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Science Trek Season 21 Episodes

18 Episodes 2019 - 2020

Episode 1

Hearing: How Your Ears Work

Mon, Sep 2, 20195 mins

Hearing is one of your five senses. Learn how sound travels through your auditory system so your brain can hear what's going on.

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Episode 2

The Brain: Whats in your head?

Sat, Apr 27, 20194 mins

What weighs about three pounds and controls everything you do? Your brain. Learn more about what goes on inside your skull.

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Episode 3

Magnets: An Invisible Force

Fri, Oct 4, 20195 mins

Magnetism is a force of nature, like gravity. You can't see it, but you can see what it does. We use magnets in lots of everyday devices. We even live on a giant magnet: the Earth. Learn more about magnets and magnetism.

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Episode 4

Magnets: It's Electric!

Thu, Oct 3, 20195 mins

Magnets are used in lots of different ways, but one of the most important uses in in the generation of electricity. Tour the Twin Falls Power Plant and learn what it takes to run a power plant.

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Episode 5

Mountain Goats: Kids, Nannies and Billies

Mon, Nov 4, 20196 mins

Mountain Goats are the largest mammals that to live in a high elevation habitat. They have unique climbing abilities and special adaptations that help them thrive. Find out more about these amazing animals.

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Episode 6

Mountain Goats: How to Count Mountain Goats

Mon, Nov 11, 20195 mins

Wildlife biologists are testing an old way to count mountain goats with a new high-tech twist. Ride and climb along as they test their theory.

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Episode 7

The Moon: Explore the Moon

Fri, Jul 5, 20195 mins

The Moon is one of more than 190 moons in our solar system, but it is very special to those of us on Earth. Find out more about this rock in space, how it is was formed and what it's impact on our planet is.

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Episode 8

The Moon: Can You Visit the Moon in Idaho?

Mon, Dec 2, 20196 mins

Before they went to the Moon, some astronauts trained at Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho. What is so special about this place? Why do scientists today look at this Idaho spot when thinking about going to Mars?

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Episode 9

Trees: Tree Truths

Sun, Jan 5, 20206 mins

Trees do more than make our world pretty. They are essential to life, providing us with oxygen, cleaning our water and air, protecting our soil and giving homes to 80 percent of the plants and land animals on Earth.

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Episode 10

Trees: Growing a Better Peach

Fri, Jan 3, 20206 mins

There's a science to growing better fruit on a tree. Meet one of the country's best researchers into stone fruit and find out how to grow a better peach.

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Episode 11

Measure: Measure What?

Mon, Feb 3, 20207 mins

Measuring is way of allowing us to make comparisons and to organize our world. But it has taken us a long time to agree on how to measure things. Find out the history or measurement and more about the U.S. Customary standards.

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Episode 12

Measure: The Metric System Explained

Wed, Feb 5, 20205 mins

Most of the world measures things using the metric system. Learn more about this standard of measurement and how it is getting more and more accurate.

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Episode 13

Geology: What Forces Shape Your World?

Thu, Mar 5, 20205 mins

Geology is the study of the Earth and the forces that shape it. Come learn what has made your world the way it is and how scientists study it.

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Episode 14

Geology: The Connection Between Geology and Toothpaste

Wed, Mar 4, 20204 mins

You might be surprised by the things in your life that come from the work of geologists.

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Episode 15

Eyes: Seeing is Believing

Thu, Apr 2, 20204 mins

Seeing is one of your five senses. It is how you come to understand the world around you. But how do your eyes work?

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Episode 16

Light: Let There be Light

Mon, Apr 13, 20204 mins

Light is energy from the sun, but light is much more than just what we see. Find out more about this essential part of nature.

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Episode 17

Oceans: What's Under the Surface?

Sat, Apr 4, 20206 mins

Oceans are salty bodies of water that cover 70% of the Earth. Oceans contain many different ecosystems. Some of the Earth's largest and smallest creatures live in the ocean. Yet people have only explored about 5% of the Earth's oceans.

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Episode 18

Rivers: Life of a River

Sat, Apr 18, 20204 mins

Rivers have a life. They change the land through which they flow. They give us water to drink, energy we convert to electricity, and a place for plants and animals to live. But where do they start? How do they change?

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