Alaska

Season 6 opens in Alaska.

Animal Behavior

Animal behavior. Included: how horses and birds communicate.

Arizona Science Center, Phoenix; Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson

An exhibit at the Arizona Science Center.

At the Zoo

Animal-related projects.

Biochemistry

Topic: biochemistry. Included: the science of makeup.

Canines

Topic: canines. Included: wolf-pack behavior.

Dallas & Fort Worth

Digging for microfossils.

Dogs

Dogs are featured. Included: sled dogs.

Earth Systems

Erosion; how plants can survive in harsh conditions.

Engineering

Engineering designs. Included: a hovercraft, toy eyeballs.

Forensics

Topic: forensics.

Games

Topic: games.

Gecko Feet; Nasturtium Leaves

Why geckos make such good climbers.

Habitats

Habitats. Included: exploring California caves.

Health

Health. Included: how pets help kids heal.

Human Body

The human body.

Investigate

River rafting, a hovercraft and communicative horses.

Los Angeles

Comparing bottom feeders.

Mammals

Mammals. Included: cheetahs in Africa; newborn mammals.

Minneapolis & Saint Paul

A visit to the Science Museum of Minnesota.

Museum of the Rockies; Yellowstone National Park

Montana and Yellowstone National Park are explored.

New Mexico

New Mexico is visited. Included: a balloon fiesta.

New York Hall of Science, Queens; Bronx Zoo

The New York Hall of Science. Also: the Bronx Zoo.

North Carolina

North Carolina is explored.

Pittsburgh

The Mysterious Bog People exhibition.

Planet Earth

Rafters learn about ecology and geology.

Science at Play

The reliability of perception.

Self Assembly; Bone Regrowth

Nanoscale self-assembly.

Simple Machines

Simple machines. Included: trebuchets.

Size and Scale

The Season 7 premiere details the size of a billion.

Small is Different

Surface-to-area-to-volume ratio.

Sound

Sound. Included: monitoring noise levels.

Space

Space is discussed. Included: weightlessness.

Speed

Topic: speed. Included: speedskating moves.

Sports Science

Sports and science intersect.

Structure of Matter

How carbon nanotubes affect hockey sticks.

The Maui Ocean Center and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

The sixth-season finale visits Hawaii.

The MIT Museum and the Montshire Museum of Science, New England

A kinetic sculpture is prepared.

The Southern Environmental Center and the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science

The makeup of garbage; alligator habitats.

Water Clean-Up; Nanosilver

Nano iron particles and water purification.

Wind

Wind is the topic. Two young people design a kite.