Eight 40-minute lessons
Produced 2001-02
School use rights: 1 year
Grades 1-12 / Science, Social Studies
(closed captions)

This series features photographers and contributors to National Geographic magazine. Each speaker talks about his or her work and experiences, and each broadcast concludes with a question-and-answer period with students.

1. Diving Down Under / Australia and Great White Sharks -- David Doubliet, underwater photographer

2. Crossing the Heart of Africa / 1,200-mile Journey Through the Heart of Africa -- Nick Nichols, photographer, and Mike Fay, conservationist

3. Hunting Dinosaurs in the Sahara / New Dinosaur Species Discovered -- Paul Sereno, paleontologist

4. Exploring the Blue Nile / A 500-Mile Trip by Foot, Donkey and Raft -- Nada Wier, photographer, and Virginia Morell, author

5. Saving Africa's Wildlife -- Chris Johns, photographer

6. Pushing the Limits -- Ed Vlesturs, mountain climber

7. Mysteries of Ancient Egypt -- Zahi Hawass, Director of Egypt's Giza Pyramids

8. Discovering Our Earliest Ancestors -- Louise Leakey, paleontologist

Block Feed: 12/6, 12/7, 12/8

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