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Bill Nye Explains Why Jupiter Is Like a Blender

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Jupiter could make one mean smoothie! Discover how the massive planet helped shape the rest of our solar system through a Why with Nye! video from THNKR. The resource discusses Jupiter as the first planet in the solar system to form, how...
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Bill Nye The Science Guy on Bones

For Students 5th - 10th
The hip bone connected to the leg bone, and your life science learners connected to the screen! Fun facts about the skeletal system are displayed before Bill explains how joints work. Hinge, saddle, ball-and-socket, gliding, and fixed...
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Bill Nye The Science Guy on Balance

For Students 5th - 8th
LOL! Hazel Fanny, the Science Granny is hilarious and educational! After Bill rides a sky-high bicycle, demonstrating the center of gravity, this elderly woman and her girlfriends play tug-of-war with a gang of bikers to display what...
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Bill Nye The Science Guy on Reptiles

For Students 3rd - 5th
A two-minute mini lesson on reptiles entertains and educates your elementary life science learners. The facts that reptiles are cold-blooded, they conserve their energy, and have protective scales, are all divulged by Bill in a way that...
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Bill Nye The Science Guy on Planets and Moons

For Students 3rd - 6th
Why is a Neptune year longer than a Mercury year? Planetary orbits are compared as Bill Nye The Science Guy swings a tether ball around his head. He reveals that increasing distances from the sun make the journeys around it longer....
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TED-Ed

Sending a Sundial to Mars

For Students 11th - Higher Ed Standards
You 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...
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Physics Girl

Should You Go to Mars? Ft. Bill Nye

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Would you move to Mars? A video discussion explores the realities of traveling and living on Mars. Characteristics of the planet, its orbit, and revolutions provide key facts to help you make your decision.
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Bill Nye The Science Guy on Ocean Currents

For Students 5th - 8th
Density drives the ocean currents. The difference in density is caused by the sun heating up the water and causing evaporation that leaves salt behind. The result? Thermohaline circulation! You could highlight this fine film in your...
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Bill Nye The Science Guy on Rocks and Soil

For Students 3rd - 6th
Rock the classroom with this hip video clip about dirt and rocks! Contents and the process of producing soil and sand are explained in the forest and on the beach. Time, pressure, and high temperatures are introduced as the requirements...
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Bill Nye The Science Guy on The Atmosphere

For Students 5th - 8th
Only a minute and a half long, this video discusses how air acts as an insulator and why air higher in the atmosphere is colder than it is down closer to Earth's surface. He defines the lapse rate and shows how to calculate it. Because...
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Disney

Renewable Energy

For Teachers 4th - 10th Standards
Bring some energy to your physical science curriculum with this engaging Bill Nye the Science Guy activity. Based on his Renewable Energy video, students explore the concepts of potential and kinetic energy and learn how they are applied...
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Curated OER

Discoveries in Genetics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students review the basic concepts of DNA. They view a video, Bill Nye " A Discovery in Genetics." Students are told that the answers to the worksheet are on the video. They complete the worksheet and turn it in at the end of class.
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Bill Nye The Science Guy on Evolution

For Students 5th - 9th
Mr. Nye explains that living organisms change slowly over time. He uses the example of how humans have changed the environment for fish and emphasizes that fish cannot adapt as quickly as we are changing their habitats. A silly sci-fi...
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Bill Nye The Science Guy on Pressure

For Students 5th - 8th
Dive deep with air pressure as Bill shows how it keeps liquid from entering an upside down beaker when placed underwater. Then watch a rock music video about pressure. If you are putting together a PowerPoint on fluid pressure, you may...
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Bill Nye The Science Guy on Momentum

For Students 4th - 8th
Build momentum in your physical science class with this clip. When teaching Newton's second law of motion, you can use it to introduce the role played by mass in momentum. Be aware, however, that about a third of the video is simply made...
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Curated OER

The Science of Changing Seasons

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore basic principles of seasonal change, ponder the mechanisms that drive these changes, and perform experiments that show what causes the earth to heat differently during different seasons.
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Curated OER

Poet Naomi Shihab Nye

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read and analyze poetry by Naomi Shihab Nye. They define stereotypes, view and discuss a video interview with Nye, present an oral reading of a poem, and write a persuasive letter to an author.
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Bill Nye The Science Guy on Communication

For Students 3rd - 6th
Take a tour with the Science Guy through different ways we store information outside of our bodies. The ability to store information through hieroglyphics, alphabets, printing, and computers allows humankind to communicate beyond simple...
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THNKR

The Deadliest Radiation in the Solar System

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
How do you protect a probe from massive levels of radiation? Explore the possibilities with Bill Nye in a surprising video from the THNKR Why with Bill Nye! playlist. Learners discover the extreme levels of magnetism created by Jupiter's...
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Be Smart

Building Curiosity

For Students 6th - 12th
Watch a team construct a Lego model of the Curiosity rover with an engaging video. It includes quotes about the importance of curiosity from scientists such as Carl Sagan, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye, Jane Goodall, Richard Feynman, and...
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Curated OER

Bill Nye- The Atmosphere

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, middle schoolers look for the words that fill the blanks to cover the concept of the atmosphere. The activity is meant to be a review.
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Curated OER

Barge Building: What Floats Your Boat?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students construct aluminum foil boats that float while holding the greatest number of pennies. They investigate the concept of water displacement, record their results, and watch a Bill Nye video on buoyancy.
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Curated OER

INSECTS AROUND US

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify characteristics of insects and if insects help or harm us. They describe the stages of metamorphosis.
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Curated OER

Lakes and Ponds

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students describe and recognize the difference between a lake and a pond. They name six ways in which a lake or pond can be formed. They describe the importance and act of evaporation on a waterway.

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