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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! VII Series 

  1. “It’s In the Water” - Part 1 goes to Flowing Sea Water Labs and to an estuary with a marine biologist who is studying marine invertebrates.  Part 2 visits a marine biologist who is restocking Florida’s Sarasota Bay with an endangered species fish. (28:30)   2. “Up a Creek” - Part 1 visits a fish histopathologist who is studying Whirling Disease among trout in Montana.  Part 2 shows how an aquatic biologist monitors water quality of creeks feeding into Mono Lake in California. (28:40)   3. “Guardians of Nature” - Part 1 shows how a wildlife rehabilitator at Montana’s Big Sky Wildcare Center nurses injured birds back to health.  Part 2 goes to Huntley Meadows Park in Virginia to learn about the work of a natural resource manager. (27:58)   4. “Animal Tracks” - Part 1 shows how a wildlife ecologist uses radio telemetry to monitor the elk herds in Yellowstone National Park and explains how the reintroduction of wolves is affecting the ecosystem there.  Part 2 goes to the Salinas Dunes of California in pursuit of the black legless lizard.  Part 3 shows how science is changing zoos and captive breeding programs. (28:24)   5. “Alien Invasion” - Part 1 shows how marine biologists are working to protect ecosystems from non-native plant species.  Part 2 goes to San Francisco Bay to see how estuarine ecologists study invasive species. (26:49)   6. “Robots in Charge” - Part 1 explains how robotics engineers are developing robots in the aftermath of nuclear accidents.  Part 2 shows how marine biologists use the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Submarine to explore Monterey Bay and the Pacific Ocean. (26:42)   7. “A Rainy Day” - Part 1 features an environmental biologist who studies acid rain by taking water samples from the lakes in the Adirondack Mountains.  Part 2 goes to the International Performance Institute in Florida to show how sports scientists help some of the world’s best tennis players improve their game. (26:37)   8. “Virtual Vision” - Part 1 shows how aerospace engineers use “virtual vision” and tours Future Flight Central, which simulates the largest air traffic control towers in the world.  Part 2 visits Chevron in California to see how petroleum geologists use a computer system to convert data needed in oil exploration and extraction. (26:43)   9. “Rock Stars” - Part 1 goes to Death Valley to see how a geologist is trying to solve the mystery of the “dancing rocks.”   Part 2 goes to New York’s Mohawk Valley with a mineralogist searching for “Herkimer Diamonds”. (28:30)   10. “Threatened Plants” - Part 1 shows how plant ecologists are working to cultivate native plants that are threatened with extinction by disease or loss of habitat.  Part 2 takes a cruise up the Sacramento River to see how biologists develop plans to restore plants in fragile habitats. (28:32)   11. “The Big Dig” - Part 1 visits a paleontologist at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science and goes on a dig in search of fossils.  Part 2 shows how civil engineers are involved in a project to construct a multi-level transportation system at San Francisco International Airport. (26:04)   12. “Thrills and Chills” - Part 1 explores a mechanical engineer’s role in creating roller coasters.  Part 2 goes to the Arthur D. Little consulting firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts to see what a chemical engineer’s work involves. (26:01)   13. “Bridges to the Future” - Part 1 shows how a wood product biologist uses an electron microscope to study the 140-year-old wood in a covered bridge.  Part 2 visits a computer game developer at Electronic Arts in Redwood City, California to see how challenging and technically accurate games are created.  (28:40)

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