An elephant and a racing car don’t have much in common—except for the remarkable fact that they’re made of similar fundamental building blocks. This program takes a simulated subatomic look at a glass of water to better understand the nature of matter, a minuscule world of molecules, atoms, and elementary particles. The behavior of matter under the effects of gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear forces; the process of scientific experimentation; specifics of atomic structure; the organization of matter via the periodic table; ionic, covalent, and hydrogen bonding; the process of radioactive decay; and the death of fusion-fueled stars are scrutinized as well. A viewable/printable instructor’s guide is available online. A Films for the Humanities & Sciences Production. A part of the series Physics in Action. (32 minutes)