TOMz (Teenagers On a Mission) is a youth-orientated exploration of science and technology, where entertainment is utilized as a relevant and far-reaching platform for educating and empowering the youth of South Africa.
TOMz Season 2 starts Monday August 01st, 2011 on SABC 1 at 17H00. TOMz introduces the youth to an alien being from another planet that has made her way to Planet Earth to present an inter-galactic TV show about science and tech on our planet. The next 26 episodes aims to explore the people and the countless exciting and amazing cultural and scientific phenomenon of our beautiful planet. Our alien being is an intelligent, advanced young girl from Planet Oxy in the Z Galaxy and she is better known across the Universe as Dee, the stunning and vibrant journalist travelling through space and reporting on her amazing findings!
Being the birthplace of mankind and based on the recommendations of Mr. E (the being of light from the future who guided Thami and Nolwazi through their Intergalactic Journey in season 1 of TOMz), Dee lands her ship in South Africa where our now journey begins!
Over the course of 6 months, TOMz (with D, Thami and Mr. E) will explore the mysteries in science and technology. A world of information and interviews from scientists and specialists is synergized with questions, opinions and insights of our youth - all seamlessly brought together with cutting edged animations, sound and music to ensure that every moment is as exciting and entertaining as it is informative and beneficial.
TOMz is all about having fun and enjoying life, and learning from our experiences accordingly. So, we talk to DJ’s, Musicians and Artists, alongside Scientists, Explorers and Researchers.
TOMz bridges Science with Entertainment, in no less than 5 African Languages, to ensure relevance, impact and reach.
Synopsis: Episode 1-5.
Ep1: Communication
Our introduction episode will focus on communication and how we use science to create the amazing technologies we use to communicate with each other.
This episode will feature:
• Satellites (interview with SANSA on the Sumbandila Sat)
• Smart phones (cell phones) and social networking
• Computers (we will take a look at the IBM Watson computer, the super smart computer that won Jeopardy!)
• SKA – the biggest Space Science Project to hit the Universe!
This episode will also introduce our presenter, the alien Dee from Planet Oxy in the Z Galaxy. She is broadcasting to the entire Universe, and telling them all about the latest science and tech happening on Planet Earth, focusing on South Africa.
We also talk to Arthur Mafokate alongside Dr. Faneroff, of the SKA; where we show how important science is to everyone… Groundbreaking Artists and Scientists alike!
Ep2: Football – Soccer and Rugby
Episode four will look at the science of sport, focusing on South Africa’s two major sports, soccer and rugby.
This episode will feature:
• The origin of football and how it came to South Africa – a brief history
• Jeppe High School for Boys – the science of rugby (at school level)
• Street Soccer – where it comes from and how it’s played (interviews with players from Old Parks)
• Freestyle Soccer and an interview as well as demonstrations from our Freestyle Soccer Champ Kamalio
Ep3: Music (Sound & Light Waves – The Electromagnetic Spectrum)
Episode two will explain how everything around us and inside of us is energy that vibrates at different frequencies. We will look at things that we cannot see – the energy waves of the Electromagnetic Spectrum – and how we use these invisible things.
This episode will feature:
• Radio and microwaves: How a microwave oven works and why we use radio waves to phone a friend or watch television
• The Sun: how it gives life but can also be extremely dangerous thanks to Ultraviolet Radiation that causes damage to the cells of the human body
• The science of surfing – how surfers ride the waves of the ocean and how these waves occur
• Brain waves – what happens in the human brain and how energy is transferred from the brain to the body
• Interviews with Artists, DJ’s and VJ’s about heir skills and how technology has influenced Performance and Creativity… even a Deaf DJ and a VJ in Studio!
Ep4: Attraction
Episode three will look at the science of attraction and how, according to the Law of Attraction, you can get what you want from life by attracting it with positive thoughts.
This episode will feature:
• The Universal Law of Attraction – how it works and an interview with Dr. Demartini, ambassador of this theory
• The things we humans find attractive and how our senses (smell, sight) plays a role in attraction
• Monogamy versus People getting married
• What happens to us on a physical level when we fall in love
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This episode will also look at gravity in the Universe and how it prevents us from floating into space.
Episode 5: Drugs and Medicine (Chemistry)
Episode five will talk about the chemicals we put in our bodies, whether it be to cure us from disease or bring on a different effect, such as the recreational use of drugs. We will look at the chemistry of certain drugs and what it does to the human body, and we will also investigate the reason why people take drugs.
This episode will feature:
• Chemistry and Biology: What are drugs made of and what does it do to your body?
• Germs and bacteria and why they make us sick
• The Whoonga drug: What is it? Interview with expert Dr. Anwar Jeewa
• Alcohol: why it is legal and what does it do
OUTLINE OF ELEMENTS TO BE EXPLORED IN TOMz 2
With our second season of TOMz, we are looking to feature the coolest, weirdest and most fascinating things in Science and Technology. We also see how science and technology play a real role in lives of everyone; from average Joe through to each and every Icon or Celebrity, even fashions and trends. With regards to science and tech, we are focusing on the following points:
• Fashion
• Sport
• Relationships
• Music
• Transport
• Environment
• Space
• Technology
• Hobbies
• Careers and life opportunities
We are taking the science and showing it in a more entertaining way, featuring the weird and whacky world of science and including brief explanations or demonstrations as we go along. We want to show only the COOLEST technologies (like the weirdest car or a cell phone that can bend!) and feature the CRAZIEST facts (like how soccer balls were first made from pig bladders!) to make up a show that will not only share the knowledge of science, but also broaden the youth’s perspective of science and technology.
Being YOUNG, VIBRANT, EMPOWERED and TOTALLY ALIVE, TOMz is about Entertaing and telling real stories, as the core conduit to educate relevantly. TOMz brings the viewer in touch with many of SA’s leading Artists, DJ’s, Football Celebrities and many other role models; who share their insights and experiences with the youth about the subject matter at hand.
We also want to showcase South-African scientists and the amazing things they are doing. We will feature the SKA Project throughout the season as well as the South African National Defence Force and the amazing technologies they use. We will also look at what the ‘little guy’ is doing and feature entrepreneurs in South Africa doing their thing and contributing to their communities through the wonderful world of science.
The message of this season is that SCIENCE IS EVERYWHERE, and the opportunities are there for the taking! For further detauils, e-mail tomz@sabc.co.za.
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