Season 7

Season 7

1966-06-20
17 Episodes

Episodes

The Sun

1. The Sun

1966-06-20

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An examination of sun from various points of view. Includes discussion with illustrative film footage of: archeological remains.

Natural History Of The Niagara Gorge

2. Natural History Of The Niagara Gorge

1966-06-27

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The famous Niagara Falls had their origins at Queenston 12,000 years ago. Since then.

Air And Water Pollution

3. Air And Water Pollution

1966-07-04

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This program explores serious problem of pollution, which results when more waste materials are poured into air and water than these elements have capacity to deal with.

The Battle Against Biting Insects

4. The Battle Against Biting Insects

1966-07-11

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An examination of some of most sophisticated methods of pest control such as: unbalancing insects' nutrition.

Air Conditioning - Natural And Man-Made

5. Air Conditioning - Natural And Man-Made

1966-07-18

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This program considers many aspects of controlling human environment to regulate pressure, humidity, and temperature.

The Physics Of Sailing

6. The Physics Of Sailing

1966-07-25

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The scientific study of physics of sailing, is a fairly new field. This program looks at scientific efforts to understand why sailing ships do what they do.

Epidemics

7. Epidemics

1966-08-01

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Not so many years ago, summer's warmth brought chilling fear of polio and typhus epidemics.

Summer Storms

8. Summer Storms

1966-08-08

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A look at activities of Stormy Weather Group, scientists at Montreal's McGill University and Macdonald College who study pheonomena of summer storms.

Fishing And The Splake

9. Fishing And The Splake

1966-08-15

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Science is developing new and better fish, splake for instance, a product of cross-breeding of lake.

The Value Of Our Parks

10. The Value Of Our Parks

1966-08-22

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This program examines Canada's great national parks and their ecological importance in maintaining habitats vital to various plants and animals.

Forest And Fires

11. Forest And Fires

1966-08-29

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This program deals with forest succession. Scientists have recently learned a great deal about way.

Water On The Level

12. Water On The Level

1966-09-05

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There has been great alarm recently over declining level of water in bodies of water as enormous as Great Lakes.

Galapagos: Darwin

13. Galapagos: Darwin

1966-09-04

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First episode of a five-part series on Galapagos islands. This looks at life and work of Charles Darwin.

Galapagos: The Islands

14. Galapagos: The Islands

1966-09-11

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A survey of animal and plant life of Galapagos archipelago including: a look at geological origins of islands.

Galapagos: New Beings

15. Galapagos: New Beings

1966-09-18

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An exploration of scientific phenomenon known as "adaptive radiation", way in which a small founding group of a plant or animal species can give rise to a number of new species

Galapagos: Ways Of Survival

16. Galapagos: Ways Of Survival

1966-09-25

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Apart from their external appearance, animals go through behavioural and physiological changes to adapt themselves to different environments: for example.

Galapagos: Living Laboratory

17. Galapagos: Living Laboratory

1966-10-02

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This final program in series looks at some of endangered species in Galapagos islands, and at impact of human settlement on native creatures.