Bill Nye The Science Guy Series | ||||||||||||
 Bill Nye knows how to provide easy access to hard science. What's his secret? A fast-paced approach blending humorous hijinks and hands-on activities with real-life situations, with a focus on illustrating and reinforcing key concepts in a really enjoyable and totally non-boring way! Bill encourages young students to ask interesting questions... then shows them how to discover fascinating answers. | ||||||||||||
| Brain | ||||||||||||
| It doesn't take an Einstein to learn how the brain works, especially when Bill Nye is around to show how important it is to exercise one's mind. Your brain is working right now. You're using it to understand the words you're seeing and hearing. Not only that, your brain is doing a whole lot more that you don't even think about. It's controlling your heart, your breathing, your body temperature, and even your stomach. Now that you think about it, your brain is you; your brain is your personality. It smells, sees, thinks, moves, and remembers all kinds of things all the time. Your brain, your spinal cord, and all of your nerves make up what scientists call your 'nervous system.' Everything your body does is controlled by this system of electrical and chemical connections. We still don't know everything that goes on in our brains. But we're sure of this; Brains are complicated! Somehow, your brain can remember what you wore on your first day of school. Your brain can remember people's faces and names. It can do maths (in most cases!). Human brains invented maths and words and letters. Human brains can think of shapes and steps to take, and then direct our hands to make and build things. Scientists have figured out (using their brains) that our brains are divided into sections or areas that handle different tasks. The cerebellum controls movement. The cerebrum stores memories. The medulla oblongata takes care of your basic functions like your heart's pumping and your lungs' breathing. There is a great deal more to learn. Apparently we can grow new brain cells throughout our lives. What do we do with them? The brain is complicated; we don't really know how it works. But, we're thinking about it! In this thought-provoking episode, some very tricky optical illusions show that the brain doesn't always correctly interpret what it sees. Be good to your brain. Give yourself a healthy dose of Bill Nye the Science Guy every day! | ||||||||||||
| Running Time: 26 mins | ||||||||||||
| Age Range: 9 - 13 Years | ||||||||||||
| Year of Production: 1996 | ||||||||||||
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