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Amphibians—Being called “cold-blooded” is no Blood & Circulation—Bill Nye becomes a real insult to these creatures! The Guy heartthrob when he talks, about the not-so-wimpy explains how can live both on and organ, the heart. Valves, blood cells, and the in water, and describes the mysterious process of circulatory system work together to pump it up…the metamorphosis. heart, that is.

Animal Locomotion—Bill checks out a millipede Bones & Muscles—Bill Nye bones up on the who walks by coordinating the movement of its 200 things that give the body its shape and movement. feet, and other creatures who move around without Bill muscles in to find out about x-rays, the healing a leg to stand on. of broken bones, bone marrow, and the body’s joints. —Bill digs into the fascinating science of archaeology, the study of those who lived before Buoyancy—Bill Nye takes to the sky in a hot air us. Plus, “Home Improvement’s Richard Karn balloon and goes SCUBA diving in the checks out some ancient “Tool ” –style Aquarium to explain why objects like boats, helium, artifacts. and balloons are buoyant.

Architecture—Bill uses the “Dollhouse of Science Caves—Join Bill as he explores the fascinating to demonstrate how architects design buildings. world of caves! You never know what kind of living Then he travels to Japan to learn how pagodas are things you’ll run into in a cave. Surviving in built to withstand earthquakes. complete darkness requires an array of natural adaptations. Caves have their own unique forms of Atmosphere—There’s something in the air as Bill life—it’s a whole different world where the sun don’t Nye the Science Guy talks about atmosphere and shine. how it protects the Earth. Bill soars into the heavy topic matter of atmospheric air pressure and radio Cells—Mad scientist Bill Nye CELLebrates the waves. basic unit that makes up all living organisms—the cell. The exCELLent program zooms in on DNA Atoms—What’s the ‘big’ deal about atoms? and creatures like amoebas and paramecium. They’re too small to see with our eyes, so what good are they? Bill Nye explains how atoms Chemical Reactions—Have a blast a Bill Nye combine to form molecules in this fascinating explains that everything is made of chemicals. program. Guest star Candace Cameron (“Full House”) shares the lab with Bill and shows that fire is actually a Balance—Bill Nye’s the center of attention when chemical reaction. Together they extinguish a he talks about the center of gravity and its effect on “tornado fire.” balance. —Bill delivers hot sand from Saudi Arabia Biodiversity—In any given environment there are and bananas from humid Costa Rico, all to explain hundreds of varieties of and animals living different climates. Nana Zolbrod from the together, creating ecosystems. Bill Nye literally , Department of Forestry, sets up office in an ocean, forest, and field to takes to the woods to learn about past climates by commune with nature and show what happens studying core samples from ancient trees. when one link falls out of nature’s chain. Deserts—Bill visits the Sonoran desert—and has a —Fly the coop with close encounter of the camel kind—while exploring as he explores his fascination with birds. Bill the ecosystem and demonstrating how its native shows us how these feathery friends stay airborne, plants and animals flourish. Wendy Hodgson of the where they live, and what they eat. Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix visits.

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Digestion—Host Bill Nye explains to viewers how —Take a dive underwater with Bill Nye the the body’s digestive system is like a fine-tuned Science Guy when he studies fish. Explore the machine that turns food into . Bill depths and discover how they breathe, grow, and demonstrates the process with a steam engine that survive in the wet. runs on corn flakes. —Guest Drew Barrymore shows that Do-It-Yourself-Science—Who knows better than flowers are more than just pretty faces: they make Bill Nye the Science Guy that you can demonstrate seeds, play a key role in pollination, and help plants big scientific ideas with small experiments. Get a to reproduce. lesson in “Do-It-Yourself-Science” from Bill himself and learn how you, too, can conduct experiments. Fluids—What do syrup, milkshakes, and air have in common? They’re all fluids, or stuff that can Earthquakes—Bill Nye is trembling in his boots squish, flow, move, or mosey out of the way without when he explains earthquakes! Find out what you breaking or separating. should have on hand in case of a quake and visit with scientists who study and measure Food Web—Bill Nye becomes tangled in a earthquakes. complex food web to discover that all living things depend on other living things to survive. Bill talks Earth’s Crust—Actress Jenna von Oy (“Blossom”) to children nationwide who are improving their guest stars in this episode, which finds Bill Nye environment, while a Mt. St. Helens ecologist going to the depths of the Earth (literally) to explain shows the rebirth of the area’s ecosystem. how the Earth’s surface and its inner mantle differ. Forensics—Join the Science Guy as he explores Earth’s Seasons—Bill Nye the Science Guy goes the world of forensic science. Learn how detectives full “tilt” to give the reason for the seasons. His reconstruct events using bloodhounds, fingerprints, worldly perspective shows why, when it’s winter in and DNA. Did you know that scientists can identify America, it’s summer in Australia. a person using only blood or a flake of skin?

