Audio Visual Reviews

SlidesMotorway biology. Set of 20 full-frame colour slides, card-mounted and numbered, in a plastic viewpack in a stiff binder, with teaching notes. By J. Feltwell. Available from Focal Point Audio Visual Ltd, 251 Copner Road, Portsmouth P03 5EE. Price £7.00. Ref 36; D. R. Calder

SlidesMammals of the hedgerow. A set of 26 glass-mounted slides supplied in a cardboard box, with accompanying text. Available from the RSPCA, Purchase and Supply Department, Causeway, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 1HG. Price £6.50; C. Dale

SlidesProtecting our waters. Set of 40 full-frame colour, cardmounted slides in a plastic viewpack in a stiff binder, with teaching notes. By Robert Gray. Available from Focal Point Audio Visual Ltd, 251 Copner Road, Portsmouth P03 5EE. Price £11.75. Ref. 320; Margaret Beynon

SlidesX-rays of the human body. Set of 20 card-mounted black-andwhite slides in a plastic viewpack in a stiff binder, with teaching notes. By Julian Cremona. Available from Focal Point Audio Visual Ltd, 251 Copner Road, Portsmouth P03 5EE. Price £7.00. Ref. 332; Pat Saunders, Pat Burdett

Tape/SlideLife on our Earth—Evolution Four slide sets, each of 20 colour, card-mounted, slides in a plastic viewpack in a stiff binder with leaching notes. By Anil Johnson. Available from Focal Point Audio Visual Ltd, 251 Copner Road, Portsmouth P03 5EE. Price £7.00 per slide set. Refs. 333–336. Cassette commentaries also available at £2.75 each; Brian Jones

Tape/SlideSurvival of the fittest. A colour filmstrip of 30 full-frames with a 30-minute taped commentary (cassette or open reel) and a supplementary information booklet. By M. Jago. Available from Audio Learning Ltd. Sarda House, 183–189 Queensway, London W2 5HL. Price £10.00. Ref. B10006; P. S. Richardson

Tape/SlideBiological studies of river pollution. A strip of 50 full-frames in colour with slide mounts supplied, and a cassette commentary. By G. Best, R. Rowatt, and S. Fraser. Available from Focal Point Audio Visual Ltd, 251 Copnor Road, Portsmouth P03 5EE. Price £10.00. Ref 89 Content; Pat Burdett

FilmsPoisonous and edible plants. Colour filmstrip of 44 frames (available in full or half-frame format) with teaching notes. By Graham Burton. Available from Hugh Baddeley Productions, Educational Distribution Centre, 8 Brampton Road, St Albans, Herts ALI 4PW. Cost £4.50. Ref. GB 114. (Also available as a slide set at £7.00).; M. Beynon

FilmsThe behaviour of the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus . A 16 mm sound, colour, film. Running time 15 minutes. Year of release 1970. Produced by the Oxford Film Unit and distributed by Hunt and Broadhurst Ltd, Botley Road, Oxford 0X2 OHE. Price on application; Joan Lundie

FilmsWoodworm: The life cycle of Anobium punctatum . A 16 mm colour film. Running time: approx. 4.5 minutes. Year of release: 1966. Available on free loan from Rentokil Film Unit, Webber Road, Kirkby Industrial Estate, Kirkby, Liverpool L33 7SR;P. Burdett

FilmsOf mice and men. A 16 mm colour film. Running time: 15 minutes. Year of release: 1975. Available on free loan from Rentokil Film Unit, Webber Road, Kirkby Industrial Estate, Kirkby, Liverpool L33 7SR;

FilmsOur drains. Colour filmstrip of 41 frames (available in whole or half-frame format) with teaching notes, by Leslie Castle and W. M. Barker. Available from Hugh Baddeley Productions, Educational Distribution Centre, 8 Brampton Road, St Albans, Herts ALI 4PW. Price £4.50. Ref. LC197; P. Saunders     

Audio Visual Reviews

SlidesBiological systems Seven packs each containing 12 colour slides and teachers' notes. Compiled by T. Forder. Price £4.10 per pack. Available from The Slide Centre Ltd, 143 Chatham Road. London SW11SBR; Clare A. Duggan, Phil Lea Judith M. Troke David Veale

