Assignment Discovery (Television program)

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The elements

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

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

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

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

The elements

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

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

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

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

Roller coaster physics

Explores how applied physics relates to the design and construction of roller coasters. Describes the physical dynamics of a roller coaster, explaining the role of potential and kinetic energy, friction, gravity, momentum and acceleration. Also introduces how the inertial effects, known as G forces, give roller coaster riders a thrilling experience.

Math at work

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2005
Everywhere you look, math is there! From architecture and artistry to skateboarding and soccer, even fossil hunting. Math at work takes students behind the scenes to explore how math is fundamental to our daily lives. Lively interviews with a cellist, glider pilot, video game designer, and many others provide insight to the important tool of math.

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