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Bill Nye the Science Guy - Season 3

Series: Bill Nye the Science Guy
4.1
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Episodes
20
Rating
TVY
Year
2002
Language
English
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions

About

With more than 28 Emmys ® and a slew of other prestigious awards, Disney's resident way-cool scientist knows how to get kids fired up about science. Whether you're learning about earth science or engaging in a complex discussion about genetics, Bill Nye's enthusiasm for all things science is contagious.

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Episodes

1. Bill Nye the Science Guy®: The Planets

26m

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Bill Nye goes planet-gazing and takes a serious look at Jupiter's features, Earth's elliptical orbit, and the distances between planets. Cool home demo shows how to make Mars soil.

2. Bill Nye the Science Guy®: Pressure

26m

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Bill Nye visits Hoover Dam and takes to jack hammering concrete blocks to explore different types of pressure, while special equipment enables him to scuba dive and explain the effects of pressure underwater. Winner of the 2005 Teacher's Choice Award and Learning Magazine Award.

3. Bill Nye the Science Guy®: Plants

26m

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Bill Nye branches out and gets to the root of the matter to explain wild things about plants, such as how they breathe, make food, defend themselves, and move their seeds.

4. Bill Nye the Science Guy®: Rocks and Soil

26m

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You won't take it for granite when Bill Nye unearths the solid facts on volcanoes, landslides, tectonic plates, rivers, and weather, and their varied effects on the creation of rocks and soil.

5. Bill Nye the Science Guy®: Energy

26m

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See how to conduct home experiments that will transform potential energy into kinetic energy, and use falling water to make energy.

6. Bill Nye the Science Guy®: Evolution

26m

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Bill Nye compares primordial to present when he dabbles with Darwin and looks at his genes in this evolutionary program.

7. Bill Nye the Science Guy®: Water Cycle

26m

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Using a whimsical model made of a tiny staircase, wind-up penguins, and a bicycle tire, Bill Nye demonstrates the phases of the water cycle: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection.

8. Bill Nye the Science Guy®: Friction

26m

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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.

9. Bill Nye the Science Guy®: Germs

26m

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Using foam models, Bill Nye illustrates the various types of germs and how they function.

10. Bill Nye the Science Guy®: Climates

26m

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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.

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