MEMBER REVIEW: This 2008 Science Channel production has 4 parts on one disk. In Building the Planet, they start with new technology showing how new information is changing what geologists know. Then they move to the formation of the Earth, and have some good video of the Soudan Mine. They gloss over a lot of earth history, but it still is a nice overview. In Shaping the Planet they explore plate tectonics and the Afar rift in Africa. They detail the Mediterranean and tectonic action around it. This is detail we do not get much, and is interesting to learn. In Assembling America they start in Seattle and move east, showing various geological features of our continent. They talk about the Chesapeake Asteroid impact, which is not covered a lot. A Human World is a primer on paleoclimate, and how man has affected it. Ice cores and lake sediments are measured and analyzed to show ancient and modern climate changes and how man has affected the world. The last two episodes have video from UMD, and their geological programs. For an older video, there is still lots here to learn. They have different people and focus from the more popular Nova productions, so it is well worth watching.