Nova: "jewel Of The Earth" Options

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Next on NOVA: "Jewel of the Earth"

http://www.pbs.org/nova/jewel

Broadcast: February 14, 2006 at 8 p.m. ET/PT

(NOVA airs Tuesdays on PBS at 8 p.m. Check your local listings as
dates and times may vary.)

Forty million years ago a diverse community of insects living at the
bottom of a tree in a temperate forest chanced into a sticky pool of
pine resin. Then a mere 67 years ago a young boy named David
Attenborough was given the amber stone containing the entombed bugs.
"Jewel of the Earth" explores the remarkable time capsule of ancient
life preserved in this and countless other samples of fossilized
tree resin, or amber.

Sir David Attenborough, now grown up and a
celebrated naturalist and TV personality, hosts the program. As he
makes abundantly clear, he is still entranced with the amber
specimen from his youth and the seemingly magical quality of the
material to serve as a crystal-clear window to an age before humans
walked the Earth

Here's what you'll find on the companion Web site:

INQUIRY & ARTICLE

Bitten By the Bug
What lies behind fossil-bearing amber's fascination? Hear from
one newly minted aficionado.

Amber Time Machine
Trace a bee's journey from its brief life 20 million years ago
down through the ages within fossil resin.

SLIDE SHOW & INTERACTIVE

Stories in Amber
View striking photos of long-extinct plants and animals caught
forever in mid-pose.

Amber Around the World
From the Arctic to the tropics, from Mexico to Myanmar, amber
is cosmopolitan, as this clickable map shows.

PODCAST

Amber Slide Show
Subscribe to our video podcast to download a collection of
dazzling images and hear expert George Poinar reveal the
secrets trapped within ancient amber.

Also, Links & Books, the Teacher's Guide, the program transcript,
and more.

http://www.pbs.org/nova/jewel