Core biology: plant sciences
Plant sciences or botany! No biological science has transformed society more than the successive waves of agricultural revolutions - new ways of growing more food. It started with the domestication of cereal crops - wheat, rice and corn. And in the ...
California : History: the first inhabitants to the American Civil War
California is a state with a long and diverse history, a state of many peoples: From the first Paleolithic hunters settling its coasts 15,000 years ago, to the Spanish explorers and settlers of the 18th century, to the waves of immigrants from Ameri...
Core chemistry
This program shows why the future problems of energy, food, medicines and materials are the problems of chemistry. No science is more at the core of every technology that supports the seven billion people living on the planet today than chemistry. ...
California : Geography: deserts, rivers, earthquakes, and human geography
In this program, we will look at why California is an earthquake prone region, lay out its human geography, and explore its geographic regions - not formed by geologically recent tectonic activity - and their related ecosystems.
Miracle of the human body: the reproductive system
Using the latest in 3-D graphics, medical imaging and cadaver specimens, see the human body’s reproductive system revealed in ways never seen before. Of the body's major systems, only the reproductive organs and structures are different in men and...
Core biology: animal sciences
This program presents an exciting ride through the world of animal classification, physiology, behavior, and communication. Today the animal sciences - zoology - form the knowledge basis for such diverse disciplines as human physiology and nutritio...
Core meteorology: weather
This program provides an exciting exploration of the principles behind tornadoes, hurricanes, severe droughts, and other extreme weather phenomena. It discusses the principles of weather dynamics. It shows how weather conditions are measured; how c...
Core astronomy
Core Astronomy examines the key points in the development of astronomy, beginning with Greek astronomer Ptolemy's Earth-centered paradigm to Nicolas Copernicus' introduction of a sun-centered solar system, and Isaac Newton's three laws of motion. It...
Pacific Northwest: climate change
Climate change models predict that the greatest changes in climate will occur in the Pacific Northwest, impacting its timber and water resources. The underlying economic impacts of climate change and how it will affect this region are explored in th...
California : Geography: coastline, mountain ranges and valleys
Fog-shrouded rocky coastlines, spectacular mountain peaks, rich agricultural valleys, vast barren deserts. California's astonishing physical geography is dominated by rugged north-south running mountains separated by huge valleys. This program looks...