On a pirate ship in the sea, Checker Tobi discovers a message in a bottle containing a mysterious riddle about the secret of our planet. To solve it, he undertakes an adventurous journey and travels to various unknown places on this earth. He climbs on a fire-breathing volcano, dives with sea dragons in the Pacific, explores the Arctic with climate researchers and discovers India. The viewer accompanies Checker Tobi on his amazing, entertaining and funny experiences and finally realizes that the solution to the mystery is actually very close and that the solution was right in front of Tobi‘s eyes.
Type: Documentary with feature film elements
Year: 2019
Lenghts: 84 minutes
Level: Junior
German w /engl Subtitles
Violence: Mutiny and scuffle
Nudity: Checker Tobi in underwear
Topics: Adventure, Natural sciences, Edutainment, Exploring, Discovering
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- Teaching Materials (in German)
Further links for teaching:
- Checker Tobi is a German children's knowledge programme that has been broadcast weekly in the "KiKA" and the "Das Erste" since September 2013. So far 110 episodes have been broadcast in German.
- Interview with Checker Toby at Tigerentenclub in German:
