Navy Engineers
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Alan visits the engine rooms of the HMCS Montréal and learns how to clean an oil centrifuge.
Navy Promotion
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Alan gets promoted to ordinary seaman in the Royal Canadian Navy.
Navy Rescues
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Alan participates in 'man overboard' and 'fire' rescue drills onboard the HMCS Montréal.
Navy Weapons
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Alan goes out to sea onboard HMCS Montréal to learn more about the weapons on the frigate.
Nitro Dragsters
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Alan goes to the dragstrip to see what kind of explosive fuel launches these 8000-horsepower machines down the track.
No Accounting for Taste: Why We Eat What We Eat
By VEA Group Pty Ltd - 2011
This program investigates the factors that play significant roles in determining the foods we love and those we just can't stomach! With help from…
Noah Capsule
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Shoji Tanaka, the inventor of the Noah Capsule, demonstrates how his miniature habitat is designed to help people survive earthquakes or tsunamis.
Nonparametric Tests
By Coast Learning Systems - 2011
So far, all of the tests introduced in this course have required that the data have a Normal distribution. However, what about those studies in which…
Normal Distributions
By Coast Learning Systems - 2011
As you have seen in earlier lessons, statisticians have visual and numerical ways of describing a set of data. Histograms are one of the most common…
North Star
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Perfect - and looking to keep it that way. The Roll-On/Roll-Off (Ro-Ro) ship North Star is one of the only links between Alaska and the continental…
Norwegian Epic
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
She's not even a year old and already has a party reputation. With name-brand entertainment, more than twenty bars and restaurants, and hot pool…
NOVA scienceNOW: How Does the Brain Work?
By PBS Distribution - 2011
Host Neil deGrasse Tyson will tackle one of science's major challenges in each episode, framed as a simple question that ordinary people wonder and…
Nuclear Chemistry: Nature's Power Pack
By Coast Learning Systems - 2011
Nuclear energy has been a controversial topic for decades, and this lesson will equip you with the necessary knowledge to join any conversation about…
Offender Profiling
By VEA Group Pty Ltd - 2011
Forensic psychology is the application of psychology to law. The TV and film profiler is a popular character, single-handedly solving the crime with…
Omnicam
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
This cutting edge surveillance system is helping researchers observe the abundant yet elusive myctophids off the California coast.
One-Way ANOVA
By Coast Learning Systems - 2011
This lesson introduces another type of statistical test that evaluates the means of numerical data. In previous lessons, we used the two-sample t…
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…