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New! Chemistry: Ever Wondered? (Series 2)
Item# 53258
© 2012
22 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-791-2
Chemistry is how science investigates what makes the world around us. It’s every piece of matter, every molecule. So how are top scientists in New Zealand contributing to this vast pool of knowledge?...
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New! Shedding Light on Color
Item# 52775
© 2012
30 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-754-7
Color adds beauty to our lives and helps us express our deepest feelings, but what exactly is it? This video lays out the scientific principles at the heart of that question, examining the relationshi...
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New! Shedding Light on Curved Mirrors
Item# 53227
© 2012
48 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-769-1
Most of us have experienced the amusement (and possible embarrassment) that goes with standing in front of a distorted funhouse mirror. What many people don't realize is that convex and concave mirror...
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New! Shedding Light on Reflection
Item# 52776
© 2012
45 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-755-4
Using exciting live-action demonstrations and easy-to-understand animation, this video delves into the fundamental concepts of reflection and its relationship to light, vision, and the physical world....
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New! Shedding Light on Refraction
Item# 53315
© 2012
48 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-792-9
Anyone standing in front of a mirror will instantly recognize the concept of reflection at work, but to observe the process of refraction and to develop an in-depth knowledge of it is quite a differen...
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New! Nuclear Radiation
Item# 52674
© 2012
23 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-565-9
This program take a thorough look at nuclear radiation, covering the history of its discovery, what makes atoms radioactive, and methods for detecting radioactivity. The video also explains types of r...
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New! An Investigation into Depleted Uranium
Item# 52385
© 2012
52 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-555-0
For 20 years, scientists, doctors, and activists—including some veterans—have denounced the use of depleted uranium in military and civilian technology, citing a wide range of negative health conseque...
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Ceramics: The Secret Life of Materials
Item# 52559
© 2012
50 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-390-7
Sand and clay, transformed by fire, become glass, earthenware, porcelain, or concrete—all types of ceramics. In this program, materials scientist Dr. Mark Miodownik delves into the history, production...
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Hunt for the Higgs
Item# 52499
© 2012
50 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-330-3
This program goes behind the scenes at CERN to follow one of the most ambitious scientific quests of all time: the mission to find the elusive Higgs boson, aka the God particle. The particle is believ...
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In Orbit: How Satellites Rule Our World
Item# 52457
© 2012
59 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-288-7
Satellites play a bigger part in modern life than most people ever consider. These masterpieces of technology are the single greatest product of the space program and have transformed our world. Not o...
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