Thursday, 4 April 2013

The tv portrayal of a science lesson on evolution



I don't normally pay too much attention to what my daughter watches on CBBC but was surprised and pleased this morning to see a fairly realistic and sensible portrayal of a biology lesson about evolution on the teen werewolf series Wolfblood followed by an explanation of the limitations of using school microscopes to analyse blood samples. Most tv dramas (irrespective as to whether they are aimed at children or adults) would I suspect have taken the easier route of portraying the 'science' inaccurately to drive the plot along. Not seen any more of the series so not sure if this particular episode is representative, but a hopeful sign.

links 
a couple of other resources on the portrayal of science in film and tv:

No comments: