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The Core


[Syllabus references] [Web sites]

Syllabus references

Stage 6: Earth and Environmental Science
8.5 Dynamic Earth

Web sites

The movie

The Core - from the Internet Movie Database

The Core (2003) - from Intuitor describes many of the phsysics misconcpetions and mis-representations in the movie

Educational resources

The Core: Good Science and Bad Science in the Movie - from Geolor.com (Geolor is a retired high school Earth Science teacher and former Adjunct Assistant Professor of Geology) inludes explanations of the "good" and "bad" science in the movie and has some sample essay questions based on the movie.

Review: The Core - from Bad Astronomy - detailed site of the bad (and some good) science in the movie

The Earth's Magnetic Poles To Switch: Movie: The Core - from Classbrain

The Core: Movie -series of worksheets from New York Science Teacher

 

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