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The World of Pizza: Exploring Unique Varieties and Origins
This video explores the fascinating history and global variations of pizza. From its humble beginnings in ancient Italy to its worldwide popularity, you'll learn about the evolution of toppings and sauces, as well as unique pizza styles...
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The Science and History of Soap: How it Cleans and Protects
In this video, the teacher explains the science behind soap and how it cleans our skin. They discuss how soap is made from fatty acids and salt, and how it emulsifies to mix with water and remove dirt and grime from our skin. The teacher...
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Exploring Images: From Animation to Optical Illusions
This video explores the different types of images and how they are made, including political cartoons, traditional animation, and optical illusions. It highlights the artistry and creativity involved in creating animated images and...
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Finding an Optimum - 'More Haste: Less Speed'
More haste: less speed' my dad would say. And it is certainly true when you are trying to find an optimum way of doing things. In this short thought-video, I muse on this and look at why shortcuts in project management tend to fail. I...
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Why the Fastest Place on Earth is Disappearing
The Bonneville Salt Flats are perfect for speed. Every year, cars and motorcycles break land speed records on the flat expanse of the Bonneville Salt Flats. It’s been a tradition for more than a century, and racers have built a thriving...
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Humans Cause Traffic Jams, AI Can Fix Them
Traffic is one of the biggest problems plaguing cities today. Idling cars cause increased emissions, more traffic means more accidents, and it is, of course, annoying. Meet traffic scientist, Dr. Alex Bayen who is working to solve...
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US Streets are Dangerous. We Can Fix Them.
Cars dominate US city streets, and there’s no better example than Atlanta, GA. Streets in Atlanta are designed for getting cars around as fast as possible. The result? Pedestrian deaths in ATL are twice the national average. But the city...
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How to Avoid Running Out of Water
Fresh water issues are getting harder to ignore. In the next five years, half the world’s population will live in a water-stressed area. Drought-stricken cities like San Francisco have started requiring large commercial building to...
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What Actually Happens When A Car Explodes In Real Life
Do vehicles really combust into fireballs when they collide? Are doors and hoods sent flying from the blast? Or is it all just movie myth? Join us as we learn the process behind an explosion, what makes engines work and how fires and...
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Exploring the Wonders of the Dead Sea: The Lowest Place on Earth
The video explores the fascinating characteristics of the Dead Sea, known for its high salt content and buoyancy. It highlights the unique experience of visiting this landlocked body of water, where swimming is impossible due to the...
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Understanding Heat Waves: Causes, Impacts, and Preparation
This video discusses the definition and causes of heat waves, as well as the increase in their frequency due to global warming. It provides tips on how to stay cool during a heat wave, emphasizing the importance of staying hydrated and...
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The Energy of Formula 1
Learn how Formula 1 engineers have managed to recapture 'lost' energy to power their cars and win races. Physics - Energy And Radioactivity - Learning Points. Car brakes lose a massive amount of energy as heat. Acceleration and...
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Red Hot: Emergency Stop
Revealed: the tremendous heat created and energy 'lost' when cars brake. Physics - Energy And Radioactivity - Learning Points. Car brakes convert kinetic energy into heat energy. When you press the car brake pad a system of levers and...
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What Are Electromagnets?
How do electromagnets differ from permanent magnets, and what are they used for? Physics - Electricity And Circuits - Learning Points. An electromagnet is created by running an electrical current through a coil of wire. An electromagnet...
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Steam Power
Steam power lay at the heart of the Industrial Revolution. Discover steam power's historic legacy, how it works, and how much it is still used today. Physics - Energy And Radioactivity - Learning Points. The steam engine is one of the...
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Leaded and Unleaded Petrol
In USA in the 1970s, 200,000 tonnes of lead was added to petrol every year. Now leaded petrol for cars is banned. Discover the dangers of tetraethyl lead in petrol. Chemistry - Chemical Industries - Learning Points. Midgley Junior added...
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Metallic Bonding
Metals can be strong and hard, or they can be flexible. It's the special behaviour of ions that give metals their different properties. Chemistry - Atoms And Bonding - Learning Points. Metal atoms bond together and create giant lattice...
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The Carbon Family - Carbon Footprint
Welcome to the home of the Carbon family. Discover how much carbon they - and many average families - use every single year. Human Geography - A Changing World - Learning Points. 50% of CO2 produced by humans comes from...
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Eco-Transport
The transport industry is one of the leading polluters in the world today. What technologies are being developed to create cleaner transportation and what are their advantages and disadvantages? Earth Science - Earth's Resources -...
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Traffic Congestion
As car ownership increases around the world, so does global traffic congestion. What are the social and economic impacts of congestion, and what action can be taken to lessen the problem? Human Geography - A Changing World - 50 million...
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Average Joe
Meet the average American citizen – and discover why working out averages can result in some distinctly unusual outcomes. Maths - Statistics And Probability A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum....
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Smashing Eggs
We use eggs to show how different rates of deceleration affect the outcome of collisions. One egg is dropped onto a hard surface and breaks. The second egg is dropped onto a soft surface and bounces, as the material slows its...
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Travelling on holiday
Planes, trains and cars are just a few of the many types of transport we can use to travel from one place to another! The world around us - Inventions - Travel and transport Learning Points People use different forms of transport to get...
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How do brakes work?
Brakes use a force called friction to make things slow down and stop. The world around us - Investigating forces - What makes things stop? Learning Points Friction can cause a moving object to slow down and stop. Rough surfaces usually...