Schlessinger, Andrew

The history of the Chinook Indians comes to life, showing traditional life, first contacts with settlers, the impact of white civilization on the people, and current attempts to preserve the culture.

Examines the phenomenon of global warming, discussing the greenhouse effect in its positive, life-giving configuration, and again as this mechanism is knocked out of balance by increased levels of carbon gases.

Examines tobacco's impact on society an its harmful physical effects through animation, interviews, staged debates and original music.

Learn the differences between objects in motion, or kinetic energy, and objects at rest, or potential energy.

Learn about the forces that allow for flight: lift, gravity, thrust and drag, as well as the role atoms and air pressure play. Includes hands-on activity.

Learn about the combination of elements: the difference between compounds and mixtures, naturally occurring and man-made. Includes hands-on activity.

Meet John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed. Living in harmony with nature, he fulfills his dream of traveling west to plant apple orchards across the frontier to aid pioneers on their arduous journeys. Johnny's gentle spirit, love of living things, and perseverance win him respect and admiration everywhere.

Looks at Shakespeare's unique use of language in both prose and verse, including the new phrases he coined, his word arrangement, and his use of puns and metaphors.

Learn the different kinds of dinosaurs through illustrations and fossils. Compare them to modern snakes, lizards and crocodiles. Explore what happened to them. Hands-on experiment.

Learn the characteristics that all bugs share and compare them to their cousins, the arachnids. Field trips show the world of scientists who study bugs. Hands-on experiment.