Bill Nye the Science Guy
S01E03: Dinosaurs
We can dish the real dirt about dinosaurs, thanks to fossils - traces of theses astonishing animals. Dinosaurs did not print newspapers. They did not take family snapshots or videos 65 million years ago. The only proof scientists have of dinosaurs is their fossils, especially bones. They would never have survived billions of years waiting for some human to trip over them. Luckily for paleontologists (scientists who study the past), now and then dinosaurs died, and their bones were covered by mud, or sand. As the bones sat protected from weather, they absorbed minerals from the soil around them. The minerals chemically worked their way into the bones. Millions of years later, we can find them and dig them up. Humans were not around to see what actually killed the ancient dinosaurs. Many scientists think a meteorite, or lots of meteorites, crashed into the Earth. When the space rocks hit the ground, they made big craters and kicked up a lot of dust and dirt. If enough d
Overview
It's "Mr. Wizard" for a different decade. Bill Nye is the Science Guy, a host who's hooked on experimenting and explaining. Picking one topic per show (like the human heart or electricity), Nye gets creative with teaching kids and adults alike the nuances of science.
Episodes
S01E02 Earth's Crust
S01E03 Dinosaurs
S01E04 Skin
S01E05 Buoyancy
S01E06 Gravity
S01E07 Digestion
S01E08 Phases of Matter
S01E09 Biodiversity
S01E10 Simple Machines
S01E11 The Moon
S01E12 Sound
S01E13 Garbage
S01E14 Structures
S01E15 Earth's Seasons
S01E16 Light & Color
S01E17 Cells
S01E18 Electricity
S01E19 Outer Space
S01E20 Eyeball
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