juvenile films

Science buffs Beakman, Josie and Lester the rat delve into the mysteries of science, looking for answers to their questions.

Explores the properties of flight and aerodynamics, air pressure, and the work of Daniel Bernoulli.

A discussion of oceans, examining the properties of ocean water, the importance of tides, the topography of the ocean floor, and the different ocean zones.

Describes how the Dewey Decimal System is organized, and how students can use it effectively to find what they are looking for in the library.

A discussion of mechanical energy, looking at how energy can be transferred from one object to another to make something move, examining the states of mechanical energy, and including demonstrations.

An introduction to heat and chemical energy, discussing what heat energy is and where it comes from, looking at how heat energy relates to chemical energy, and including an experiment.

Explains what life was like before the discovery of electricity, describes the use of nonrenewable fossil fuels such as coal and oil during the Industrial Revolution, discusses increasing global energy consumption and ways of conserving energy, and shows how to make a solar-powered oven.

Explains what kinetic and potential energy are, showing how they are related and presenting real-life examples of how one is converted into another; and includes an experiment that teaches how to measure an object's kinetic energy and explores the effect of gravity on an object's potential energy.

Kids discover incredible power stored inside the tiny atom! The key concept is that huge amounts of energy can be released when the forces that hold the nucleus of an atom together are disturbed. That can happen through fission, the splitting of an atom's nucleus, or fusion, the combining of protons and neutrons from two different atoms. Pioneering scientists Lise Meitner and Marie Curie are introduced, and students learn how their research led to a greater understanding of the atom. Kids also learn that although nuclear energy is a clean, almost inexhaustible energy resource, there are safety issues that must be addressed.

Visits a community fire station to show some of the many ways in which fire fighters and paramedics help people--from fighting a blazing fire to aiding an injured or sick person; also shows how fire fighters help prevent fires by teaching about fire safety.