Episode guide
Bill Nye the Science Guy: Season 3
20 episodes · premiered Jan 14, 1995
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- Episode 1: Planets & Moons Jan 14, 1995 · 26m Each planet is different. They are all different sizes – Pluto’s the smallest, and Jupiter’s the biggest. They come in a variety of colors – Mars is covered with rust, so it looks red; the…
- Episode 2: Pressure Jan 21, 1995 · 26m When you push something, you’re using pressure. Pressure depends on two things – the power of the push and the area that’s being pushed on. A push on a small area makes more pressure than…
- Episode 3: Plants Jan 28, 1995 · 26m A plant’s recipe for food has only three main ingredients: sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water. When plants make their food, they give off what animals need – oxygen. Without oxygen…
- Episode 4: Rocks & Soil Feb 3, 1995 · 26m We live on top of rocks – the Earth’s surface. There are three basic types of rocks — igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic — and each type is made a different way. Igneous rocks are made…
- Episode 5: Energy Feb 10, 1995 · 26m Energy can change forms. Your body changes the energy in food into energy you can use to do things. Dams turn the energy in falling water into electrical energy to bring power to your…
- Episode 6: Evolution Feb 17, 1995 · 26m All living things have genes, which are like little sets of blueprints. Genes have information about the color of your eyes, the shape of your nose, and whether you hair is straight or…
- Episode 7: Water Cycle Mar 24, 1995 · 26m About 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered in water, and almost all of that water has been around since the Earth formed billions and billions of years ago. That means a glass of water…
- Episode 8: Friction Mar 31, 1995 · 26m Friction is a force that slows moving things down and turns the moving energy into heat energy. When two things rub together, like your bike tires and the road, friction between them slows…
- Episode 9: Germs Apr 7, 1995 · 26m Don’t panic, but germs are all around you. Germs are bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and fungi, very small one-celled organisms. Your skin keeps most of these organisms from ever getting into…
- Episode 10: Climates Apr 14, 1995 · 26m There are lots of different climates all over the world. Deserts are warm and dry. Temperate forests are cold and wet. Tropical rain forests are warm and wet. Animals and plants live in…
- Episode 11: Waves Apr 21, 1995 · 26m Energy, things like light, heat, and sound, moves in waves. You’ve probably seen waves in the ocean, or ripples when you throw a rock in a pond. Moving energy is not like the wave you do…
- Episode 12: Ocean Life Apr 28, 1995 · 26m There’s an amazing amount of living things in the ocean. There are fish, sharks, flowers, whales, squid, sea plants, sea anemones, sea otters, and all sorts of other things living in the…
- Episode 13: Mammals Sep 8, 1995 · 26m Mammals - They're (sometimes) big, they're hairy, and they're warm-blooded. From human being to moose and from cats to rats, Bill Nye explains what it takes to be in the mammal family.
- Episode 14: Spinning Things Sep 15, 1995 · 26m A lot of things spin – bike wheels, footballs, hard disks in your computer, and even the Earth – they’re all twirling around. Spinning things have inertia, which means they keep spinning…
- Episode 15: Fish Sep 22, 1995 · 26m More than 22,000 different species of fish live in the oceans, lakes, and rivers of the world. Fish come in all shapes and sizes. Some eat water plants, some eat other fish. Lampreys and…
- Episode 16: Human Transportation Sep 29, 1995 · 26m Transportation is all about moving people and their things. You can transport yourself around using your feet, a bike, a car, a train – anything that gets you going from one place to…
- Episode 17: Wetlands Oct 6, 1995 · 26m Wetlands are not just home to different animals and plants, but they also control flooding and help keep the Earth’s water clean. Flood waters move more slowly through wetlands because…
- Episode 18: Birds Oct 13, 1995 · 26m Scientists believe that birds evolved from reptiles. Birds have backbones, and they lay eggs, but they’ve developed a unique feature that sets them apart from all other animals – feathers…
- Episode 19: Populations Oct 20, 1995 · 26m Populations need a couple of basic things to survive – food and a place to live. When two or more populations of living things are crowded into a small area, there is competition for food…
- Episode 20: Animal Locomotion Oct 27, 1995 · 26m Some animals have wings that let them fly and hover. Other animals have legs, from two to more than 200, to get them walking, galloping, or running. Some animals’ legs are really pumped-up…