Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "science-for-kids"

1. Beakman's World (1992–1997)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family

A wacky scientist and his companions answer viewer questions about science.

Stars: Paul Zaloom, Mark Ritts, Eliza Schneider, Alanna Ubach

Votes: 2,989

2. Akademiya detskikh nauk. Muzyka. Kak igrat na chyom pridyotsya. Film 1 (1989 TV Short)

20 min | Short, Family, Music

The first film in the cycle introduces children to the basics of musical acoustics and a set of amateur instruments for playing music, with wooden and plucked orchestra instruments.

Director: Leonid Sikoruk

3. Akademiya detskikh nauk. Muzyka. Kak ustroena pesnya. Film 3 (1990 TV Short)

18 min | Short, Family, Music

The children decide to compose an opera for the girl's birthday. Using this plot move, the filmmakers introduce children to the concepts of melody, rhythm, harmony, and notes.

Director: Leonid Sikoruk

4. Zagadki zvyozdnogo neba: Vechnoe dvizhenie (1984 TV Short)

10 min | Short, Family

Mysteries of the starry sky.

Director: Leonid Sikoruk | Stars: Andrei Boltnev, Valeriy Kharitonov, Alyosha Astafyev, Dima Belousov

5. Akademiya detskikh nauk. Muzyka. Kak sdelat sebe orkestr. Film 2 (1989 TV Short)

18 min | Short, Family, Music

Children continue to get acquainted with the structure of musical instruments, they themselves build a primitive organ, a xylophone and play these instruments.

Director: Leonid Sikoruk

6. Zagadki zvyozdnogo neba: Nasha kruglaya Zemlya (1985 TV Short)

9 min | Short, Family

How, by observing a lunar eclipse, can one be convinced of the sphericity of the Earth? Why are all the seas and oceans on it convex? Is it true that the Earth revolves around itself? To ... See full summary »

Director: Leonid Sikoruk | Stars: Andrei Boltnev, Valeriy Kharitonov, Veta Degtyaryova, Alyosha Astafyev

7. Zagadki zvyozdnogo neba: Luna i mesyats (1984 TV Short)

9 min | Family, Short

Are the Crescent and Moon the same thing? Why does the Crescent moon turn into the Moon? Maybe a shadow falls on the moon from something? But then the object from which it falls is somehow ... See full summary »

Director: Leonid Sikoruk | Stars: Andrei Boltnev, Valeriy Kharitonov, Alyosha Astafyev, Veta Degtyaryova

8. Zagadki zvyozdnogo neba: Nashe solntse (1985 TV Short)

10 min | Short, Family

How to heat a bath without firewood and bake pancakes? You will see how easy it is, you just need to use the heat of the sun. Sunlight must be collected at one point with the help of a ... See full summary »

Director: Leonid Sikoruk | Stars: Valeriy Kharitonov, Andrei Boltnev, Vadim Gnedkov, A. Karpenko

9. Zagadki zvyozdnogo neba: Otkuda vzyalis teleskopy (1985 TV Short)

10 min | Short, Family

Who invented the first telescope? It is known that this happened more than four hundred years ago and that it was in Holland. What is a telescope? It turns out that in translation from ... See full summary »

Director: Leonid Sikoruk | Stars: Andrei Boltnev, Valeriy Kharitonov, Andrey Nevraev, Alyosha Astafyev

10. Zagadki zvyozdnogo neba: Neulovimyy gorizont (1984 TV Short)

8 min | Short, Family

Mysteries of the starry sky.

Director: Leonid Sikoruk | Stars: Andrei Boltnev, Valeriy Kharitonov, Veta Degtyaryova, Alyosha Astafyev

11. Geometriya dlya malyshey. Pro tochku i korolevskuyu dochku (1982 TV Short)

9 min | Short, Family

Geometry is the science of how to quickly and easily depict complex objects. This is a difficult science, and acquaintance with it will begin with the geometric concept of a point. What is ... See full summary »

Director: Leonid Sikoruk | Stars: Leonid Sikoruk, Sergey Petrov, Vladimir Vasilyev, Natasha Kurchenko

12. Akademiya detskikh nauk. Muzyka. Kak sochinyat opery. Film 4 (1990 TV Short)

19 min | Short, Family, Music

The development of the plot of the previous film makes it possible to show the opera created by the children and their new work on a symphonic fantasy.

Director: Leonid Sikoruk | Stars: Arnold Kats, Vladimir Lepikhin, Vitya Sumenkov, Sveta Bakushina

13. Fizika v zabavakh. 2 Vypusk (1971 TV Short)

14 min | Family, Short

In an entertaining way acquaints children with the elementary foundations of physics.

Director: Leonid Sikoruk | Stars: Tatyana Tsupenko, Ira Sikoruk, Lyonya Litinskiy, Evgeniy Ilovayskiy

14. Fizika v zabavakh. 1 Vypusk (1971 TV Short)

17 min | Short, Family

In an entertaining way acquaints children with the elementary foundations of physics.

Director: Leonid Sikoruk | Stars: Tatyana Tsupenko, Ira Sikoruk, Lyonya Litinskiy, Evgeniy Ilovayskiy

15. Geometriya dlya malyshey. Sled, kotoryy ostavila tochka (1982 TV Short)

9 min | Short, Family

This film will answer the questions, what is inertia, why does the ball always try to fly in a straight line, which line is the shortest distance between two points? And be sure to tell ... See full summary »

Director: Leonid Sikoruk | Stars: Sergey Petrov, Vladimir Vasilyev, Natasha Kurchenko

16. Fizika v zabavakh. 3 Vypusk (1971 TV Short)

17 min | Short, Family

In an entertaining way acquaints children with the elementary foundations of physics.

Director: Leonid Sikoruk | Stars: Tatyana Tsupenko, Ira Sikoruk, Lyonya Litinskiy, Roman Gershgorin

17. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Blood, Beakmania & Dreams (1992)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Family

With an inquiry about the human body, Beakman explains how five liters of blood and sixty?three thousand miles of arteries help to deliver food and oxygen to the cells in the body. Dressed ... See full summary »

Stars: Mark Ritts, Paul Zaloom, Alanna Ubach

Votes: 51

18. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Gravity, Beakmania & Inertia (1992)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Family

Responding to a question about why people who live on the bottom of the Earth don't fall off, Beakman launches into a messy exposition on gravity. Using three toothpicks, a bottle cap and ... See full summary »

Stars: Mark Ritts, Paul Zaloom, Alanna Ubach

Votes: 55

19. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Noises at Night, Beakmania & the Nose (1992)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Family

Asked by a viewer about the creaking noises she hears at night, Beakman reveals they are the result of her house and its contents expanding and contracting with changes in temperature ... See full summary »

Stars: Mark Ritts, Paul Zaloom, Alanna Ubach

Votes: 53

20. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Rain, Beakmania & Volcanoes (1992)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Family

Wacky scientist Beakman and his assistant Josie, and Lester, an actor dressed as a mangy rat, answers an inquiry about where puddles go after it has rained. Although Lester suggests they ... See full summary »

Director: Jay Dubin | Stars: Paul Zaloom, Alanna Ubach, Mark Ritts

Votes: 65

21. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Boats, Beakmania & Airplanes (1992)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Family

In response to a question about why a boat made of steel can float in water while a nail sinks, Beakman explains that, for any object to float, it has to be less dense than the liquid it is... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Zaloom, Mark Ritts, Alanna Ubach

22. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Electricity, Beakmania & Light Bulbs (1992)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Family

Opening with a viewer's question about why electrical plugs have two prongs, Beakman begins by explaining how the flow of electricity is the movement of energy in a closed circuit. With the... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Zaloom, Mark Ritts, Alanna Ubach

Votes: 47

23. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Levers, Beakmania & Television (1992)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Family

Taking a question from a student puzzled by levers, Beakman uses a teeter-totter and a large boulder to explain how these simple machines work. Noting that there are first, second and third... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Zaloom, Alanna Ubach, Mark Ritts

