Learn all about the human skeletal and muscular systems with new, precise, yet easy-to-understand, definitions and explanations. What are the main functions and components of the skeletal system? What are the types of bones in the skeletal system? What are muscles? What are the different types of muscles in our bodies, and what are their jobs? The answers to all of these questions are covered in depth with detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video. On-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
Producers: Wonderscape Entertainment LLC
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All About Natural Selection and Adaptations
Learn all about natural selection and adaptations with new, precise, yet easy-to-understand, definitions and explanations. What is natural selection? What are adaptations? What are some ways that animals have adapted to their environments? What are fossils? What is the fossil record? What factors affect how well the fossil record is preserved? The answers to these questions are covered in depth with detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video. On-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
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Camouflage in Animals, Insects & Plants
Learn all about camouflage in animals, reptiles, insects and plants. Why is camouflage necessary in nature? What are the four basic types of camouflage? The answers to these questions are covered with detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video, as well as on-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment that reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
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Biodiversity
Learn all about biodiversity. What is biodiversity? What are the three types or levels of biodiversity? Why is biodiversity important? Why is biodiversity declining in some areas? The answers to all of these questions are covered in depth with detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video. On-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
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All About Volcanoes
Learn all about volcanoes around the globe. What are volcanoes and how are they formed? What causes volcanoes to erupt? How do scientists classify volcanoes? What are the different types of volcanoes? What are notable volcanoes and volcanic eruptions? The answers to all of these questions are covered in depth with detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video. On-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
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Rocks, Minerals and Geology
Learn all about rocks, minerals and geology. What are the similarities and differences between rocks and minerals? What are the properties used by scientists to identify minerals? What are the environmental conditions during the formation of sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks? What are the physical changes that occur in rocks and minerals as a result of weathering and erosion? How are rocks and minerals used in our everyday lives? The answers to all of these questions are covered in depth with detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video. On-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
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Introduction to the Periodic Table
Learn all about the history and importance of the Periodic Table. What is the Periodic Table? Why is it vital to scientists? How is the Periodic Table organized and utilized? What are atoms, protons and neutrons? The answers to these questions and many more are covered with detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video, as well as on-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment that reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
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Chemistry – Mixtures, Solutions, Evaporation, Distillation, Chromatography
In this program, the basics of chemistry are introduced with a focus on 5th grade curriculum guidelines. What is a mixture? What are the different types of mixtures? What is a solution? What are evaporation, distillation and chromatography and how are each used to separate mixtures? The answers to all of these questions and many more are covered in depth with detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video. On-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
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Invertebrates – Sponges, Worms, Mollusks, Arthropods, Echinoderms
Learn all about invertebrates. What are the major characteristics of invertebrates? What are sponges, worms, mollusks, arthropods and echinoderms? How are they all uniquely different? The answers to all of these questions and many more are covered in depth with detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video. On-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
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The Fossil Record – Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic Eras
Learn all about the history of life as documented by fossils. What is the fossil record? How can it be used as evidence of evolution? What are the various types of fossils? What are the Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic Eras? The answers to these questions and many more are covered with detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video, as well as on-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment that reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.