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The elements

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Traces the evolution of chemistry from the Greeks to the present day. Looks at how scientists turned alchemy into chemistry, ultimately building the new discipline around the periodic table.

Roller coaster physics

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The world's scariest amusement park attractions demonstrate the world of applied physics. Learn about friction, potential energy, gravity and acceleration with scientific explanations, examples and Discovery Video footage.

Forces & motion

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Learn the story of motion and its relationship to speed and force, humorously told. Complex aspects of physics are explained in an anecdotal manner.

Electricity's attraction

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Looks at the science of electricity and some of the uses that humans have devised for it.

Martians and other life forms

  • Ingram, Jay
Presents an exploration of Martians and other life forms, providing information on blueberry rock from Mars turning up in the Utah desert, encounters between tourists and wild animals in Banff, Alberta, and more.

Tasmania

island ecosystem
  • Corwin, Jeff
2005
Jeff Corwin describes some of the bizarre wildlife of Tasmania including egg-laying mammals, an ancient spider, kangaroos, and the Tasmanian Devil.

Costa Rica

coastal ecosystem
  • Corwin, Jeff
2005
Jeff Corwin explores a secluded beach in Costa Rica hoping to witness thousands of sea turtles that come ashore to lay their eggs. Jeff encounters a troop of capuchin monkeys, a venomous bushmaster serpent, and a silky anteater.

Habitats

  • Morris, Cassandra
1998
Explores animal habitats.

Biomes

  • Becker, Leslie
2006
Explores the conditions, climate, and plant and animal species of the world's major biomes, including the tundra and taiga, grasslands and deciduous forests, deserts and tropics, and aquatic biomes, and looks at the evolution and adaptation of whales.

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