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Earth's crust: Bill Nye goes to the depths of the Earth (literally) to explain how the Earth's surface and its inner mantle differ. Earthquakes: Thousands of earthquakes happen each year and Bill Nye, the science guy trembles in his boots when he explains what causes them. Find out what makes big pieces of the earth's crust (the plates) move and what you should have on hand in case of a quake.
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What scientific principle keeps coming up and up when designing Disney's theme park attractions? Trajectory! The Imagineers demonstrate how forces and motion play a leading role in creating rides like California Adventure's California Screamin' and Toy Story Midway Mania. Learn the definitions of projectile and Trajectory, see how Newton's First Law of Motion relates to these principles, and how to apply the physics of motion to predict and control...
85) Volcanoes
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Bill Nye takes a look at the hot-hot-hot world of volcanoes: what they are, how they're formed and the different types that exist.
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Live action footage of animals in their natural habitats are combined with clips from Disney's animated films to introduce children to the world of animals. Each segment features a different animal, offering students detailed information about the animal's habitat, living conditions, behavior, diet, survival techniques, and life cycle. Content is tied to K-3 National Science Education Standards. This DVD features segments on tigers and lions.
89) Comets & meteors
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Experiments and activities demonstrate various facts about comets and meteors.
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Jesse Aarons is in the 5th grade and has trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. He becomes upset when new classmate Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and some other striking differences, the two become fast friends. Together, they create Terabithia where they rule as king and queen and is a land filled with monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants. This friendship helps Jesse cope with a tragedy that makes him...
91) Ocean Life
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In OCEAN LIFE, Bill goes underwater to talk about ocean ecosystems and the importance of small organisms such as coral, kelp, and plankton. Amazingly, these latter organisms are the food of huge whales, which gather them by straining thousands of tons of sea water through their mouths.
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"How do the Imagineers make elephants fly? Actually, it's simple...simple machines, that is! Here, the Imagineers give a new look at how levers and pulleys were utilized to create attractions such as Dumbo the Flying Elephant and Soarin' Over California. See how levers and pulleys make work easier by either multiplying or redirecting the effort we put into them. Identify the two forces involved in using a machine and learn to calculate mechanical...
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Live action footage of animals in their natural habitats are combined with clips from Disney's animated films to introduce children to the world of animals. Each segment features a different animal, offering students detailed information about the animal's habitat, living conditions, behavior, diet, survival techniques, and life cycle. Content is tied to K-3 National Science Education Standards. This DVD features segments on snakes and frogs and toads....
94) The sun
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Bill presents information on solar flares, eclipses, sunspots, fusion, and solar energy, and visits a solar power farm near Sacramento, California.
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When Lucy Pevensie, her older brothers Edmund and Peter, and her older sister Susan are sent to the country for safer keeping during the initial bombing raids of WW II, they decide to play hide-and-seek in the strange house of the mysterious professor. During the game Lucy discovers a mysterious wardrobe and discovers an entirely different world. The place is called Narnia, and it's been locked in winter for over 100 years by someone known as "The...
96) The last lecture
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Randy Pausch, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University was asked to deliver a "Last Lecture" (a series designed to examine the final lessons the speaker would impart when facing their own mortality). For Randy the topic was anything but hypothetical - he had recently received a terminal cancer diagnosis. He delivered his lecture entitled: "Really achieving your childhood dreams" at Carnegie Mellon University on Sept. 18, 2007. Randy lost his cancer...
97) WALL-E
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After hundreds of lonely years, a waste management robot, Wall-E, finds a new purpose in life. With only a cockroach for a friend, he finds true love in another robot sent on a mission to Earth to see if it is safe for human life.
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A most trustworthy bear helps children learn about school bus and personal safety in this DVD featuring two popular safety programs. Pooh's "Great School Bus Adventure" provides the perfect opportunity to review school bus safety rules, and "Too Smart for Strangers" uses a positive approach to teach young children how to protect themselves and act responsibly.
99) Food web
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Bill Nye becomes tangled in a complex food web in his quest to demonstrate that all living things depend on other living things to survive.