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Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Experimenters Poppy and Sugar visit Nina in her workshop and discover that the foundations for floating houses need to be built in a special way. Next, they visit some real floating houses in Ijburg in the Netherlands to find out how really heavy things can float. Finally, they do an experiment that explains why floating houses stay steady in the water.
2) The Universe
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Language
English
Description
Astronaut Russell "Rusty"Schweickart, who traveled into space aboard Apollo 9, introduces this documentary that addresses the questions: what is the universe and could there be life in the universe? Appropriately narrated by actor William Shatner (Star Trek), this program goes beyond the Earth, the Solar System and the Milky Way, deep into the vast reaches of the cosmos. Utilizing new and archival footage, along with computer-generated animation,...
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Metals have had such an impact on civilization that we name some eras for the discovery of specific metals: the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. In this program, learn about the characteristic and properties of metals, as well as the appearance of metals throughout history. We’ll explore prehistory; metals and tools; the first metals to be discovered; advantages of metal as compared to stone, wood, and bone; pure metals; alloys; heavy metals; iron;...
6) Physics
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
This film explores how echolocation/sonar works, in technology and in animals. This film explores how echolocation/sonar works, in technology and in animals. This film explores how echolocation/sonar works.....
Language
English
Description
14-year-old Zoë is an acrobat. She lives with her parents in a Dutch circus and the aerial silks are her favorite discipline. She practices often. She climbs high into the silks which hang down from the top of the circus tent. Her favorite tricks are the ‘drops.’ Zoë wraps herself into the silk so that when she lets herself fall, the cloth catches her just above the ground. She falls because of gravity. Zoë wants to know more: how does gravity...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
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Description
Recently fired from her dream job as a glamorous L.A. anchorwoman simply because she is over 40, Ali Reynolds returns home to Sedona, Arizona. Before coming home, she also cuts loose her husband (aka "the cheating rat.") Now she enjoys venting her feelings as the owner of a popular blog. Days before her divorce is finalized, her estranged husband is found dead, leaving behind a large estate and a pregnant fianceé. Ali is the sole heir... and the...
Series
Pub. Date
[2005], c1997
Language
English
Description
This program details the history of this dynamic medium from its modest beginnings. In 1949, cable meant television for locations that had very poor reception or were inaccessible to broadcast signals. By the mid-1970s, cable service began to expand rapidly due to the easing of government restrictions and the use of satellite transmissions. Fiber optics, new cable-ready TVs, and an explosion of programming by an ever-growing number of networks helped...
Series
Language
English
Description
Dr. Catherine Low discusses difficulties students have with models and concepts of light and matter. Catherine recently completed her PhD in Theoretical Particle Physics and is currently teaching senior physics in New Zealand. Catherine Bell discusses the importance of phase in understanding the behavior of waves. She is completing a PhD on Phase Microscopy and is currently teaching senior Physics.
11) Leading Women
Series
Language
English
Description
Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, is considered the most powerful woman in American politics. Pelosi was the first female Speaker of the House and the first woman to be third in line for the presidency. Among her greatest accomplishments in government was the passage of the Affordable Care Act/Obama Care, providing millions of Americans access to medical insurance. She shares what it was like wielding such political...
12) Walk two moons
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Language
English
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Description
After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left.
13) Macbeth
Author
Language
English
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Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
14) Physics House
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Why does a glass of ice heat up while a mug of tea cools down? What’s making them change temperature? Can Yanick figure out the physics behind heat transfer before his morning tea in the Physics House is a lukewarm disappointment?
Author
Series
Aurora County trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her quirky grandmother goes to Hawaii for the summer, nine-year-old Ruby learns to survive on her own in Mississippi by writing letters, befriending chickens as well as the new girl in town, and finally coping with her grandfather's death.
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
Three blue-collar geniuses challenge each other with various puzzles and problems to determine who is The Smartest Guy in the Room. Terry and Guy must build self-propelling boats made of materials found on an ice cream truck. Randy competes head to head with them in a weights and measurements challenge.
Author
Series
Chronicles of Narnia volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
Pub. Date
[2013], c2011
Language
English
Description
Rehearsal Models pays attention to how the models are applied to on-set performance and reinforces the understanding that what we react to in life is external and not from inside us. Hollywood acting teacher and director Timothy Craig outlines the Truth Model and demonstrates how prop use in rehearsal carries over to performance. The Teacup Poodle Model demonstrates that if, as actors, we want a particular reaction, we can create an image to give...
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