Young Kids -

The Electric Company - Modernized version of the 70s show that includes teaching 4 to 5 vocabulary words.

Beakman's World - An eccentric scientist uses comedy to do experiments and demonstrations. Get The Best of Beakman's World DVD at Amazon.com.

Tweens -

Human Planet - Explores the challenges people face globally when they live in unconventional environments.

Mythbusters - Scientific method used to test the truth behind myths, rumors, news stories and more

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Teens -

Call of the Wildman - Animal lover Ernie "Turtleman" Brown works to remove strange and dangerous nuisance animals from people's homes in Kentucky.

Planet Earth - An 11-part series that extrapolates the concepts of the popular Disney movie, exploring remote areas of the Earth.