science

Our Zoo

Our Zoo is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Our Zoo rather than just read about it. In short: Our Zoo is a British period drama television series from BBC One, first broadcast on 3 September 2014. The six-part series, created by Matt Charman, is about George Mottershead, his dreams of creating a cage-free zoo, his family and how their lives changed when they embarked on the creation of Chester Zoo.

Key takeaways

Our Zoo belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Our Zoo to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Our Zoo from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Our Zoo is a British period drama television series from BBC One, first broadcast on 3 September 2014. The six-part series, created by Matt Charman, is about George Mottershead, his dreams of creating a cage-free zoo, his family and how their lives changed when they embarked on the creation of Chester Zoo.

Cast Lee Ingleby as George Mottershead Liz White as Lizzie Mottershead Anne Reid as Lucy Mottershead Peter Wight as Albert Mottershead Ralf Little as Billy Atkinson Sophia Myles as Lady Katherine Longmore Stephen Campbell Moore as Reverend Aaron Webb Amelia Clarkson as Muriel Mottershead Honor Kneafsey as June Mottershead

Production Our Zoo was commissioned by Danny Cohen and Ben Stephenson for BBC One. The series was based on an idea introduced to Big Talk Productions by Aenon, the production company headed by Adam Kemp. Filming took place in Liverpool, as well as at Walton Hall in Warrington, at Abney Hall in Cheadle and at the Swan with Two Necks in Stockport. When BBC said there would be no second series of Our Zoo, many fans were left surprised by the decision. On 10 December 2014 the Chester Chronicle created an online petition in the hopes of renewing the show for another series, and by the next day more than 1000 fans had signed it. In spite of these efforts, however, the BBC reiterated that they would not be producing a second series.

Episode list

References

External links

Our Zoo at BBC Online Our Zoo at IMDb

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Our Zoo

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Our Zoo claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Our Zoo before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Our Zoo ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Our Zoo

In research: Our Zoo appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Our Zoo in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Our Zoo is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2010s British drama television series, 2010s British television miniseries, 2014 British television series debuts, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Our Zoo outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Our Zoo in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Our Zoo means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Our Zoo out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Our Zoo in simple terms?

Why does Our Zoo matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Our Zoo?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Our Zoo.