.
Project Number 97-13-06 Time 23:36

Ford's Theatre
Curriculum Connection: American Civil War-Abraham Lincoln, Participate in an actor's workshop.
Project Number 97-13-07 Time 26:25

Goddard Space Flight Center:
Part One
Curriculum Connection: History of Rocketry, Pioneers of space flight, NASA's first space craft
Project Number 97-13-08 Time 19:28

Goddard Space Flight Center:
Part Two
Curriculum Connection: Suiting for a space walk and the Space Shuttle Program
Project Number 97-13-09 Time 19:59

African Art Museum:
Part One
Curriculum Connection: 3rd Grade Ghana studies
Project Number 98-13-01 Time 18:58

African Art Museum:
Part Two
Curriculum Connection: 3rd Grade Ghana studies
Project Number 98-13-02 Time 19:21

Baltimore Public Works Museum
Curriculum Connection: 4th Grade Metropolitan Studies, 2nd Grade Communities
Project Number 98-13-03 Time 19:51

Flag Ponds
Curriculum Connection: Fossil Study of Maryland Animals a Plants
Project Number 98-13-04 Time 24:12

David Wisniewski
Curriculum Connection: Book Illustration and Writing Skill
Project Number 98-13-05 Time 24:37

Newseum
Curriculum Connection: History of Communication
Project Number 98-13-06 Time 16:39

Washington Post
Curriculum Connection:
Project Number 99-013-01

Banneker-Douglass Museum
Curriculum Connection:
Project Number 99-013-02

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