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The Nature of Things - Season 7

Episode List

The Sun
E1 - The Sun

Aired: June 20, 1966

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

Natural History Of The Niagara Gorge
E2 - Natural History Of The Niagara Gorge

Aired: June 27, 1966

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

Air And Water Pollution
E3 - Air And Water Pollution

Aired: July 04, 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.

The Battle Against Biting Insects
E4 - The Battle Against Biting Insects

Aired: July 11, 1966

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

Air Conditioning - Natural And Man-Made
E5 - Air Conditioning - Natural And Man-Made

Aired: July 18, 1966

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

The Physics Of Sailing
E6 - The Physics Of Sailing

Aired: 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.

Epidemics
E7 - Epidemics

Aired: August 01, 1966

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

Summer Storms
E8 - Summer Storms

Aired: August 08, 1966

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
E9 - Fishing And The Splake

Aired: August 15, 1966

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

The Value Of Our Parks
E10 - The Value Of Our Parks

Aired: August 22, 1966

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

Forest And Fires
E11 - Forest And Fires

Aired: August 29, 1966

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

Water On The Level
E12 - Water On The Level

Aired: September 05, 1966

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

Galapagos: Darwin
E13 - Galapagos: Darwin

Aired: September 04, 1966

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

Galapagos: The Islands
E14 - Galapagos: The Islands

Aired: September 11, 1966

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

Galapagos: New Beings
E15 - Galapagos: New Beings

Aired: 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

Galapagos: Ways Of Survival
E16 - Galapagos: Ways Of Survival

Aired: September 25, 1966

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

Galapagos: Living Laboratory
E17 - Galapagos: Living Laboratory

Aired: October 02, 1966

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