I hate to admit it in front of such an esteemed audience, but the one
thing that got me interested in science, particularly in space, was
the film Space Camp, when I was about 11 or 12 ;)
On 19 March 2010 10:02, Bruce Etherington <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I don't disagree that Wonders of the Solar System and the Natural History
> Musem programmes are great examples of science on TV, but the latest
> surevy from Wellcome on the Public Views of Medical Research reinforces tha
> fact the young people tend to get their facts elsewhere than TV in general
> and, I would add, than BBC2. It also highlights that younger people are more
> likely to watch fictional than factual programmes.
>
> The full report is accessible at:
>
> http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/About-us/Publications/Reports/Public-
> engagement/WTX058859.htm
>
> And I have taking my comments from Ch 2.
>
> Bruce
>
> On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:20:24 +0000, Francisco Diego
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>>Dear Judith,
>>
>>How about the Wonders of the Solar System? In my view, one of the best
>>science series, very inspirational, beautifully written and produced.
>>Amazing locations, excellent presenter, spontaneous, full of enthusiasm
>>and sense of humour, simple and effective analogies, experiments and
>>demonstrations that any of us can and should reproduce. Shown at prime
>>times on BBC 2 still on iPlayer if you missed the first two.
>>
>>regards
>>
>>francisco
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>>On Wed, 17 Mar 2010, Judith Bunting wrote:
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>>>
>>
>>Does anyone think that these days science on TV plays an inspirational role?
>>
>>Though I was already keen, my interest was pushed on leaps an bounds by
> an
>>Horizon programme: Key to the Unverse (~30 years ago). My own children,
>>who are not stupid and have general science in the conversation around
>>them at home, have both been utterly uninspired by their science education
>>(state, though 'nice', schools) and won't watch a serious science
>>documentary for more than five mins.
>>
>> Judith
>>
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>>Judith Bunting
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>>________________________________
>>From: Alom Shaha <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Sent: Tuesday, 16 March, 2010 21:13:02
>>Subject: [PSCI-COM] Science GCSE - a student's view
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>>Michael West is a Year 11 student who wrote to me after reading an article
>>I wrote about the Science Curriculum in The Times˙˙ Eureka magazine
>>(http://bit.ly/baz0G6). He has given me permission to reproduce the email
>>here: http://bit.ly/cLmzkP
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>>I wonder how many other students feel the same way?
>>
>>Alom
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