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Particle(s)
Used as a general term for the atoms and molecules that make up all matter. 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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Saturated fats
A saturated fat or fatty acid is one in which there are no double bonds between carbon atoms in the carbon chain. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual...
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Atomic number
The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom. 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...
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Pyramid of numbers
A diagram used to represent the number of individual organisms occupying each feeding level of a food chain. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual...
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Glacial period
A period during a longer ice age when temperatures are particularly cold, and glaciers and ice sheets extend over a larger part of the planet. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning...
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Factpack: Teeth
Discover some intriguing facts about your teeth. What are they made of and what's inside them? Biology - Human Body - Learning Points. A Twig FactPack Film. Open a discussion on what has been already learnt in a topic, or use to grab...
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Isotopic mass
The mass of 1 atom of a specific isotope of an element. 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...
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Hertz (Hz)
The SI unit of frequency, one hertz is equal to one cycle per second. 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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The Fibonacci Sequence
How Fibonacci came up with his sequence, and how it is repeated throughout nature, from flower's petals to snails' shells – and how it has inspired the financial and computing industries. Maths - Number A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and...
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Bones
Bones are living, growing tissues. What are they made of and how do they develop from young to old? Biology - Human Body - Learning Points. Bones support the body and protect vital organs. When you are born you have around 300 bones,...
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Neurons as Networks
Neurons, the brain's electrical signals, control how our bodies work. Discover how they do this and why they are implicit in learning new skills. Biology - Being Human - Learning Points. The human brain has over 100 billion neurons....
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Most Popular Pet
Discover which is the most popular pet in America, revealed through bar graphs, scatter graphs and pie charts. Maths - Statistics And Probability A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum. Twig’s...
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Conservation
Why is conservation important? How can we conserve biodiversity and wildlife species? Biology - Ecosystems - Learning Points. Conservation helps prevent organisms and habitats being lost. Protection is the best approach to conservation,...
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What Are Comets?
How comets change as they journey around the Sun, what are they made of and where are they found? Physics - Universe - Learning Points. Comets formed from dust and ice particles when the Solar System was very young. There are at least a...
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Why Do We Count in Tens?
Find out why our metric system is based on the number ten. Is it the best number to count on? Or could the reason be more biological than mathematical? Maths - Number A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the...
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Pi: Reciting Pi
Watch one champion try to recite Pi to as many digits as he can; and discover what Pi is and why it is useful. Maths - Shape A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum. Twig’s context films show...
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Beating the U-Boats
How Churchill used geometry to protect his supply convoys during World War Two, by identifying the best shape for convoys to travel in... a circle. Maths - Shape A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the...
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Why is Fat So Hard to Shift?
Discover why fat is important to our bodies, how and why it is stored - and why getting rid of excess body fat is so much more difficult than gaining it in the first place. Biology - Healthy Living - Fat is stored by the body when you...
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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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The Richter Scale
Why the magnitude of earthquakes, measured on the Richter scale, increases so quickly – because the scale is logarithmic. Maths - Number A Twig Curriculum Film. Delivering key learning points. Get straight to the facts in just three...
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Numbers: Life Without Numbers
Modern life seems impossible without numbers. But one Aboriginal tribe has avoided the development of maths and still lives with only the simplest counting system... Maths - Number A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning...
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Overpopulation
The global population is growing rapidly and soon the world could be overpopulated. Life as we know it could become unsustainable. What can we do to avoid this? Human Geography - A Changing World - Learning Points. There are over 7.5...
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Can Monkeys Write Shakespeare?
The Infinite Monkey Theorem states that a monkey hitting a keyboard an infinite number of times will, at some point, end up typing the works of Shakespeare. Find out how to calculate the probability of independent events, and how many...
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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....