Wednesday, November 16, 2011

New Bill Nye the Science Guy DVDs

Ocean Life
Bill Nye goes underwater to talk about ocean ecosystems and the importance of small organisms such as coral, kelp, and plankton. These latter organisms are the food of huge whales, which gather them by straining thousands of tons of sea water through their mouths.

Erosion
Erosion can make slow, almost invisible modifications, or sudden, drastic alterations to the landscape. Either way, the forces of erosion will always be at work.

Fluids
What do syrup, milk shakes, and air all have in common? In Fluids, you'll discover that they're all fluids, or stuff that can bend, squish, flow, move, dodge, or mosey along without breaking or separating.

Caves
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.

Eyeball
Bill Nye studies the body's window to the world--the eyeball.

Phases of Matter
In Phases of Matter, Bill Nye takes viewers on a tour of a steel mill to help demonstrate that matter exists in three phases--solids, liquids, and gases.

Earth's Crust
In 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.

Chemical Reactions
In Chemical Reactions, you'll have a blast watching the explosive examples Bill Nye uses to explain that everything is made of chemicals. Guest star Candace Cameron shares the lab with Bill and shows that fire is actually a chemical reaction.

Smell
In Smell, discover how the 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.

Motion
In Motion, Bill Nye shows how everything needs a push or pull--a force--to make it move or stop. Sometimes an object might seem to be at rest even when it is actually in motion. Confused? It's all relative--relative motion, that is.

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