Electrical Current—Get amped up when Bill Nye —Track down dinosaur footprints with the Science Guy explains watts up with electricity. paleontologist Grace Irby and travel to the La Brea Learn how electricity makes the world a brighter Tar Pits to see what’s underneath all that tar. place. —Bill illustrates how various types of Energy—This episode is sure to rev things up transportation utilize friction. Learn to build a when it covers water, muscles, heat, light, sound, hovercraft in your spare time and discover how and other types of energy. See how to conduct slugs’ slime helps them stick and move across home experiments that will transform potential surfaces. energy into kinetic energy and use falling water to make energy. —Did you know that humans have about 80,000 genes? They determine everything from —The looks a lot different than it did hair color to whether or not you can roll your when it formed 4.5 billion years ago. Erosion can tongue! Come along as Bill explores the world of make slow, almost invisible modifications, or DNA. sudden, drastic alterations of the landscape. Either way, the forces of erosion will always be at work. Germs—Bill’s knowledge on the subject of germs is positively contagious! Using foam models, he Eyeball—Siskel and Ebert give two thumbs up as illustrates the various types of germs and “Mama Bill studies the body’s window to the world—the Crust” motivates kids to brush their teeth, wash eyeball. Bill interviews a seeing-eye dog-trainer their hands, and cut way back on picking their and a virtual reality designer, and he shows us how noses. a 3-D movie works. Bill Nye Videos - Overviews

Gravity—Have you ever wondered what holds the Magnetism—In this episode, Bill Nye shows all ocean on the Earth? Or what makes the Earth kinds of unexpected places where magnets can be round? Host Bill Nye answers these and other found. In fact, the Earth is a huge magnet! Find questions about the Earth’s gravity in this episode. out how to make a compass and why opposites attract. Heart—Ya Gotta Have Heart—and Bill Nye tells us why! He’ll check out this important muscular —They’re (sometimes) big, they’re hairy, pump’s function with the United States Navy’s Blue and they’re warm blooded. From human being to Angels and Seattle Mariner Edgar Martinez. moose, from cats to rats, Bill Nye the Science Guy explains what it takes to be in the family. Heat—Bill Nye really radiates in this sizzling episode. Bill flies a glider plane on a buoyant natural current of rising hot air. Marine Mammals—Marine mammals may look like big fish, but Bill Nye the Science Guy explains how Insects—Bill explores the mysterious world of they’re more like humans. Listen closely to hear insects and talks to special guest , mammals communicate underwater and find out who’s abuzz about her favorite Queens…bees. how they live in oceans all around the world. The lab kids explore an insectarium and go digging for insect fossils. Measurement—Telescopes, microscopes, radar, stethoscopes, thermometers, Geiger counters, Inventions—All day long our lives are made easier scales, barometers (not to mention the humble by inventions, but all inventions are not carefully ruler) are all used to compare stuff and make planned—some come about by accident! Bill observations. We can measure the smallest atom examines the process of inventing, with help from or the largest galaxy! actor Samuel L. Jackson. Momentum—In this moving episode, Bill Nye Invertebrates—These “spineless wonders” far shows how weight and speed affect momentum. outnumber those of us animals with backbones. The crash test dummies know a lot about Bill shares invertebrates’ unique characteristics and momentum in a car and the importance of wearing explains why we are dependent upon them. a safety belt.

Lakes and —Bodies of water surrounded by —Did you know that nothing can move or land on all sides are called if they’re large and stop by itself? Everything needs a push or pull—a ponds if they’re small. Where does all that water force—to make it move or stop. Sometimes an come from? Bill “ponders’ this and many other object might seem to be at rest, even when it is in freshwater questions in this exciting program. motion. Confused? It’s all relative. Relative motion, that is. Life Cycles—Wow! Did you know that all living things grow, reproduce, and die in cycles? Bill —You are what you eat! Everything from explains “Life Cycle” and shows us why many your eyeballs to your elbows is made of food! Bill different living things have similar life cycles. Nye tells us what kinds of nutrients are in each bit of grub and what foods are best for healthy bodies. Light Optics—You won’t believe your eyes when Bill Nye the Science Guy reflects, refracts, bends, Ocean Exploration—Bill explores the ocean to bounces, absorbs, and pulls light waves to show help us better understand the Earth. He checks out how things can be seen in different ways. Using some special tools required for ocean exploration lenses, mirrors, and water, Bill’s optical illusions are and finds out why “ocean investigation” is so crucial sights to behold. to life on land.

