Subject: Science
Grades: K-6
Length: 13 episodes @ 30 minutes
Distributors: GPN
Record Rights: Life of Lease
Each episode in this series contains several short segments, each on a
different science subject. The segments’ activities involve the host and
guest scientists in the discovery of basic scientific facts and principles.
The series covers a broad spectrum of subjects including Life Science,
Earth Science, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Astronomy, Technology, Health
and Medicine, Animal Science and Sports Science.
1501 Scene-stealers, glaucoma, dinosaurs, enzymes. The sneak thief of sight. Movie dinosaurs get a life from hydraulic technology. Don’t cry over spilt milk -- enzyme proteins can power out stains!
1502 Old boats, the bends, imagination and mist. The saga of a sunken slave ship. Diving, from Aqua-Lung to SCUBA. A young inventor grants your wish for an automatic table setter. What’s dew got to do with fog?
1503 Fool's gold, moonrise, Screaming Eagles, a baby tiger. Gold from pan to mine. The moon must be going through a phase. Take a spin in the Screaming Eagles race car. How a tiger earns its stripes.
1504 Running with the pack, puppy grub, Wishbone, baby 'gators. Wolves -- the forerunners of dogs. Why people food might not be the best pet food. How Wishbone, the literary dog, uses positive reinforcement to train his owner. What kind of people do exotic pets prefer?
1505 Breathe easy, float your boat, question everything, save the horses. Asthmatics must watch what they eat, breathe, feel, and do. Use physics to read river rapids. Don’t be in the dark -- use a question mark! Wild horses -- a vanishing breed.
1506 Gliders, Novocaine, suction cups, leeches. Gliders use thermals to soar with the eagles. Dentists use anesthesia to drill without pain. Suction cups use air pressure to stay where you stick them. Doctors use leeches to promote circulation.
1507 Surviving: on a glacier, in the wilderness, in a kayak, on a mountain. Scout the best route to walk the slippery rock of a glacier. Comforts every creature needs to weather the forces of nature. Enroll in Kayaking 101 for rowing and positioning techniques. Gain a foothold in an expedition attempting to scale Mount Sir Sandford.
1508 Glass blowing, smiling, hockey checks, earthly responsibilities. Glass blowing is super-cool, combining art, chemistry, and hot silica. What kind of being can make 10,000 expressions with the 80 muscles in its face? --A human being! Using physics when hockey players get physical. Garbage is a waste of our environment.
1509 Melting, mammoths, meteorologists, mmm-mouth water! If global warming melts the ice, we may all be in the drink! 10,000-year-old bones of mammoths and mastodons. A cool career lets you conduct science experiments in the skies. A chocolatier uses an ingredient found in the rain forest to make Swiss bliss.
1510 Wherever the wind blows, from the Badlands to Mars. Roving around on the red planet. Get wind of the Coriolis effect. What’s so bad about the Badlands?
1511 Handy machines and living things. A zoo vet is the best bet to care for a sun bear. Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines! Can you open a can of worms with a can opener? A walking stick has a green thumb.
1512 Newton knows robots. Test your robot IQ on the Bot or Not game show. NASA sends red rover right over to outer space. Take a virtual reality trip in a Martian robot. Kids use problem-solving skills to create their own robots at camp.
1513 Lightning, proteins, v-formations and science videos. Become well-grounded in the physics of lightning. Building blocks of our bodies. Hey birdy, can I get a lift? Sneak a peek at America's Most Scientific Home Videos.