Movies by Rick Jones

Science Please! : The Moon Changes

Science Please! : The Moon Changes

A clip in the Science Please! collection, The Moon Changes uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain what causes the different phases of the moon.

Science Please! : Slippery Ice!

Science Please! : Slippery Ice!

A clip in the Science Please! collection, Slippery Ice! uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain why we slip on ice.

The Refrigerator

The Refrigerator

What makes a fridge cool? A clip from the Science Please! collection.

Science Please!

Science Please!

A minute of science, please. is a delightful collection of small one-minute films each explaining, using animation, archival images, and an often humorous narrative, various phenomena and scientific discoveries.

Science Please! : Battery

Science Please! : Battery

A clip in the Science Please! collection, Battery uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain: Why do we get a charge out of batteries?

Science Please! : The Telephone

Science Please! : The Telephone

How do voices travel over the phone?

Science Please! : Lift Off

Science Please! : Lift Off

A clip in the Science Please! collection,Lift Off uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain what makes a rocket lift off.

Science Please! : Mirrors

Science Please! : Mirrors

What's the angle on mirrors?

Fire

Fire

What lights your fire? Part of the Science Please! collection for children.

Science Please! : Operation Lever

Science Please! : Operation Lever

A clip in the Science Please! collection, Operation Lever uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain how a lever increases force.

Science Please! : The State of the Matter

Science Please! : The State of the Matter

A clip in the Science Please collection, The State of the Matter uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain how temperature affects the state of matter.

Science Please! : The Force of Water

Science Please! : The Force of Water

A clip in the Science Please! collection, The Force of Water uses archival footage, animated illustration and amusing narration to explain the Archimedes principle, of why some things float and others sink.

Science Please! : The Wonderful World of Colour

Science Please! : The Wonderful World of Colour

A clip in the Science Please. collection, The Wonderful World of Colour uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain how the cones of the retina enable us to perceive the spectrum of colours.

Science Please! : Electricity

Science Please! : Electricity

How do we convert motion into electricity?

Troll: The Tale of a Tail

Troll: The Tale of a Tail

The troll prince Trym has only two days to save his father, King Grom, who has turned to stone and had his tail stolen by the evil presence in the forest.

The Yummy Gummy Search for Santa

The Yummy Gummy Search for Santa

The internet’s favorite musical candy bear brings his sense of fun and creativity to an exciting search for Santa. Will he find him in time?

Why Is the Sky Blue?

Why Is the Sky Blue?

Why isn't it green, yellow or striped?

Science Please! : The Wind

Science Please! : The Wind

In the collection Science Please!, the first clip, entitled The Wind, explains the phenomenon of the wind with the help of archives, animation and narration.

Science Please! : Magnets

Science Please! : Magnets

A clip in the Science Please! collection, Magnets uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain: North Pole, South Pole... what's the big attraction?

Electromagnetic Radiation

Electromagnetic Radiation

What do X-rays, microwaves and light have in common? Part of the Science Please! collection for children.