Votes: 47

24. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Microscopes, Beakmania & Healing (1993)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Family

Noting that microscopes have been used to unlock some of nature's biggest and smallest wonders, Beakman introduces their inventor, Zacharias Janssen. After insisting that Anton Van ... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Zaloom, Mark Ritts, Alanna Ubach

Votes: 46

25. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Refraction, Beakmania & Magnets (1992)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Family

Asked why a straw in a glass of water appears to be bent, Beakman explains it is due to refraction, or the bending of light waves. Beginning with a demonstration of how objects reflect ... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Zaloom, Mark Ritts, Alanna Ubach

Votes: 47

26. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Scientific Method, Beakmania & Rainbows (1993)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Family

Explaining how scientists use ideas and information to solve problems, Beakman demonstrates the Scientific Method with a simple experiment: Starting with "Will salt water conduct ... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Zaloom, Mark Ritts, Alanna Ubach

Votes: 46

27. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Sound, Beakmania & Explosions (1992)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Family

After a blaring demonstration of his new nap alarm, Beakman fields a question about noise. Explaining that vibrations in the air cause vibrations inside the ear which the brain then ... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Zaloom, Mark Ritts, Alanna Ubach

Votes: 47

28. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Thermodynamics, Beakmania & Pimples (1993)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Family

Using a question about hot and cold to explain the science of thermodynamics, Beakman employs the Boguscope to show how heat is created when molecules move. Then, upon mixing hot and cold ... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Zaloom, Mark Ritts, Alanna Ubach

Votes: 47

29. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Vaccinations, Beakmania & Friction (1993)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Family

Answering an inquiry about why vaccinations are necessary, Beakman conjures up Edward Jenner, the 19th century British doctor who invented the first vaccine to combat smallpox. Using a ... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Zaloom, Mark Ritts, Alanna Ubach

Votes: 47

30. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Bunsen, Beakmania & Sewage (1996)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Family

Beakman viewers are burning to find out about flames and fires. The gang and Beakman as Robert Bunsen the flame expert, set out to answer questions on this hot topic. Beakman reveals ... See full summary »

Stars: Mark Ritts, Paul Zaloom, Senta Moses

31. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Cats, Beakmania & Dynamite (1997)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Family

With a question about the old myth of cats and their nine lives, scientist Beakman and his trusty team have a ball, untangling the facts about felines. Contrary to popular belief, cats only... See full summary »

Stars: Mark Ritts, Paul Zaloom, Senta Moses

32. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Migration, Beakmania & Living Space (1996)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Family

The first top flight question comes from a viewer who wonders how birds know when to fly south. While Lester ponders the possibilities of traffic jams in the skies, Beakman really answers ... See full summary »

Stars: Mark Ritts, Paul Zaloom, Senta Moses

33. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Sweat, Beakmania and Weighing a Car (1996)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Family

With a viewer question about why sweat smells, Beakman and his lab assistants work up a sweat to find the answer. Beakman demonstrates the functions of perspiration by comparing our bodies ... See full summary »

Stars: Mark Ritts, Paul Zaloom, Senta Moses

34. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Bread, Beakmania & Measurement (1996)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Family

Viewers are starving to find out facts about bread and why its called "the staff of life." Bread, which is the most widely eaten food in the world, provides a larger share of our energy ... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Zaloom, Mark Ritts, Senta Moses

35. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Skin, Beakmania and Oxygen (1996)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Family

Beakman gives us the skinny on skin, the largest organ in the human body, to answer a viewer's question. Skin acts as a protective wall around our bodies and regulates body temperature. ... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Zaloom, Mark Ritts, Senta Moses

36. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Electromagnets, Beakmania and Senses (1996)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Family

Beakman&s attraction to the first question is obvious, "what's the difference between an electromagnet and a magnet magnet?" While a typical magnet does not use electricity to function, an ... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Zaloom, Mark Ritts, Senta Moses

37. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Chimps, Beakmania and the Eye Exam (1996)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Family

Beakman and the science crew go ape with a question from a viewer who wants to know if apes are the closest links to humans. Humans along with apes are part of a group of mammals known as ... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Zaloom, Mark Ritts, Senta Moses

38. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Tape Recording, Beakmania and Force vs. Pressure (1993)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Family

Queried about cassette players, Beakman asks Lester to demonstrate how the recording and playback heads write music onto magnetic tape. Posing as English rock star Axel Bearing, Beakman ... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Zaloom, Mark Ritts, Alanna Ubach

Votes: 46

39. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Microwaves, Beakmania and Spiders (1993)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Family

Asked how a microwave oven works, Lester offers to answer the question by preparing a frozen pizza. Though agreeing that his idea is a good one, Beakman first sets out to explain ... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Zaloom, Mark Ritts, Alanna Ubach

Votes: 46

40. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Earwax, Beakmania and Rocket Engines (1993)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Family

Queried about the origins of earwax, Beakman notes that it serves a purpose...protecting the body from dirt and germs floating in the air. Using a model of the ear, he shows how the body's ... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Zaloom, Mark Ritts, Alanna Ubach

Votes: 47

41. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Ozone, Beakmania & Acid (1993)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Family

Asked why the ozone layer has a hole in it, Beakman begins by explaining that ozone - molecules consisting of a trio of oxygen atoms ?? protects the Earth from the harmful rays of the sun. ... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Zaloom, Mark Ritts, Alanna Ubach

Votes: 46

42. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Plumbing, Beakmania & Roller Coasters (1993)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Family

In response to a question about why toilets used to "explode," Beakman seizes the opportunity to explain the inner?workings of household plumbing's most remarkable device. Using a ... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Zaloom, Mark Ritts, Alanna Ubach

Votes: 48

43. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Magic, Beakmania & Cosmetic Chemistry (1996)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Family

Beakman pulls out the trickiest question from his science hat to answer a viewer who wants to know if there really is such a thing as magic. To create the illusion of impossibilities ... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Zaloom, Mark Ritts, Senta Moses

44. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Bees, Beakmania and Earthquakes (1993)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Family

Addressing a question about bees, Beakman explains that a beehive is a highly organized colony with each of its 50,000 members having a specific purpose, while sharing a common goal and ... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Zaloom, Mark Ritts, Alanna Ubach

Votes: 47

45. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Reflection, Beakmania and Madame Curie (1993)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Family

Asked why you cannot see through a mirror, Beakman calls on the mythical Greek character Narcissus for an explanation. Describing them as pieces of glass with a metallic coating, Narcissus ... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Zaloom, Mark Ritts, Alanna Ubach

Votes: 47

46. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Wheels, Beakmania and Finding Answers (1993)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Family

Responding to a question about the first wheel, Beakman conjures up the caveman who claims to be responsible for its' invention. As the caveman remembers how he accidentally found that ... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Zaloom, Mark Ritts, Alanna Ubach

Votes: 48

47. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Fingerprints, Beakmania and Flatulence (1997)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Family

Beakman investigates a question about how detectives find fingerprints. Fingerprints are made up of unique patterns that combine in different ways--so no two fingerprints are exactly alike.... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Zaloom, Mark Ritts, Senta Moses

48. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Horses, Beakmania and Refrigerators (1997)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Family

Beakman horses around with some facts about horses. Horses were tamed and ridden more than 5,000 years ago and used for sports, in war, and as transporters. There are over 150 different ... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Zaloom, Mark Ritts, Senta Moses

49. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Protozoology, Beakmania and Movie Stunts (1997)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Family

Wacky scientist Beakman discovers a zoo of animals in a single drop of pond water. Amoebas are protozoans, or one celled animals which live, breathe, eat and reproduce in water and soil. ... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Zaloom, Mark Ritts, Senta Moses

50. Beakman's World (1992–1997)
Episode: Sunken Treasure, Beakmania and Archimedian Screw (1997)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Family

The science crew dives into a jewel of a question about sunken treasure. Beakman explores the job of underwater archaeologists or "marine archaeologists" to see how treasures in the deep ... See full summary »

Stars: Paul Zaloom, Mark Ritts, Senta Moses