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Sensory
Relating to the senses or to sensation. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary Films reinforce abstract concepts and key...
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Total internal reflection
The complete reflection of a light ray within a transparent material. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary Films...
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Fibre Optics
Light can be transported over huge distances via fibre optic cables, losing virtually no information. How is this possible? Physics - Waves - Learning Points. Fibre-optic cables carry information from our phones and computers as light. A...
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How Do Mobile Phones Work?
Microwaves are not only used to heat food. Mobile phones utilise this type of electromagnetic radiation, allowing us to communicate over large distances. Physics - Waves - Learning Points. Mobile phones work by converting the sound into...
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How We Balance: Part 2
Learn how the brain, eyes, skin and muscles help us achieve the incredible challenge of balancing. Biology - Being Human - Learning Points. Your brain maintains balance by combining information from you eyes, ears, skin and muscles. Your...
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How We Learn
The human brain has a huge capacity to learn, but how does it do this? What is the best way to learn a new skill? Biology - Being Human - Learning Points. We absorb vast amounts of new information every day. Learning something new means...
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Submarine Communication
We have sent messages around the world and into space, but communicating underwater remains a challenge. How and why do radio waves allow us to talk to submarines? Physics - Waves - Learning Points. Salt water absorbs sound waves making...
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Census: Counting People
Every 10 years, governments try to measure population changes using a census, or questionnaire. But what does this show? And why do we need to know? Human Geography - Orientation And Settlements - Learning Points. Governments keep track...
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Rounding: Snails vs Rockets
How accurately should speed be denoted? Would you round a snail's speed to the nearest whole unit? Or give a rocket's speed to five decimal places? Why accuracy, rounding and significant figures are useful. Maths - Accuracy And Proof A...
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Binary: The Alien Language
In the 1970s, launched aboard a space probe was what is considered one of the most important scientific diagrams ever created. If found by extraterrestrial life, the plaque explains details about the human race and where we are in the...
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The Prime Number Code
Why prime numbers are the building blocks of encryption, used for information security, in cash machines and to hide your identity online. Maths - Number A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum....
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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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The Senses
We make sense of the world around us through touch, smell, sight, taste and sound. But what are these senses and how does the body and brain process them? Biology - Being Human - Learning Points. Our senses detect information from our...
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Tank Wars
How an unlikely algebraic equation outdid allied spying efforts at providing insight into Nazi tank production – and helped to win the war. Maths - Algebra A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum....
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What is DNA?
How does our DNA make us unique, and how is this unique genetic information passed on when cells divide? Biology - Cells And DNA - Learning Points. Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) molecules are found in chromosomes within all our cells. DNA...
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Climate Cycles
How climatologists use ice cores, cylindrical cones of ice drilled from glaciers, to reveal Earth's historical cycles of climate change. Earth Science - Human Impacts - Learning Points. The Earth has natural, long cycles of climate. The...
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Weight
The force of gravity acting on a mass, measured in newtons. On Earth, gravity exerts a force of just under 10 newtons per kilogram. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and...
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Mission to Mars
Joining the Curiosity robot as it explores the planet Mars. Our universe - Space adventure - Rocky planets Learning Points The Curiosity robot was sent to explore the rocky planet Mars. A Twig Junior Film - Core science concepts...
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Incredible brain
See how your incredible brain makes sense of your senses! Living things - Our senses - Incredible brain Learning Points There are five main senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch), which together help us to experience the world...
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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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Star-nosed mole
Discover the most unusual nose in the animal kingdom! Life processes - Humans and other animals - Humans' and other animals' needs Learning Points The star-nosed mole uses its unusual nose to feel for prey. A Twig Context Film. Reinforce...
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What is GPS? - Location Tracking
Find out how GPS works and how it can pinpoint your location to within a few metres. People and places -Mapping - GPS Learning Points GPS stands for Global Positioning System. The method of using three GPS satellites to pinpoint a...
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Context-Dependent Memory
If you’ve ever returned somewhere and found your mind suddenly filled with memories, you’ve experienced what psychologists call context-dependent memory. Research has shown that our recall of information is much stronger when it’s done...
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Julius Caesar for Kids | Bedtime History
Learn about the famous general and first emperor of Rome, Julius Caesar.