Orem Library

Describes the appearance, life-cycle, pollination, food, and development of the amazing plants all around us.

Presents information and instructions for activities relating to principles of heat in everyday life.

Explains how everything on Earth can be grouped into four states of matter and how matter can change from one state to another by applying heat or pressure. Includes related activities.

Discusses the principles of sound, how animals and human hear, the speed of sound, noise pollution, and the use of sound waves in medicine. Includes related activities.

Explores the world of maps, from the earliest maps used by astronomers to the astronauts who are mapping the earth from space.

Explores the rocks and minerals that make up the earth, and includes related activities.

Discusses viruses, including their physical characteristics and some of the diseases they can cause.

Host Bill Nye explores the most important scientific breakthroughs leading to our understanding of life on Earth and why understanding biology may be our best protection against extinction. He explores the diversity of plant and animal life at Yellowstone National Park and then examines a book that championed the use of the microscope and set the stage for studying microorganisms, the accidental discovery of Anton Van Leeuwenhoek. A dramatic re-creation...

Explore the history of paleontology, beginning at the site of an asteroid that may have brought about the demise of the dinosaurs, and visit Bob Ballard, who discovers new deep-sea life forms.

Host Bill Nye explores the most significant medical discoveries about the human body, from 1538 until the 1980's.