Episode guide
Bill Nye the Science Guy: Season 4
20 episodes · premiered Nov 3, 1995
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- Episode 1: Rivers & Streams Nov 3, 1995 · 26m Water is massive; rivers are powerful. As rivers flow downhill, they wear away rock and soil to form canyons or winding curves in the land, called meanders. Sometimes rivers fill and…
- Episode 2: Nutrition Nov 10, 1995 · 26m All food, whether it’s protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, or minerals, is made of chemicals. When your body gets a hold of these chemicals, it recombines them and makes energy…
- Episode 3: Marine Mammals Nov 17, 1995 · 26m Whales, dolphins, otters, walruses, and orcas are just like us, they’re mammals. Well, they’re not just like us. They live in the ocean. They breathe air, have hair, nurse their babies…
- Episode 4: Earthquakes Nov 24, 1995 · 26m Earthquakes happen when pieces of land in the Earth’s crust scrape together. The crust of the Earth is made of big slabs of land called plates that are constantly moving just a little bit…
- Episode 5: NTV Top 11 Video Countdown Dec 1, 1995 · 26m Join Bill Nye as he counts down the hits from the Soundtracks of Science. Along with the music, Bill does a few new experiments on the lab bench. You’ll see the grunge band Nyevana’s…
- Episode 6: Spiders Jan 5, 1996 · 26m Be sure to get this straight: spiders are not insects, they’re arachnids. Spiders have eight legs, and insects have only six. Spiders have two body parts, a head and an abdomen, while…
- Episode 7: Pollution Solutions Jan 12, 1996 · 26m Dirty water, land, and air are a result of pollution. People are the only animals on Earth that make pollution. Garbage, burning fuel, chemicals, sewage, oil, and pesticides are all…
- Episode 8: Probability Jan 19, 1996 · 26m Probability is a way to measure how likely it is that something will happen. Probabilities are predictions. They’re often just very careful guesses. When a scientist wants to calculate a…
- Episode 9: Pseudoscience Jan 26, 1996 · 26m People once thought that world was flat or nearly flat. It was considered a bit crazy to think of it as a big ball. But it is. You can prove it. One of the big ideas in science is that…
- Episode 10: Flowers Jan 27, 1996 · 26m Flowers are an important part of many plants. Plants use flowers to make other plants – to reproduce. Flowers have special parts, called stamens and pistils. When pollen from the stamen…
- Episode 11: Archaeology Jan 28, 1996 · 26m Archaeologists are kind of like detectives. They’re scientists who snoop through old or ancient people’s things to find out what life was like thousands of years ago. Archaeologists find…
- Episode 12: Deserts Jan 29, 1996 · 26m About 20% of the Earth is a desert. Deserts are places that get very little precipitation (rain or snow) each year, and that makes them extremely dry. Deserts cover big areas of land. The…
- Episode 13: Amphibians Jan 30, 1996 · 26m Frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians (worm-like animals that have backbones) are all amphibians, animals that spend part of their lives in water and part on land. Amphibians…
- Episode 14: Volcanoes Jan 31, 1996 · 26m Volcanoes are mountains made from molten rock. The Earth’s crust is divided into big slabs, called plates, which are slowly moving all the time. The plates are floating on the Earth’s…
- Episode 15: Invertebrates Feb 7, 1996 · 26m Worms, squid, clams, and flies are spineless creatures. They’re not afraid, they’re invertebrates – animals that don’t have backbones. Invertebrates are everywhere. You can find…
- Episode 16: Heart Feb 14, 1996 · 26m Your heart pumps your blood around your body, all hours, every day of the week, to keep you alive. Your heart is about the size of your fist, and it’s made of special muscle called…
- Episode 17: Inventions Feb 21, 1996 · 26m Almost everything around you, from paper clips to computers, was thought of, designed, and built by humans. An invention can be a totally new idea, or an improved variation on something…
- Episode 18: Computers Apr 25, 1996 · 26m With special guest, Mick H. Computers are used throughout the world all the time. Computers are in cars, calculators, televisions – you’re even using one right now. Humans use computers to…
- Episode 19: Fossils Sep 5, 1997 · 26m Most dead animals and plants break up, get decomposed, and become part of the soil, but some turn into fossils. A fossil forms when a plant or animal dies, and gets buried. If conditions…
- Episode 20: Time Sep 12, 1997 · 26m Time affects every living thing on Earth. Trees shed their leaves. Some animals only come out at night. There are even insects that only emerge every 17 years. Days, hours, minutes, and…