Rabbit Ears Productions
Series
Publisher
Disney Educational Products
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Digestion: Bill Nye explains how the body's digestive system is like a fine-tuned machine that turns food into energy. Bill demonstrates the process with a steam engine that runs on corn flakes. Respiration: Bill Ney gets aerobic about the importance of respiration as he jogs, bikes, swims, and scuba dives. Discover how to measure the amount of air each breath contains and see a demonstration of how cigarette smoke can infiltrate and injure the lungs....
Publisher
Disney Educational Products
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Heart: Bill Nye checks out this important muscular pump and its function in the body by pulling nine "Gs" with the United States Navy's Blue Angels; Genes: did you know that genes determine everything from hair and eye color to wheter or not you can roll your tongue? It's all the genes you inherited from your mother and father. Join Bill as he explores the chromosomal world of DNA.
3) Caves
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
"Join Bill as he explores the ... world of caves! In Caves, you never know what kind of living things you'll run into. Surviving in complete darkness requires an array of natural adaptations. Caves have their own unique forms of life -- it's a whole different world where the sun doesn't shine"--Container.
4) Life cycles
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Did you know that all living things grow, reproduce, and die in cycles? Bill Nye explains "Life cycles" and shows us why many different living things have similar life cycles.
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
"You may not believe it, but these 'spineless wonders' far outnumber those of us animals with backbones. In 'Invertebrates, ' Bill Nye explains the unique characteristics of these animals and why we are dependent on them"--Container cover insert.
Series
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
"Thousands of earthquakes happen each year and Bill Nye the Science Guy trembles in his boots when he explains what causes them. In Earthquakes, 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"--Container.
10) Oceanography
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Surf's up! In Oceanography, students get "current" information as Bill explains why oceans are salty and explores the way they flow.
11) Structure
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
"From the "Bungee Zone" in British Columbia to New York Harbor's Verranzano Narrows Bridge (one of the longest suspension bridges in the world), our daredevil host, Bill Nye, goes to any length to prove the structural principles of tension and compression"--Container.
13) Wind
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Bill Nye talks about wind; how it works, the changes in our world it makes, storm winds, sailing winds, and wind energy.
14) Waves
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Catch a few waves with the Science Guy! Bill explores sound waves, light waves, seismic waves, energy waves, and even "the wave" that's so popular with stadium crowds.
15) Genes
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
"Did you know that genes determine everything from hair and eye color to whether or not you can roll your tongue? It's all in the genes you inherited from your mother and father. Join Bill in Genes, as he explores the chromosomal world of DNA"--Container.
16) Smell
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
In Smell, discover how human sense of smell helps us interpret our environment and react to the things around us by letting us know when new smells are nearby.
18) Deserts
Series
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Single episode of the television Bill Nye the science guy, exploring the desert ecosystem and demonstrating the ways its plants and animals flourish.
Publisher
Listening Library
Pub. Date
p1991
Language
English
Description
Squanto & the first Thanksgiving: "True story of a Native American named Squanto, who is captured from his tribe and sold into slavery in Spain. Years later, Squanto regains his freedom and journeys back to his homeland where he teaches the Pilgrims how to survive--culminating in the first Thanksgiving celebration"--Container.
The legend of Sleepy Hollow: "New schoolmaster Ichabod Crane is at odds with local hero and bully Brom Bones for the affection...