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Full-text articles to support research in applied sciences, biology, chemistry, earth and space science, and energy. Includes the Science Image Collection, a database of high-quality science images from National Geographic, UPI, Getty, NASA, and Nature Picture Library.
6) Energy
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See how to conduct home experiments that transform potential energy into kinetic energy and use falling water to make energy.
11) Planets
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In The planets, Bill Nye gets up close and personal with each of the solar system's planets and moons. Bill goes planet gazing and takes a serious look at Jupiter's features, Earth's elliptical orbit, and the distances between planets.
12) Eyeball
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Bill Nye studies the body's window to the world--the eyeball.
13) Light optics
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"You won't believe your eyes when Bill Nye the Science Guy reflects, refracts, bends, bounces, absorbs, and pulls light waves to show how things can be seen in different ways. In Light optics Bill uses lenses, mirrors, and water to create optical illusions that are sights to behold.."--Container cover insert.
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It doesn't have to be Halloween for the Science Guy to bone up on the things that give the body its shape and movement. In BONES & MUSCLES, Bill muscles in to give more than just the bare bones about x-rays, the healing of broken bones, bone marrow, and the body's joints.
19) Magnetism
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In this attractive episode, Magnetism, Bill shows all kinds of unexpected places where magnets can be found. In fact the Earth itself is a huge magnet! Find out how to make a compass and why opposites attract.
20) Digestion
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In DIGESTION, Bill Nye explains how the body's digestive system is like a fine-tuned machine that turns food into energy. Bill demonstrates the process with a steam engine that runs on corn flakes.