Museums :

• Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle (sfhomeworld.org)
  
  

Examples :

• Science Fact and Fiction: How a Lightsaber Works
  (technewsdaily.com)

  

• Welcome to the world of sci-fi science
  "Teleportation, time travel, antimatter and wireless electricity.
  It all sounds far-fetched, more fiction than fact, but it's all true."
  (BBC)

  

Pictures :

• Sci-fi illustrations by Shigeru Komatsuzaki (1915-2001),
  "whose fantastic work appeared on plastic model kit boxes and in magazines and picture books in the 1960s to 1970s."
  (pinktentacle.com)

  

• Alien car
  (gamedesigndegrees.org)
  
  

• Awesome 'Alien' sculpted from 1,200lb of motorcycle steel
  "Three resourceful artists from the Irish company RoboSteel gathered 4,000 pieces of steel and welded together "Alien Queen," an 8-foot sculpture... — 90% of her 1,200 pounds of parts are recycled from Yamaha motorcycles." - $6,000
  (dvice.com)

  

• H.R. Giger Cake
  "The cake is named for the designer who gave us the Alien from Alien.
  Perfect for the wedding of two avid sci-fi fans, this confection features two Chestbursters dressed for matrimony on top!"
  (neatorama.com)

  

Vocabulary :

• List of fictional robots and androids - 1 Theatre 2 Literature 3 Films 4 Television... (Wikipedia)
  
  

• Home-help robot revealed in Japan (CBBC Newsround)

  

• Life with a robot : WAKAMARU (mhi.co.jp)

   

Cliches :

• The Grand List of Overused Science Fiction Cliches
  - A list of clichés and clichéd themes in plot, setting, characterization, and story events.
  (enphilistor.50megs.com)

Star Wars Day :

• Star Wars fans celebrate unofficial holiday, 'May the Fourth Be With You'
  (nydailynews.com)
  
  

• Star Wars Day - May 4
  "This day is considered an unoffical holiday by Star Wars fans to celebrate Star Wars culture and remember the films.
  May 4 is called Star Wars Day (also sometimes known as Luke Skywalker Day) because of a pun on the similarity between "May the 4th be with you" and "May the Force be with you", a phrase often spoken in the Star Wars movies...
  The Los Angeles City Council declared May 25, 2007 as Star Wars Day, in honor of the May 25, 1977 release date of the first Star Wars movie."
  (Wikipedia)

  

INTERACTIVE exercises:

• Sci-Fi Theme Music Quiz (scifiquiz.freeuk.com)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Science fiction (British Council)
  "At the top are nine words related to science fiction.
  Below is part of Planet Zoog, a science fiction story, with gaps in it.
  Can you put the words in the right spaces?"
  
  

• Chat to a female English-speaking robot!
  "You can talk to her about any subject you want and she will respond in both text and speech." (pospieszna.com)

  

• TEACHER the robot
  "has been learning to answer questions like (Steve Mound) :
  Why is.....
  What is the / a
  What is the point....
  What is the difference......
  Who/Why am I learning to reply politely to insults, personal questions
  you can tell it to "Show me a picture of..." queen, blair, bush
  think of a colour, number religion......
  ask it why the chicken crossed the road what it wants for xmas, birthday........
  It refers to me as it's "master" if you want to ask it about me......."
  
  
  

Lesson plans :

• Robots - a lesson plan (British Council)
  Theme: Domestic robots
  Lexical area: Household chores
  Cross curricular links: Science

• Wakamaru At Your Service - a lesson plan (english-4u.com) SITE PAYANT
  Level: 1
  Language function: expressing ability
  Topic: technology, gadgets, robots
  Grammar focus: modal verb 'CAN'
  - with Teacher's Notes
  
  

• Home robots on sale in Japan (Breaking News English)
  - a lesson plan with "a news article, listening (MP3 file), communication activities, pair work,
  discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises."

