IMAX® Backyard Wilderness

Backyard Wilderness will surprise and entertain viewers with the unexpected wonders of nature that are right under our noses - in our own backyards. Spanning a seasonal year around a suburban home, the film displays a stunning array of unique wildlife images and behaviour - all captured by cameras mounted inside dens and nests, and moving along the forest floor and pond bottom, to reveal its inhabitants in rare and breathtaking intimacy.

We follow Katie, a young girl, and her modern family living next to the woods who are blind to the real-life spectacle around them, absorbed by an array of electronic devices in their busy lives. Katie gradually discovers the intricate secrets that nature has hidden so close to her front door and we experience the joy she finds in her interactions with this new world.

The film reminds us that Wi-Fi is not the only connection that matters and that sometimes in ordinary places, you can uncover extraordinary things that could transform you forever – you just need to step outside.

A school science project about local animals spurs a young girl's fascination and excitement for nature. Spanning a seasonal year around a suburban home, Backyard Wilderness displays a stunning array of unique wildlife images and behavior.

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Best Curriculum Fit:

Grade 1

• Living Systems: Students investigate and examine the needs of plants and animals
• Earth Systems: Students analyze environments and investigate interactions and changes

Grade 2

• Living Systems: Students investigate the growth and development of plants and animals and consider their relationship to humans

Grade 3

• Living Systems: Students analyze and describe how plants and animals interact with each other and within environments

Grade 4

• Living Systems: Students analyze organisms and relate external structures to functions

Grade 5

• Living Systems: Students investigate the internal systems of organisms and explain how they support vital biological processes

Grade 6

• Living Systems: Students investigate the characteristics and components of and interactions within ecosystems

Grade 7

• Unit A: Interactions and Ecosystems
• Unit B: Plants for Food and Fibre
• Unit E: Planet Earth

Grade 8 - 12

General Science