Summary: Bill Nye illustrates how various types of transportation utilize friction, from traction in trains and the "roll" of ball bearings in skateboards and automobiles, to the lack of friction in a hovercraft.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BILSummary: Bill Nye The Science Guy talks about the atmosphere, its five different levels, and how it protects the Earth. Bill also soars into the heavy topic of atmospheric air pressure and radio waves.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BILSummary: Bill Nye delivers hot sand from Saudi Arabia and bananas from humid Costa Rica, all to explain how different climates are created and how they affect our planet.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BILSummary: In Earth's crust, Bill Nye goes to the depths of the Earth (literally) to explain how the Earth's surface and its inner mantle differ.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2005
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2 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BIlSummary: "A peep of chickens, a pride of lions, a gaggle of geese, and a crowd of people. What do they all have in common? They're populations! In Populations, Bill Nye explores how these living groups compete for food, homes, and space"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BILSummary: "Thousands of earthquakes happen each year and Bill Nye the Science Guy trembles in his boots when he explains what causes them. In Earthquakes, find out what makes big pieces of the Earth's crust (the plates) move and what you should have on hand in case of a quake"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2004
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2 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BILSummary: Bill Nye shows all kinds of unexpected places where magnets can be found. In fact, the Earth itself is a huge magnet! Find out how to make a compass and why opposites attract.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2008
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2 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BILSummary: Bodies of water surrounded by land on all sides are called lakes if they're large and ponds if they're small. Where does all that water come from? Bill Nye ponders this and many other freshwater questions in this exciting program.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2009