Disney Educational - Bill Nye The Science Guy - Birds
In this video, the world of birds is examined by Bill Nye, also known as the "standup scientist." Nye's unique brand of science instruction is very popular with students, who find his explanations of concepts clear and easy to remember. Bill Nye the Science Guy: Birds is another episode in the award-winning series that teaches while entertaining, a winning combination in a classroom. He discusses the theory that birds are descended from dinosaurs, and demonstrates how bird wings work...
In Cooling, a visiting inventor and two young islanders, Olive and Troy, try to beat the heat on a hot summer day by cooling off in the river -- only to find that the Island’s mammoth population has already beaten them to the water, and there’s no room left for the humans! Olive suggests that they build a machine to create a breeze for them. After tinkering in the inventor’s workshop for a time, they apply what they learn about how refrigerators work and wind up building some machines that are really cool