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Landmarks - Downing Street
DOWNING STREET LONDON IS A CITY WHERE HISTORY IS ALWAYS CLOSE TO THE SURFACE. IT S ARCHITECTURAL LANDMARKS ARE A REMINDER THAT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SITES DO NOT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE MONUMENTAL IN SIZE. THIS STORY IS ABOUT ONE OF THOSE...
Food Farmer Earth
Designing an Indoor Cold Storage Space: Tips for Homesteaders
Learn how to build and use an indoor cold storage space to keep your harvest fresh longer. This guide provides practical advice on storing everything from onions to apples at optimal temperatures.
Healthcare Triage
Zoning Rules Can Keep People in Bad Neighborhoods
We’ve talked about how housing is important for health. We’ve talked about how we can improve access to housing through stimulation of production through the LIHTC. We’ve talked about how we can improve access through vouchers and...
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Tornado Warning: Survive Nature's Wildest Winds
The awesome and devastating power of tornadoes is unlike any other that Mother Nature dishes out. The largest among them, known as EF5s, produce winds in excess of 200 mph and can span two miles across. We discuss the surprising fact...
Science ABC
Arachnophobia: Why Are People Scared of Spiders?
The emotion a spider elicits is not just fear but a combination of fear, disgust, and creepiness. Psychologists reckon that we have evolved to feel disgust or revulsion to prevent us from consuming or contacting things that might be a...
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Brownfield Sites
Reusing previously built-on "Brownfield" sites is an environmentally friendly solution to housing shortages. But there can be hidden dangers. Human Geography - Orientation And Settlements - Learning Points. A brownfield site is...
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Brazil: Life in a Favela
Meet the inhabitants of Rocinha, one of Brazil's biggest slums. How does living in informal housing, with little infrastructure, affect them? Human Geography - A Changing World - Learning Points. Rocinha, in Rio de Janeiro, is Brazil's...
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Brazil: The Wealth Divide
Brazil has one of the world's greatest income gaps. For those on either side of this wealth divide, daily life, and the long-term outlook, is very different... Human Geography - A Changing World - Learning Points. Brazil has one of the...
Great Big Story
Horror fan builds life size replica of Myers house
Kenny Caperton lives in a life size replica of Michael Myers' house from halloween, complete with horror memorabilia and movie props.
Great Big Story
Horror fan builds life-size replica of Myers house
Kenny Caperton lives in a life-size replica of Michael Myers' house from halloween, complete with horror memorabilia and movie props.
Curated Video
What is everything made of?
Everything is made of the same thing – tiny building blocks called atoms. The world around us - Exploring materials - What is everything made of? Learning Points Everything is made of atoms. Atoms are very small, so they can’t be seen by...
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Building a home
Find out why builders have to think very carefully about which materials to use when building a house. The world around us - Exploring materials - Building a home Learning Points All materials can be described in terms of their...
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Using the land – Odd one out
Four buildings are shown onscreen, but which is the odd one out? People and places - Human geography - Using the land 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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New arrival at the zoo
A mystery animal has arrived at the zoo. How do we decide where to house it? Life processes - Variation and classification - Classification keys Learning Points Classification keys can be used to identify an unknown animal. A Twig...