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Following up on the award-winning Strange Days on Planet Earth, this new volume transports viewers to the remote reaches of the planet where investigators are struggling to identify connections among some of the most bizarre environmental mysteries of our day. Surprisingly, the diverse phenomena appear to be connected by a common cause: changes to the Earth's water system. Shot on location around the world, Strange Days on Planet Earth 2 features revelatory 3D animation, dramatic recreations and captivating storytelling to rewrite our understanding of rivers, streams and oceans.
strange days2Reviewed by AB, NY, 2009-06-13
Documentary raised important problems of the Earth well beeing. But I don't like directing of the movie. It look like ecology is separate and Edward Norton's great shoes are important part of the movie. Really strange !!!
love this series.., please make more!Reviewed by M. Ramsay, 2009-04-17
The short vignettes walk the viewer through a given scenario along with one or more scientists working on a specific issue. The videos show good science, that is, science being done properly from the initial question or questions, to conclusions drawn from the available data. This often leads to additional questions, but that is the nature of science. Older kids love these videos! The videos make science more real to them and they get to see the scientific process occurring on topics that are in the news and impacting their lives. I love the way the stories often tie together seemingly unrelated topics, showing how the world is connected and that what's happening in other places can impact us in our little area of earth. I highly recommend both the first and second season of Strange Days and am hoping for more seasons in the future.
Absolutely believable plus backed up with scientific data!Reviewed by Shopahiloc, 2009-01-07
I bought this DVD for my father in law for Christmas. He is one of those scientific-guru mixed with physics guys. He absolutely loved this dvd, and the original one. He watched them immediately after receiving them, and every day after.
Interesting, but less so for the classroomReviewed by J. B. Turner, 2008-12-12
Informative and insightful, but my application was for middle
school science ecology use. As the problems increase in span and
complexity more time is needed for the presentation and
explanation.
The first program was easier to break up for classroom use. NG
provided lesson plans to facilitate classroom use, for the first
set of programs. Apparently the second set doesn't have the
classroom support the first did.
I enjoyed previewing the disk at home. Easy to understand for high
school or college students with prior knowledge of chemistry and
ecological concepts. I am not sure how to break it up into bite
size chunks for science7 classroom discussion...yet
