Organic Molecules
By Coast Learning Systems - 2011
This lesson provides a wonderful introduction to why organic compounds play such an integral role in our bodies and the world around us. You will…
Otherlab
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
The staff who work at Otherlab take on big problems, including how to make big inflatable robots move.
Over the Edge
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Engineers are building a walkway along the cliff's edge at the Capilano Canyons to give visitors a rock climber's view. 30 stories up.
Panama Canal
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
It is one of the most important canals in the world providing a much-needed shortcut across a continental divide. Discover how Panama Canal - one of…
Paper Airplane Guy
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
John Collins knows more about the dynamics of flying paper airplanes than anyone else, and displays his prowess for the Guiness World Record.
Paraclete XP
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
The world's biggest vertical wind tunnel allows sky divers to train more efficiently and helps families bring fun to a whole new level.
Pendulum
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Alan explains why the pendulum is one of the greatest mechanical advances in history, and he gives a demonstration of a pendulum and its kinetic…
Photonic Fence
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Hate mosquitoes? Eric Johanson is working on a laser which targets the critters and zaps them in mid-flight.
Pilot Survival Training
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Join us at the Aviation Survival Training Center where military pilots undergo emergency survival training.
Plastination
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Visit the Plastinarium to learn how artist Gunther von Hagens and his helpers create the pieces for his world-famous Body Worlds exhibit, which is…
Porsche Semper Vivus
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
With only two old photographs to work from, Hubert Drescher built a working replica of the world's first operational hybrid vehicle.
Port of Los Angeles
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Take a 24-hour ride through the most significant gateway in North America. Spread across 4,300 acres of land and 3,200 acres of water the port boasts…
Probability
By Coast Learning Systems - 2011
What are the chances?" We think this many times a day. Why is it raining when the weatherman said there was only a five percent chance of rain? Why…
Producing Data: Experimentation
By Coast Learning Systems - 2011
Every day, the media bombard us with the results of recent statistical studies. Statements like, "Studies show our products are better than ever…
Producing Data: Sampling
By Coast Learning Systems - 2011
Polls are something we encounter everyday in the media. We are constantly bombarded with numbers of how many people approve of the President's…
Progressive Ideologies: Imperialism, Nationalism, Capitalism, Egalitarianism
By VEA Group Pty Ltd - 2011
The period between 1750 and 1918 was a time of great political, social and economic change. The very fabric of human society and thought was shifting…
Pulse Jet Bike
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
This Oregon inventor powers his beautiful bicycles with jet engines that he builds from scratch.
Puppet Pack - Kelso and Lily Puppets
By Cerebellum Corporation - 2011
Kelso Puppet - A handsome, 15" puppet that looks exactly like the character found throughout the components of the program! Lily Puppet - A cute, 12…
Purple Haze
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Alan performs some Rock N Roll Science with exothermic reactions.
Putting Kelso into Play Booster
By Cerebellum Corporation - 2011
Brand New Putting Kelso into Play Booster DVD! See Kelso's Choices in action! Offering more short, true-to-life vignettes to add to your curriculum…
Pyrotechnic Pumpkin Carving
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Alan demonstrates how a science guy carves a pumpkin - with explosive results!
Quadrotor
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
A high-tech team of students at UC Berkeley have developed a helicopter-like machine that uses learning-based model predictive control to predict…
Rapunzel's Hair
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Alan conducts an experiment to test the tensile strength of human hair.
Rates and Equilibrium: Controlling Reactions
By Coast Learning Systems - 2011
This lesson adds additional detail to what you already learned regarding what factors must be present for reactions to occur. In earlier lessons, you…
Rattler
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Mark Miller ventures to Canada's only desert to learn how to wrangle rattlesnakes.
Ray Zahab
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Ultrarunner Ray Zahab is tested during a rigourous marathon in Chile across the Andes, to find out how much he suffers with the stress on his body.
Recliner Guy
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Engineering student and mad tinkerer Chris McIntosh has turned an old recliner into a comfortable road warrior.
Recognising Mental Illness in your Patient
By VEA Group Pty Ltd - 2011
One in five people will experience some form of mental illness in a given year. It is therefore crucial that all nurses working in a general hospital…
Recycled Church
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Don Justo has built a massive, intricate Spanish cathedral entirely out of salvaged and donated materials, and he did it with no formal architectural…
Recycling Planes
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
At Cotswold Airport in England, Air Salvage International strips and dismantles used airplanes for recycling.
Recycling Tires
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Visit a tire recycling facility in Ontario, where tires are chopped into tiny pieces, the steel is removed, and the crumbs of rubber are put into…
Red River Ice
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Three Amphibex icebreakers work together with two large ice cutting machines to break up the ice on the Red River in Manitoba.
Regression
By Coast Learning Systems - 2011
We have all had the experience watching our friends and family play sports or games. Based on prior performance, we predict in our heads how they…
Rhino Armoured Vehicle
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
With armoured protection critical in the world's deadly combat zones, a new type of glass for armoured vehicles has very special capabilities.
Rickety Grand Prix
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Watch as a team of road warriors compete for the Rickety Downhill Challenge trophy on an abandoned stretch of road.
Rig Skid
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Alan gets instructions on regaining control of a rig that has spun out on black ice with packed snow.
River Jumping
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Come along as we watch Jaco de Groot train and compete to become the Dutch National Fierljeppen Champion.
Rocket Plane
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
A powerful rocket being tested near Oxford, England could soon power a longer, sleeker version of a conventional airline that would travel at Mach 5.
Rookie Driver
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Tegan Hammond is continuing her family's tradition of setting records at the Bonneville Salt Flats.
Rosenhan's Experiment
By VEA Group Pty Ltd - 2011
David Rosenhan's famous experiment in 1973, where a group of pseudopatients were admitted to psychiatric hospitals after feigning auditory…
Rowing
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Sports technologists help rowers improve their speed and performance by using instrumentation to maximize the athletes' positive forces.
Ryan's Renaissance
By CTV - 2011
Equal parts tragedy and triumph, Ryan Larkin's life story is the subject of the documentary film, Ryan's Renaissance. Directed by Nicola Zavaglia and…
RYNO
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
The RYNO is part unicycle, part motorcycle, part Segway that Chris Hoffman built at his daughter's suggestion.
Sampling Distributions & the Central Limit Theorem
By Coast Learning Systems - 2011
In previous lessons, you learned about the proper techniques researchers use when sampling a population, and how they infer meaning out of sample…
Sand Art
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Earthscape artist Andres Amador battles time and tide to create his works of art and photograph them before they're washed away.
Sap and Syrup
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Alan heads to Horton Tree Farm to learn the science behind making maple syrup.
SAR Dog and Snakebot
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Search and Rescue dogs carrying snakebots could be a big help to teams trying to locate disaster victims buried in rubble.