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Climate of Doubt: Frontline
Grades 11-Adult 2012 60 min CC PBS
FRONTLINE correspondent John Hockenberry of PRI’s The
Takeaway goes inside the organiza ons that fought the
scien fi c establishment, environmental groups, and lawmakers
to shi the direc on of debate on climate issues and redefi ned
the poli cs of global warming.
#041616DV--A14 $59.95: DVD
Life on Fire: Wildlife on Volcano’s Edge
Grades 11-Adult 2013 300 min CC PBS Inside the Megastorm: NOVA
LIFE ON FIRE: VOLCANOES off ers a close-up look at volcanoes
and the eff ects on the environment around them. From the Grades 11-Adult 2012 60 min CC PBS
depths of the abyss to the high-al tude snow-capped peaks, Inside the Megastorm takes viewers moment by moment
the series paints a detailed picture of the struggles and through Hurricane Sandy, its impacts and the future of
amazing adapta on required to survive around volcanoes. storm protec on. Through fi rst person accounts from those
#041609DV--A14 $74.95: DVD who survived, and from experts and scien sts, Inside the
Megastorm gives scien fi c context to a new breed of storms.
#041612DV--A14 $64.95: DVD
Doomsday Volcanoes: NOVA Space, Time and the Universe with Brian Greene
Grades 9-Adult 2013 60 min CC PBS Grades 11-Adult 2012 420 min/4 disks PBS
The erup on of Iceland’s Eyja allajökull volcano in 2010 turned Brian Greene, professor of physics and mathema cs at
much of the northern hemisphere into an ash-strewn no-fl y Columbia University hosts both the programs included in
zone. Katla, an Icelandic volcano 10 mes bigger, has begun this set. The Elegant Universe illuminates one of the most
to swell and grumble, and Hekla and Laki, could erupt without revolu onary theories in physics today, the string theory or
warning. Iceland is a cking me bomb: When it blows, the superstring theory. The Fabric of the Cosmos is a mind-blowing,
consequences will be global. What can we do to prepare for new explora on of space, me, and the very nature of reality.
the coming disaster? #041592DV-A14 $79.95: DVD
#041645DV-A14 $64.95: DVD
Meteor Strike: NOVA
Grades 9-Adult 2013 60 min CC PBS
On February 15th, car cameras and cellphones captured a
blinding streak that fl ashed across the sky over Russia’s Ural
Mountains, followed by an explosion that injured some 1,500
people. The meteor, weighing around 10,000 tons, was the
largest object to burst in the atmosphere since 1908. Within
days, NOVA crews were in Russia following impact scien sts
as they hunted for debris from the explosion and clues to the
meteor’s origin.
#041624DV--A14 $64.95: DVD
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science
Climate of Doubt: Frontline
Grades 11-Adult 2012 60 min CC PBS
FRONTLINE correspondent John Hockenberry of PRI’s The
Takeaway goes inside the organiza ons that fought the
scien fi c establishment, environmental groups, and lawmakers
to shi the direc on of debate on climate issues and redefi ned
the poli cs of global warming.
#041616DV--A14 $59.95: DVD
Life on Fire: Wildlife on Volcano’s Edge
Grades 11-Adult 2013 300 min CC PBS Inside the Megastorm: NOVA
LIFE ON FIRE: VOLCANOES off ers a close-up look at volcanoes
and the eff ects on the environment around them. From the Grades 11-Adult 2012 60 min CC PBS
depths of the abyss to the high-al tude snow-capped peaks, Inside the Megastorm takes viewers moment by moment
the series paints a detailed picture of the struggles and through Hurricane Sandy, its impacts and the future of
amazing adapta on required to survive around volcanoes. storm protec on. Through fi rst person accounts from those
#041609DV--A14 $74.95: DVD who survived, and from experts and scien sts, Inside the
Megastorm gives scien fi c context to a new breed of storms.
#041612DV--A14 $64.95: DVD
Doomsday Volcanoes: NOVA Space, Time and the Universe with Brian Greene
Grades 9-Adult 2013 60 min CC PBS Grades 11-Adult 2012 420 min/4 disks PBS
The erup on of Iceland’s Eyja allajökull volcano in 2010 turned Brian Greene, professor of physics and mathema cs at
much of the northern hemisphere into an ash-strewn no-fl y Columbia University hosts both the programs included in
zone. Katla, an Icelandic volcano 10 mes bigger, has begun this set. The Elegant Universe illuminates one of the most
to swell and grumble, and Hekla and Laki, could erupt without revolu onary theories in physics today, the string theory or
warning. Iceland is a cking me bomb: When it blows, the superstring theory. The Fabric of the Cosmos is a mind-blowing,
consequences will be global. What can we do to prepare for new explora on of space, me, and the very nature of reality.
the coming disaster? #041592DV-A14 $79.95: DVD
#041645DV-A14 $64.95: DVD
Meteor Strike: NOVA
Grades 9-Adult 2013 60 min CC PBS
On February 15th, car cameras and cellphones captured a
blinding streak that fl ashed across the sky over Russia’s Ural
Mountains, followed by an explosion that injured some 1,500
people. The meteor, weighing around 10,000 tons, was the
largest object to burst in the atmosphere since 1908. Within
days, NOVA crews were in Russia following impact scien sts
as they hunted for debris from the explosion and clues to the
meteor’s origin.
#041624DV--A14 $64.95: DVD
18 Visit www.mcintyre.ca - FREE on-line PREVIEWS!
