Subject: Science/Careers
Grades: 6-11
Length: 13 episodes @ 30 minutes
Distributors: PMN
Record Rights: Life of Lease
Website: www.realscience.org
Who says science has to be dull? Join hip teen reporters as they pair
up with professionals from various scientific fields to explore careers
in science. Real Science! challenges students perceptions of science and
scientists, encouraging adolescents to pursue activities and courses that
could lead to a career in science or a related field (such as science
writing). The programs feature women and minorities as hosts and as professionals
engaged in challenging scientific careers. Real Science! episodes spotlight
fascinating aspects of scientific jobs and feature scientists on the job.
SERIES 2:
201 On the Water -- Follow a herpetologist and an oceanographer in an investigation of animal life in two very different bodies of water -- the Florida Everglades and the Atlantic Ocean.
202 Weathering the Storm -- Learn how meteorologists use technology to predict the weather and visit Lassen Volcanic National Park outside Redding, CA to learn about hydrothermal vents and the historic 1917 eruption.
203 Eyes on the Skies -- Tour NASA's Goddard Space Center in Maryland and study tropical storms using satellite data. Then search the skies for evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence at the SETI Institute in Northern California.
204 On the Brink -- The director of the University of Washington School of Fisheries explains how salmon eggs are fertilized in a salmon "return pond." Next, students get a chance to witness the release of several California condors into the wild at Los Padres National Forest in California.
205 Bugs and Babies -- Feed tarantulas with an entomologist on the staff of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. Afterward, spend a day with an obstetrician-gynecologist to find out how modern technology is helping in the delivery of babies.
206 Quest for Cures -- Learn about chromosomes with a cytogeneticist at Kaiser Permanente in San Jose, CA. Then it's off to the University of California at Irvine, where a biochemist is using leeches to study blood clotting.