• Program 1 -- About Telescopes--the evolution of telescopes and how they work. Focus on Photography – how photography captures images on film.   Looking into Deep Space – how telescopes and cameras see far into space.  
• Program 2 – On Television – how television works and affects our lives.   Surrounded by Satellites – the many tasks performed by satellites. 

Shows appropriate safety measures to follow when working in an electrical laboratory in school or on the job. 

Learn how solar, wind, biomass and other alternatives are rapidly meeting our increasing demand for renewable and sustainable sources of energy. 

• Program 1 – Rolling on Land – the evolution of land transportation.  Sailing on Water – the evolution of transportation on water.  
• Program 2 – Flying through the Air – a brief history of air transportation.  The Magic of Flight – understanding how airplanes fly. 

1. Quest for Planet Mars (58 Min.) 
2. Celestial Sentinels (57 Min.)
3. The Unexplained Universe (57 Min.)
4. To the Moon and Beyond (58 Min.)
5. Mission to Planet Earth (58 Min.)
6. What’s a Heaven For? (58 Min.) 

Documentary film.

Amusement parks are now a $4 billion per year industry in the U.S.  The trend is towards scarier rides.  Designing successful roller coasters calls for a knowledge of engineering and physics.

1. Where Is The Rest of the Universe?  (55 Min.) -- Astronomers believe the universe contains at least ten times as much mass as can be seen and accounted for. How they are able to detect this missing mass and to discover more about it are the subjects of this episode. Astronomers Vera Rubin and Tony Tyson describe their search for dark matter, material invisible to us but whose gravity affects the motion of stars and can alter the light reaching us from distant galaxies. In addition, John Dobson, a self-proclaimed "sidewalk astronomer," shares his knowledge with people he encounters.
2. Searching for Black Holes (57 Min.) -- At the center of galaxy NGC 1275, some 200 million light years from earth, there might be a supermassive black hole. In an attempt to map the galaxy and look deep into its heart, an international team of astronomers has linked radio telescopes throughout Europe and America in order to produce a picture of NGC 1275. Jessie Greenstein, the co-discoverer of quasars, and Italian radio astronomer Tiziana Venturi appear.
3. A Window to Creation (57 Min.) -- American and Japanese astronomers are followed as they seek to measure cosmic background radiation, the heat remaining from the big bang, by launching rockets and satellites above the earth's atmosphere. Their results contribute to research into the origins of the universe. Also shown are two astronomers who are mapping the universe in 3-D and discovering that galaxies have formed into gigantic groups.
4. Waves of the Future (56 Min.) -- Gravity waves, as yet undetected but predicted by Albert Einstein, may contain the answers to many questions about the universe. Soviet scientist Leonid Grishchuk and American scientist Kip Thorne describe their attempts to prove the existence of the waves. The episode also vists a gravity-wave detector prototype and describes the three-mile-long full-scale version, planned for construction in the late 1990s. Grishchuk and scientist Stephen Hawking meet.
5. Stardust (56 Min.) -- The deaths of stars allow human lives to come into being. This episode explains how and looks at the complete life cycle of the stars that make up our galaxy. Two American scientists are shown researching the forces that bring gas and dust together with such intense pressure that nuclear fusion results and a star is born. Hans Bethe, the first scientist to explain in detail how stars are fueled, appears. Three Australian scientists look into the death of a star by studying the remains of the supernova explosion of 1987.
6. Prospecting for Planets (60 Min.) -- Efforts to discover other planetary systems and to learn more about the planets of our own solar system are examined. Images are shown that have been sent back to earth by Voyager, the space probe exploring the outer edges of the solar system.

Film depicts Stephen Hawking's theories on the creation of the universe and examines some aspects of his courageous battle with Lou Gehrig's disease.

Presents highlights of the life of Thomas Alva Edison, one of the world's foremost inventors. Includes views of early lighting and the first movie studio.

1. Branching Out (50 Min.)
2. Putting Down Roots (50 Min.)
3. The Birds & the Bees (50 Min.)
4. Plant Politics (50 Min.)
5. Living Together (50 Min.)
6. It's A Jungle Out There (50 Min.)

