Catch a few waves with the Science Guy! Bill explores sound waves, light waves, seismic waves, energy waves, and even "the wave" that's so popular with stadium crowds.

The Mammoth Islanders discover the power of an invisible force called magnetism when lightning strikes their wire and iron bar "clothes dryer." When an electric current flows through the wire, the current creates a magnetic field around it. The Islanders learn that opposites do attract.

Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She is a smart girl, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah decides to participate in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from...

"Thousands of earthquakes happen each year and Bill Nye the Science Guy trembles in his boots when he explains what causes them. In Earthquakes, find out what makes big pieces of the Earth's crust (the plates) move and what you should have on hand in case of a quake"--Container.

Don Haskins, a future Hall of Fame coach of tiny Texas Western University, bucks convention by simply starting the best players he can find: history's first all-African American lineup.

Bill Nye explains the process of converting the properties of food (nutrients, vitamins, minerals) into energy. He also explains food science and shows the way particular minerals or vitamins in food can be isolated, identified, and measured.

Follow marine biologist Dr. Carole Baldwin as she explores 3,000 feet beneath the ocean, near the Galapagos islands, to collect rare and unusual species for study.

"In Measurement, see some of our most important tools used for measuring. Telescopes, spectroscopes, microscopes, stethoscopes, radar, thermometers, scales, barometers -- not to mention the humble ruler -- are all used to compare stuff in our universe and make observations"--Container.

Poetry meets technology in this film about the cycle of the seasons. The beauty of the seasons is accompanied by a digital surround recording of Vivaldi's The four seasons.

When a bomb tears through the basement of a black Baptist church on a peaceful fall morning, it takes the lives of four young girls; Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley and Addie Mae Collins. This racially motivated crime, taking place at a time when the civil rights movement is burning with a new flame, could have doused that flame forever. Instead it fuels a nation's outrage and brings Birmingham, Alabama to the forefront of America's...