Simple Machines
Bill Nye the Science Guy answers questions about simple machines, and conducts experiments that demonstrate how gears make work easier and increase speed and energy, and show how to make a simple pulley.
621.8
year: 2005
copies: 20
call number/section: 621.8
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Buoyancy
Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman investigate urban legends, including if a child be lifted off the ground by helium balloons and if ping pong balls can be used to raise a sunken ship.
532
year: 2007
copies: 2
call number/section: 532
lexile:
subjects: floating bodies, physics [X], science, urban folklore, films for the hearing impaired, closed caption video recordings, hydrostatics, experiments, dvds [X]
Electromagnetic Energy
Explains what electromagnetic energy is, where it comes from, and how it is used; introducing such concepts as the electromagnetic spectrum, magnetic and electric forces, and infrared waves.
539.2
year: 2006
copies: 5
call number/section: 539.2
lexile:
subjects: closed caption video recordings, physics [X], force and energy, electromagnetic waves, dvds [X]
Sound
Bill Nye the Science Guy answers questions about sound and shows how to observe vibration and listen to sounds through a paper tube.
534
year: 2003
copies: 9
call number/section: 534
lexile:
The Science Of Disney Imagineering
Defines and explores electricity, explaining how it works and what it powers.
537
year: 2010
copies: 1
call number/section: 537
lexile:
Careers For The 21st Century Video Library
Presents information on the duties, training, earnings, and employment outlook of receptionists, stock clerks, shipping and receiving clerks, customer service representatives, secretaries, clerical managers, insurance adjusters, and court reporters.
FIC
year:
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: finance, accountants, bookkeeping, vocational guidance, marketing, sales personnel, dvds [X], occupations, professions, landscape architecture, city planning, law, anthropology, architecture, statistics, aeronautics, psychology, airplanes, computer science, mass media, communication, performing arts, acting, broadcasting, arts, music, reporters and reporting, photography, service industries, food service, child care, flight attendants, grounds maintenance, taxicab drivers, janitors, household employees, barbers, beauty operators, industrial arts, manufacturing industries, woodworking industries, dental technology, machinists, welding, printing, quality control inspectors, ophthalmic assistants, building trades, clerical occupations, receptionists, secretaries, law reporting, office workers, clerks, law reporters, technology, surveying, drafters, air traffic control, legal assistants, engineering, technical writing, chemical laboratory technicians, engineers, science, chemistry, geology, meteorology, physics [X], forests and forestry, conservation of natural resources, biology, astronomy, agriculture, transportation, truck driving, bus driving, railroads, storage and moving trade, trains, human services, police, criminal justice, administration of, corrections, police, private, clergy, social service, recreation, fire extinction, postal service, administration of criminal justice, social work, security guards, fire fighters, teaching, counseling, library science, allied health personnel, laboratory technicians, medical technology, medicine, opticians, practical nursing, radiologic technologists, dental hygiene, medical record personnel, emergency medical technicians, dental hygienists, physical therapy assistants, nurses' aides, home health aides, dental assistants, occupational therapy assistants, medical assistants, medical secretaries, occupational theraphy assistants, nursing assessment, audiology, pharmacy, nutrition, occupational therapy, speech therapy, recreational therapy, respiratory therapy, food, dentistry, optometry, chiropractic, podiatry, veterinary medicine, mechanics (persons), repairing trades, machinery
Electricity
Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is any truth or scientific basis to various myths related to electricity, including whether or not Benjamin Franklin could have survived flying a kite that had been struck by lightning.
FIC
year:
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: franklin, benjamin, electricity, physics [X], urban folklore, films for the hearing impaired, closed caption video recordings, experiments, dvds [X]
Reflected Energy
Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is any truth or scientific basis to various myths related to reflected energy, investigating the legend that claims the Greeks built a "death ray" to set fire to invading Roman ships two thousand years ago.
FIC
year:
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: reflection (optics), light, physics [X], urban folklore, films for the hearing impaired, closed caption video recordings, optics, experiments, dvds [X]
Work And Energy
Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is any truth or scientific basis to various myths related to work and energy, testing several myths about how to improve gas mileage.
FIC
year:
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: force and energy, physics [X], urban folklore, films for the hearing impaired, closed caption video recordings, experiments, dvds [X]
Forces
Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman test whether it is possible for a human being to fall from a jet airliner in flight and live, and if a person can survive being hit on the head by a penny dropped from the top of a skyscraper.
FIC
year:
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: force and energy, gravity, physics [X], urban folklore, films for the hearing impaired, closed caption video recordings, experiments, dvds [X]
Force And Motion
Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is any truth or scientific basis to various myths related to force and motion, testing whether a toy car can beat a real car in a downhill race, and whether an inflated life raft or an escape slide can be used as a parachute when falling from an airplane.
FIC
year:
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: force and energy, motion, physics [X], urban folklore, films for the hearing impaired, closed caption video recordings, experiments, dvds [X]
Circular Motion
Mythbusters Adam and Jamie perform experiments to test common myths related to the laws of gravity and find out if the myths have any scientific basis.
FIC
year:
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: centripetal force, physics [X], urban folklore, films for the hearing impaired, closed caption video recordings, experiments, dvds [X]
Inertia
Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman conduct experiments to determine if there is any truth or scientific basis to various myths related to inertia, including if a football filled with helium will fly farther than one filled with air.
FIC
year:
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: inertia (mechanics), helium, physics [X], urban folklore, films for the hearing impaired, closed caption video recordings, mechanics, experiments, dvds [X]