Bill Nye the Science Guy
S01E06: Gravity
Next time you throw a ball in the air, and it doesn't fly off into outer space, thank gravity. Right now, you and everything in the room where you are, is getting pulled down by gravity. If you don't believe it, push a book of your desk. It will go plummeting toward the center of the Earth. It's gravity. The Earth's mass, the stuff it's made of, creates gravity. It's pulling down on you and every other object you can see; it's even pulling down on the air and the ocean. Not only that, you and every atom of every thing around you has gravity. So, the objects and atoms are all, ever so slightly, pulling up on the Earth! Without gravity, there would be no weight. When you step on a bathroom scale, the scale is getting squeezed between you and the Earth. The scale measures how strong this mutual attraction is. Gravity makes a force that pulls objects together. Not only is gravity pulling on every atom and molecule of everything around us, it pulls over huge, gigantic di
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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