Name: Exploration India
Released: 2015-11-12T08:00:00.000Z

Exploration India

Documentary 2015

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Three 13 year olds are going on a trip of a lifetime - to discover the geography of India. The teenagers find out what life is really like for the people of India. Stage 4-5 Geography.

Documentary 2015

EPISODE 1

Scale

Dua, Amalia and Nayan discover India is huge, more than ten times the size of the UK. Their first challenge is to explore Patna, the capital of Bihar in north-eastern India. It has a population of nearly two million people.
EPISODE 2

The Ganges

Dua, Amalia and Nayan are in Patna. They meet a local scientist as they travel along the river, and discuss how the river is deemed sacred to Hindus and a lifeline to local people who use the river to irrigation.
EPISODE 3

Rural Life

The pupils meet a local expert on rural life in India and learn how India's extreme climate can be hazardous for subsistence farmers due to drought and flooding.
EPISODE 4

Work

Dua, Amalia and Nayan explore city life in Bangalore, India. Bangalore is known as the Silicon Valley of India and it attracts young Indian people to seek work and careers there.
EPISODE 5

Urban Life

Dua and Amalia explore the impact of urbanisation on Bangalore, India. They meet Chandra, a local geographer who shows them how urbanisation has engulfed villages and created narrow streets and densely built housing.
EPISODE 6

India Tomorrow

Dua, Amalia and Nayan meet children who have been given a unique opportunity to escape poverty and receive a first class education. They meet Puneeth, Vijayalakshmi and James.

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Exploration India

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Three 13 year olds are going on a trip of a lifetime - to discover the geography of India. The teenagers find out what life is really like for the people of India. Stage 4-5 Geography.

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Released: 2015

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