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Hosts: Heidi Leuszler and Dave Leake
Executive Producer: Chris Foster
Director: Mike Coulter
Fall, 2009 Dave Leake, Producer
Guest: Professor Alan Nathan. Why does a curve ball curve? What advantage is gained by corking a bat? Do aluminum bats hit a ball farther? Join Dr. Alan Nathan, from the University of Illinois Department of Physics, on the Parkland baseball field as we look at some of the physics surrounding America's past time.
June 2009 Dave Leake, Producer
Guest: Randy Lloyd. Videographer Chris Foster and Dave Leake jump in the car and travel to the wind farm, north of Le Roy, to join Randy Lloyd, Program coordinator with the UI Extension in Bloomington, for a tour of the nearby wind farm. If you've never stood directly beneath one of these wind turbines, watch this show!
March 2009 Dave Leake, Producer
Guest: Chris Warren. Kinesiology is a relatively new field of study at Parkland College. Find out about this program and some of the new "toys" you can work with as we strive to become more fit!
May, 2009 Dave Leake, Producer
Join Dave Leake as he tours the many poster presentation at the semi-annual Natural Sciences department poster session. Along the way, we'll chat with Parkland students and discover what they have learned in their classes. The poster session is open to the public in the college center near the end of the spring and fall semesters.
July 2008 Dave Leake, Producer
Guest: Joanne Manaster. What are stem cells, how are they made, and what can they do to help us? We travel to the UI campus, to the Department of Cellular Biology to visit with lecturer Joanne Manaster to get the scoop.
July 2008 Heidi Leuszler, Producer
Students in the 2008 Parkland College Summer Science Academy
talk about Climate Change.
June 2008 Dave Leake, Producer
What makes the planetarium run? It’s not all “smoke and mirrors!” There is some sophisticated equipment located behind the scenes. See parts of the planetarium the public does not see and hear about plans for conversion to full-dome digital theater.
January 2008 Dave Leake, Producer
Host Dave Leake takes us along for the ride to the Next Generation School in Champaign to see how a space shuttle space suit works.
August 2007 Van Grissom, Producer
Van Grissom gets a tour of the Anita Purvis Nature Center in Urbana.
August 2007 Dave Leake, Producer
Dave Leake takes a tour of the Orpheum Children's Museum. Interviews with Carol Knepp, Sheri Krueger, Meadow Jones, Colleen Montgomery and Perry Morris.
March 2007 Dave Leake, producer
Guests: Tom McDonnell, Kim Mills. Join Dave Leake for a look at how electromagnetic waves were discovered, then take a look at both ends of the electromagnetic spectrum. The “long waves” are produced at Parkland’s WPCD radio station and the short energetic waves are created in Parkland’s Radiology lab.
September 2006 Dave Leake, producer
Guest: Paul Cook. SBS takes you to the University of Illinois’ Veterinary Medicine open house before returning to Parkland for a visit with Paul Cook the, program director of Veterinary Technology at Parkland College.
Dave Leake, producer
Guest: Dave Wilson. How close are the popular “CSI” television shows to real forensic science? SBS cameras go into Parkland chemistry labs to look at some forensic methods, including fingerprinting.
Dave Leake, producer
SBS visits the Champaign Public Library for a demonstration by the Physics Van, an outreach program sponsored by the Loomis Laboratory of Physics.
Dave Leake, producer
Guests: Bruce Henrickson, Jody Littleton, Kaizad Irani. Take a tour of Parkland’s on-campus Land Lab during one of the popular Agriculture open houses. Visit with some of the faculty to find out how science plays a role in one of our oldest professions.
August, 2004 Dave Leake, producer
Guests: Kevin Kuppler (Unit #4 schools), David Brown (UIUC), Dave Wilson
Dave visits the Champaign Schools Science Center and talks with Kevin Kuppler about teacher resources and methodology in the local schools. In part 2, we look at some of the projects in the 2004 Science Fair held at Parkland College. Lastly, we visit with David Brown regarding “constructivism” and different ways of thinking about science instruction. Plus Dave Wilson’s Parkland class builds a barometer in the gym!
May, 2004 Toni Burkhalter & Heidi Leuszler, producers
Guests: Toni Burkhalter, Donna Erikson (UIUC), Jennifer Seyler (UIUC), Dr. Beth Flickinger (UIUC), Karen Kelly & Susan Kundrat (nutritionists)
What are carbohydrates and what’s the deal with the latest “low carb” craze? We visit with Toni Burkhalter both in the studio and in her kitchen before touring Schnucks grocery store in search of the “right foods.” A panel discussion then focuses on some of the latest research in the nutrition field.
March, 2004 Dave Leake, producer
Guests: Kris Young, Theo Gray (Wolfram Research)
Kris Young discusses the columns and rows of the periodic table and then joins Heidi & Dave at Wolfram Research to see Dr. Gray’s “real” periodic table and his amazing collection of elements.
December, 2003 Heidi Leuszler, producer
Guests: James Ellis (INHS), Kristina Hubert (CCFP), Earl Creutzburg
Efforts to conserve some of the remaining local natural areas are discussed by the people who put in the many hours of volunteer time in an attempt to preserve the prairie. We’ll hear about the Grand Prairie Friends and Patton Woods.
October, 2003 Dave Leake, producer
Guests: Rob Klinger, Wayne James, Jeff Bryant (CUAS)
Rob Klinger talks about astronomy instruction at Parkland College and how it has evolved with current discoveries before we are whisked away with a group of Parkland astronomy students as they do their dark sky observing from the farm of Wayne James. Jeff Bryant, president of the CU Astronomical Society, gives us a tour of their public observatory in southwest Champaign County.
March, 2003 Heidi Leuszler, producer
Guests: Bob Vaiden, ISGS
Mr. Vaiden uses a large sand model of Illinois to tell the fascinating story of the geological history of the state. Why is Illinois so flat? Why does the state produce so much coal? Why is southern Illinois different from the rest of the state?
December, 2002 Dave Leake, producer
Guests: Alan Carroll & Jonathan Sivier (CIA), Mark Brandyberry & Michael Heath (CSAR)
In the first segment, Dave and Heidi introduce viewers to Central Illinois Aerospace, the local model rocket club, and adventures in model rocketry. That’s followed by Dr. Brandyberry and Dr. Heath from the Center for the Simulation of Advanced Rockets at UIUC to see how they model the space shuttle’s solid rocket boosters.
October, 2002 Dave Leake, producer
Guests: Ed Kieser
A personal look at the many hats worn by Ed Kieser at WILL radio & television, plus Parkland College. We follow Ed as he does his morning radio show, sit behind the scenes during a TV segment, sit in the classroom with Ed, then talk to him in the studio about meteorology, forecasting, and misconceptions.
SBS #3: “Meadowbrook Prairie Park” (75 minutes)
June, 2002 Heidi Leuszler, producer
Guests: Robert Vaiden, ISGS
Heidi Leuszler and Bob Vaiden tour Meadowbrook Park in Urbana to experience what the landscape was like for early settlers.
March, 2002 Heidi Leuszler, producer
Guests: Dr. Abigail Salyers, June Burch, Dr. Ann Marty (Carle), Lynda Creutzburg (Provena), Lynn Reagan (Carle)
Learn what bacteria are, how antibiotics kill bacteria, why resistance to antibiotics is occurring and what we can do about it. Dr. Salyers will talk about antibiotic resistance before we turn to a panel of experts to discuss the role of antibiotics.
December, 2001 Heidi Leuszler, producer
Guests: Rich Blazier, Dr. Abigail Salyers
Rich Blazier gives a succinct overview of the basics of evolution. Dr. Salyers, professor of microbiology, UIUC, then explains antibiotic resistance in bacteria to illustrate evolution in action.