Real life examples are given through the use of snowboards and divers. Magnetically levitated trains, solar powered cars, airplanes that fly into space orbit are on their way. In this segment, students learn what they will need to know about creating and maintaining future transportation. Hosted by Olivia Newton-John, this program discusses conquering issues like global warming garbage, chemical pollution, rainforest depletion and the types of careers needed to solve these earthy problems. In Future Habitats students learn how special guest Leonard Nimoy about careers which will build space habitats and homes for the future.
Students learn how designs created in the heads of graphic designers are brought to life.
Ted Kople helps students to undertstand the types of careers involved and why they are important to everyone. Millions of people depend on weather forecasting. Dr. Lous Uccellini explains how meterologists gather infromation and how a career in meteorology can be fascinating and exciting. Oceans cover 70 percent of the Earth. Oceanographers, with the assistance of new underwater technology are giving us our first glimpse of the biology, mountain ranges and complex chemical makeup of a world that exists six and seven miles below the surface.