educational television programs

Bonus program: How to build a beating heart: "Scientists are using tissue engineering to harness the body's natural powers to grow skin, muscle, body parts and vital organs, even hearts." -- video.nationalgeographic.com.

This season returns with interactive tests designed to mess with your mind and reveal the mechanics of your brain. Hosted by Jason Silva, the show features mind-bending and illusion-shattering experiments to reveal the mysteries of your brain.

Contains an episode of the television program "How It's Made," with behind-the-scenes footage that reveals the construction methods and materials used to create nails and staples, safety glasses, fabrics, and bicycles.

Teaches about spiders and their hunting skills, the nocturnal activities of bats, and the mysteries of sound during a trip to a haunted house.

Collects eight episodes of the animated television program, "WordGirl," introducing sixteen vocabulary words, and following as WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face battle a variety of villains, including Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy, Dr. Two-Brains, Mr. Big, Lady Redundant Woman, and more.

Contains "Cyberchase" segments that look at math topics, including patterns in nature, two- and three-dimensional geometry, direction and distance, and timekeeping, and show how math can help solve problems in the real world.