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Bill Nye has been the public face of science for more than 20 years. In Everything All at Once, the New York Times bestselling author urges readers to become activists and agents of change. Everything All at Once is an exciting, inspiring call to unleash the power of the nerd mindset that exists within us all. Nye believes we'll never be able to tackle our society's biggest, most complex problems if we don't even know how to solve the small ones....
Series
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
2008.
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.
Series
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
Bill Nye uses foam models to illustrate the various types of germs and how they function. The recurring character, "Mama Crust," motivates kids to brush their teeth, wash their hands, and cut way back on picking their noses.
Series
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Bodies of water surrounded by land on all sides are called lakes if they're large and ponds if they're small. Where does all that water come from? Bill Nye ponders this and many other freshwater questions in this exciting program.
Series
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
Bill Nye sheds light on solar flares, eclipses, sunspots, fusion, and solar energy, and visits an enormous solar energy farm outside Sacramento, California, to demonstrate how the sun is the source of energy for all living things on earth.
Series
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
In Storms, see what happens when huge masses of air collide. Destructive or not, storms benefit us. The tropical regions of the Earth would be too hot to inhabit--and the subpolar regions too cold -- if we didn't have hurricanes and typhoons to distribute the Earth's heat so efficiently.
Series
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
Thousands of earthquakes happen each year and Bill Nye the science guy 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.
Publisher
Discovery Channel
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
'Bad astronomer' Phil Plait debunks bad science in an explosive series! Includes 3 fiery episodes: Asteroid Apocalypse, Alien Attack!, and Death Stars.
Asteroid apocalypse: 65 million years ago, an asteroid bigger than Mount Everest slammed into the Earth wiping out the dinosaurs. Are we in for the same fate? Phil Plait investigates the possibility and tests some explosive measures that may just save our planet.
Alien attack!: Fearless junk science...
Series
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
Exploring the ocean helps us to better understand the Earth. In 'Ocean exploration, ' get a glimpse of some of the special tools required for investigating the ocean and find out why studying the ocean is so crucial to life on land.
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