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  This Emmy award-winning series, designed to help students discover the excitement of science, takes them into the real workday world of scientists with diverse careers and backgrounds.   (Link here to the main Real Science catalog page.)

• Real Science! III Series 

  1. “Deep Subs” - Part 1 goes to the bottom of San Diego Bay in the Navy’s rescue submarine to see how a submarine pilot performs docking maneuvers.  Part 2 shows how marine biologists use the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Submarine to explore marine life in Monterey Bay and the Pacific Ocean.  Part 3 shows how a mechanical engineer examines the underwater portions of Grand Coulee Dam. (28:00)   2. “Blast Off” – Part 1 tours a full-scale model of the International Space Station with an astronaut.  Part 2 visits an astronomer at the University of California Santa Cruz who studies images from the Hubble space telescope. (26:50)   3. “Flying Doctors” – Part 1 goes to an island off the coast of Baja California, Mexico with Los Medicos Voladores (the Flying Doctors) to perform dental examinations on villagers.  Part 2 visits a plastic surgeon who donates her time to Interplast, a non-profit organization that provides reconstructive plastic surgery to children in third world countries. (26:10)   4. “Fire and Water” – Part 1 explores the Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans with a naturalist who monitors the endangered sea turtle population on Grande Isle, Louisiana.  Part 2 visits a Montana forest where a forestry professor shows why controlled burning is necessary for healthy forests. (26:45)   5. “Disease and Discovery” – Part 1 goes to Harvard University’s School of Public Health where an epidemiologist is studying Lyme disease.  Part 2 shows how a cardiologist at Stanford Medical Center in California performs echocardiograms. (28:00)   6. “Trailblazers” – Part 1 joins a geologist in Glacier National Park in Montana to see how lakes were carved by glaciers.  Part 2 goes to the National Geographic Society’s headquarters where a cartographer shows how computers and satellite technology are used to create maps.  Part 3 goes behind the scenes at San Diego’s Sea World to see how a marine mammologist works with seals. (28:00)   7. “Computer Dreams” – Part 1 goes to Stanford University’s Sleep Disorder Clinic to see how neurologists interpret brain activity during sleep.  Part 2 shows how psychologists and engineers work together to design computer technology. (26:35)   8. “Rad CAD” – Part 1 visits the California Department of Transportation to see how structural engineers use computer modeling to develop a plan to retrofit the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge to withstand earthquakes.   Part 2 goes to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to meet a mechanical engineer who has designed a robotic finger and computer interface that may be used to train doctors.  Part 3 explores the wind tunnel at the NASA Ames Research Center with an aeronautical engineer. (28:35)   9. “Fueling the Future” - Part 1 visits the New United Motor Manufacturing plant to see how industrial engineers use robotic welding and high-tech manufacturing techniques to produce Toyota trucks.  Part 2 goes to Silicon Valley to see how a chemist’s work with methane may produce a cheaper, cleaner fuel for cars. (26:00)   10. “High Flyers” – Part 1 takes a training flight with the “Hurricane Hunters” of Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi to see how meteorologists gather information and transform it into weather forecasts.   Part 2 goes to McDonnell Douglas to show the role of aerospace engineers in the development of the International Space Station. (26:00)   11. “Swamp Story” – Part 1 goes to a Louisiana wetland with a wetlands ecologist who studies sediment deposits.  Part 2 visits Pixar to see how a computer scientist designs lighting effects for movies.  Part 3 shows how microbiologists at San Jose Water Pollution Control Facility test water purity after filtration. (27:00)   12. “Getting Physical” – Part 1 visits an animal physiologist who is studying the reproduction cycles in endangered and threatened species.  Part 2 shows how physical trainers help professional football players recover from injuries. (29:25)   13. “Blast from the Past” – Part 1 tours Walt Disney Imagineering where a mechanical engineer shows how prototypes of rides are developed.  Part 2 goes to a plantation near Williamsburg to see how an archaeologist is directing a dig at a site where slaves once lived.  Part 3 shows how archaeologists are discovering artifacts at the Presidio in San Francisco, which was founded by Spanish explorers. (28:00)

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