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Transformation Mazes: Solve Math Puzzles with Transformations
Put your math skills to the test with transformation mazes! Learn how to navigate shapes through a maze using translations, rotations, reflections, and enlargements. We’ll solve one maze together and then challenge you to try one on your...
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Landmarks - Tower of London
TOWER OF LONDON OVER THE CENTURIES, OUT-OF-FLAVOR QUEENS, POLITICAL CONSPIRATORS, RELIGIOUS DISSIDENTS AND THOSE WHO SIMPLY CROSSED THE RULING MONARCH HAVE ALL BEEN IMPRISONED AT THE TOWER OF LONDON. IT STILL CONTRIBUTES TO A GRUESOME...
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Answering Interview Questions
“Answering Interview Questions” explores appropriate responses to interview questions.
Science ABC
Light Pillars: What Are Those Mysterious Light Beams From The Sky?
Light pillars are optical phenomena that occur in extremely cold atmospheres, when flat ice crystals form close to the ground. They reflect natural and artificial light in columns that extend through the sky. This captivating spectacle...
Science ABC
Why Do You See Colorful Rainbow Patches On A Wet Road?
The appearance of patches of different colors on roads on a rainy day is due to a combination of oil, water, and light rays. When it rains, the oil on the road comes in contact with water, and the light rays bounce off the surface of the...
Science ABC
Why Are Rainbows Curved?
A rainbow is not actually shaped like a semicircle or an arc; that is simply the shape that we see. In fact, a rainbow is a circle, but we can’t see the full shape because the horizon cuts off the lower half. However, if you were...
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Echo
The reflection of a sound wave back to a listener, so it is is heard again after the original noise. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions....
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Angle of incidence
When a ray or beam is reflected from a surface, the angle of incidence is the angle between the incident, or approaching, ray and a line perpendicular to the surface at this point. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms...
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Angle of reflection
When a ray or beam is reflected from a surface, the angle of reflection is the angle made between the reflected ray and a line perpendicular to the surface at the point of reflection. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms...
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Reflection
The change in direction of a waveform at the boundary between two different media, so the wave returns to the medium in which it started. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images...
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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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Resonance: How Sound Changes Across Different Mediums
Sounds can change as they move from one medium to another. Under the right circumstances the effect is surprising and extreme. Physics - Waves - Learning Points. Sound is a wave that is created by vibrating objects. Every object has a...
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Telescopes
Telescopes have enabled us to truly see the wonders of the Universe. Who invented them and how have they developed throughout history? Physics - Universe - Learning Points. The first optical telescopes were made around 1608. Early...
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Discovery of the Atom
The story of New Zealand scientist Ernest Rutherford, who revolutionised science by discovering the structure of the atom in 1908. Chemistry - Atoms And Bonding - Learning Points. In 1908, Ernest Rutherford conducted the gold leaf...
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Why is the Sky Blue? - Sky Color Explained
The atmospheric composition of the sky affects the colours we see. From blue horizons to red sunsets, why do we see colours the way we do? Physics - Our Solar System - Learning Points. Light is made up of different wavelengths. Our...
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What is a Rainbow? - Light Refraction
What is refraction and how does it produces the colours and shape of a rainbow? Earth Science - Weather - Learning Points. Rainbows are beautiful tricks of the light. Rainbows are caused when light is reflected and refracted by water....
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Developing Brain: That's Me!
Early in life, your brain does not recognise your reflection as 'you'. The mirror test is a classic experiment which shows when we become able to recognise ourselves. Biology - Being Human - Learning Points. Being aware of your 'self' is...
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Moon Measuring
The ingenious system to measure the distance to the Moon involving Apollo astronauts, lasers and a unique mirror system planted on the lunar surface. Physics - Our Solar System - Learning Points. In 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts left an...
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Colour
The world appears to be a colourful place, but what are colours? What properties of light determine what colour we see? Physics - Waves - Learning Points. Colour is how our brains perceive different wavelengths of light. Newton...
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Manipulating Light
When light hits something, a number of things can happen: it can be reflected, refracted, diffracted or absorbed. But what does this mean? Physics - Waves - Learning Points. Manipulation of light is vital to our survival. Light waves...
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Designing Chartres
Discover the geometry underlying the design of Chartres Cathedral in France, and its many decorative features. Maths - Shape A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum. Twig’s math films show abstract...
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The Beauty Formula
While it might seem that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, two universal factors transcend cultures. Discover how symmetry and proportion relate to our perception of attractiveness. Maths - Measurement A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and...
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The Mirror Lines of the Taj Mahal
Recreating the mirror lines of the Taj Mahal using coordinates to investigate reflective symmetry. Maths - Shape A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum. Twig’s math films show abstract concepts in...
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Dissection: Eye
We dissect and examine the different parts of a sheep's eye. These include the iris, retina, aqueous humour, vitreous humour, optic nerve and the lens. The lens is also used to distort the pattern on a piece of card to demonstrate how it...