CLICK HERE to download a George Fenton Interview on BBC Nottingham.
MP3 Format / 4.3MB

Education Resources

World Class Service, and the University of Manchester are offering a range of workshops exploring some of the themes raised by the show. All sessions have been designed to work within the National Curriculum framework and cover a variety of topics including science, music, geography and creative writing. Educators from the University of Manchester have also designed a suite of educational resources which can be used in the classroom which can be found on the education resources page.

April Big Saturday

Manchester Museum is hosting a day of events on Saturday 12th April. The day is a celebration of all things aquatic, inspired by The Blue Planet Live! shows touring the UK this April.

Saturday 12th April
11am-4pm - The Blue Planet Day
Explore the depths of the oceans with the Manchester Museum team. See projections of whales and get up close to the Museum’s collections of marine and plant life and oceanic societies. Listen to some watery music and help us create a giant collage of marine and mermaid life.

11am-4pm: Art and craft activities
Drop-in, Free, All ages

11.30am-2pm: Coral reef coaster
Learn about coral reefs and make a coaster using recycled pots.
Book, £1.50 per child, 6+

Sperm Whale:
Although the biggest animal on the Animal Life 2 gallery, the Museum’s Sperm Whale skeleton is only a baby. They can grow up to 19 metres in length and weigh up to 50 tonnes. Sperm whales can dive to more than 2,200 metres, over a mile deep! Sperm whales have the largest brain of any animal.

Spider Crab:
The Spider Crab is the world’s largest crustacean (shell-covered sea creature). The Museum’s Spider Crab measures over 11 feet when its claws are stretched right out. There is an unconfirmed record of one measuring about 20 feet across. Spider Crabs come from Japan. They are fairly common and live in the sea, 300-400 metres down. Spider Crabs live for up to 100 years and are sometimes referred to as living fossils. www.manchester.ac.uk/museum

The Blue Planet Live! podcast

The Blue Planet Live! video podcast is coming soon and will be available from all the usual podcast outlets, including iTunes. You can download an exclusive interview with George Fenton from the 2006 shows right now to play back using any podcast software.

Facebook and Myspace

There is now a Facebook group for The Blue Planet Live! You can join it here... or if myspace is more your thing, you can add the unofficial myspace page as a friend at www.myspace.com/theblueplanetlive

World Class Service ltd’s The Blue Planet Links

Where to find out more about how to turn the tide and protect our marine environment:

Cleaner coasts and healthier seas [ Link ]

What is being done [ Link ]

What the World Wildlife Fund says [ Link ]

The facts about climate change [ Link ]

Other sites promoting marine conservation [ Link ]

What is the Marine Bill? [ Link ]

About European deep sea ecosystems research [ Link ]

What can sailors do? [ Link ]

North Sea Cod – what the WWF are doing to protect our cod [ Link ]