Museums :

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

Examples :

• Science Fiction Films of 2011: The Year in Review (filmcritic.com)

  

• Science Fiction Text Features - PowerPoint Presentation
  ENGLISH: Text Level: Fiction: Other Story Genre / Science Fiction
  (primaryresources.co.uk)

  

• 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 :

• The history of science fiction (scimaps.org)
  "Artist Ward Shelley creates enormous, sprawling timelines that show the development of different ideas or cultural trends." (Neatorama)
  

  

• Retro-Future: To The Stars!
  "an extensive collection of the most inspiring and hard-to-find retro-futuristic images...
  artwork from some rather unlikely sources: Soviet and Eastern Bloc "popular tech & science" magazines, German, Italian, British fantastic illustrations and promotional literature - all from the Golden Age of Retro-Future (from 1930s to 1970s)."
  (darkroastedblend.com)

  

  + Retro-Future: Glorious Urbanism
  

  + Retro-Future: Mind-Boggling Transportation
  
  

• 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 :

• Sci-Fi/Fantasy Wordbank  (primaryresources.co.uk)

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

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

  

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:

• Strange but true ? - "Take our quiz on what's science fact, and what's science fiction."
  (BBC)

  

• 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)

  

Exercises to print :

• STAR WARS: Episode IV. Retold in Iconoscope (9gag.com)
  "Graphic designer Wayne Dorrington depicted the entire plot to Episode IV of Star Wars using only nonverbal symbols." (Neatorama)
  Students could write the story.
  

  

Lesson plans :

• "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov - Lesson plans by E.S. LaRosa
  (middleschoolscience.com)
  
  

  Introduction - Discussion questions prior to reading the novel Chapter One - "Robbie"  Chapter Two - "Runaround" with mini web quests for elements and the planet Mercury.  Chapter Three - "Reason" with Robot web quests. Chapter Four - "Catch that Rabbit" with a web quest for vacuum tubes, transistors and  chips. Chapter Five - "Liar" - thinking and talking robots, scientist character sketch

   

  I, Robot is a collection of nine science fiction short stories by Isaac Asimov.
  "Though the stories can be read separately, they share a theme of the interaction of humans, robots and morality, and when combined they tell a larger story of Asimov's fictional history of robotics."
  (Wikipedia)

  Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)
  "was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books." 
  (Wikipedia)
  
  

   

  I, Robot (film) "is a 2004 science-fiction action film directed by Alex Proyas...
   Will Smith stars in the lead role of the film as Detective Del Spooner...
  The story takes place in the year 2035 in Chicago, in a world where robots are widespread and used as servants and for various public services.
  They are taken to be inherently safe, being designed in accordance with the Three Laws of Robotics  (referring to the laws written by Isaac Asimov)..."
  (Wikipedia) 
  
  

• 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 :

• May the force (of typography) be with you! (creativecriminals.com)

  

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

Videos / Animations :

• PLURALITY (HD) (English & French subtitles) (YouTube)

   
  
  

  Geotagging (also written as GeoTagging) "is the process of adding geographical identification metadata to various media such as a geotagged photograph or video, websites, SMS messages, QR Codes[1] or RSS feeds and is a form of geospatial metadata..." 
  See Dangers of geotagging
  (Wikipedia)

• "NIGHTCALLERS" by Gerry Mooney - "an offbeat, CG animated action-adventure tale..."
  "The civilization of the half-insect, half-human Mansects is threatened when a mysterious computer virus infects their machines!"
  (kickstarter.com)

   

• Evangelion: You Are Not Alone - Difficulty: Medium - with subtitles
  (englishcentral.com)

  
  
  

  Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone "is a 2007 Japanese animated film written and chief directed by Hideaki Anno...
  Shinji Ikari is sent for by his estranged father, Gendo at the beginning of the film.
  As he wanders around the town, which has been shut down over an emergency announcement, he is caught in the crossfire between the U.N. army and the First Angel.
  Rescued by Lt. Colonel Misato Katsuragi, Shinji is brought to Tokyo-3 and NERV headquarters, where he is pressured by Gendo, NERV's Supreme Commander, into piloting the Evangelion Unit-01 against the Angel... " 
  (Wikipedia)

  

   

• 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 :

• GATTACA :
  
  
  
  

  Gattaca 
  "is a 1997 science fiction film written and directed by Andrew Niccol. It stars Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Jude Law ...
  The film presents a biopunk vision of a future society driven by liberal eugenics where potential children are selected through preimplantation genetic diagnosis to ensure they possess the best hereditary traits of their parents.[1] ...
  Characters in Gattaca continually battle both with the society and with themselves to find their place in the world and who they are destined to be according to their genes."
  (Wikipedia)

