BBc2 - How Earth Made Us

[loripo]

Sorry - brain not in gear! It is on DVD, so you might be able to beg or borrow one. Ther are mini clips from the episodes on line.

[LynM]

I have recorded it as I had watched 'Send in the Dogs' the previous hour and knew there was no way I would be able to appreciate it fully after that! All I have to do now is find time to watch it. Have to say that I normally like Ian Stewart, so it will be interesting to compare with other programmes.

[Dan Salter]

Originally Posted by Gill Catton

I LOVED it looking forward to the chemistry one on Thursday I think its probably also absolutely brilliant for inspiring kids thereby creating future scientists..

Gill?...im not sure if you are confused or just talking about the two different things but the Chemistry one on Thursday is a different series altogether? (which i too am looking forward to after the 'quantam physics' thing the other day).

There have been several excellent BBC/Ian Stewart series of late including
Earth: Power of the Planet
Journey to the centre of the earth
Climate Wars
and possibly some others i have forgotten...

Earth:Power of the planet is certainly available on DVD and well worth it (i have it).
I imagine a search of Ian Stewart on amazon will pull up any others?

[Dan Salter]

And.......when searching, don't make the schoolboy error like i did?

Its apparently Iain Stewart (not Ian)

[Dutchess]

I must say I thought it was a very good programme. I was married to a geography teacher for 20 odd (!) years, and I can tell you it presented a good grounding of the basics in a clear, concise and *interesting* way. It may be old hat to some here, but IMO it could lead to a greater understanding of the world around us by pupils who had previously not taken an interest in *why* things are there....(Yeah, so they all know about exciting things such as volcanoes and earthquakes, but do they know why they happen? Or why the mountains are where they are?)

I look forward to the next episode

D.

P.S. The only gripe I have is the presenter's voice....is he the bloke that does the Co-op ads? "Good with food"??! )

[Picidae]

Originally Posted by Dan Salter

Hmmmm...i dont think i disliked it quite as much as you? ha ha....

I certainly didn't 'dislike' the programme Dan - I didn't think it was that bad

I totally agree with Dutchess's comments as well regarding the potential educational factor for those wanting introduction to the basics of geology etc (I also learned a few things too as I said!). I think my main bugbears was, as Dutchess also pointed out, the presenter's voice (btw love Scottish accents that wasn't the reason!) and the mediocre graphics and music.

[Gill Catton]

Originally Posted by Dan Salter

Gill?...im not sure if you are confused or just talking about the two different things but the Chemistry one on Thursday is a different series altogether? (which i too am looking forward to after the 'quantam physics' thing the other day).

There have been several excellent BBC/Ian Stewart series of late including
Earth: Power of the Planet
Journey to the centre of the earth
Climate Wars
and possibly some others i have forgotten...

Earth:Power of the planet is certainly available on DVD and well worth it (i have it).
I imagine a search of Ian Stewart on amazon will pull up any others?

Oh I know its a different series but it looks to be of a comparable nature in its presentation of content (being science of a different kind but still presented in a very accessible way) so Yey!

[Dan Salter]

Its all happening on tv tonight Gill....see my other thread

[loripo]

Originally Posted by Dutchess

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P.S. The only gripe I have is the presenter's voice....is he the bloke that does the Co-op ads? "Good with food"??! )

Wiki says he was a child actor and still holds an Equity card so perhaps it is!

He was also in the Rough Science series which I loved and could watch again.

[loripo]

The 'Water' episode was good though. Just finished watching it on iplayer. The 'maps' of the natural reservoirs of ground water were impressive.