Webquests :

• SCIENCE FICTION PROJECT :
  TASKS 1-3 * SCIENCE FI GLOSSARY * TRANSLATE * DICTIONARY * SYNONYMS
  (Valérie Gély - Ac. Paris)
  
  
  

Cartoons :

• Let's allow a bit more time for the stuffing (off the mark)
  
  

Videos :

• Adidas Originals - Star Wars™ Cantina 2010
  "Adidas Originals invites you to join David Beckham, Daft Punk, Snoop Dogg, Franz Beckenbauer, Noel Gallagher, Ian Brown, Ciara, Jay Baruchel, DJ Neil Armstrong and some of your dear, old friends for an intergalactic 2010 FIFA World Cup™ viewing party that you'll never forget."
  (YouTube)
  "LucasFilm has bastardized the famous Cantina Star Wars scene to promote a new line of Adidas footwear."
  (Neatorama)

  

• THE RAVEN
  "Summary: Chris Black possesses a power that could lead to the destruction of the current regime, and they will stop at nothing to destroy him. 
  The chase is on as Chris runs for his life in this sci-fi thriller set in an alternate and futuristic Los Angeles."
  (YouTube)

  

• The Chubb Chubbs
  (YouTube)

  

• YouTube video leads to Hollywood contract
  "A producer from Uruguay who uploaded a short film to YouTube in November 2009 has been offered a $30m (£18.6m) contract to make a Hollywood film."
  (BBC)
  Watch the video.
  (YouTube)

  

• Sci-Fi season on Film 4 advert - "There's a little bit of Sci-Fi in all of us."
  (YouTube)
  
  

Cinema :

• IRON MAN 2 :
  
  
  • Iron Man 2  "is an upcoming 2010 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name from Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment. It is the sequel to 2008's Iron Man, and the second film in a planned trilogy."
    (Wikipedia)
    
    
  • 'Iron Man 2' Trailer [HD]
    (YouTube)

    
    
    
    

• INCEPTION :
  
  
• Inception (Film)
  "Director Christopher Nolan has described the film as being "about the world of dreams and the interior of the human mind.
  It tells the story of Cobb, an agent who has a team of people who have access to a technology that allows them to enter people's minds through their dreams"."
  (Wikipedia)
  
  
  
• INCEPTION
  REGISTER FOR FREE!
  You can pause the video after each line,
  hear the line again,
  hear the line slowed down
  + QUIZZES + TRANSCRIPTIONS
  (englishcentral.com)
  
  

  Leonardo DiCaprio: Your Mind is the Scene of the Crime Difficulty: Easy

  
  

• Inception - Official Trailer 2 [HD]
  (YouTube)
  
  
  
  
• AVATAR :
  
  
  

• Avatar (2009 film)
  "a 3-D science fiction epic film written and directed by James Cameron."
  The film "focuses on an epic conflict on a far-away world called Pandora, where humans and the native species of Pandora, the Na'vi, engage in a war over the planet's resources and existence."
  (Wikipedia)
  
  
• James Cameron's Avatar - official Theatrical Trailer
  (YouTube)

  
  
  

• James Cameron on making Avatar
  (BBC)
  
  
• How Avatar's effects were generated
  (BBC)
  
  
• Audience's verdict on Avatar preview
  (BBC)
  
  
  
  
• Darth Vader, This Is Your Life... (howstuffworks.com)
  "Who is Darth Vader really?"
  
  
  

• The Sith Explained (howstuffworks.com)

Television :

• see "HEROES"

• The Lost Room
  - "a science fiction television miniseries that aired on the Sci Fi Channel in the United States.
  The series revolves around the titular room and roughly one hundred everyday items from that room that possess unusual powers. The show's protagonist, Joe Miller, is searching for these Objects to rescue his daughter, Anna, who has disappeared inside the Room. Once a typical room at a 1960s motel along Route 66, the Lost Room now exists outside of normal time and space..."
  * 1 Characters * 2 The Room * 3 The Event
  * 4 The Objects * 5 The Cabals * 6 Episodes
  * 7 DVD Release * 8 International broadcasters
  * 9 References * 10 External links
  (Wikipedia)

  

Stories :

• See 'The Pedestrian' by Ray Bradbury

• "The Fun They Had" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. (1951)
  (Wikipedia)
  Read it. (users.aber.ac.uk)