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Paraglider Attempts World Altitude Record with Challenging Conditions
Austrian paraglider, Mike Kung, attempts to break the world altitude record by ascending over 10,000 meters suspended beneath a hot air balloon. Despite challenging conditions, including freezing temperatures and limited visibility, Kung...
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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...
Curated Video
Valentine's Day Vocabulary | Spot the difference | Flashcard link
Let's watch a Valentine's Day Talking Flashcards video to practice some Valentine's Day vocabulary. There's also a spot the difference mini-game, and a memory game in the video for practice.
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Advanced Segmenting {Phonemic Awareness}
This video practices Advanced Segmenting with longer words and more sounds, up to six sounds. It also introduces the idea of writing syllable by syllable.
These videos are educational videos and lessons for kids. They...
These videos are educational videos and lessons for kids. They...
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Vincent's Balloon Adventure: Flying High in Southern France
Vincent teams up with Jonathan, a seasoned pilot, to attempt flying with helium balloons at the Gap-Tallard aerodrome. Watch as they navigate the challenges of cluster ballooning, including inflating 54 balloons and managing flight...
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Flying with Balloons: A Journey to the Stratosphere
Join Agathe, Jules, and the team as they embark on an experiment to see how far a helium balloon can travel. Equipped with a GPS and camera, they track the balloon's path, uncovering fascinating insights about its flight and the...
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The Hair Dryer
When a helium balloon floats up to the ceiling out of Tom Thomas' reach, Nolik offers to retrieve it by riding on a stream of air from a hairdryer.
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The Balloon
Tom Thomas accidently bounces a ball right into a ceiling lamp and breaks it. Papus flies up in a hot air balloon to repair it.
Astrum
Are We on the Verge of a Major Technological Transportation Breakthrough?
Ion Engines are the future. How far away are we from them becoming the norm?
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Trapping Carbon Dioxide
n a variation of the common 'Volcano Baking Soda' demonstration, Dr. Boyd traps carbon dioxide gas in a balloon.
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Static Electricity – Part 2
In Part 2 of a discussion on static electricity, Dr. Boyd shows you the effect static electricity has on water. 0:00 – Introduction 0:07 – Explanation of Static Electricity 0:50 – What you’ll need 1:28 – Polarity of Water 2:10 – Brief...
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Static Electricity - Part 1
In part 1 of a discussion on static electricity, Dr. Boyd shows you how you can build up static electricity, and how you can make a soda can move with a balloon. Minute 0:00 – Introduction Minute 0:17 – What you’ll need Minute 0:30 –...
Veritasium
Why Robots That Bend Are Better
This video introduces soft robots made from flexible materials like plastic tubing, which differ from traditional robots made of metal or wood. These robots, powered by compressed air, demonstrate unique locomotion techniques, such as...
Curated Video
Cool Us or Kill Us? Did Geoengineering Cause a Huge Famine?
This episode of Weathered explores the controversial world of solar geoengineering by injecting sulfate aerosols into the stratosphere, looking at both the controversial promises and profound risks associated with manipulating the...
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Hot Air Balloons
Hot air balloons rely on heat alone to keep them in the sky. How does this work? Physics - Energy And Radioactivity - Learning Points. Hot air rises in cool air because it is less dense. The hot air within a hot air balloon creates the...
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Kittinger: First Man in Space?
Before Yuri Gagarin orbited Earth, one man made an extraordinary trip beyond Earth's atmosphere. Can he claim to be the first man in space? Physics - Universe - Learning Points. Project Excelsior III was the American Air Force’s mission...
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The Pacific Flyer
How Richard Branson's team created the world's largest hot air balloon in order to undertake a daring crossing of the Pacific Ocean. Maths - Shape A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum. Twig’s...
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Frozen Balloon
We lower a helium-filled balloon into liquid nitrogen to see how the change in temperature affects its volume. When it hits the cool liquid nitrogen, the gas inside contracts and the volume of the balloon decreases. When it is removed...
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Expansion and conduction – What happens next?
A balloon is dipped in liquid nitrogen ... what happens next?
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Chemical reactions – What happens next?
Vinegar is added to bicarbonate of soda ... what happens next?
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Why do hot air balloons float?
Find out how hot air balloons work.
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Air is made up of different gases.
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Visual Learning Systems
Magnets and Static Electricity
This video explores cause and effect relationships of magnetism, as well as electric interactions. The program explains how students can conduct an activity that illustrates how magnets exhibit forces on specific types of matter, and...