#173: Habitat Explorer

This is connected with the new series Planet Earth III - which will not be so new by the time the new specification gets off the ground.

It's an interactive called Habitat Explorer.

Habitat Explorer lets you bring amazing animal habitats into your own living room. When you've scanned the QR code just choose the habitat you want to explore and point your camera at a flat, horizontal surface. Tap where you want it to appear and start exploring!

You can zoom in, spin it around or even move around the space and get up close to the animals in their environment.

Don't forget to create your own pledge cards and share on social with #OUHabitatExplorer.

#136: David Attenborough on Planet Earth III

Planet Earth III starts on Sunday the 22nd of October, and will be available to view on BBC Sounds.

It's an eight part series, featuring some more emphasis on the impact of people on the natural world.

Details here. Plenty of connections to some of the themes

It features David Attenborough's trademark narration of course, and has him walking through a meadow where Charles Darwin walked while thinking. 

It features long-tailed macaques stealing iPhones from tourists and returning them in exchange for food, for an example of animal adaptations.

There is a podcast to accompany the series for the first time. There was also an attempt to reduce the impact of filming by using local crews for filming.

Attenborough says:

"Children have an instinctive understanding about the way the world operates. By and large, children are better at understanding the natural world, and as adults we should be marking more opportunities for them to do that."