Key Stage: 2

Description

6 discs

A hand-picked collection of programmes and clips to support the theme of "Earth and Space”.

Boxed set includes:

Disc 1

Detailed contents and useful weblinks.

Disc 2

Earth and Space clips - 22 clips (detailed information is given on disc 1)

Disc 3

Sound effects CD:

"Earth, Sun & Moon - Greatest Speeches" - historical recordings including Neil Armstrong talking about the Moon landings.

"Space Travel & Aliens" - includes flying saucers, meteors and alien sound effects.

Disc 4

Planet 51

Cert: U, Length: 1 hour 24 mins, Year of release: 2009

Witty and family-friendly animation. Astronaut Chuck Baker lands on Planet 51, expecting to plant a flag, hit a few golf balls and go home. But this planet is inhabited by small, green aliens whose society mirrors that of 1950s America, complete with a fascination with alien-invasion films. The aliens are therefore terrified by their "invader", just as he is by them. Only teenage astronomer Lem appears unperturbed. He befriends Chuck and, in shades of ET, hides him in his home, before they embark on a journey to get Chuck back to his ship before it returns to Earth.

Disc 5

Blow Your Mind: Spectacular Space (9 episodes, 15 mins)

Dr Chris and Xand Van Tulleken return to explore the most interesting and unusual aspects of the known universe.

Disc 6

Selected episodes

Absolute Genius - "Caroline Herschel" (30 mins) - Dick and Dom reveal the genius of Caroline Herschel, the first woman to spot a comet in our solar-system.

Absolute Genius Super Tech - "Space Tech" (30 mins) - Dick and Dom reveal three geniuses whose technological ideas have pioneered space travel.

All Over the Workplace - "Space" (30 mins) - Two children get an out-of-this-world experience when they work with space scientists who make and test equipment that actually gets sent out into the universe.

BBC Primary: Stargazing Challenges (30 mins) - Blue Peter presenters want to learn more about the solar system so they challenge two scientists to find out more. They look at how to make telescopes and rockets and use a toilet roll to measure the distances between planets.

Blue Peter Goes Stargazing (30 mins) - Barney Harwood joins Brian Cox to present a special show from Jodrell Bank unlocking the wonders of the solar system.

Brain Freeze (2 episodes, 10 mins each) - "Shooting Star": we find out about strange, small worlds of rock and ice that are in orbit in our solar system and how they lead to the most spectacular sights in the night sky; "Space": weird and wonderful things about gravity and the black holes in space that suck in everything that crosses their path.

Mission to the Moon - News from 1969 (4 episodes, 10 mins each) - Using actual newsreel footage from the time, John Suchet and his team present the news surrounding the Apollo 11 mission.

Science Fiction (2 episodes, 5 mins each) - "Is the Moon Made of Cheese?"; "Is There a Dark Side of the Moon?"