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Ocean Life—The Science Guy meets everyone on Respiration—Bill Nye the Science Guy gets the ocean’s food chain, from the tiny, meek species aerobic about the importance of respiration when at the bottom to the large, ferocious species at the he jogs, bikes, swims, and SCUBA dives. Discover top. Bill goes underwater to talk about ocean how to measure how much air each breath contains ecosystems. and make a model lung. See a demonstration of how cigarette smoke can infiltrate and injure lungs. Oceanography—Surf’s Up! Get the current information as Bill explains why oceans are salty & —Get wet with Bill Nye the and explores their currents. Catch a wave with the Science Guy as he follows the flow of rivers and Science Guy’s parody of the Beach Boy’s groovy streams. Bill tracks the origins of these bodies of hit “California Girls.” water and shows us what impact they have on our lives. —Every time you look, hear, touch, smell or taste something, your brain collects a little Rocks & —Don’t take it for “granite” when Bill information. You deal with that information by unearths the solid facts on volcanoes, landslides, finding patterns. To define and describe the tectonic plates, , weather, and their effects on patterns seen in nature, humans invented a special the creation of rocks and soil. Check out how to language—math. With computers, finding, unearth fossils in sedimentary rocks and soil and creating, and studying patterns opened up whole discover why there’s a piece of quartz in watches. worlds to explore! Simple Machines—While tooling around with Phases of Matter—In this episode, Bill Nye takes handy simple machines, Bill Nye careens around a viewers on a tour of a steel mill to help demonstrate roller coaster, furiously pedals his bike on the “Tour that matter exists in three phases—solids, liquids, du Science” and parodies ’s and gases. “A-B-C 1-2-3” with “ABC’s of Machinery” to show that simple machines are everywhere doing Plants—Bill Nye gets to the root of the matter, complicated things. finding our how plants breathe, make food, defend themselves, and move their seeds around. Dr. Spinning Things—Bill Nye the Science Guy tells Eloy Rodriguez checks out medicinal value of us what the Earth, a big , and a rolling ball plants to discover potential new medicines. have in common. They’re all “Spinning Things!” out of control! Discover why some things spin and Pollution Solution—Bill WANTS YOU to be a part others don’t. of the pollution solution! From cleaning our water to cleansing our air, Bill demonstrates how all humans Sound—Bill’s pickin’ up good vibrations when he can pitch in to combat this “way UN-cool” worldwide joins group in the recording problem. studio as they track their song “Kickstand.” Bill and pals unleash the power of sound as they tap, sing, Probability—There’s a good chance this will be and band sound waves to eardrums everywhere. one of Bill’s best episodes! In fact, he’ll probably make the complicated concept of “probability” very Spiders—The Science Guy demystifies that terribly simple to understand, showing how it allows us to misunderstood creature, the spider. He’ll show predict events. how spiders spin their webs and balance our ecosystem by preying on pesky insects. Reptiles—Join Bill Nye for adventure, thrills, and scaly encounters that would make Indiana Jones —It’s easy to see why some people hate squeamish when he explores reptiles. Witness storms. They’re big, loud, and often accompanied reptilian Epicurean delights when a snakes eats a by rain. But without storms to distribute heat, the mouse and ponder the possible link between tropical regions of the Earth would be too hot—and dinosaurs, reptiles, and birds. the sub-polar regions too cold. Besides, a good storm puts on a great show! Bill Nye Videos - Overviews

The Moon—Learning about Earth’s natural satellite —Bill Nye show us how swamps, bogs, is an out-of-this-world experience, as loony Bill Nye and marshes help control floods, naturally filter illuminates the orbit and phases of the moon. The water, and provide good homes to a lot of living show features an interview with Harrison Schmitt, things. the last astronaut to walk on the moon. Wind—There’s a lot more blowing around than hot The —Bill Nye goes planet gazing and air when Bill goes parachuting and sailing to show takes a serious look at Jupiter’s features, Earth’s the relationship between the sun, Earth, wind, and elliptical orbit, and the distances between planets. weather. Bill visits a wind farm and checks out way Cool demo shows how to make soil. cool windsurfers.

The Science of Music—Even before people used words, they used music to communicate. The music we listen to today is the result of years of experimentation with sounds. Each musical note, and every tone of each instrument is, in fact, a unique sound wave. Getting the exact sound waves in the you want—now that’s way cool science.

The Sun—Bill Nye visits his favorite hot spot (the sun) to shed light on solar flares, eclipses, sunspots, fusion, and solar energy. He visits an enormous solar energy farm to demonstrate how the sun is the source of energy for all living things on Earth.

Time—Bill shows how humans measure time with the help of “Beverly Hills 90210” heartthrob Ian Ziering and Ellen Cleghorne. When he’s not demonstrating how to make a water clock, the Science Guy is explaining Einstein’s Theory of Relativity.

Volcanoes—Bill travels from Washington’s Mount St. Helens to the islands of Hawaii to take a look at the hot-hot-hot world of volcanoes: what they are, how they’re formed, and the different types that exist.

Water Cycle—Did you know that most of the water on the planet is the same water that’s been here since the Earth was formed? Bill demonstrates the phases of the water cycle and shows us how to keep the water supply clean and healthy.

Waves—Catch a few waves with the Science Guy! Bill explores sound waves, light waves, and even “the wave” that’s so popular with stadium crowds!