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6 discs
A boxed DVD set aligned to the published "Take One" programme. This collection could also support the teaching of a number of areas across the curriculum including animals and habitats in science, story-telling and art techniques.
Boxed set includes:
Teacher notes - detailed contents and useful weblinks
Selected episodes:
Mountain Lions - Big Cats in High Places
African Cats - Documentary about two cat families (one lion, one cheetah) and how they teach their cubs the ways of the wild.
Deadly Art - Lions
Deadly 360 - Cats - Steve Backshall recreates incredible hunts by lions, cheetahs and tigers.
Little Big Cat Diaries (4 episodes) - The intimate and endearing stories of lion cubs living in the Masai Mara, Kenya.
Selected lions clips
Selected lions stories including Why Lion Roars and How to Hide a Lion:
The Lion King, U, 1994 - Animation in which lion cub and future king Simba searches for his identity. His eagerness to please others and penchant for testing his boundaries sometimes gets him in trouble.
We make every effort to ensure resources are appropriate for school use, however please watch prior to use to ensure suitability for your class.
Description
7 discs.
A collection of programmes, clips and films on the topic of robots.
Boxed set includes:
Teacher notes - detailed disc contents and useful weblinks.
Robots, 2005, U - Animated feature film. Rodney Copperbottom is an inventor who travels to Robot City to sell his ideas to the tycoon Big Weld.
The Iron Giant, 1999, U - Animated feature based on the story by Ted Hughes. A young boy discovers a huge metal robot in the forest near his home.
Short Circuit, 1986, PG - Lighthearted comedy in which an $11 million military robot becomes energised by a freak power overload.
Little Robots (13 episodes, CBeebies) - Stop-frame animation about Tiny and his Little Robot friends, who create their own world from the scrapheap on which they find themselves abandoned.
Robots clips - A selection of short clips showing how robots are used in the home, factories and in space.
Big Hero 6, 2014, PG - Visually striking animation following a youthful science prodigy and his giant inflatable robot.
We make every effort to ensure resources are appropriate for school use, however please watch prior to use to ensure suitability for your class.
Description
8 discs
A collection of programmes, episodes and clips to support the teaching of "Habitats and Adaptations" across the Key Stage 1 and 2 age range.
Boxed set includes:
Teacher notes - detailed contents and useful weblinks.
Selected episodes:
Evolution of the Polar Bear - With the destruction of their increasingly fragile habitat, will the polar bear face imminent extinction or is their ability to adapt stronger than we think?
Super Cute Animals - Gordon Buchanan meets the world's cutest animals to reveal their hidden biology and find out why people have such a strong emotional response to them. Behind every feature humans find so appealing is a secret survival strategy.
Animals' Guide to Britain: Grassland Animals - Chris Packham examines Britain from an animal's point of view. He encounters an elite group of five animals each of which senses the world in a very different way. By understanding their needs, problems and histories on these islands, Chris reveals what they make of modern Britain - and its humans.
Life on Planet Ant - Professor Adam Gart is joined by a team of primary school scientists to explore the fascinating underground world of a leafcutter ant colony. The young scientists get hands on in their lab, carrying out their own investigations into the lives of these tiny insects - from reproduction to how they fit into the wider ecosystem.
Evolutionwatch - Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games unpack the science of evolution.
The Burrowers - A compilation of short films looking at Britain's best-loved burrowing animals. Find out more about how moles, badgers, rabbits and their babies live underground and how water voles live alongside riverbanks. And discover the lengths badgers go to to keep clean. Plus learn about these burrowing animals' homes, how they socialise and, importantly, how they deal with predators.
Minibeast Adventure with Jess - Children's nature show. Jess and her friends explore the world of minibeasts: Ant; Spider; Centipede; Snail; Bee.
Barney's Barrier Reef - Barney Harwood and Gemma Hunt discover the world of Australia's Barrier Reef. It has the greatest collection of animals on the planet and they're all linked to each other in weird and wacky ways.
Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies - Mama Mirabelle and a cast of baby animals from all over the world gather together on the savannah to watch home movies of themselves and other amazing creatures. The series combines an animated world with live-action footage from National Geographic and BBC archives. All Creatures Great and Small; Anybody Home?; Happy Habitats; Hide and Seek; Hot and Cold Running Critters; It Gives You Paws; Spot the Difference; What's in a Tail?
