Miracle planet [videorecording] / a co-production of the National Film Board of Canada and NHK Japan with Tele Images International, Telepool, NHK Enterprises 21, Inc. ; produced in association with Discovery Channel Canada, the Science Channel ; conceptor, Jeremy Hogarth ; producers/directors, Wally Longul, Joanne Carrière ; directors (NHK), Hideki Tazuke ... [et al.] ; executive producers, Éric Michel, Daisuke Takama, Yuichi Suwa.
Documentary. Program content: c2005. Each episode runs 50 min. System requirements to access Teacher's guides: Computer; Adobe Acrobat Reader. Study guide available at www.nfb.ca/guides and at www.ambrosevideo.com. Narrator, Christopher Plummer; featured experts, Peter Schultz, Russell Vreeland, Norman Sleep, Joseph Kirschvink, Paul Hoffman, Jim Kasting, Daniel Goujet, Stephen Scheckler, Per Ahlberg, Douglas Erwin, Andrew Saunders, Paul Wingnall, Robert Sussman, Callum Ross, Francis Thackery.
Contents:
episode 5. Survival of the fittest. episode 2. Snowball earth -- episode 3. New frontiers -- episode 4. Extinction and rebirth -- episode 5. Survival of the fittest. Extra features: Teacher's guides (PDF).
Summary:
A five-part series recounting the earth's 4 billion-year evolution and the origin and evolution of life.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)64575303
Locations:
PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.