Nye, Bill

DVD Bill Nye looks at deserts.

Examines the "stuff" that people use every day and looks at the effects that these everyday objects and actions have on Earth's environment.

Science educator Bill Nye details the history of development in how energy is created and used, discussing fossil fuels, the combustion engine, electricity, nuclear power, solar and wind power, hydroelectricity, and hydrogen fuel cells.

Science educator Bill Nye details the history of developments in exploration, discussing clocks, the compass, submarines, telescopes, X-rays and MRIs, and rockets and the space shuttle. Includes an introduction to a student inventor.

Meet Jack and his foster siblings, Ava and Matt, who are orphans. But they're not your typical kind of orphans -- they're geniuses. Well, Ava and Matt are, which sometimes makes life difficult for twelve-year-old Jack. Ava speaks multiple languages and builds robots for fun, and Matt is into astronomy and a whiz at math. As for Jack, it's hard to stand out when he's surrounded by geniuses all the time. When the kids try to spy on Dr. Hank Witherspoon, one of the world's leading scientists, they end up working for him in his incredible laboratory.

Scientist Bill Nye answers several "nifty" questions about water and the water cycle, including how long water has been on Earth, what makes up everything in the universe, and what three forms water takes.