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Bill Nye the Science Guy Season 2 Episodes

20 Episodes 1994 - 1995

Episode 1

Magnetism

Fri, Feb 18, 199421 mins

Bill Nye shows all kinds of unexpected places where magnets can be found. In fact, the Earth itself is a huge magnet! Find out how to make a compass and why opposites attract.

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Episode 2

Wind

Fri, Feb 25, 1994

Bill Nye's lecture explains about air having a mass as well as the sun's heat and our planet's celestial rotation keep the air windy.

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Episode 3

Blood & Circulation

Fri, Mar 4, 1994

Bill Nye's scientific lecture about our blood and circulatory system. He explains how valves, blood cells, and the circulatory system operate together to pump up in our hearts.

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Episode 4

Chemical Reactions

Fri, Mar 11, 199423 mins

Have a blast watching the explosive examples Bill Nye uses to explain how everything is made of chemicals.

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Episode 5

Static Electricity

Fri, Mar 18, 1994

Bill Nye's scientific lecture about a stationary electric charge typically produced by friction that causes sparks or crackling or the attraction of dust or hair.

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Episode 6

Food Web

Fri, Mar 25, 199423 mins

Watch Bill Nye become tangled in a complex food web in his quest to demonstrate that all living things depend on other living things to survive.

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Episode 7

Light Optics

Sat, Sep 10, 199423 mins

You won't believe your eyes when Bill Nye reflects, refracts, bends, bounces, absorbs, and pulls light waves to show how things can be seen in different ways.

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Episode 8

Bones and Muscles

Sat, Sep 17, 1994

Bill Nye's anatomical lecture about the skeletal system and muscular system.

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Episode 9

Ocean Currents

Sat, Sep 24, 1994

Bill Nye's aquatic-themed lecture explains why oceans are salty. In addition, he explores the ocean currents themselves.

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Episode 10

Heat

Sat, Oct 1, 1994

Bill Nye's scientific lecture is about heat. It flows being the energy of moving molecules. Heat can make anything go and burn as long as it features convection, conduction and radiation.

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Episode 11

Insects

Sat, Oct 8, 1994

Bill Nye's lecture focuses on all insects, but spiders and scorpions are arachnids.

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Episode 12

Balance

Sat, Oct 15, 1994

Bill Nye's scientific lecture about balance explains how something moves by giving it either a push or a pull. The size of its change relates to the strength or amount of force involving a push or pull.

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Episode 13

The Sun

Sat, Oct 22, 199420 mins

Bill Nye sheds light on solar flares, eclipses, sunspots, fusion, and solar energy, and visits an enormous solar energy farm outside Sacramento, California, to demonstrate how the sun is the source of energy for all living things on Earth.

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Episode 14

The Brain

Sat, Oct 29, 1994

Bill Nye's lecture is all about our brain which physically understands the words we see and hear. It controls our heart, our oxygen, our body temperature, and even our stomach. Our brain smells, sees, thinks, moves, and remembers all kinds of things all the time as long as it operates everyday.

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Episode 15

Forests

Sat, Nov 5, 1994

Forests have trees, and lots of them. But there's more to forests than meets the eye. Venture deeper into a forest, and you'll see that it's home sweet home for a lot of different plants and animals. Remember that forests aren't all pine trees and brown bears. There are many different kinds of forests, such as tropical forests, rain forests, and deciduous (deh-SID-joo-us) forests. Each type of forest is home to different species of plants and animals.

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Episode 16

Communication

Sat, Nov 12, 1994

Scientist/comedian Bill Nye explores various aspects of science for young viewers.

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Episode 17

Momentum

Sat, Nov 19, 1994

Bill Nye's scientific lecture about momentum which is the product of mass and velocity of physical movement.

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Episode 18

Reptiles

Sat, Nov 26, 1994

Bill Nye's zoological lecture is all about reptiles.

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Episode 19

Atmosphere

Sat, Dec 3, 199424 mins

There's something in the air. Bill Nye's scientific lecture is all about the atmosphere, its five different levels, and how it protects the Earth. He also soars into the heavy topic of atmospheric air pressure and radio waves.

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Episode 20

Respiration

Sat, Jan 7, 199524 mins

Bill Nye gets aerobic about the importance of respiration when he jogs, bikes, swims, and scuba dives. Discover how to measure how much air each breath contains, and make a model lung in a nifty home experiment. See a demonstration of how cigarette smoke can infiltrate and injure lungs.

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