  Introducing Gattaca - Ideas and Conflicts - A few thoughts from Einstein
  (fr.slideshare.net)

  GATTACA Questions and Teacher Guide (faculty.valenciacollege.edu)

  GATTACA - Ideas for role-play (mrhartansscienceclass.wordpress.com)

  VCE English Gattaca notes (vcehelp.com.au)

• Cloud Atlas (2012)
• Chronicle
• Frankenweenie - Tim Burton
• Prometheus - Ridley Scott
• Real Steel
• Shuffle
• Total Recall (2012) and TOTAL RECALL (1990)
• The Hunger Games
  
  

• SURROGATES :

  Surrogates "is a 2009 American science fiction action film, based on the 2005–2006 comic book series of the same name.
  Directed by Jonathan Mostow, it stars Bruce Willis as FBI Agent Tom Greer who ventures out into the real world to investigate
  the murder of surrogates (humanoid remote control vehicles)...
  The film's main concept centers around the mysterious murder of a college student linked to the man who helped create a high-tech surrogate phenomenon that allows people to purchase remote controlled humanoid robots through which they interact with society. These fit, attractive, remotely controlled robots ultimately assume their life roles, enabling people to experience life vicariously from the comfort and safety of their own homes."
  (Wikipedia)
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
• District 9 "is a 2009 South African science fiction thriller film directed by Neill Blomkamp...
  The story, adapted from Alive in Joburg, a 2005 short film directed by Blomkamp and produced by Sharlto Copley and Simon Hansen, pivots on the themes of xenophobia and social segregation...
  The film was produced for $30 million and shot on location in Chiawelo, Soweto, presenting
  fictional interviews, news footage, and video from surveillance cameras in a part-mock documentary style format."
  See : Themes
  (Wikipedia)
  
  






• I, ROBOT :
  
  
  
  • I, Robot (film) "is a 2004 science-fiction action film directed by Alex Proyas...
     Will Smith stars in the lead role of the film as Detective Del Spooner...
    The story takes place in the year 2035 in Chicago, in a world where robots are widespread and used as servants and for various public services.
    They are taken to be inherently safe, being designed in accordance with the Three Laws of Robotics 
    (referring to the laws written by Isaac Asimov)..."
    (Wikipedia) 
    
    
    
    
• CHILDREN OF MEN :
  
  
  
• Children of Men 
  "is a 2006 American dystopian science fiction film co-written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón. The Strike Entertainment production was loosely
  adapted from P. D. James's 1992 novel The Children of Men..."
  - with Clive Owen
  "Set in the United Kingdom of 2027, the film explores a grim world in which two decades of global human infertility have left humanity with less than a century to survive. Societal collapse, terrorism, and environmental destruction accompany the impending extinction. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom—perhaps the last functioning government—persecutes a seemingly endless wave of illegal immigrant refugees seeking sanctuary..."
  (Wikipedia)
  
  
• Children Of Men Trailer (YouTube)
  
  

• 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 - Free Handout + MP3 + 8 Online Quizzes - a lesson plan (lessonsonmovies.com)
  
  
  
• An Illustrated Guide To The 5 Levels Of Inception - "Should only be viewed by people who have already seen Inception."
  (anglais.over-blog.org)

  
  
  
  

• 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) - UPDATED
  
  
  
  
• AVATAR :
  
  
  

• 'Avatar': Environment, Sustainability - a lesson plan with movie segments (warmupsfollowups.blogspot.com)

  
  
  

• 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 "STAR TREK"

• see "HEROES"

• Flash Forward  "is an American television series ...
  It is based on the 1999 novel Flash forward by Canadian science fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer.
  The series revolves around the lives of several people as a mysterious event causes nearly everyone on the planet to simultaneously lose consciousness for two minutes and seventeen seconds on October 6, 2009.
  During this "blackout", people see what appear to be visions of their lives on April 29, 2010, a global "flashforward"."
  (Wikipedia)
  

• 
  
  
  • V: The Recap abc season 1 + trailer season 2  (YouTube) - UPDATED

    
    
    
    

  • V is an American science fiction television series ... "A re-imagining of the 1983 miniseries created by Kenneth Johnson, the new series chronicles the arrival on Earth of a technologically advanced alien species which ostensibly comes in peace, but actually has sinister motives."
    (Wikipedia)

    

• 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)

"Live long and prosper."