The Nature of Things

June 20, 1966

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

June 27, 1966

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

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.

July 11, 1966

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

July 18, 1966

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

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.

August 1, 1966

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

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.

August 15, 1966

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

August 22, 1966

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

August 29, 1966

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

September 5, 1966

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

September 4, 1966

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

September 11, 1966

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

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

September 25, 1966

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

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.