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NATURE BUG PATROL

Well made educational short about the bugs around us. I particularly enjoy the involvement with the young people here.

This documentary is from Taiwan with dialogue in Chinese and English subtitles. It follows a children's ecology program that combines native language learning, youth engagement, and science education. Three children accompany a wilderness guide as they locate and observe small creatures, from legless to multi-legged critters. They learn ecological concepts and discover how many traditional observations of nature are preserved in the rich Taigi names for plants and animals.

The guide, Chun-Ting Chou, is truly extraordinary and knowledgeable. He relates so well to the children, who are genuinely interested in exploring their natural surroundings with him. This is very well produced with terrific camera work, audio recording and editing. It would fit very well into a classroom situation. The only drawback for our English speaking audiences is that the dialogue is entirely in Chinese with English subtitles, so younger audiences would find it difficult to follow along, but older kids, 8 to 12, would not have that issue.

I give Nature Bug Patrol 4 out of 5 stars and recommend it for ages 8 to 12, plus adults. By Julie S, KIDS FIRST!

Well made educational short about the bugs around us. I particularly enjoy the involvement with the young people here.

This documentary is from Taiwan with dialogue in Chinese and English subtitles. It follows a children's ecology program that combines native language learning, youth engagement, and science education. Three children accompany a wilderness guide as they locate and observe small creatures, from legless to multi-legged critters. They learn ecological concepts and discover how many traditional observations of nature are preserved in the rich Taigi names for plants and animals.

The guide, Chun-Ting Chou, is truly extraordinary and knowledgeable. He relates so well to the children, who are genuinely interested in exploring their natural surroundings with him. This is very well produced with terrific camera work, audio recording and editing. It would fit very well into a classroom situation. The only drawback for our English speaking audiences is that the dialogue is entirely in Chinese with English subtitles, so younger audiences would find it difficult to follow along, but older kids, 8 to 12, would not have that issue.

I give Nature Bug Patrol 4 out of 5 stars and recommend it for ages 8 to 12, plus adults. By Julie S, KIDS FIRST!

An on-location Taiwanese children's ecology program that combines native language learning, youth engagement, and science education. Accompanied by three kids and wilderness guide A-tîng, the show ventures into Taiwan's diverse ecological environments--speaking Taigi all the way--to locate and observe small creatures. From the mountains to the coastline, and from daytime to nighttime, these kids and A-tîng explore everything from legless to multi-legged critters, aiming to uncover the wonders of nature. Through these adventures, viewers naturally learn ecological concepts in Taigi and discover how many traditional observations of nature are preserved in the rich Taigi names for plants and animals. Sometimes their searches come up empty; other times they yield surprising discoveries--these are not staged for TV, but genuine responses from the natural world itself.