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SCIENCE MULTIMEDIA LIBRARY IN PAKISTAN

The Plan:
Inspired by the Year of Science 2009, Kailoola is building a Science Multimedia Library to serve as an educational resource for teachers and promote science scholarship in Pakistan. In collaboration with local teaching resource centers the first library will be established in Karachi with the goal of expanding to other cities. This may one day become a traveling library that tours from city to city. A list of all available science DVDs will be made available to local schools and universities online. These DVDs, brilliant, yet underemployed teaching tools, will be loaned to teachers for classroom/lecture screenings.

Help us build this library:
You can contribute by purchasing DVD(s) of your choice from the Science Documentaries Wish-List and shipping them to the address below. A number of US resident Pakistanis have voluntereed to carry back these DVDs to Karachi as they amass in NYC.

Shipping Address:
Omar Vandal, Apt 14J, 260 West 52nd Street, New York, NY 10019, USA

Science Documentaries (DVDs) Wish-List:
(all titles link to their respective shopping sites; shipping address above)

TITLE DETAILS PRODUCER
1. In the Womb 1 part/ 1 DVD National Geographic
2. Incredible Human Machine 1 part/ 1 DVD National Geographic
3. Amazing Planet 1 part/ 1 DVD National Geographic
4. Human Footprint 1 part/ 1 DVD National Geographic
5. Strange Days on Planet Earth 2 parts/ 1 DVD National Geographic
6. Strange Days on Planet Earth 2 1 part/ 1 DVD National Geographic
7. Journey of Man 1 part/ 1 DVD National Geographic
8. The Search for Adam 1 part/ 1 DVD National Geographic
9. Exploring Space: The Quest for Life 1 part/ 1 DVD National Geographic
10. Stephen Hawking's Universe 1 part/ 1 DVD National Geographic
11. Clone Video 1 part/ 1 DVD National Geographic
12. Dinosaurs Unearthed 1 part/ 1 DVD National Geographic
13. Monster Black Holes 1 part/ 1 DVD National Geographic
14. Search for the Ultimate Survivor 1 part/ 1 DVD National Geographic
15. The Enemies of Reason 2 x 60 minutes Channel 4/IWC Media
16. The Genius of Charles Darwin 3 x 60 minutes Channel 4/IWC Media
17. Stephen Hawking: Master Of The Universe 1 x 60 minutes Channel 4/IWC Media
18. Terry Pratchett On Alzheimers (link TBD) 2 x 60 minutes BBC One/IWC Media
       

Science Documentaries (DVDs) In Posession:

TITLE DETAILS PRODUCER DONATED BY
1. The Elegant Universe 3 parts/2 DVDs WGBH/NOVA Zakir Thaver/Omar Vandal
2. Rx for Survival 6 parts/4 DVDs WGBH Zakir Thaver/Omar Vandal
3. Evolution 9 parts/5 DVDs WGBH Zakir Thaver/Omar Vandal
4. The Giant of the Hidden Valley 1 part/ 1 DVD Geodeon Programmes Zakir Thaver/Omar Vandal
5. Cracking the Code of Life 1 part/ 1 DVD WGBH/NOVA Zakir Thaver/Omar Vandal
6. Secrets of the Mind 1 part/ 1 DVD WGBH/NOVA Zakir Thaver/Omar Vandal
7. Einstein's Big Idea 1 part/ 1 DVD WGBH/NOVA Zakir Thaver/Omar Vandal
8. Newton's Dark Secrets 1 part/ 1 DVD WGBH/NOVA Zakir Thaver/Omar Vandal
9. Fractals: Hunting the Hidden Dimension 1 part/ 1 DVD WGBH/NOVA Melanie Wallace/WGBH
10. Judgment Day - Intelligent Design on Trial 1 part/ 1 DVD WGBH/NOVA Melanie Wallace/WGBH
11. Ghost in Your Genes 1 part/ 1 DVD WGBH/NOVA Melanie Wallace/WGBH
12. The Ghost Particle 1 part/ 1 DVD WGBH/NOVA Melanie Wallace/WGBH
13. Tsunami - The Wave that Shook the World 1 part/ 1 DVD WGBH/NOVA Melanie Wallace/WGBH
14. Einstein Revealed 1 part/ 1 DVD WGBH/NOVA Melanie Wallace/WGBH
15. Global Warming - What's Up with the Weather? 1 part/ 1 DVD WGBH/NOVA Melanie Wallace/WGBH
16. Solar Energy - Saved by the Sun 1 part/ 1 DVD WGBH/NOVA Melanie Wallace/WGBH
17. Ape Genius 1 part/ 1 DVD WGBH/NOVA Melanie Wallace/WGBH
18. Earthquake - The Science Behind the Shake 1 part/ 1 DVD WGBH/NOVA Melanie Wallace/WGBH
19. Runaway Universe 1 part/ 1 DVD WGBH/NOVA Melanie Wallace/WGBH
20. Origins 1 part/ 1 DVD WGBH/NOVA Melanie Wallace/WGBH
21. Forgotten Genius 1 part/ 1 DVD WGBH/NOVA Melanie Wallace/WGBH
22. First Flower 1 part/ 1 DVD WGBH/NOVA Melanie Wallace/WGBH
23. NOVA ScienceNOW 302, 303, 304, 305 TBD WGBH/NOVA Melanie Wallace/WGBH
24. Secrets of the Samurai Sword 1 part/ 1 DVD WGBH/NOVA Melanie Wallace/WGBH
25. Battle of the Xplanes 1 part/ 1 DVD WGBH/NOVA Melanie Wallace/WGBH
26. Ocean Animal Emergency 1 part/ 1 DVD WGBH/NOVA Melanie Wallace/WGBH
27. Everest 1 part/ 1 DVD WGBH/NOVA Melanie Wallace/WGBH
         
Questions?
Please direct them to info@kailoola.com

 

 

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