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Follow the people who follow the storms. Prepare to take a ride inside some of the most extreme weather conditions experienced on earth. Hurricanes, monsoons, and tornadoes are the stars of "Stormchasers" (38 min.), an exhilarating large-format film by MacGillivray Freeman Films. Weather is one of the most evolving and exciting areas of science, one that we experience every day. In "Stormchasers," we join storm-chasing meteorologists who track extreme weather conditions in order to understand how they form. Ever wonder "how did they do that?" "The Making of 'Stormchasers'" (29 min.), shot
Follow the people who follow the storms. Prepare to take a ride inside some of the most extreme weather conditions experienced on earth. Hurricanes, monsoons, and tornadoes are the stars of "Stormchasers" (38 min.), an exhilarating large-format film by MacGillivray Freeman Films. Weather is one of the most evolving and exciting areas of science, one that we experience every day. In "Stormchasers," we join storm-chasing meteorologists who track extreme weather conditions in order to understand how they form. Ever wonder "how did they do that?" "The Making of 'Stormchasers'" (29 min.), shot in High-Definition Video, takes you behind the scenes. Disc 2 includes the complete feature in Microsoft Windows Media High Definition, playable on your PC.
Hold on to that thinking cap: it might just blow away from its host's tornado pace in Stormchasers! Like courageous scientists who put themselves in peril to understand and predict storms, viewers are challenged to absorb buckets of facts regarding heat, air, and water in this 30-minute Way Cool Science gem. Host Max Orbit bops easily from role to role: narrator, teacher, study coach, overall weather enthusiast. Titles pop onscreen in big, clear type to help kids absorb the vocabulary that accompanies topics like air pressure, climate zones, clouds, atmosphere, and weather-predicting tools. Zippy footage of raging hail, time-lapsed evaporation, whipping hurricanes, blazing sunshine, and evolving clouds further enliven this invigorating journey. So do the handful of science projects and experiments Max demonstrates. Smart, slightly wacky, and truly comprehensive, Stormchasers plays like a dynamite intro or finale to any weather unit geared toward 8- to 14-year-olds. --Liane Thomas
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Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Release date: 29 June 2004
Number of discs: 2
EAN: 0014381233827 UPC: 014381233827
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