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\nFind out Why with Bill Nye in a nine-video collection in which he details the science behind NASA's Juno Mission to Jupiter. Although dated, the satellite was launched in 2011 and went into orbit around Jupiter in 2016; the science...\n
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\nWhy Bill Nye, and Others Like Him, are Rockstars\n

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\nHow does Bill Nye maintain rockstar status nearly two decades past when he first appeared on PBS?\n
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\nBill Nye The Science Guy on the Food Web\n

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\nPlants. We can't live without them! Bill Nye discusses how every living thing relies on plants using a concept called the food web. In a very visual demonstration, he ties a cord from one picture to another on a three-dimensional...\n
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\nBill Nye The Science Guy on Outerspace\n

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\nGive your gang a visual of scale, or help them to comprehend distances in space with this Bill Nye video. In it, he arranges a series of balls along the length of a soccer field using correct proportional distances from a soccer-ball...\n
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\nBill Nye The Science Guy on Insects\n

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\nQueen Latifah makes a cameo in this Bill Nye episode on insects. The facts taught are that the queen bee is in charge of a bee colony, ants can dig tunnels, and exoskeletons support, strengthen, and protect the insect's body. While you...\n
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\nBill Nye The Science Guy on Static Electricity\n

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\nShock viewers with this video clip about static electricity! Bill Nye sports a wacky wig and explains how electrons get stored up on the surface of a Van de Graff generator and then jump onto a metal ball. If you do not have your...\n
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\nBill Nye The Science Guy on Heat\n

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\nA difficult-to-grasp concept, the fact that even cold objects contain heat energy, is the focus of this hot little video clip! Bill Nye tells physical science learners that heat is, by definition, the motion of molecules. He compares the...\n
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\nBill Nye: Is Jupiter Like A Piece Of The Sun?\n

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\nJupiter and the sun are more alike than you might think. Examine the elements that make up these two heavenly bodies as part of the Fuse THNKR \"Why with Nye!\" playlist. Bill Nye explains the composition of the sun and Jupiter, then...\n
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\nBill Nye: How Not to Get Lost in Space\n

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\nCan we use the stars to navigate if we're actually among them? Space-age scholars explore the precise planning that goes into long-distance exploratory missions using a video from THNKR's Why with Bill Nye! playlist. Bill Nye explains...\n
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\nBill Nye Asks Does Jupiter Have A Core?\n

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\nHow do scientists figure out what's inside something without cutting it in half? Space scholars search for answers with a short video from the THNKR Why with Bill Nye! playlist. Bill Nye discusses how the orbital path of the Juno space...\n
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\nBill Nye and Jupiter's Super Storm\n

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\nHow is it possible for a storm to rage nonstop for three centuries? Bill Nye explains the phenomenon of Jupiter's Great Red Spot during an engaging video. Other topics include the storm's apparent lack of movement, how researchers...\n
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\nBill Nye Video: Earth's Seasons\n

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\nIn this earth's seasons worksheet, students answer fill in the blank questions after seeing Bill Nye's video. Topics include the rotation of the earth around the sun, the tilt of the earth, the time zones and sunlight.\n
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\nBill Nye Explains the Earth Fly By\n

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\nHow do we learn more about the planets in our solar system? Bill Nye discusses the Juno space probe during an interesting video as part of the THNKR Why with Nye! playlist. Topics include how scientists launched the probe, how NASA used...\n
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\nWater Quality and Environmental Pollution\n

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\nLearners use litmus paper to begin to discover the qualities of acids and bases. They learn about pH by testing clear liquids for acidity with purple cabbage juice as an indicator. The video Streamkeeper, with Bill Nye, and other video...\n
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\nBill Nye The Science Guy on The Eyeball\n

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\nIs your life science class having trouble seeing how the eyeball works? Open their eyes with this little Bill Nye film. Optics concepts involved with vision are revealed. As a unique homework assignment, have individuals watch the...\n
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\nBill Nye's Solar Powered Spacecraft\n

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\nIt keeps going, and going, and going ... how does the Juno space probe have enough power to travel to Jupiter? Junior astronauts use a THNKR \"Why with Nye!\" video to discover solar-powered science with the one and only Bill Nye. Topics...\n
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\nBill Nye The Science Guy on Energy\n

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\nEnergize your physical scientists with this little video on potential and kinetic energy, transformation of energy, and the generating of electricity. Bill Nye walks viewers through the process of burning coal to create steam, turn a...\n
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\nBill Nye The Science Guy on The Brain\n

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\nIs gray matter a gray area for your human biology class? Increase the amount of information in pupils' brains by showing this mini movie from Bill Nye The Science Guy! A newspaper is used to model how the folds in this vital organ allow...\n
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\nBuoyancy: Integrating Science and Literature\n

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\nIntegrate science and literature by using the scientific method to test the veracity of the floating peach described in Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach. Clips from a Bill Nye: The Science Guy episode about buoyancy frontload...\n
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\nBill Nye The Science Guy on Blood and Circulation\n

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\nBill Nye The Science Guy on Planets and Moons\n

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\nBill Nye The Science Guy on Chemical Reactions\n

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\nBill Nye The Science Guy on Light, Bending & Bouncing\n

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\nBeam me up, Bill! Explore how beams of light behave when they strike flat and curved surfaces. Bill bends light using a nifty contraption that streams three beams through a straight and a curved piece of plastic. He also defines and...\n
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\nSending a Sundial to Mars\n

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\nYou know him from his famous science education videos, but now hear him get personal as he tells the story of how his father, while being a prisoner of war, became fascinated with sundials. Today, he has inherited the fascination, and in...\n
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