Washoe County Library System

Forests are biomes in which trees are the main life form, but what makes a forest deciduous? Students will explore these colorful woodlands that change with the seasons.

Students get a close-up look at the fragile biome that covers 20% of the world's surface from the polar regions to the mountaintops of Europe and North America. Students can also participate in an experiment that demonstrates why tundra plants are dark in color.

Scientists discuss how earthquakes are forecast. Examines the causes of earthquakes, covering: plate tectonics, waves, vibrations, and faults.

Marko the Pencil makes understanding science easy and fun! Join Marko the Pencil as he takes students on a fascinating journey to his Super Science Station where it's easy to grasp science concepts. Designed for students in 5th grade, but learners at all levels will find the information fun and informative.

George Washington Carver gives students a close-up look at this fascinating teacher, scientist and inventor whose agricultural innovations improved the health, lives and fortunes of so many people.

What would you do if everything you painted came to life? In this cautionary folktale rom China, a young artist is given a magical paintbrush in a dream and is instructed to paint from his heart. He goes on to amaze onlookers as his artwork becomes real and leaps from the paper. When news of this spreads, the young boy finds himself in the hands of the emperor, whose interest in the paintbrush is driven by gred. He commands the boy to paint him a...

By exploring archival films, photographs and actual drawings and materials, students will learn of Eli Whitney and how invention of the cotton gin had an enormous economic impact on young America and slavery.

Learn why we have different seasons, what a rainbow is, why thunder follows lightning, what water is, how oceans were formed, what an ecosystem is and how we benefit from them, what a biosphere is, and much more.

James Watt tells the story of an industrious Scotsman who set out to improve the efficiency of an existing piece of machinery and, in the process, sparked the Industrial Revolution!

The vital nature of Algebra I is discussed and a review of the important concepts of arithmetic are learned in this series.