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Healthy Beauty
Your outward appearance can be affected by what you put in your body as well as external factors. What are the vital nutrients for beautiful skin, hair and nails? Biology - Healthy Living - Learning Points. A balanced diet is the key to...
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Irritant
A substance that produces inflammation or pain on contact with skin, eyes, the respiratory system or other membranes such as stomach linings. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning...
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Amazing skin
Your skin protects your body – it holds it together, keeps disease out and it's waterproof. Living things - My incredible body - My skin Learning Points Your skin protects your body. A Twig Junior Film - Core science concepts explained...
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What is a scab?
Scabs help your skin to heal when you cut yourself. Living things - My incredible body - My skin Learning Points Scabs help your skin to heal. A Twig Junior Film - Core science concepts explained in an easy way for the youngest students.
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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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Excretion – True or false
True or false ... The human body sheds thousands of skin cells every day? Life processes - Living processes - Excretion Learning Points Dead cells and sweat are excreted from the skin. A Twig Tidbit Film - True or False? The children...
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The Sun as our main source of energy – Did you know?
Did you know that the waxy monkey frog has an ingenious way of protecting itself from the Sun's light? Physical processes - Energy and energy transfer - The Sun as our main source of energy Learning Points Some of the light energy from...
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What lives on our skin?
Your skin is covered in microorganisms. Life processes - Humans and other animals - Microorganisms Learning Points Healthy human skin has millions of microorganisms living on it. Some microorganisms are helpful. Some microorganisms are...
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Cells – Odd one out
Four parts of organs are shown, but which is the odd one out? Life processes - Living processes - Cells 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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Natural Selection - Survival Process
What is natural selection and how does it work? Life processes - Living things in their environments - Evolution Learning Points Genes are passed down from both parents to their young during reproduction. A mutation is a change in genes....
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Tracking tarantulas
Not for the squeamish! An adventure to track down one of the biggest spiders on the planet! Life processes - Variation and classification - Invertebrates Learning Points Arachnids have four pairs of legs and a hard exoskeleton. A Twig...
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Body temperature
An insight into how our bodies maintain a constant internal temperature – no matter the temperature of the surroundings. Physical processes -Energy and energy transfer - Heat and temperature Learning Points The average internal human...
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Sense of Touch
Case study of the sense of touch. Life processes - Body systems - The brain and body Learning Points Skin contains specialised cells called neurons that are part of the nervous system. Neurons can detect different sensations – touch,...
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Journey through the ear
Journey through an ear to discover how we hear sound... Physical processes - Sound - How do we hear? Learning Points The eardrum transmits vibrations to the ossicles. The cochlea sends signals to the auditory nerve. The auditory nerve...
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Function of teeth
Why do we have teeth and how are they different to those of other animals? Life processes - Humans and other animals - Teeth Learning Points Different teeth serve different functions. Carnivores, omnivores and herbivores have different...
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Rediscovering the glass armonica, the forgotten sound of history
Explore the enchanting world of the glass armonica, an 18th-century invention by Benjamin Franklin, and its unique music.
Bedtime History
Jackie Robinson For Kids
Learn about the famous Brooklyn Dodgers baseball player, Jackie Robinson, and his struggle against racial segregation and discrimination throughout his life.
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Empowering black girls through music, my Black is Beautiful
Discover how music is used to inspire confidence and redefine beauty among black girls, promoting self-love and empowerment.