1. Bio Technology (16 Min.)
2. Construction (19 Min.)
3. Food Service (18 Min.)
4. Auto Mechanics (18 Min.)
5. Agribusiness (17 Min.)
6. Electronics (19 Min.)
7. Environmental Science (17 Min.)
8. Home Economics (19 Min.)
9. Health Occupations (17 Min.)
10. Production Technology (18 Min.)

The Survey of Science series offers a detailed examination of present-day chemistry.

1. Matter:  Form and Substance in the Universe (22 Minutes) -- Introduces students to the basic characteristics of matter.  Included are the concepts of mass, density, weight, and inertia; the differences between elements, compounds, substances, and solutions; the unique physical properties (boiling and freezing points, conductor or insulator, solubility, hardness, etc.) and chemical characteristics (reactivity, flammability, acid or base, combustibility, etc.) of difference types of matter; and the four states of matter-solid, liquid, gas, and plasma.
2. Compounds:  Electromagnetic Attraction in Molecules (25 Minutes) -- Quality animations and graphics are used to explain how compounds are formed by either ionic or covalent bonding.  The difference between various groups of compounds such as acids, bases, and hydrocarbons.  Chemical formulas, chemical equiations, and the Conservation of Matter are also explained.  The program also contains exciting examples of why these processes and principles are important to our everyday lives.
3. Atomic Structure:  Mapping an Invisible World (22 Minutes) -- Dynamic animations bring to life the invisible world of the atom and explain how models of the atom have changed over time.  The program looks at the atomic models of Dalton, Rutherford, Bohr, and contemporary physicists.  Also outlined are important concepts such as subatomic particles, anti-particles, isotopes, atomic number, mass, and radio-active particles.  The program concluced by showing how radioactive isotopes are used to detect and fight disease, monitor the flow of pesticides through the environment, and to date fossil remains.
4. The Periodic Table:  Reactions and Relationships (25 Minutes) -- The Periodic Table contains a wealth of information, and this program helps students learn how to access it.  The program explains the periodic law and the significance of the rows and columns of the periodic table, and also outlines the physical and chemical qualiteis of the members of each group of elements from the alkaline metals to the noble gases.  The importance of various groups of elements in industrial applications and in the environment is highlighted.
5. Reactions:  the Chemistry of Change (27 Minutes) -- This program looks at various types of reactions:  exothermic and endothermic, spontaneous and non-spontaneous, and how variables such as temperature, concentration, and the presence of a catalyst affect the rate of chemical reactions.  The concepts of chemical equilibrium and the reversibility of reactions are also introduced.  The importance of chemical reactions in biological processes like photosynthesis are also examined.
6. Mixtures:  Together but Separate (22 Minutes) -- This program begins by explaining the difference between mixtures and compounds.  The program then goes on to explore solutions and define concepts such as solvent, solute, electrolyte, saturated solution, supersaturated solution, solubility and popularity.  How solubility is affected by the polarity of the solvent and solute is illustrated with 3-D animations.  Students are also introduced to other types of mixtures such as suspensions and colloids, and how mixtures can be separated by filtering, distillation, and settling.  

1. Part 1-- Enjoy the eternal struggle between superheroes and villains while reviewing difficult concepts such as percent composition and stoichiomettry.  With Helium Man and firneds, chemistry grades will rise faster than a hydrogen atom. (2 Hours, 10 Min.) 
2. Part 2 -- Meet the outrageous Orbital Woman and her super friends who use their special brand of humor to liven up and demystify chemistry. (1Hour)
3. Part 3 -- Provides 1 1/2 hours of the most important concepts, problems and processes you need in basic chemistry, including molecular geometry and bonding theories, gases, states of matter, and properties of solutions. (1 Hour, 30 Min.)

Discusses the chance discovery of an entirely new form of carbon, soccer ball-shaped molecules called Buckyballs.

Provides a basic working knowledge of chemistry for biology students so they will be able to understand how the sun's energy is converted into plant growth, etc.   Detailed animation of chemical models introduces biology students to the chemical concepts important to understanding life processes.  The program explores and illustrates elements, atoms, molecules, ions, isotopes, carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, and nucleic acids.

1. The Living Machine (58 Min.) -- Scientists examine plate tectonics, one of the most important discoveries of the twentieth century. They are at Kilauea Volcano during a dramatic eruption, aboard the submersible craft Alvin as it dives to the bottom of the Atlantic, and in pursuit of the cause of the worst earthquakes in American history.
2. The Blue Planet (58 Min.) -- Points out that the oceans may still be the last unexplored frontier on earth.  Features a scientist aboard a space shuttle exploring new aspects of oceanography and a visit to the depths of the middle oceans where new species are seen for the first time.  Also discusses the El Nino current which has caused worldwide devastation.
3. The Climate Puzzle (58 Min.) -- Explains why no human being has ever experienced the earth's normal climate.  Questions will the climate change again and why, and is the earth entering a new ice age, or will the current global warming trend hold off the inevitable?
4. Tales from Other Worlds (58 Min.) -- Through the use of footage shot on location in space and special effects, viewers visit the great failed star of Jupiter, probe the raging volcano of Io, and peer through acid rain clouds to see the full surface of Venus.  Also tells why the earth is unique in relation to other planets.
5. The Solar Sea (57 Min.) -- Explains how the sun is a star that powers the earth.  It gives life, creates weather, and warms the oceans, the land, and even the ice.  Probes the question: how does the solar wind, raging through space at a million miles per hour, affect the earth?
6. Gifts from the Earth (57 Min.) -- Examines how mankind has been made aware that earth is a closed system and its resources are finite.  Questions what treasures lay hidden beneath the Red Sea and Antarctic ice cap, how the theory of plate tectonics has revolutionized the search for minerals and energy, and if mankind is ruining the land and running out of water.
7. Fate of the Earth (57 Min.) -- Examines how mankind has been made aware that earth is a closed system and its resources are finite.  Questions what treasures lay hidden beneath the Red Sea and Antarctic ice cap, how the theory of plate tectonics has revolutionized the search for minerals and energy, and if mankind is ruining the land and running out of water.

Depicts the October Loma Prieta earthquake in California, and discusses recent research in predicting future quakes.

1. Fire and Rain (55 Min.) -- Depicts the October Loma Prieta earthquake in California, and discusses recent research in predicting future quakes.
2. Riders of the Storm (59 Min.) -- Profiles individuals who hunt for twisters and storms in an effort to predict their behavior, avert disaster, or to capture the excitement and natural beauty of the storms.  Includes an account of the 1991 Kansas tornadoes.
3. Monsters of the Deep (57 Min.) -- Visits with survivors of 1992's Hurricane Andrew in Miami and examines the ocean effects that create hurricanes.  Also discusses El Nino, the powerful current in the Pacific whose effect is felt from Australia to southern China.
4. The Winter's Tale (58 Min.) -- Visits places all over the world that are covered with perpetual ice and snow, and examines how humans in these places have adapted their lifestyles to the demands of winter.  Includes a profile of some of history's biggest blizzards.

Trek across the deserts of the world to meet their inhabitants and see how they find and conserve water.

Looks at oceans around the world, and their unusual occupants.

Provides statistics on tornadoes & types them by intensity & watch/warning capability. Advocates community planning, safety drills, & various warning dissemination systems.

A collection of 97 tornado storms captures on video, including footage from England, Calada, Australia, Cuba, Spain and the United States.

Stresses the value of studying life sciences.

Program 1:   
How Life Began.  The likely origins of the first living things. 
The Evolution of Man.  How early man evolved from other mammals. 

Program 2: 
The Origin of Species.  The theories of evolution from Lamarck to Darwin. 
A Human Being is Born.  The miraculous 9 month journey to the birth of a human child. 

Join NOVA and delve into the astonishing mystery of the first Americans.  Watch forensic sculptors reconstruct the faces of the ancient past.  Learn how prehistoric Asians made their way past the Ice Age glaciers and into the Americas.  And search for traces of prehistoric people lost over thousands of years of changing climates, coastlines and DNA.

Don Johanson retraces history to discover answers to the mystery of the sudden transformation fifty thousand generations ago of the hunter-gatherers then living in Africa, in which they began to paint, carve, talk, travel, trade and bury their dead. 

1. Episode One -- The Story of Lucy -- In 1974, Johanson unearthed Lucy, at almost 3 million years of age, our oldest human ancestor.  Lucy's tiny three-and-a-half-foot-tall skeleton set the world of paleoanthropology on its ear by showing that walking upright, not a larger brain, was the key factor that separated us from the ape.  In this episode, Johanson recounts his discovery and the important information it continues to generate.  We join him as he returns to the site in Ethiopia and makes an exciting new find that sheds light on the relationship between the sexes and the birth of the nuclear family.
2. Episode Two -- Surviving in Africa -- In a unique way, Johanson sets out to disprove the long-cherished view that early man's large brain and reliance on technology are the by-products of the ability to hunt.  He embarks on a journey across the Serengeti savanna of East Africa in search of food.  He finds it--not by hunting but by scavenging off the leftovers of lions and leopards.  In the process he proves it takes cunning and intelligence to steal a meal from these skilled predators, without becoming a meal himself.
3. Episode Three -- The Creative Revolution -- Fifty thousand generations ago, a dramatic change swept through the hunter-gatherers then living in Africa.  They began to paint, carve, talk, bury their dead, travel and trade.  What accounts for this sudden transformation?  The question continues to be at the heart of heated debates.  Some scientists feel it can be explained only by a mass genocide in which a group of superior human beings spread out of Africa, replacing more primitve ancestors along the way.  Johanson retraces their voyage to get to the bottom of the mystery.

Explores the lives of the organisms that have adapted to the environment of a freshwater pond.

Examines many varieties of algae and introduces the process of photosynthesis, mutualism, locomotion, the oxygen cycle and the concept of "food chains."

Program 1:   
The Animal Kingdom:  The many types of animals -- from protozoa to mammals. 
The World of Insects.  The vast variety of insects that inhabit the earth. 

Program 2: 
The Busy Bees.  Understanding the behavior and importance of bees. 
A Planet of Plants.  A look at the great diversity of plant life.

1. The Building of the Earth
2. The Frozen World
3. The Northern Forests
4. Jungle
5. Seas of Grass
6. The Baking Deserts
7. The Sky Above
8. Sweet Fresh Water
9. The Margins of the Land
10. Worlds Apart
11. The Open Ocean
12. New Worlds

Provides a basic working knowledge of chemistry for biology students so they will be able to understand how the sun's energy is converted into plant growth, etc.   Detailed animation of chemical models introduces biology students to the chemical concepts important to understanding life processes.  The program explores and illustrates elements, atoms, molecules, ions, isotopes, carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, and nucleic acids.

Explains how jungle ecosystems have flourished through the delicately balanced interaction of animals, plants, and the climate. Shows how plants and animals have adapted to the jungle environment and discusses the threat posed by the intrusion of man.

A look at the range of plants and animals found in fresh water, examining the living conditions and survival mechanisms of creatures dwelling at the edge of water, on its surface, or under the mud.

Provides a history of DNA and RNA and the scientific investigations that led to their discovery. Explains how these molecules replicate themselves, and discusses the benefits and dangers involved in DNA research.

Provides a history of DNA and RNA and the scientific investigations that led to their discovery. Explains how these molecules replicate themselves, and discusses the benefits and dangers involved in DNA research.

Introduces the amazing world of the cell, including its general characteristics, its parts and its diversity.

Can we--and should we--start shuffling the biological deck after four billion years of evolution?  Scientiests are about to deal us this hand, and biotechnology is going to be the game of the next century, according to experts.

Cells and Molecules -- How Things Move Into Cells -- Motor Proteins -- Cellular Respiration -- Photosynthesis -- Cell Reproduction and Meiosis -- DNA -- The Genetic Code -- Indepedently Living Cells and Eukaryotic Evolution.

Explains the science that undergirds the controversial practice of cloning.  Your students will learn how cells function, and how we can manipulate their reporduction.

Travel inside the body to explore the vital organs that power our lives, and examine the remarkable instruments through which we sense the world. 

• Program 1 – Blood and Our Bodies – a look at his most basic life-giving substance.  DNA and Diversity – the microscopic miracle of DNA explained.  
• Program 2 – The Complex Cell – how cells function and form living organisms.  Understanding Viruses – how viruses work and prey on other organisms. 

The first filmed record of human conception.  The film takes you on an incredible voyage through the human body as a new life begins. 

• Program 1 – The Sense of Light – how animals and insects use their eyes to see.  The Human Brain – how our brain functions and controls behavior. 
• Program 2 – Civilization’s Progress – the major landmarks in human progress.  The Written Word – the evolution of our ability to record knowledge and history. 

Covert Bailey shares his scientific expertise on losing the fat without losing your health. 

Has teacher’s guide. Developed to stress the importance of fitness and to offer practical guidelines for training and diet that apply to any personwho wishes to have both the physical and psychological  benefits that go along with being fit. 

Examines the high risk groups, details methods of transmission, discusses "safer sex" methods and explains why even these procedures are not foolproof.  Interviews with AIDS patients encourage viewers to be more sensitive to sufferers of this deadly virus while driving home the reality of the disease. 

• Part 1 – Probing the Nature of Life—Viruses are introduced as entities poised at the boundary between life and non-life. 
• Part 2 – Agents of Disease – Explores the nature of viruses as pathogens. 

Explains how viruses, submicroscopic parasites operate, and how your immune system works to defend you.  And see how scientists are making medical new attempts to use invading viruses as agents of healing.  (4-Page Teacher’s Guide) 

The focus of this film is how to deal with serious bleeding. 

Explores the causes, symptoms and treatment of poisoning, including the form of poisoning particularly common to young people:  drug overdose. 

• Part 1:  Artificial Respiration – Causes of respiratory arrest are enumerated:  drowning, electrocution, drug overdoes, poisoning, smoke inhalation, and choking.  Rescue breathing maneuvers are discussed.
• Part 2:  Choking – One of the most common causes of respiratory emergencies.  Techniques for handling choking emergencies are discussed. 

Explains what cholestrol is, how it is distributed in the body, and why high cholesterol levels can eventually lead to heart disease and strokes. 

• Part 1 – The Facts About Cholesterol.  
• Part 2 – Habits for a Healthy Heart 

Offers a startling look at the human wreckage from smoking’s deadly wake, and the tobacco industry’s heavy-handed damage control tactics in deflecting this information from the American public. 

Program helps viewer understand his or her illness and how the diagnosis was made. Provides insights from a variety of health professionals on how one's daily life might change and explores options for treatment and management including helpful lifestyle tips. Also addresses questions that frequently arise. 

1. Understanding the Diagnosis. 
2. What Happens Next? 
3. Treatment & Management? 
4. Issues & Answers 

This video was developed using the American Heart Association guidelines and recommendations for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), emergency cardiac care (ECC), and foreign-body airway obstruction management.  Burns, suffocation, poisoning, smoke inhalation, respiratory infections, and bicycle accidents are covered. 

Imagine understanding math and physics by learning the dynamics of white water kayaking.  Or geometry by the trajectory of a ninth inning grand slam home run.  That's what ESPN's Sports Figures is all about.  Sports Figures uses sports--the athletes, the playing field, the competitive spirt and the quest for excellence, plus the medium of televison to teach core mathematics and physics concepts to high school students. 

1. Running with Momentum and Relaxing With Impulse. 
2. That Mu You Do and Bouncing Basketballs. 
3. The Sounds of Summer and Golf Is a Drag. 
4. In Golf Gravitas and Tracking Speed. 
5. The Trig to Soccer and Sailing Through Bernoulli. 
6. Shooting Stats and Math Under Pressure. 
7. Basic Air Rules and How Sweet It Is.

1. Structures -- Contains highlights of a three-week exploration of structures that took place at a Boston middle school.  Students discover answers to such questions as: What makes a wall stand up?  How do you build a structure's foundation? How much force can a structure withstand and why?
2. Tops and Yo-Yos -- Features two seventh-grade classes at the Andrew Peabody Elementary School in Cambridge, Massachusetts as they discover how to create spinning objects, measure spinning time and more.
3. Water Wheels -- Features a group of eighth-graders from the K-8 William H. Lincoln School in Brookline, Massachusetts as they investigate ways to make and test waterwheels that lift nails.

• 7 -- Integration
• 8 -- The Apple and the Moon

• Volume 3 -- Derivatives (30 Min.)
• Volume 4 -- Inertia (30 Min.)
• Volume 15 -- Conservation of Momentum (30 Min.)
• Volume 16 -- Harmonic Motion (30 Min.)

Reunites the cast of the early 80s freak show, That's Unbelievable!  Join Jon and Kathy Lee as they bring you guests that embody, or sometimes defy the laws of physics.  But the entertainment is merely a bonus.  Rest assured, your brain will be de-stressed and de-fried by the easy-to-understand Physics prsentation filled with thwo hours worth of clear examples and answers.

Examines the life of Albert Einstein, a great thinker whose insights have changed the course of mankind.

Features scientists and artists inspired by the world of quantum mechanics, and includes visits to the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, excerpts from Tom Stoppard's play "Hapgood," and discussions with Nobel laureates Sheldon Glashow and Burtin Richter.

Amusement parks are now a $4 billion per year industry in the U.S.  The trend is towards scarier rides.  Designing successful roller coasters calls for a knowledge of engineering and physics.

1. Structures -- Contains highlights of a three-week exploration of structures that took place at a Boston middle school.  Students discover answers to such questions as: What makes a wall stand up?  How do you build a structure's foundation? How much force can a structure withstand and why?
2. Tops and Yo-Yos -- Features two seventh-grade classes at the Andrew Peabody Elementary School in Cambridge, Massachusetts as they discover how to create spinning objects, measure spinning time and more.
3. Water Wheels -- Features a group of eighth-graders from the K-8 William H. Lincoln School in Brookline, Massachusetts as they investigate ways to make and test waterwheels that lift nails.

A photographic journey through America's vanishing wilderness, focusing on its animal inhabitants.

This school science safety program includes: Introduction, Teacher Liability; Laboratory Ventialation; Master Utility Controls; Chemical Security; Fire Blankets; Fire Extinguishers; Eyewash Devices; Class Size; Spill Control; Free Lab Design Offer; Seven Step Plan to Clear up Your Chemical Stores Area (Inventory, Mystery Substances, Chemical "Devil Control", Suggested Chemical Storate Patterns, Suggested Laboratory Chemical Disposal Options); and How to Get Action

Introduces basic techniques of avoiding accidents in science laboratories.

Discussion of two different types of compound microscope: the straight body and slant body, covering all parts, focusing, lenses, and functions, followed by a series of essay questions. 

Goes through the steps involved in scientific research, i.e., an idea based on "what if" or "why" followed by observation, inference, prediction, hypothesis, interpretation and conclusion.

The learning objectives for this video are:  To introduce students to proper lab safety techniques and attitudes; To demonstrate how to use tools and various apparatus in a typical high school science lab; To show students how to prepare for lab work; To show students how to handle emergencies when they arise.

Depicts the common structures and shapes that appear in nature through cinematography, still photographs, and drawings. Emphasizes the orderliness and beauty of eggshells, ice, the eyes of the horsefly, snowflakes, snakes, and many other natural objects in which patterns are apparent.

A dramatic, fun-filled science program that explores perplexing mysteries of everyday life.  Investigate! is the name of the game as students solve wacky dilemmas using the research methods and tools of actual scientists.  Contains 12 open-ended mysteries and all the clues to support logical conclusions.

• Program 1: Elementary Energy ; Nuclear Energy. 
• Program 2: The Combustion Engine; Power From Petroleum.

Explores five historic American rivers and the lives of the people who depend on them for their economic and recreational needs, as well as the importance of keeping them clean and unpolluted.

Through the stories of the people working to protect the most important ecosystems on earth, this program explores America's wetlands, which are being destroyed at the rate of 300,000 acres each year.

Examines America's natural coastal environment which, through tide and erosion, winds and storms, over-development and pollution, is constantly changing.  Also features several stories of dedicated individuals who are taking the initiative to protect and restore the coastal areas.

Examines the current crisis of America's oceans, including the sewqge, chemical spills and oil spills that plague the waters, and discusses nationwide group and individual efforts to save the oceans.

Shows how paper, cans & plastics may be recycled, reducing the amount of materials in landfills.

1. Acid Rain (30 Min.)
2. Clean Air (30 Min.)
3. Clean Water (30 Min.)
4. Degradation of the Land (30 Min.)
5. Extinction (30 Min.)
6. Global Warming (30 Min.)
7. Nuclear Engery/Nuclear Waste (30 Min.)
8. Ozone Layer (30 Min.)
9. Rainforests (30 Min.)
10. Recycling (30 Min.)

Profiles the little-known personal life of the renowed physicist, highlighting his romantic life and his lust for science.

Profiles the life of scientist and atomic bomb engineer Richard Feynman.

A biography of the seventeenth-century English scientist who formulated the theory of gravity.

No man better fits the term Renaissance Man than this illegitimate son of a notary in the small Italian village of Vinci.  Leonardo da Vinci's countless accomplishments include pioneering work in the field of human anatomy, the invention of the helicopter and creation of the world's most famous painting, the Mona Lisa.  His statue of a horseman was considered to be the greatest work of sculpture in the world when it was completed in 1493.  Unfortunately, it was destoryed in 1500.  Among his surviving works of art are the Last Supper and the Mona Lisa.  Da Vinci was also a brillian engineer.  He studied the flight of birds and designed parachutes and flying machines.  His studies of the human body led to a comprehensive atlas of the muscles, bones, and organs.  He designed underwater breathing systems, hydraulic motors, advance flood control systems, and was a pioneer in the study of light and senses.  Advances and invention in the years since his death have served to substantiate the impressive and progressive nature of Leonardo da Vinci's intellectual capacity.  It is no exaggeration to call him the greatest creative mind of all times.

A journey through the animal world of the Amazon jungle.  The video brings you face to face with some of the most fearsome animals in the world--the dwellers of a jungle known as Green Hell.

What animal carries its babies in its mouth?  How do baby scorpions like to travel around?  Henry, the lizard, discovers some different ways to bring up the kids, from the family life of the hunting dog to the cheating cuckoo, in AMAZING ANIMAL BABIES.

What animal can see only in black and white?  How many colors can a chameleon turn?  Henry, the lizard, finds things aren't always as they appear, as zebra, cheetash, and snakes demonstrate in AMAZING ANIMAL DISGUISES.

Which bird once traveled in flocks of milions?  Which animal had it's own bridge built to cross the road?  Henry, the lizard, is on a rescue mission to save some amazing ENDANGERED ANIMALS, from the tiger to the howler monkey. 

What animal can live inside its lunch?  How many babies does an aphid have in a week?  Henry, the lizard, realizes that not all invertebrates are just creepy-crawlies, but that beetles, starfish, and even fleas can be AMAZING MINI-BEASTS.

Why are spiders more scared of you than you are of them?  How does a small animal scare off a giant predator?  Henry, the lizard, just can't seem to frighten anyone--he's too cute!  But he soon picks up spooky tips from some SCARY ANIMALS, from the vicious vampire bat to the leggy millipede.

The search for the magical qualities so often presented by images of enchanting baby animals begins with young Emperor penguins of Antarctica, followed by a trip to the rainforest of South East Asia for forest canopy high wire acts by orangutans.  Then on to visit the African savannah for baby elephants, young lions, hyenna, rocks hyraxes and olive baboons.  In the Canadian Arctic we see tender bonding between a mother polar bear and her cubs.

In our search for exciting, playful baby animals we travel from nature preserves in Japan to see a famiy of wild boars on a romp through the forest, to the Serengeti Plain in Africa to watch the frisky members of a cheetah family.  Share the many other memorable moments such as:  the birth of a baby fur seal, playful young mountain gorillas, cattle egrets with their aggressive nestlings, wolf pups, brown bear cubs, white pelican chicks, baby bison, and a family of rate swift foxes.

