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How to Demonstrate the Principles of Insulation using Crisco
Howcast - Learn how to demonstrate the principles of insulation using Crisco with the instructions in this Howcast science project video.
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How to Protect Plants from Freezing Temperatures
Howcast - The weather's getting colder and the frost is coming, but you're not ready to say goodbye to your landscape. Here's how to protect it.
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How to Protect Plants & Flowers from Frost
Howcast - Baby your plants and flowers through a cold spell and they'll reward you by continuing to bring beauty and joy to your world.
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DIY SCI - MAGICALLY TURN WATER INTO ICE
DIY SCI host Steve Spangler demonstrates that when a water bottle reaches the right temperature, you can watch it freeze right before your eyes!
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Riley Laychuk's Manitoba forecast for Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025
Temperatures rise above seasonal again across southern Manitoba, with the risk of freezing rain in the west. In northern Manitoba, accumulating snow is in the forecast for the Hudson Bay coast. Up to ten centimetres can be expected by...
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While We’re All Freezing This Winter, These Animals Are Enjoying The Sun!
It's that time of the year again...the sun is shining, the temperatures are soaring, and animals (and humans) alike are looking for any excuse to cool down. The keepers at Maryland Zoo have come up with some effective and innovative ways...
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Stop Freezing in English - Speak English Confidently
In this video, I share some top tips on how to speak English confidently. I look at why many English learners freeze up during conversations and provide practical solutions to overcome this barrier. Whether you've been learning English...
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Ice Flower
Ice flower is a nickname for a miniature sculpture of ice that forms on only a few kinds of plants, only when the air temperature is below freezing for much of the night, with calm wind, clear sky, and soil that is moist and not frozen....
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The Science Behind Thunderstorms: Lightning and Thunder Explained
This video explains the formation of thunderstorms and how lightning and thunder are created. It describes how water vapor in the sky condenses into clouds, and when these clouds collide, electrical charges are produced. When these...
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Only In Switzerland 10 - Ice Swimming
Ice Swimming:Brave swimmers plunge into the freezing waters of a lake in the city, measuring at a bone-chilling 6 degrees Celsius, showcasing extreme winter swimming.
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What Happens When You Throw Boiling Water Into Freezing Air?
Its freezing cold outside, and you decide to take a cup of boiling water outside and throw it into the air. Instead of falling to the ground and searing a hole in the already-fallen snow& Boom! It magically turns into snow! However, have...
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Why Are Some Ice Cubes Cloudy While Others Are Clear?
The clarity of ice cubes is determined by the temperature of the water used to make them. Warmer water contains more impurities, which are released when the water is cooled and frozen. Ice cubes made from distilled or boiled water are...
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Factpack: Extreme Temperatures
What are the most extreme temperatures ever recorded? Where and how have they been achieved? Physics - Energy And Radioactivity - Learning Points. A Twig FactPack Film. Open a discussion on what has been already learnt in a topic, or use...
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Changing States of Matter
Water can either be a solid, a liquid or a gas. How does matter change state? Chemistry - Atoms And Bonding - Learning Points. Ice, liquid water and steam all consist of exactly the same molecules. Evaporation occurs when the temperature...
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How to Make Fake Snow
Snow forms in the atmosphere as a result of water molecules attaching themselves to nuclei bacteria. But scientists have found ways to manipulate the freezing process of water and the production of these nuclei to create snow...
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Salt: Salt and Ice
Salt is routinely used to melt snow and ice on winter roads. But what is happening at the molecular level to cause this helpful change of state? Chemistry - Atoms And Bonding - Learning Points. When salt is added to water it lowers the...
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Changes of state – Spot the...
Six processes are shown on screen ... can you spot the ones that involve a change of state? Material processes - Solids, liquids and gases - Changes of state Learning Points The state of matter can be changed by the addition or loss...
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The wonder of water
We use water every day ... but what do you really know about it? Material processes - Solids, liquids and gases - Characteristics of water Learning Points Water is the only substance on Earth that occurs naturally in all three states....
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Condensation and freezing
Why do water drops form on cold windows and why does water freeze? Material processes - Solids, liquids and gases - Changes of state Learning Points Condensation is the change of state from gas to liquid. Freezing is the change of state...
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Very strange liquids
Not all liquids act the same ... some can behave very strangely indeed! Material processes - Solids, liquids and gases - Liquids Learning Points Liquids do not have a fixed shape. Non-Newtonian liquids change behaviour when a force is...
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Everyday liquids
What are the properties of a liquid? Material processes - Solids, liquids and gases - Liquids Learning Points Liquids do not have a fixed shape. The speed at which a liquid flows is known as viscosity. Liquids have fixed volume. The...
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Snowflakes
How are snowflakes formed in such a dizzying array of patterns? Material processes - Solids, liquids and gases - Characteristics of water Learning Points Liquid water freezes at 0°C. The shape of a snowflake is changed at different...
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Changing state
Materials change state all the time, but how and why? Material processes - Solids, liquids and gases - Changes of state Learning Points Melting is the change of state from solid to liquid. Evaporation is the change of state from liquid...
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Cambios de Estado - Materia
En la Tierra, los materiales pueden existir como sólidos, líquidos o gases y cambiar de un estado a otro al calentarse o enfriarse, alterando sus propiedades. Procesos como evaporación, condensación, fusión y sublimación describen estas...