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Smell

2004
Bill Nye the Science Guy answers questions about smell, and conducts an experiment to demonstrate the effect aromas have on a person's sense of taste.

Minerals

2006
Examines the structure and history of Earth from the perspective of visitors from a distant galaxy, focusing on the properties, locations, and uses of the minerals that form the building blocks of Earth's solid structures; features a visit to an old silver mine; and includes a demonstration of the crystalline structure of minerals.

Computers

2004
Bill Nye the Science Guy answers questions about computers and conducts an experiment that shows how to determine the means by which a computer will organize information.

All about forces & gravity

2004
Presents an introduction to gravity and force, explaining how they impact and shape everything that happens, and showing how the work of Sir Isacc Newton changed the way people look at the world, making concepts like friction and magnetism easy to understand.

Complements

making 100 & 1000
2004
Secret agent Matt Mattics and his team must answer questions relating to complements--numbers that are added together to equal one hundred or one thousand--in order to stop Dr. Strangeglove's attempt to freeze the world's numbers.

Adaptations & life cycles

2006
Documents the different ways plants and animals adapt to their unique environments, describing the adaptations that allow them in deserts, oceans, wetlands, and other climates to survive and reproduce while passing their traits onto other generations.

Rocks

2006
Examines the structure and history of Earth from the perspective of visitors from a distant galaxy, focusing on the characteristics and formation of different types of rocks; features a visit to the Obsidian Dome rock formation at Mammother Mountain in California; and includes a demonstration of how particles of sediment settle.

Sun

2006
Explains the sun's origin, composition, and physical properties; includes descriptions of solar activity such as sunspots, solar flares, solar winds, and prominences; explains how scientists have studied the sun, and shows how to make a pinhole viewer and measure the distance to the sun.

Percentages

2004
Secret agent Matt Mattics uses his knowledge of percentages to save the day when the evil Dr. Strangeglove activates an Electronic Numbers Net to remove calculations from the airwaves.

Rounding numbers

2004
Secret Agent Matt Mattics needs viewers' help rounding numbers in order to stop Dr. Strangeglove from making time go backward and turning everyone back into infants.

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