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Super Stadium
It's not just the cool steel-ribbon gift wrapping that makes the new Arizona Cardinals stadium radically different; it's everything, from the "Starchitect" design by Peter Eisenman, to North America's first slide-out tray field, to the "pie-slice" construction method, engineered to keep costs to a trim $350 million. The NFL is betting that the Cardinals' new home will help re-brand the woeful Cards as a winner, and kick-start a new era in sports-stadia
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Audience: Upper Elementary, Junior High, Senior High
Rubber
Durable, flexible, waterproof, and of course, bouncy, rubber is versatile enough for things as different as basketballs and Hollywood special effects. The program notes how rubber's polymer structure allows the substance to be the material of choice for automobile tires, wetsuits, and golf balls.
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Audience: Upper Elementary, Junior High, Senior High
Pushing the Limits, Strength
Explore how our bodies perform when "pushed to the max" as revealed through extraordinary computer imagery and amazing real-world stories. From mountain climbing, martial arts, and desperate rescues to medical breakthroughs and professional sports, here are the tales of the incredible power and performance of the amazing body we call our own.
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Audience: Upper Elementary, Junior High, Senior High
Car in a Box
PROTOTYPE THIS! invents the future. Drawing from WIRED Magazine's regular pictorial feature FOUND: Artifacts from the Future, each program brings the sci-fi picture essays to life by attempting to build their "artifacts" from scratch.
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Audience: Senior High
Train Crash
Explores a type of airbag specifically designed for trains in hopes of lessening the impact of crashing into a car.
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Audience: Senior High
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Daily Planet in the Classroom  Daily Planet, the world's only daily science magazine show, explores the latest science behind the headlines with an eclectic mix of documentaries, features and contributing columnists. more>> |
SciQ SciQ is an exciting new series for kids. SciQ introduces a younger audience to science through adventure presenting a wide range of topics guaranteed to capture the imagination of kids. Who can resist more>> |
Teaching Systems - Basic Math Cerebellum Teaching Systems are simply the most effective method for students to learn and for teachers to teach. This innovative system covers topics in a fun, fast-paced and engaging manner. Each module more>> |
