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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.
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Sid and his friends learn about the world around them by observing, comparing, measuring, and other fun ways to get answers to questions and solve problems. Watch as Sid finds out why his shoes are shrinking, how his grandmother knows exactly when the pancakes are done, how his banana got mushy, and what makes his popsicle melt.
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The bug club: Sid and his friends learn about the world around them by observing, comparing, measuring, and other fun ways to get answers to questions and solve problems. Sid finds out what dogs are doing when they bark, why dirt is so dirty, why insects live where they do, and what purpose leaves have. Front row fun: includes a sampling of episodes from popular children's television programs.
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When Sid decides to sit and watch TV all weekend long, he learns an unhappy fact: that not exercising makes your body feel terrible! When Sid decides that he is only going to eat birthday cake at every meal, he soon regrets his decision. Sid also learns about different kinds of teeth and why brushing them is important, and he discovers why washing his hands is important even when he can't see the germs! Sid and his friends learn new habits and fun...
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Divided into segments, this program is designed to reinforce and support a viewer's comprehension and retention of these terms through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams, and colorful, animated graphics and labels. Kids will see and hear the terms used in a variety of contexts, providing them with a model for how to appropriately use the words. Related words are also used and reinforced with visuals and text.
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Goes to seed (topic: seeds): Plant it! magazine is going to feature the class garden on its cover but Phoebe's plot has nothing to show.
Blows its top (topic: volcanoes): Ms. Frizzle takes the kids on a field trip to an island that hasn't shown up yet.
Goes on air (topic: air pressure): The Walkerville Space Capsule still needs a contribution from the class but Keesha says their empty jar is actually filled-- with air.
All dried up (topic: desert...
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In a Pickle: Topic: Microbes; Keesha and the class return from vacation to find her prize cucumber has turned into a pickle! Could the Mike Robe gang be to blame? ; Meets Molly Cule: Topic: Molecules; When Wanda s favorite singer, Molly Cule, comes to town and she chooses Ms. Frizzle s class to wash her famous car, the kids discover how to clean the car down to the very last bit. ; Makes a Stink: Topic: Smell; Flora Whiff, the famous expert on smell...
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Gets planted (topic: photosynthesis): Phoebe wants to grow a make the school play 'Jack and the beanstalk' authentic by growing a vine but she ends up becoming one herself.
Goes cellular (topic: cells): Arnold is so excited about winning an award, he can only one eat one food, Seaweedies, that turn him orange.
Sees stars (topic: stars): The kids decide to buy Dorothy Ann her own star from the Star Shopping Network for her birthday.
Taking flight...
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Set in and around a pond, a bush, and a tin can, follow a newly hatched chicken named Peep and his friends Chirp and Quack (a robin and a duck) on their daily adventures. They live in a place of great wonder and mystery, a place they are forever eager to explore, a place they call 'the big wide world.' Celebrate being curious, being adventurous, and, for at least one character, being a duck.
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"Climb aboard and strap yourself into some of the mightiest machines around, including the granddaddy of them all - TANKS! In this collection of powerful episodes, DAVE plays soldier, construction worker and monster truck driver - and YOU can be part of the fun too! Feel the earth move when a bulldozer makes its way through a construction site! Fly through the sky daredevil-style in a monster truck! Then uncover the secrets hidden in a military jeep!"--amazon.com...
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Kicks up a storm (topic: weather): The bus transforms into a Weathermobile a during the wild ride, Ralphie transforms into a meteorological superhero.
Taking flight (topic: flight): When Tim's model airplane shrinks, the class goes on a high-flying field trip.
Hops home (topic: habitat): When Wanda loses her pet frog Bella, the bus transforms into a mechanical frog so Ms. Frizzle show them what a frog's world is like.
Gets swamped (topic: wetlands):...
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In the new 2021 high-definition program, learn all about electricity. What is static electricity? How is electricity generated? What makes a light bulb work? How do electric batteries function? What is e-Transportation? The answers to these questions and more are covered in depth with detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video. On-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce important concepts and make learning fun....