The Nature of Things - Season 7
1 - The Sun
Air Date: June 20, 1966
An examination of sun from various points of view. Includes discussion with illustrative film footage of: archeological remains.
2 - Natural History Of The Niagara Gorge
Air Date: June 27, 1966
The famous Niagara Falls had their origins at Queenston 12,000 years ago. Since then.
3 - Air And Water Pollution
Air Date: July 4, 1966
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.
4 - The Battle Against Biting Insects
Air Date: July 11, 1966
An examination of some of most sophisticated methods of pest control such as: unbalancing insects' nutrition.
5 - Air Conditioning - Natural And Man-Made
Air Date: July 18, 1966
This program considers many aspects of controlling human environment to regulate pressure, humidity, and temperature.
6 - The Physics Of Sailing
Air Date: July 25, 1966
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.
7 - Epidemics
Air Date: August 1, 1966
Not so many years ago, summer's warmth brought chilling fear of polio and typhus epidemics.
8 - Summer Storms
Air Date: August 8, 1966
A look at activities of Stormy Weather Group, scientists at Montreal's McGill University and Macdonald College who study pheonomena of summer storms.
9 - Fishing And The Splake
Air Date: August 15, 1966
Science is developing new and better fish, splake for instance, a product of cross-breeding of lake.
10 - The Value Of Our Parks
Air Date: August 22, 1966
This program examines Canada's great national parks and their ecological importance in maintaining habitats vital to various plants and animals.
11 - Forest And Fires
Air Date: August 29, 1966
This program deals with forest succession. Scientists have recently learned a great deal about way.
12 - Water On The Level
Air Date: September 5, 1966
There has been great alarm recently over declining level of water in bodies of water as enormous as Great Lakes.
13 - Galapagos: Darwin
Air Date: September 4, 1966
First episode of a five-part series on Galapagos islands. This looks at life and work of Charles Darwin.
14 - Galapagos: The Islands
Air Date: September 11, 1966
A survey of animal and plant life of Galapagos archipelago including: a look at geological origins of islands.
15 - Galapagos: New Beings
Air Date: September 18, 1966
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
16 - Galapagos: Ways Of Survival
Air Date: September 25, 1966
Apart from their external appearance, animals go through behavioural and physiological changes to adapt themselves to different environments: for example.
17 - Galapagos: Living Laboratory
Air Date: October 2, 1966
This final program in series looks at some of endangered species in Galapagos islands, and at impact of human settlement on native creatures.