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PHYSICS IN ACTION SERIES
Can the study of physics be fun? This clever five-part series answers "Yes!" by presenting essential facts, formulas, and laws
of physics through real-world examples, illustrative animations, and a likeable field guide named Mr. Physics who makes
complicated concepts easier to understand. End-of-section reviews are included throughout each program, and equations are
worked out, step by step, on-screen.
ENERGY - Talking about energy is tricky because everyday words can also have specialized scientific meanings. Through the
process of defining key terms like "power", "work", and even "energy" itself, this program uses a roller coaster, a harmless
train wreck, ice-skaters, a boulder, a human cannonball, night-vision goggles, and a supernova to introduce students to
kinetic and potential energy, electrical energy, chemical energy, nuclear energy, and conduction, convection, and radiation
of heat.
FORCES AND MOTION - In New York City, there are many ways to travel. Of course, it's a lot easier if you're a bird. Using the
Big Apple as a living laboratory, this program addresses speed and distance using a pigeon, a taxi, and a tour boat. Additional
situations such as the deployment of a Mars rover, a zero-G flight in NASA's Weightless Wonder, a walk on a conveyor belt and
a cruising aircraft carrier, and juggling on the Earth and around the Solar System provide opportunities to study the
mechanics of velocity and acceleration as well as contact forces and forces that act at a distance. Vector algebra is
demonstrated throughout.
PLANETS, STARS AND GALAXIES - Beginning with the history of astronomy (Ptolemy, Copernicus, Giordano Bruno, Galileo),
this program considers the mathematics of motion (velocity, acceleration); gravity (Kepler's discoveries, Newton's laws,
center of gravity, astronomical units); the properties of stars (parallax, flux, luminosity, color, Hertzsprung-Russell diagram);
relativity (Einstein's theories, speed of light, space-time); and the large-scale structure of the universe (Big Bang,
Cosmological Principle, Hubble's law). Humankind has come a long way in our understanding of the cosmos - but we're still
only scratching the surface of astrophysics, with discoveries of incalculable value still waiting to be made.
PROCESSES THAT SHAPED THE EARTH - The Earth is like a living, breathing organism. From its molten core to the upper
reaches of the atmosphere, nothing is still. How was the planet formed, and what are the forces that continue to sculpt it?
This program uses animated topographical maps, a broken pane of glass, a fortune in diamonds, a floor-sanding machine,
stalactites, flowing glaciers, a merry-go-round, a greenhouse, and more to help students visualize the structure and
composition of the Earth and the processes that shape our world. Dangerous impacts of humankind - most notably pollution
and deforestation - are also considered.
THE NATURE OF MATTER - An elephant and a racing car don't have much in common - except for the remarkable fact that
they're made of similar fundamental building blocks. This program takes a simulated subatomic look at a glass of water to
better understand the nature of matter, a minuscule world of molecules, atoms, and elementary
particles. The behavior of matter under the effects of gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong
and weak nuclear forces; the process of scientific experimentation; specifics of atomic structure;
the organization of matter via the periodic table; ionic, covalent, and hydrogen bonding; the
process of radioactive decay; and the death of fusion-fueled stars are scrutinized as well.
#12940/0635 Five 25 minute programs 2009 Includes Guides $129.95 each or Series $598.95
THE STARCHASERS SERIES
This six-program series is astronomy and space science on the edge. On the edge of technology -
both personal and professional tools to see the skies as never before. On the edge of our map -
from the deserts of New Mexico to the Canadian prairies and the high arctic of the Norwest
Territories. On the edge of the known Universe - exploring stellar graveyards and searching for
ghostly dark energy amidst the galaxies. And on the edge of understanding - facing questions
about life and the Universe that almost every person has asked themselves, and which baffle top
scientists to this very day. Features our distinguished host and member of the Order of Canada
astrophysicist and professor of astronomy Dr. Jaymie Matthews of the University of B.c.
TO THE LAND OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS - For times immortal, the Aurora Borealis has spurned
man's imagination. Together with our host and astronomer Dr. Jaymie Matthews we travel to Canada's Northwest Territories
to view and photograph the aurora's brilliant curtain of color, one of nature's most unique phenomena. #11573
GALACTICA INCOGNITA - Our infrared look at the center of our own galaxy leads us to the Dominion Radio Astrophysical
Observatory in the Okanagan Valley near Penticton, where astronomers are using invisible radio waves to map the Milky Way.
WE ARE STARDUST - Professor Chris Pritchett and his colleague Dr. Dave Ballam are working at the University of Victoria,
where they are involved with the intergalactic sky survey of supernovae. Data from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in
Hawaii is sent to Victoria where it is stored and deciphered by a number of supercomputers. Dr. Ballam explains the intricacy
and importance of this research. #11575
ROCKS FROM HEAVEN - The Prairie Meteorite Search is carried out annually by an undergrad from the University of Calgary,
who travels to Saskatchewan and Manitoba looking for new meteorites.
Dr. Alan Hildebrandt, the Chair for Planetary Sciences at the U of C, introduces us to meteorites, after which we follow his
student to the prairies for the annual event. #11576
OF EARTH, PEOPLE, AND SKY - In the southwestern deserts of New Mexico, ancient petroglyphs may have recorded historical
astronomical events and the supernova explosion of 1054. We travel to this remote area where we look for petroglyphs left
by the Mimbres people over a thousand years ago, as well as being introduced to the local and more recent history. #11577
M.O.S.T.'S VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY - The voyage of Canada's first space telescope began in Russia in 2003, when the M.O.S.T.
satellite was launched aboard a Russian ex-ICBM. Dr. Jaymie Matthews, Chief Scientist of the project, explains the
outstanding research carried out by the satellite, including the search for extra-solar planets like our planet Earth. #11578
#11570/1735 Six 24-minute programs 2007 P.A.C.S. $129 each or Series $595 *Canadian Production
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