Earth – Power of the Planet: Volcano

(22 minutes)

Daily: 12:30pm
Saturday/Sunday/Holidays: 5:30pm

Volcanoes have a fearsome reputation. In reality, they are the most important force in the creation of the planet as we know it today. Descending into a lava lake and cave-diving in a cenote, this program shows how the heat that fuels volcanoes also drives some of the most fundamental processes on the planet.

A BBC/National Geographic Channel US/ZDF co-production. Hi-Def Cinema from Cinemuse.

Life: Challenges of Life

(25 minutes) 

Daily: 10:30am, 1:30pm, 4:00pm

Introducing the extraordinary things animals and plants must do in order to survive and reproduce. Witness amazing sights captured at 1,000 frames per second: capuchin monkeys smashing open palm nuts with stone 'hammers'; hippos launching from the water into the air and chameleons stealing prey from a spider's web.

A BBC/Discovery/SKAI/Open University co-production in association with RTI Spa. Hi-Def Cinema from Cinemuse.

Life: Plants

(24 minutes)

Daily: 11:30am, 2:30pm
Saturday/Sunday/Holiday: 5:00pm 

Plants' solutions to life's challenges are as ingenious and manipulative as any animal's. Innovative time-lapse photography opens up a parallel world where plants act like fly-paper, or spring-loaded traps, to catch insects. Every peculiar shape proves to have a clever purpose.

Hi-Def Cinema from Cinemuse. A BBC/Discovery/SKAI/Open University co-production in association with RTI Spa.

Walking with Prehistoric Beasts: Mammoth Journey

(30 minutes)

Daily: 11:00am, 2:00pm, 4:30pm

The North Sea, 30 thousand years ago. As the cold sets in with the approach of winter, the woolly mammoths quit the howling winds of the exposed tundras and head south in search of the sheltered valleys of the Alps. The journey is periolous, especially for the young and the weak, who are prey to lions and Neanderthal man—a skilled and determined hunter who co-exists at this time with our own direct ancestors, Cro Magnon man.

A BBC/Discovery Channel/TV & BS Asahi/ProSieben co-production. Hi-Def Cinema from Cinemuse.

Project X: What’s to Eat

(23 minutes)

Daily: 12:00 pm, 3:00pm

Join scientists investigating molecular gastronomy and strawberry-smoke-infused wine. Discover the ancient use of chemistry for bread- and beer-making, as well as nutraceuticals and DNA-informed diets. And meet one of nature’s stinkiest but most efficient eaters—the turkey vulture. From CBC Learning.

Toons for Tots

Daily: 10am, 1pm, 3:30pm

These short animated stories take a playful approach to learning. Suitable for preschoolers.

Bear Snores On Find out what happens when snoring Bear wakes up and finds his cave full of uninvited guests--having a party without him! A Scholastic Production from McNabb Connolly. (8 mins.)

How do Dinosaurs say Goodnight? follows the imaginative role-playing of children as they end their day. A Scholastic Presentation from McNabb Connolly (7 mins.)

How Dinosaurs Learned to Fly is a whimsical hypothesis of what led to the demise of the dinosaur. An NFB Production (6 mins.)