Prentice Hall Focus on Physical Science

Chapter	Futures Channel Movie	Description
Chapter 1: Motion (top)	#1001, Solar Powered Cars	Using the energy it takes to run a hair dryer, this solar-powered car travels 200 miles at speeds of 50 to 65 mph.
	#1002, The Pterodactyl Flies Again	A young aeronautical designer creates a flying replica of a prehistoric dinosaur.
	#1003, Flights of Imagination	Aeronautical inventor Paul MacCready describes how he built a human-powered airplane.
	#1004, Maglev Trains	Gliding on a wave of electromagnetic force, a MagLev (magnetic levitation) train could travel at 300 miles per hour or faster. Designer-engineers Gordon Danby and James Powell describe the mechanics and future benefits of such superconductor trains.
	#1008, Roller Coasters	Designing safe roller coasters requires an understanding of forces.
	#1011, Windsails	Windsail designer Trevor Baylis develops the shape of a sail on his computer, builds it in his shop, and tests it out on the waves.
	#5004, Communications Satellites	A system of satellites that orbit the Earth at various distances make it possible to communicate from anywhere, to anywhere.
Chapter 2: Forces (top)	#1001, Solar Powered Cars	Using the energy it takes to run a hair dryer, this solar-powered car travels 200 miles at speeds of 50 to 65 mph.
	#1002, The Pterodactyl Flies Again	A young aeronautical designer creates a flying replica of a prehistoric dinosaur.
	#1003, Flights of Imagination	Aeronautical inventor Paul MacCready describes how he built a human-powered airplane.
	#1004, Maglev Trains	Gliding on a wave of electromagnetic force, a MagLev (magnetic levitation) train could travel at 300 miles per hour or faster. Designer-engineers Gordon Danby and James Powell describe the mechanics and future benefits of such superconductor trains.
	#1008, Roller Coasters	Designing safe roller coasters requires an understanding of forces.
	#1011, Windsails	Windsail designer Trevor Baylis develops the shape of a sail on his computer, builds it in his shop, and tests it out on the waves.
	#5004, Communications Satellites	A system of satellites that orbit the Earth at various distances make it possible to communicate from anywhere, to anywhere.
Chapter 3: Forces in Fluids (top)	#2011, Voyage of the Ventana 1	A marine research institution uses a remotely operated vehicle to explore the inhospitable environment of the deep sea.
	#5001, Water Supply	The water that comes out of your tap has traveled a long way to get there.
Chapter 4: Work and Machines (top)	#1005, An Engineer and Her Robot	To build an anthropomorphic (human-shaped) robot, an engineer has to know biology, electronics, computer programming, physics, math--and which music she wants to have it dance to.
	#1006, Testing the Robotic Hand	NASA engineer Larry Li plays has built a robot's hand that can catch a baseball--or recover an essential tool in the vacuum of space.
	#1010, Electricity from the Wind	The natural force of the wind is harnessed by mathematics and physics to generate clean electricity.
Chapter 5: Energy and Power (top)	#1001, Solar Powered Cars	Using the energy it takes to run a hair dryer, this solar-powered car travels 200 miles at speeds of 50 to 65 mph.
	#1010, Electricity from the Wind	The natural force of the wind is harnessed by mathematics and physics to generate clean electricity.
	#1018, Solar Power Plants	Concentrated solar energy creates heat that drives steam through a turbine to produce electricity cleanly and efficiently.
	#1019-1021, Making Sparks Series	Sunlight can be converted directly into electricity with a device made of one of Earth's most plentiful elements.
	#1022-1024, Off the Grid Series	For people in remote locations without access to a power grid, solar panels can provide a solution to their energy problems.
Chapter 8: Sound (top)	#1013, Concert Acoustics	Elizabeth Cohen tests sound systems for concert halls and theatres.
	#1017, The Bose Speaker	You can never do anything better unless it is different," according to Dr. Amar Bose, who uses the rules of mathematics to achieve superior sound quality in his Bose radio and speakers.
Chapter 10: Light (top)	#5003, Communication at the Speed of Light	Tiny glass filaments carry so much information that all the books ever written could be transmitted over a fiber optic cable in a few seconds.
Chapter 11: Magnetism and Electromagnetism (top)	#1004, Maglev Trains	Gliding on a wave of electromagnetic force, a MagLev (magnetic levitation) train could travel at 300 miles per hour or faster. Designer-engineers Gordon Danby and James Powell describe the mechanics and future benefits of such superconductor trains.
Chapter 13: Electricity and Magnetism at Work (top)	#1010, Electricity from the Wind	The natural force of the wind is harnessed by mathematics and physics to generate clean electricity.
	#1018, Solar Power Plants	Concentrated solar energy creates heat that drives steam through a turbine to produce electricity cleanly and efficiently.
	#1019-1021, Making Sparks Series	Sunlight can be converted directly into electricity with a device made of one of Earth's most plentiful elements.
	#1022-1024 , Off the Grid Series	For people in remote locations without access to a power grid, solar panels can provide a solution to their energy problems.
Chapter 14: An Introduction to Matter (top)	#3004, Space Weather	With solar flares 200,000 miles across releasing the equivalent of all the energy ever produced on the Earth at one time, space weather forecasters will become an important feature on the future news.
Chapter 23: The Solar System (top)	#3004, Space Weather	With solar flares 200,000 miles across releasing the equivalent of all the energy ever produced on the Earth at one time, space weather forecasters will become an important feature on the future news.
	#3001, Searching for Water on Mars	If we can find water on Mars, then astronauts won't have to take it with them. But how do you find the water before you send a manned mission?
Chapter 24: Stars, Galaxies and the Universe (top)	#3005-3008, Eyes on the Universe Series	Astronomers think of telescopes as "bigger eyes" that allow them to look, not only deep into space, but back into time.