100 Days of Science #67-- Movies We're Watching

While science is one subject that I just love to make sure we're getting plenty of hands- on experience with it's also a great one to cover with lots and lots of movies.

We use everything from documentaries to science fiction and even some historical fiction based movies to give us a broader understanding of our world.

Here are some of our favorite movies we've been watching for science:

1.  The Science of Disney Imagineering Videos-- They have long since been our favorite science series and with another trip to Disney in the works I thought this would be a great time to re-watch them.  (We can rent just about every DVD in this series through interlibrary loan)

2.  DisneyNature films-- We can not wait to see Penguins (released last Wednesday!).  We have really enjoyed this series of movies and began making it a tradition a couple of years ago to spend our school day watching these nature videos as a celebration of Earth day. (most of these are available on Netflix)

3.  Hidden Figures-- We've been reading about the women behind NASA's successful space launches and this movie was fantastic. (another one we rented through our library)

4.  Brain Games-- We find this show that deals with how our brains work absolutely fascinating! It's so fun to play along with the little "tests" they set up too. (man of the seasons are available on Netflix)

5.  Tesla-- A movie about Nikola Tesla and the race to electricity.  (on Netflix)  This was a great look at the full life of the man who revolutionized electricity.

6.  The Lion in Your Living Room-- a movie about the common housecat (on Netflix)

7. Xploration DIY Sci-- Steve Spangler shows how to do easy, at home experiments in this amazing series of videos.  (included with Prime Video on Amazon)

8.  Dream Big; Engineering Our World-- (on Netflix) A look at man made marvels covering everything from the Great Wall of China to underwater robots.

9 & 10. Apollo 13-- (on Netflix) & Apollo 11 ( I have this on hold through our library already for it's release on DVD next month)--  A movie about NASA's first attempts to put a man on the moon.

11.  Exploration Awesome Planet--  (included with Prime Video on Amazon)-- This series explores some of the places on, under, and around the Earth that make our planet so wonderful.

Do you have any favorite science movies or series that you think we should see?  I'd love to hear your suggestions below!

Others in this series:

1.  Bernoulli's Principle

2.  Field Trip to the Ecotarium 

3.  Learning About Air Molecules

4.  Kitchen Science; Baking cupcakes

5.  Corn Maze Field Trip 

6.  Birds of Florida 

7.  Static foil drum

8.  Un-Make it Monday; Seeing Inside our DVD/VCR player

9. Wind Tunnel Experiment 

10. Biomes Marine Biology Center Field Trip  

11. Disappearing Coin Trick and the Science Behind it. 

12.  Snuff Out a Candle with Baking Soda and Vinegar

13.  Making Plastic from Milk

14.  Pencil in the Rice Friction Experiment

15 & 16.  Two Experiments using SNOW

17.  Making an Iceberg 

18.  Making an Egg Float

19.  Looking at Microscopic Organisms 

20.  Eco Plant pals

21&22.  Two Experiments with Cotton Candy

23. Springfield Science Museum Trip

24.  Teaching Children the Signs of Spring

25.  Color Changing Slime

26.  Growing Tickle Me Plants

27.  Learning About Soil Sampling

28.  Making Super Bouncy Balls 

29. Exploring the New England Shoreline

30.  Color Changing Flower Experiment 

31.  Roger Williams Zoo Trip

32.  Edible Silly Putty 

33.  Raising Tadpoles

34. More Microscope Fun

35. Making Homemade Ice Cream

36.  Observing Plants Breathe 

37.  Trip to Save the Bay Exploration Center and Aquarium

38. Making Fresh Peach Preserves 

39.  Making Solar S'mores

40.  Growing a Crystal Garden

41 & 42.  Jolly Rancher Candy Apples and Lollipops

43.  Volcanic Lemons 

44.  Oozing Pumpkins 

45.  Growing a Germ Farm

46.  Looking at the Germ Farm Under a Microscope

47 & 48.  Building Model Molecules Two Ways 

49.  Kitchen Chemistry Experiments 

50.  Fall Leaf Chromatography 

51.  Color Changing Experiments with Iodine

52.  Learning About Birds in Winter

53. Iodine and Starch Experiment
54. Flouride and Calcium Experiment
55. Botanical Gardens in Winter
56.  Making Cell Models
57. Which Has More Water; Ice or Snow?
58. Exploding Snow and Water Baggies
59.  Exploring Minerals
60. Visiting the Hartford Science Museum
61-63. 3 STEM Bridge Challenges
64. Making Models of the Earth
65. Plate Techtonics with Graham Crackers
66.  Homemade Lava Lamp