Because the plates of the Earth are always moving, earthquakes are frequent, although most are too small to be detected by humans. "Standup scientist" Bill Nye confronts the quaking Earth in Bill Nye the Science Guy: Earthquakes, and helps young science students understand the forces behind the shakes. In his usual fashion, Nye throws jokes, Sounds of Science music, and a lot of silliness that youngsters can appreciate into his shows. But instead of detracting from the subject, these devices help students recall the concepts being taught
Disney Educational - Bill Nye The Science Guy - Deserts
The Science Guy succumbs to the lure of the desert, and Bill Nye goes to Arizona to get a close-up look at the unique land and both plant and animal life. His high-energy series has received many awards for its unique approach to science education, including a National Education Association award, and one from the Television Critics Association. Bill Nye the Science Guy: Deserts offers explanations on how desert animals, including camels, adapt to extreme conditions.
Disney Educational - Bill Nye The Science Guy - Computers
In this episode, Bill Nye, the standup scientist, brings Al Gore on to help explain how computers work, including how they turn electrical pulses into information. The Science Guy relates to young students by using their language, and filling his shows with parodies of rock songs and jokes. The devices help viewers remember important points of the scientific concepts covered in each program.
Disney Educational - Bill Nye The Science Guy- Communication
Bill Nye is an expert at communication, and that is the topic in this episode of the award-winning series, Bill Nye the Science Guy: Communication. Nye connects with kids by adding jokes, contemporary music parodies, and strange camera angles to the science content. His method of science education as entertainment is very effective. In this program, he points out the different ways in which humans and animals exchange information.
The Science Guy talks about the barrage of objects from space in Bill Nye the Science Guy: Comets and Meteors, part of his popular series aimed at young science students. Bill Nye bombards his audience with hard facts about comets, meteors, and smaller debris that slam into the Earth, other planets, and their moons throughout the solar system. He discusses the theories that a meteor impact caused the death of the dinosaurs and that a comet brought life in its most primitive form to Earth.
