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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! V Series 

  1. “Conservation Close-up” - Part 1 shows scientists and veterinarians at Florida’s Miami Seaquarium working to help the endangered West Indian manatee.  Part 2 explores conservation efforts at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. (28:44) 2. “It’s a Wild Life”- Part 1 includes a trip with a wildlife biologist to Everglades National Park to find a diamondback terrapin.   Part 2 goes to the Salinas Dunes of California in pursuit of the black legless lizard. (27:02) 3. “Generations of Science” - Part 1 shows how science is changing zoos and captive breeding programs.  Part 2 goes to Howard University where a biological anthropologist is studying an African burial ground in New York City. (27:41) 4. “Competitive Edge” - Part 1 reveals how scientific research improves the performance of golf clubs.  Part 2 goes to Nike’s Biomechanics Lab to see how infrared imagery, slow motion photography, and impact displacement affect shoe designs. (26:40) 5. “Rocks and Shocks” - Part 1 shows how computer created stress tests are used for the shock absorbers for mountain bikes.  Part 2 visits the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History to see geologists’ techniques for analyzing rock specimens. (27:02) 6. “Forest Through the Trees” - Part 1 goes above the Columbia River Gorge where a tree physiologist is using revolutionary methods to study treetops.  Part 2 shows how a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist is restoring trees and other plants along the Sacramento River. (27:06)   7. “Storm Patrol” - Part 1 includes a trip along the Monterey Coast in a truck that is equipped to chart storms and make weather forecasts.  Part 2 shows how engineers repair damaged levees to protect the Sacramento River Delta in California, an important habitat, recreation area, and drinking water source. (27:52)   8. “A Fish Tale” - Part 1 goes to Cape Cod and Vineyard Sound in search of specimens for the National Oceanic and Aeronautic Administration’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center.  Part 2 shows how marine biologists study giant fish, such as tuna. (26:43)   9. “Powered Up” - Part 1 shows how a Zebra Motors mechanical engineer develops and test drives the electric vehicles that will soon be in the mainstream market.  Part 2 goes to Vandenberg Air Force Base to learn what it takes to launch rockets and put telecommunications satellites in orbit. (26:00)   10. “From Ground Up” - Part 1 goes to the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose where exhibit developers show how an interactive science center is created.  Part 2 goes to the Oakland Coliseum Arena to learn how construction engineers work with architects and construction workers to remodel a structure, including retrofitting for earthquakes. (26:08)   11. “Hiking to Work” - Part 1 shows how a wildlife technician at Yosemite National Park works to eliminate problems caused by human encounters with the park’s black bears.  Part 2 goes to Mount St. Helens where a botanist/forest ecologist shows how lakes and forests are recovering from the 1980 volcanic eruption there. (28:08)   12. “G-Force” - Part 1 goes to the Indianapolis Speedway where a Nissan Motorsports automotive engineer demonstrates how racecars are designed.  Part 2 visits NASA’s Ames Research Center and a mechanical engineer who is conducting experiments that will help humans live longer in space. (26:08)   13. “Floating Cities” - Part 1 goes aboard an aircraft carrier to meet an air traffic controller who demonstrates the intricacies of guiding a jet to a safe landing on a rolling carrier deck.  Part 2 shows how U.S. Navy submarines are built at the General Dynamics Electric Boat Corporation in Connecticut. (26:00)

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