Activities: Lesson 1 Life Timeline Cards DAVID ATTENBOROUGH TIMELINE CARDS 1926 Born 8 May in London 1945 Won a scholarship to Clare College, Cambridge, studied geology and zoology 1948 Obtained a degree in Natural Sciences 1952 Joined the BBC as a trainee producer 1954 Launched the first of his famous Zoo Quest Series 1965 Became Controller of BBC2 and was responsible for the introduction of colour television into Britain 1969 Appointed Director of Programmes with editorial responsibility for both the BBC s television networks 1973 Resigned from administration at BBC to return to programme-making 1973 Made Eastwards with Attenborough 1979 Wrote and presented the 13-part series, Life on Earth 1984 Makes The Living Planet 1985 Was knighted 1990 Makes The Trials of Life 1993 Presented the spectacular Life in the Freezer, a celebration of Antarctica 1995 Wrote and presented the epic The Private Life of Plants 1996 Attenborough in Paradise fulfilled a lifelong ambition, to make a special film about the elusive but beautiful birds of paradise 1997 Narrated the award-winning The Wildlife Specials, marking 40 years of the BBC Natural History Unit 1998 Completed an epic 10-part series for the BBC, The Life of Birds 2000 Wrote and presented the ecological warning State of the Planet 2002 Makes Life of Mammals 2005 Makes Life in the Undergrowth 2006 Makes Planet Earth 2009 Makes Nature s Great events 2009 Makes Life 2011 Makes The Frozen Planet 2011 Celebrates his 85th birthday brought to you by TV channel
2009 1990 1985 Makes Life Makes The Trials of Life Was knighted 1954 Launched the first of his famous Zoo Quest Series 1926 Born 8 May in London 1952 Joined the BBC as a trainee producer 1998 Completed an epic 10-part series for the BBC, The Life of Birds 2011 Celebrates his 85th birthday 1995 Wrote and presented the epic The Private Life of Plants
1973 Resigned from administration at BBC to return to programmemaking 2002 Makes Life of Mammals 1948 Obtained a degree in Natural Sciences 1979 Wrote and presented the 13-part series, Life on Earth 1945 Won a scholarship to Clare College, Cambridge, - studied geology and zoology 1973 Made Eastwards with Attenborough 1984 Makes The Living Planet 2000 Wrote and presented the ecological warning State of the Planet 2009 Makes Nature s Great events
2006 Makes Planet Earth 1993 Presented the spectacular Life in the Freezer, a celebration of Antarctica 1997 Narrated the award-winning The Wildlife Specials, marking 40 years of the BBC Natural History Unit 2005 Makes Life in the Undergrowth 1965 Became Controller of BBC2 and was responsible for the introduction of colour television into Britain 1969 Appointed Director of Programmes with editorial responsibility for both the BBC s television networks 2011 Makes The Frozen Planet 1996 Attenborough in Paradise fulfilled a lifelong ambition, to make a special film about the elusive but beautiful birds of paradise
Activities: Lesson 1 Life True or False CARDS Fish can fly (True) Fish can sense electricity (True) Fish can swim at over 100mph (True) Fish can walk on land (True) There is a fish called the Convict Fish (True) Fish have backbones (True) There are 28,000 known species of fish (True) Fish called Weedy Sea Dragons - the males become pregnant, not the females (True) A certain type of fish has a top speed faster than a cheetah (True) The largest fish is the great whale shark which can reach fifty feet in length. (True) The smallest fish is the Philippine goby that is less than 1/3 of an inch when fully grown. (True) Fish sleep with their eyes open (True) A baby fish is called a "fry." (True) Fish have been on the earth for more than 450 million years. (True) The sailfish is the fastest fish in the sea. It has been clocked going just over 68 miles per hour (about 110 km/hour) (True) There are fish in Mexico called Dancing Fish due to their tail movements when they hear music (False) brought to you by TV channel
Activities: Lesson 1 Life True or False CARDS Some fish play dead by lying on the sea bed when a shark comes their way (False) The Light Fish is so called as it exudes a light as bright as a torch from its eyes (False) Fish have eyelashes (False) In France a goldfish is called Un poisson rouge meaning a red fish (True) Fish fingers are made from the fingers of the Cod fish (False) A whale is a fish (False) Puffer jackets are made from Puffer fish (False) An octopus has green blood (False) A squid has 3 hearts (False) Fish hear through their gills (False) A fish sheds its scales every year and grows new ones (False) brought to you by TV channel
Fish can fly Fish can sense electricity Fish can swim at over 100mph Fish can walk on land There is a fish called the Convict Fish Fish have backbones There are 28,000 known species of fish Fish called Weedy Sea Dragons - the males become pregnant, not the females A certain type of fish has a top speed faster than a cheetah
The largest fish is the great whale shark which can reach fifty feet in length The smallest fish is the Philippine goby that is less than 1/3 of an inch when fully grown Fish sleep with their eyes open A baby fish is called a "fry." Fish have been on the earth for more than 450 million years The sailfish is the fastest fish in the sea. It has been clocked going just over 68 miles per hour (about 110 km/hour) There are fish in Mexico called Dancing Fish due to their tail movements when they hear music Some fish play dead by lying on the sea bed when a shark comes their way The Light Fish is so called as it exudes a light as bright as a torch from its eyes
Fish have eyelashes In France a goldfish is called Un poisson rouge meaning a red fish Fish fingers are made from the fingers of the Cod fish A whale is a fish Puffer jackets are made from Puffer fish An octopus has green blood A squid has 3 hearts Fish hear through their gills A fish sheds its scales every year and grows new ones