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Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (26 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Bill demystifies that misunderstood creature, the spider. He'll cure the most intense case of arachnophobia by showing how cool spiders really are, and how these eight-legged predators balance our ecosystem by preying on pesky insects"--Container.
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videocdisc (DVD) (approximately 26 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Bill Nye checks out this important muscular pump and its function in the body by pulling nine 'Gs' with the United States Navy's Blue Angels and chatting with Seattle Mariner Edgar Martinez"--Container.
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 26 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bill Nye becomes a real heart-throb when he talks about the not-so-wimpy organ, the heart. Valves, blood cells and the circulatory system work together to pump it up-- the heart, that is.
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The game of baseball continues to reflect the complicated country that created it. Players and owners wage a battle over money and power; Cal Ripken becomes the game's new Iron Man; sluggers Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Barry Bonds do things that have never been done before; the Yankees build a dynasty, while their arch rivals, the Red Sox, stage the greatest comeback in history. In September of 2001, baseball offers the hope that things will one...
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (26 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Bill Nye shows how everything needs a push or pull--a force--to make it move or stop. Sometimes an object might seem to be at rest even when it is actually in motion. Confused? It's all relative--relative motion, that is"--Container.
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (26 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Discover the relationship between dinosaurs and birds, and find out that rhinoceroses once lived in Nebraska. Bill also tracks down dinosaur footprints with paleontologist Grace Irby and travels to the La Brea Tar Pits to see what's underneath all that tar"--Container.
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Get ready to celebrate the season with Rocket, June, Leo, Quincy and Annie in their first-ever holiday adventure! It's Christmas Eve, and Santa Claus has left some amazing surprises under the tree for everybody. But Annie's present is missing, and it's up to the team, and you, to find it.
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (26 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Explores the topics of light and optics. Experiments used to demonstrate these concepts include demonstrating how reflected light and mirrors can be used to view objects not in the direct line of sight, revealing refracted light through water, and seeing how prisms separate or refract light.
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Sally and Nick need help with a song, Humphrey the Humpback Whale teaches them how whales make beautiful music. And when Sally wants to pick flowers for her mom, The Cat and his friends travel to the rainforest to meet different creatures that all depend on flowers to live.
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (DVD) (518 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Modern Family takes a refreshing and funny view of what it means to raise a family in this hectic day and age. Multicultural relationships, adoption, and same-sex marriage are just a few of the timely issues faced by the show's three wildly-diverse broods. No matter the size or shape, family always comes first in this hilariously 'modern' look at life, love, and laughter.
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (26 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Some very tricky optical illusions show that the brain doesn't always correctly interpret what the eyes see. Check out Bill Nye from a whole new angle when he gets an M.R.I. of his brain"--Container.
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (26 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In Forensics, join Bill as he explores the world of forensic science. Learn how detectives reconstruct events from the past using bloodhounds, fingerprints, and DNA. Did you know that scientists can identify a person using only a drop of blood or a flake of skin?
17) Alpha and omega
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Come along on the ultimate road-trip adventure that will leave the whole family howling with laughter! When Kate, a take-charge "Alpha" wolf, and Humphrey, a laid-back "Omega" wolf, get snatched by park rangers and relocated halfway across the country, the two must set off on an incredible journey home! With the help of a goofy golfing goose and his quacky duck caddy, Kate and Humphrey won't let anything stop them--prickly porcupines, grumpy bears,...
18) Four Christmases
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When happily unmarried San Francisco couple Kate and Brad find themselves socked in by fog on Christmas morning, their exotic vacation plans morph into the family-centric holiday they had, until now, gleefully avoided. Out of obligation, and unable to escape, they trudge to not one, not two, but four relative-choked festivities.
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (26 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Science Guy is running, swimming and biking--I hope he gets a chance to take a little breather! We take in good air, and blow out the bad. Without our lungs and heart, our bodies would be starved for energy, and no one can live that way!
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Collection of SpongeBob's ten best episodes. Sandy invites SpongeBob to her glass-enclosed home for the first time; television superheroes are discovered living in a rest home nearby; Squidward plans and hosts a talent show; SpongeBob and Sandy's constant karate sparring causes problems; Plankton trades lives with Mr. Krabs for a day; SpongeBob tries to get Squidward to take just one bite of a Krabby Patty; things get creepy at the Krusty Krab during...
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