egao_gakari Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 I'm trying to put together a list of history and science documentaries, classic movies, and TV/movie adaptations of classic novels for next year. At least once a month, somebody's too sick to do school, and rather than "losing" that day I like to put something edifying on the TV for us to watch and talk about... but often I wind up picking a super boring one that nobody gets anything out of! Help me make a go-to list! I'll have a 6th and 8th grader next year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanDiegoMom Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 The Story of Maths is really well done, if someone loves math. Also AlphaGo -- a documentary about AI. My daughter loves First Position of course, about ballet competition. Cosmos is awesome. Not on Netflix but you can get it on the internet -- Engineering an Empire covers a lot of different countries' histories through the lens of Architecture and Civil Engineering. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJ. Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Does your library have give access to kanopy? From there you can stream classic movies and documentaries, including some of the great courses videos. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsRobinson Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 We are watching World's Most Extraordinary Homes. Its given us a lot to talk about. Engineering, architecture, environments and climates as related to building, etc. They are starting to see things in buildings when we are out that they never noticed before. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbutton Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 We are working through Forces of Nature (Netflix). Our kids have enjoyed numerous geography/science videos by the BBC--Land of the Monsoon was one of the big hits. Usually the first episode is an overview of the series, which can have several additional episodes. So if you want to get a great overview of a lot of topics, watching the first video in a number of series is a good way to do that, though the deeper coverage is really interesting! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 We've been enjoying BrainGames on Netflix. At least I think it is on Netflix, could be Hulu. It is about the ways your mind can be tricked, and they show little experiments many of which you can try yourself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Do NOT want Yindi the Koala...graphic non consensual koala mating, complete with screaming. Planet Earth I and Planet Earth II Dogs with Jobs Animals at Work Monkey World (I think that is the name, on Netflix) Filthy Riches (maybe a bit less educational but interesting) Rick Steves Europe Orbit - Earth's Extraordinary Journey Animals with Cameras Ocean Mysteries Sea Rescues Survivorman Rock the Park Life of Mammals The various ones about extreme buildings 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJ. Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 3 hours ago, Ktgrok said: Do NOT want Yindi the Koala...graphic non consensual koala mating, complete with screaming. Yikes! Thanks for the heads-up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 9 hours ago, SJ. said: Yikes! Thanks for the heads-up You are welcome. I was NOT pleased when that happened, and was scrambling to turn it off. It wasn't brief either....a few seconds would have gone over the kids heads but it went on and on and on...sigh. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 For boys your kids age, try starting with Rock the Park (netflix) and Survivorman (Amazon). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Williams1956 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 We loved Planet Earth I & II on Netflix. Ages 5 to 35 were all really engaged. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 So...these are kinda boring and made for schools, but we've watched a lot of the New Dimension history videos on Prime. We like them alright. We watched those and Time Compass, as they relate to our history lessons. Time Compass is a little juvenile (cartoony graphics) but informative. (And just FYI: we're a pretty free-range screen family, so this isn't like the only tv my kids get to see and so they soak it up in blissful ignorance. :D They don't love them, but they tolerate them in 20minute chunks...in case you wanted to tie in some to lessons...) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egao_gakari Posted April 22, 2018 Author Share Posted April 22, 2018 5 hours ago, Williams1956 said: We loved Planet Earth I & II on Netflix. Ages 5 to 35 were all really engaged. Love, love, loved Planet Earth! DD11 now wants to live in Singapore thanks to that last episode of PE2. On 4/19/2018 at 1:40 PM, SJ. said: Does your library have give access to kanopy? From there you can stream classic movies and documentaries, including some of the great courses videos. Huh, hadn't heard of Kanopy! Off to find out. Thanks for all the suggestions everybody!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Wildlife SOS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Swallows and Amazons is available for rent on Amazon streaming. It is a little different from the book but still really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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