Shows how baby animals in the wild communicate, how they learn from each other and elders, how they protect themselves from their enemies, and how they have fun.

1. The Great Migration Begins (64 Min.)
2. Survival on the Savannah (64 Min.)

1. Grasslands & Deserts --No matter how barren the plains, how rockey the cliffs, how high the mountains, how cold the tundra or how hot the desert, some kind of grass will have taken hold.  Where it thrives, it grows thick and fast, and it's the fundamental food for a multitude of animals.  To glimpse some of the world's most amazing animals, you need only follow the carpet of grass.
2. Rainforest & Woodlands --There is more to the world's forests than their trees.  To journey through them is to discover an intricate web of relationships between the trees and the multitude of animals that live in and among them.  There are many forests to be explored between the tropics and the poles.  All provide a self-contained living world.  To enter the mysteriour depths of the forest is to witness an explosion of life in all its diverse forms.
3. Water & Ice -- This water journey will take us from pole to pole, from the tropics to the ice packs, exploring the lives of the extraordinary creatures that live in, above and beside our planet's rivers, lakes and seas.  This is a voyage of discovery into their world--the world of water and ice.

Shows predators in the wild stalking and hunting prey.

1. Volume 1 -- Serengeti ~ Kalahari ~ Waza ~ Kruger ~ Madagascar ~ Corbett (60 Min.)
2. Volume 2 -- Kakadu ~ Great Barrier Reef ~ Galapagos ~ Greenland ~ Yellowstone ~ Everglades ~ Camargue (60 Min.)

Explores a variety of sea creatures that spend their entire lives adrift, including the loggerhead turtle, the Portuguese man-of-war and the sea cucumber.

A video examination of the insect world and the many amazing, industrious creatures of which it is comprised.

A documentary on the physical and behavioral diversity of a number of shark species.

Shows some of the characteristics of various reptiles and amphibians such as the Komodo dragon, Galapagos tortoises, and gigantic dinosaurs, which are shown through an animated diorama.

Scott Shupe displays many varieties of poisonous snakes, showing the differences between species, their ranges, the toxicity of their venom, and milking them of venom. 

Documentary on the crocodiles of Africa's Grumeti River in Tanzania.

A video examination of the history of the bird, from its distant dinosaur past to its present variety and staggering range of sizes, shapes and habitats.

See the first in-depth exploration of the private life of the Cardinal—and your personal invitation to view up close the bird that, more than any other, has led us to love nature.  By any measure, the Cardinal is America’s most popular bird.

Journey to the Poles to observe the animals that struggle to survive in regions of extreme cold.

Reveals the most amazing facts and folklore about mammals, and introduces various members of the mammal family.

Examines the humpback whale, its intricate feeding patterns and its underwater communications.  Also examines the threats to the dolphin: mysterious diseases and the indiscriminate killing of dolphins by commercial fishermen.

Explores attracting birds to backyards by introducing plants that they feed on, running water & feeders containing the food that will attract the birds desired.

Play is important to the healthy growth of all wild and domestic animals having fun. 

In filming wildlife, the most enjoyable days are spent filming the young.  Catch Me If You Can has two fun filled animal programs, "The Predators" and "The Grazers".  In "The Predators" you will enjoy the delights of watching the young bears, foxes, coyotes, woves and otters in their never-ending tussles.  In "The Grazers" you will see the magic of Dall sheet lambs bounding up a mountain, elk calves dodging in a game of tag, and bison calves butting heads.   Play is important for for each animal their never ending seemingly carefree antics will make you smile time and time again.

Breakthrough video-with-sound technology lets you see and hear over 200 exotic mammals, birds, and reptiles in over 60 minutes of video clips.

Explore the endangered world or wildlife.

Chart a fascinating course through the cosmos.  Explore your udnerstanding of our universe by creating an amazing, personalized voyage through it.  The Universe Beyond is a riveting, immersive journey through not only astronomy and cosmology, but also the myths, legends, mystery, and folklore that surround them.