Tape/SlidePhotosynthesis: Energy from light A tape-slide presentation in two parts with teachers' guide. Compiled by Gray Williams Jr. Each part has 80 plastic-mounted slides and a tape cassette for 25 minutes with audible signal on one side, 1000 Hz automatic signal on the other. Price £59.00. Available in the UK from Edward Patterson Associates Ltd, 68 Copers Cope Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 1RJ. Available in the USA with slides prepacked in two carousel magazines with an LP record in addition to the cassettes. Price $139.50. Ref. 1039–1750. From Science and Mankind Inc., White Plains, N. Y. 10603, USA; Reshid Auladin Rosy Dixon Julie Stamford

Tape/SlideThe work of the World Wildlife Fund Set of 60 plastic-mounted 35 mm colour slides and a prerecorded cassette tape, with notes. Prices: slides £8.30; tape £3.00 (double-frame film-strip available at £4.15). Ref. AVP 054/60. Available from WWF/IUCN International Education Project, Greenfield House, Guiting Power, Glos GL54 5TZ. (Many of the WWF tapes can be made available in foreign language versions. Write for further information to the address above.); John A. Barker

VideotapesThe blood business A videotape in colour. Running time 30 minutes. Video hire £8.20. Video sale £140. Available from Concord Films Council Ltd, 201 Felixstowe Road. Ipswich, Suffolk IP3 9BJ; P. Saunders

VideotapesGenetic chance. A videotape in colour. Running time 60 minutes. Originally produced by BBC TV in 1979. Video hire £13.50. Video sale £150. Available from Concord Films Council Ltd, 201 Felixstowe Road, Ipswich, Suffolk IP3 9BJ; P. Saunders

ChartsCommon British Mammals A set of six posters, one on each of Rabbit, Grey Squirrel, Hedgehog, Deer, Badger, Fox. By D. Walton and D. Barbour. Obtainable from World Wildlife Fund, Education Department, Panda House, 11–13 Ockford Road, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1QU. Distributed to schools with the aid of Lloyds Bank; K. E. J. Wiseman

ChartsThe development and care of teeth T50 A colour chart with teaching notes, size approximately 100 cm by 76 cm. Price £2.85. Available from Pictorial Charts Educational Trust, 27 Kirchen Road, London W13 0UD; Julie Stamford; John A. Barker

ChartsThe blood system T51 A chart, in colour, with teaching notes, size approximately 100 cm by 74 cm. Price £2.85. Available from Pictorial Charts Educational Trust, 27Kirchen Road, London Wli OUD; John A. Barker

ChartsJoints T52 A chart, in colour, with teaching notes, size approximately 100 cm by 76 cm. Price £2.85. Available from Pictorial Charts Educational trust, 27Kirchen Road, London W13 OUD; John A. Barker

Multi-mediaSmoking F702 Pack of materials, price £2.85. Available from Pictorial Charts Educational Trust, 27 Kirchen Road, London Wli OUD; John A. Barker     

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Slides/Strips,Sewage treatment and disposal, A slide pack of 40 full-frame slides and teacher's booklet in a plastic slide wallet with optional stiff binder. Compiled by Robert Gray, Director of Cleansing and Environmental Health Officer, Borough of Airdrie. Price £11.00 (plus 75p for binder). Ref. 319. Produced and distributed by Focal Point Audio Visual Ltd, 251 Copnor Road, Portsmouth, Hants P03 5EE; B. J. Purvis

Slides/Strips,Life cycle of the locust, Set of 20 35 mm colour slides, cardmounted, presented in a plastic wallet and a stiff binder, with teaching notes by Sr M. Daniel IBVM. Price £7.00. Ref 366. Available from Focal Point Audio Visual Ltd, 251 Copnor Road, Portsmouth, Hants P03 5EE; I. Fforde

Slides/Strips,A world of its own—a meadow in midsummer, Afilmstrip of 50 full-frame colour transparencies with card mounts, and leaching notes. Compiled by Sr M. Daniel, IBVM. Price £7.27. Ref. 178. Available from Focal Point Audio Visual Ltd, 251 Copnor Road, Portsmouth, Hants P03 5EE; B. J. Purvis

Slides/Strips,Living world around us, Two filmstrips in this series, each of 36 frames, in colour, in full- or half-frame format.; A. J. Williams

