Here Comes Science [CD+DVD]

They Might Be Giants | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 8, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: CD+DVD
• Label: Disney Sound
• ASIN: B002FKZ4UO
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (206 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #273 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #1 in Music > Children's Music > Educational
  • #3 in Music > Music Deals > More Titles at Least 25% Off
  • #3 in Music > Children's Music > Disney

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Science Is Real

2. Meet the Elements

3. I Am a Paleontologist w/Danny Weinkauf

4. The Bloodmobile

5. Electric Car w/Robin Goldwasser

6. My Brother the Ape

7. What Is a Shooting Star?

8. How Many Planets?

9. Why Does the Sun Shine?

10. Why Does the Sun Really Shine?

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Science Is Real [video content]

2. Meet the Elements [video content]

3. I Am a Paleontologist w/Danny Weinkauf [video content]

4. The Bloodmobile [video content]

5. Electric Car w/Robin Goldwasser [video content]

6. My Brother the Ape [video content]

7. What Is a Shooting Star? [video content]

8. How Many Planets? [video content]

9. Why Does the Sun Shine? [video content]

10. Why Does the Sun Really Shine? [video content]

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Susan Lee Poage, Kindergarten Teacher Professor of Early Childhood Education Winner of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching Science and Mathematics

Every K-5 classroom should invest in the music and DVD video of TMBG's Here Comes Science. The toe-tapping sequence of science topics presented in sight and sound has something for every grade level in the areas of physical, earth, and life sciences.

The scientific process is made clear in the kick-off song, Science is Real. Songs with influences from every decade of rock and roll will help students make meaning of tricky scientific topics such as circulation, photosynthesis, speed and velocity, and states of matter.

Additionally, the music and video help to dispel common scientific myths, as well as inspires the use of scientific inquiry at every level. Using real-world connections students can relate to, a stimulating soundtrack that educates, and eye-popping graphics that punch the point make Here Comes Science a great teaching tool.

Teachers can use the songs and video to begin a unit of study, assess prior knowledge of a topic to help plan instruction, differentiate instruction, stimulate further discussion of a topic, expose students to new concepts, and develop science vocabulary and comprehension.

Product Description

This 2 disc CD+DVD set from GRAMMY® winners, They Might Be Giants creates a new creative way for kids to learn. Here Comes Science, follows up their successful past two children's albums Here Come the ABCs and GRAMMY® winner Here Come the 123s. With songs like Electric Car, Photosynthesis and Solid Liquid Gas (among others) kids will learn about science while having fun. The album features 19 songs and 19 entertaining videos.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

125 of 127 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Catchy Science Music, September 8, 2009

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Jason S. Schneiderman (NYC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Here Comes Science (Audio CD)

While not a kid, I am a fan of TMBG, a scientist and I love this album. There are too few songs for kids done by good musicians about some of the most wonderful things about the world around us. The videos add a level of detail without weighing down the music or the level of fun. What particularly impressed me about the album is that it is more then just a series of facts set to song. The songs "Why Does the Sun Shine?" and "Why Does the Sun Really Shine?" TMBG captures the self-correcting nature of science, while "Science is Real" and "Put it to the Test" convey that science is an active ongoing process.

I highly recommend this album to parents out there, as well as science fans of all ages.

70 of 72 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Catchy, educational, AND cheap??, September 9, 2009

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J. F. Halsey (North Carolina, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Here Comes Science (Audio CD)

Just got this album in today and already I'm raving about it. The songs are fun and catchy, but the real deal-closer for me was the DVD. Over 45 minutes long, every single track on the CD has an animated video, each in a different creative style, that really bring the educational part home for the younger viewers. I have a daughter who is 4, and watching her stare with rapt attention as the "bloodmobile" explained how the cardiovascular system carries oxygen, nutrients, white blood cells, hormones, and waste to the different parts of the body--and seeing that she was really getting it--is incredibly rewarding. Or "Meet the Elements"... it's a bit too advanced for a 4 year old, but I can tell that she is at least getting some groundwork laid down in the basic concepts--that everything, and everyone, is made up of the same "stuff".

As a huge "fan" of science (I read science blogs while my coworkers check out ESPN), I can't tell you how fantastic it feels to have an entire album dedicated to, *ahem*, "singing the praises" of everything from anatomy to geology, astrophysics to zoology, the Big Bang to DNA. When I was a little kid, I was a little too late for Sagan's COSMOS, but I would watch hours of this silly little HBO show called ENCYCLOPEDIA, where they did silly sketches and songs about a lot of science facts and history. I know my fascination for learning new things about the How's and Why's of the world were, in part, kindled at that early age by such educational entertainment. I can't tell you how much it thrills me to see my kids starting on the same path of knowledge and discovery.

Thank you, John and John.

46 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Catchy songs with a good message., September 8, 2009

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Michael Lawson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Here Comes Science (Audio CD)

TMBG's biggest strength is their ability to make music that people of all generations can enjoy. It's rare that I find an album of kid's music that is tolerable, let alone something that I'll actually listen to on my own time -- "Here Comes the Science" is definitely the later.