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Exploring Weather and Seasons
This video introduces the concept of weather and seasons in a simple and engaging way, focusing on explaining weather phenomena and differentiating between the four seasons. It touches on weather disasters and how they can impact people...
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Exploring Earth's Diverse Biomes
This video introduces viewers to the concept of biomes, showcasing different types such as tropical rainforests, savannas, deserts, and tundras. Through engaging dialogue and examples of animals and plants found in each biome, the video...
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Great Grey Owl
Follow a great grey owl through the seasons, from winter hunts to summer parenting. Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. Like all birds of prey, the great grey owl has forward-facing eyes, which give it excellent binocular vision....
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Snow Leopard
What is it about the snow leopard that allows it to survive in the cold mountainous regions of Pakistan? Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. Snow leopards have adapted to live in cold mountainous environments. Snow leopards have...
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Mechanisms of Evolution
Genetic variation produces new characteristics and, over generations, drives the evolution of species. But how do new gene types arise and what are the processes behind evolution? Biology - Adaptation And Evolution - Learning Points....
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Extreme Living: The Frozen North
How the inhabitants of one of the coldest environments on the planet have adapted their lifestyle to survive. Human Geography - Orientation And Settlements - Learning Points. People native to northern Canada, Greenland, Alaska and...
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Percentages: Feeding the Nutcracker
See the preparations the tiny Clark's Nutcracker makes for winter. Alongside its incredible memory, this bird must play the percentage game to survive. Maths - Number A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the...
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Low-Level Clouds
How do the clouds closest to the Earth affect our weather? How are they formed and what do they look like? Earth Science - Weather - Learning Points. Temperature, humidity and air pressure produce ten different types of cloud. Those at...
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How to Make Fake Snow
Snow forms in the atmosphere as a result of water molecules attaching themselves to nuclei bacteria. But scientists have found ways to manipulate the freezing process of water and the production of these nuclei to create snow...
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Galtür: The Perfect Storm
The worst avalanche in 40 years destroyed countless buildings and killed many people in this Austrian village, but it was factors 4,000 kilometres away that caused this disaster. Earth Science - Weather - Learning Points. Galtur is a...
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Tundra
Find out what animals and plants do to survive in Earth's coldest biome. Biology - Ecosystems - Learning Points. The tundra is Earth's coldest biome. The Arctic tundra is found near the North Pole. The alpine tundra is found around the...
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Marsupials
An introduction to the marsupials of Australia and South America. What is a marsupial? What do they eat? And how do they raise their young? Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. Marsupials are a type of mammal. Marsupials give...
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Natural Climate Change
Ice cores taken from deep within the Earth's polar regions hold a hidden secret: the historical record of the Earth's climate. Earth Science - Human Impacts - Learning Points. Evidence of natural climate changes can be found in...
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Avalanches
Whether they are slow slab avalanches or hurtling powder avalanches, these powerful snow slides can be extremely destructive and it can take as little as a weak snow layer to cause them. Earth Science - Weather - Learning Points....
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High- and Medium-Level Clouds
What are the different types of clouds in the upper region of the troposphere? What do they look like and how are they are formed? Earth Science - Weather - Learning Points. High-level clouds are found between the Troposphere and the...
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How Do Snowflakes Form?
A blizzard creates a blanket of snow. Look closer and the true beauty of individual snowflakes can be seen. How are different shapes of snowflakes formed and why are they always perfectly symmetrical? Chemistry - Atoms And Bonding -...
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What is a shadow?
Find out what makes a shadow. The world around us - Light and sound - Shadows Learning Points A shadow is an area where light cannot reach. This means that shadows form wherever light is blocked. Shadows take a similar shape to the...
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Touch - Sensory Receptors
Our skin contains receptors that give us the sense of touch. Living things - Our senses - Touch Learning Points We have receptors in our skin that help us to feel different things. This is called our sense of touch. A Twig Junior Film -...
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Weather – Odd one out
Four different types of weather are shown, but which is the odd one out? People and places - Physical geography - Weather A Twig Tidbit Film - Odd one out. The children have to work out which of four images is the odd one out.
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Moving around – Clip
Find out why a trip to school can take days in Tibet. People and places - Human geography - Moving around A Twig Tidbit Film - Clip. A short film that extends the learning beyond the curriculum.
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Solids – Clip
Find out how and why some solid substances are able to flow. Material processes - Solids, liquids and gases - Solids Learning Points An avalanche is a fast moving flow of solid snow and ice. A Twig Tidbit Film - Clip. A short film that...
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Plant adaptations
What do plants and animals have in common? Life processes - Green plants - Plants and their environments Learning Points Plants need water, air and light to grow. Plants can adapt to their surroundings to survive. A Twig Curriculum Film....
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What is weather?
Check out the various forms of weather, what causes it, and how it affects our lives. People and places -Physical geography - Weather Learning Points The weather is the current state of the atmosphere in a particular location on Earth....
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Water cycle
Learn all about the Earth's water cycle. Physical processes -The Earth and beyond - Water and weather Learning Points Water constantly recycles itself through a process called the water cycle. Evaporation: the change of liquid water into...