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Disney Educational - Bill Nye The Science Guy: Static Electricity
That crackling sound and clothing items that cling to each other when the dryer is emptied can be attributed to static electricity. How it works is the subject of this episode of Bill Nye's thought-provoking series, Bill Nye the Science Guy: Static Electricity. Once again, the Science Guy uses experiments, demonstrations, music, and silly jokes to get students tuned in to his subject matter. Despite his lighthearted attitude, there's serious science at work here, and when students hear a favorite rock song, they may sing the lyrics Nye has written in a parody for the show.
Disney Educational - Bill Nye The Science Guy - Bones & Muscles
The Science Guy uses comedy and music to convey important scientific concepts to students, and it seems to work very well. Even adults find his programs entertaining, because he always provides instruction in a wildly irreverent fashion. In Bill Nye the Science Guy: Bones & Muscles, he talks about the skeletal and muscle systems and illustrates them with kid-pleasing effects and graphics.
Disney Educational - Bill Nye The Science Guy: Motion
In this episode, Bill Nye once again takes a science concept and clarifies it for young science students. Despite the complexity of some of his subject matter, Nye manages to bring the explanations down to a level to which kids can relate, complete with silly references and jokes. In Bill Nye the Science Guy: Motion, he talks about inertia and the forces that act upon it. He discusses Newton's three laws of motion and illustrates relative motion by asking students to picture sitting on a bus that is backing up.
Written to help readers understand and develop expertise in both teaching and learning, Educational Psychology focuses on the art and science necessary to become an expert teacher. Renowned scholars, Sternberg and Williams help readers capitalize on their strengths by integrating questions into the text that encourage analytical, creative, and practical thinking. This framework, based on Sternberg’s triarchic theory of human intelligence, helps ensure that readers think deeply about what they are learning, rather than merely processing information at a superficial level.