Selected clips
Backshall's Deadly Adventures - Steve Backshall travels around the world to discover wildlife in extreme environments.
Super Senses: The Secret Power of Animals - The series looks at sight, sound and scent in a range of animals and how their senses have adapted to help them survive in their environment.
We make every effort to ensure resources are appropriate for school use, however please watch prior to use to ensure suitability for your class.
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Genre: Classical
Spring
1: Allegro (3:29)
2: Largo e pianissimo sumpre (2:36)
3: Danza Pastoral - Allegro (4:15)
Summer
4: Allegro non molto (5:20)
5: Adagio - Presto (2:33)
6: Presto (3:01)
Autumn
7: Allegro (4:44)
8: Adagio molto (2:45)
9: Allegro (3:13)
Winter
10: Allegro non molto (3:25)
11: Largo (2:20)
12: Allegro (3:06)
Concerto Alla Rustica in G, RV 151
13: Presto (1:17)
14: Adagio (1:32)
15: Allegro
Description
Genre: World Music, Africa
1: Hausa Street Music (Niger) (03:27)
2: Bounkam Solo (Upper Volta) (03:49)
3: Kountougi Solo (Niger) (03:31)
4: Kjerma Dundun Drummers (Niger) (11:12)
5: Tuareg Medicinal Chant (Mali) (06:57)
6: Lodagaa Wiiks and Gulu (Ghana) (03:53)
7: Songhay Kombi and Ettebel (Niger) (03:22)
8: Kouco Solo (Mali) (04:37)
9: Songhay Gulu Drummers (Niger) (01:49)
Description
Genre: Instrumental
1: Introduction and Royal March of the Lion (02:24)
2: Hens and Cockerels (00:59)
3: Wild Asses (00:42)
4: Tortoises (02:14)
5: The Elephant (01:33)
6: Kangaroos (00:57)
7: Aquarium (02:33)
8: People with Long Ears (00:51)
9: The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods (01:50)
10: Aviary (01:16)
11: Pianists (01:52)
12: Fossils (01:18)
13: The Swan (03:07)
14: Finale (02:10)
15: Peter in the meadow (00:43)
16: The Bird (01:13)
17: The Duck (01:54)
18: The Cat (01:45)
19: Grandfather (00:47)
20: Peter does not listen (00:21)
21: Grandfather takes Peter home (00:38)
22: The Wolf (01:00)
23: The Cat climbs the tree (00:25)
24: The Duck jumps out of the pond (00:18)
25: The Wolf swallows the Duck (00:40)
26: The Cat and the Bird in the Trees (00:47)
27: The Wolf prowls in wait (00:38)
28: Peter takes a rope and climbs the tree (00:47)
29: He tells the Bird to distract the Wolf (01:03)
30: Peter catches the Wolf with a lasso (00:21)
31: The Wolf tries to escape (01:28)
32: The Hunters approach with their guns (01:28)
33: Peter suggests they all take the Wolf to the zoo (00:37)
34: They all march together, Peter, then the Hunters with the Wolf (02:10)
35: And after them Grandfather, complaining, and the Cat (02:10)
36: Theme (02:03)
37: Variations (Strings) (02:52)
38: Variations (Woodwind) (04:41)
39: Variations (Brass) (02:38)
40: Variations (Percussion) (01:59)
41: Fugue (03:01)
Description
Genre: Instrumental
1: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (4:52)
2: Lavender's Blue (3:22)
3: Polly Put The Kettle On (2:14)
4: London Bridge (3:56)
5: Mary Had A Little Lamb (3:01)
6: Hey Diddle Diddle (1:38)
7: Humpty Dumpty (3:16)
8: Three Blind Mice (3:12)
9: The Owl And The Pussycat (4:54)
10: Sing A Song Of Sixpence (3:23)
11: Ride A Cock Horse (3:35)
12: Jack And Jill (1:42)
13: Girls And Boys (3:23)
14: Cockles And Mussels (5:22)
15: Oranges And Lemons (2:57)
16: When Johnny Comes Marching Home (3:04)
17: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (1:41)
18: Rock-A-Bye Baby (2:21)
19: Tom, Tom The Piper's Son (2:21)
20: Pop Goes The Weasel (3:4)
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