Slides/Strips,Exploring a field.. Photography and notes by Joan M. Clayton. Price £4.50. Ref. JC107; A. J. Williams

Slides/Strips,Exploring a garden Photography and notes by Leslie Jackman. Price £4.50. Ref. JC131. Available from Hugh Baddeley Productions, Educational Distribution Centre, 8 Brampton Road, St Albans, Herts AL1 4PW; A. J. Williams

Multi-Media,Youth and exploration, Five audiovisual packs, each containing over 30 mounted colour slides, audio cassette, commentary notes, and background information. Published as a collaborative venture by the Royal Geographical Society and BP Educational Service. Available from BP Educational Service, PO Box 5, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7EH. Price £7.50 each (available as filmstrip and notes without packaging or cassette at £1.90); Anne Heaton

Tapes,Human genetics, A one-hour taped discussion between Michael Carter of Portsmouth Polytechnic and Professor Bryan Clarke, Senior Research Fellow at Nottingham University, together with a booklet containing summaries of the discussions, a bibliography, and questions for students. Part of series ‘Sussex Tapes’ obtainable from Sussex Publications Ltd, Freepost, Poulshot, Devizes, Wilts SNIO 1BR. Reference SC3. Price £8.50 (cassette or reel); Diana Manuel

Games,The pollution game, Board game for four or five players. Price £17.41. Ref. ZRA-950-Q. Available from Griffin and George, Gerrard Biological Centre, Worthing Road, East Preston, West Sussex BN16 IAS. (Produced and distributed in the USA by Carolina Biological Supply Company, 2700 York Road, Burlington, North Carolina; ref. 44-3436); Colin Wood-Robinson

Games,Predator—the food chain game, Card game for up to 40 players. Price £5.90. Ref. ZRA-940-A. Available from Griffin and George Ltd, Gerrard Biological Centre, Worthing Road, East Preston, West Sussex BN16 IAS. (Distributed in the USA by Carolina Biological Supply Company, 2700 York Road, Burlington, North Carolina; ref 44-3425); Colin Wood-Robinson

Games,SOS—sink or swim, A card game for up to six players. Price £1.35. Produced by Dinosaur Publications for the National Trust. Obtainable from National Trust shops; P. Burdett     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Brooke, M., & T. Birkhead, eds. (1991): The Cambridge encyclopedia of ornithology (Die Cambridge-Enzyklopädie der Ornithologie). Berthold , P. (1991): Orientation in birds (Vogel-Orientierung). Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, 331 pp. Power, D. M., ed. (1989): Current ornithology, Vol. 6 (Fortschritte der Ornithologie, Bd. 6). Plenum Press, New York. Johnsgard , P. A. (1991): Bustards, hemipodes, and sandgrouse. Leatherwood , St., & R. R. Reeves, eds. (1990): The bottlenose dolphin (Der Tümmler). Savage , C. (1991): Wölfe. Verhalten und Lebensweise in faszinierenden Bildern (Wolves).     

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Book Reviewed in this article:
La Symbiose Mycorhizienne. Ed. by J. A. FORTIN, C. CHAREST and Y. PICHÉ.
Lichen Biology. Ed. by T homas H. NASH III.
The Natural History of Pollination. By MICHAEL PROCTOR, PETER YEO and ANDREW LACK.
Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, vol. 2, Pteridophytes, Spermatophytes: Acanthaceae-Araceae. Ed. by JULIAN A. STEYERMARK, PAUL E. BERRY and BRUCE K. HOLST.     

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Books reviewed in this article:
The Physiology of Fungal Nutrition , by D. H. J ennings
Biochemistry of Metal Micronutrients in the Rhizo-sphere. By D. E. C rowley and E. L uster
The Haustorium. By N. N. B handari and K. G. M ckerji
Moss Protonema Differentiation. By S. C. B hatla
Plant Molecular Biology Labfax. Ed. by R. K. D. C roy
Plant Molecular Biology Manual. Ed. by S. B. G elvin and R. A. S chilperoort
The Cattleyas and their Relatives : 3. Schomburgkia, Sophronitis and other South American Genera. By C. L. W ithner
History of the Australian Vegetation : Cretaceous to Recent. Ed. by R obert S. H ill
Managing Habitats for Conservation. Ed. by W illiam J. S utherland and D avid A. H ill