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The Power of Sleep
This video highlights the crucial importance of getting enough sleep for our overall health and well-being. It discusses the harmful effects of sleep deprivation on our physical and mental health, as well as the societal factors...
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BIOLOGY - Careers - Scientific Reports
How is scientific enquiry carried out in practice? Before a hypothesis is accepted by the scientific community, it goes through a series of steps. This is what we call the scientific method. This method was first devised by Sir Francis...
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MATHS - Trigonometry - Uses of Pythagoras Theorem
One useful thing you can use Pythagoras Theorem for is to find the distance between two points using their coordinates. In this video you will learn how to use Pythagoras Theorem!
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BIOLOGY - Environment - Carbon Cycle part 1
Watch the first part of our Carbon Cycle videos, as part of environmental chemistry. Photosynthesis and respiration help carbon to be cycled in nature by using energy from the sun. As living things grow, they have to build up large...
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What Is The Natural Greenhouse Effect?
Learn the basics about the natural greenhouse effect. The atmosphere helps to keep our planet warm by making it harder for the energy we get from the sun to escape back to the universe. Our atmosphere is held to the earth by the force of...
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How Is Oxygen Used
Learn the basics about the properties of oxygen. Oxygen is a gas, it has no smell, colour, or taste; but without it, we as humans would not be able to inhabit planet Earth. When cooled to a very low temperature, it will form a liquid and...
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What Are Dot and Cross Diagrams - Part 1| Properties of Matter
Learn the basics about how to use dot and cross diagrams to represent covalent bonds. Dot and cross diagrams are simply a straightforward way of drawing the electrons in the orbitals of atoms and compounds. Most of the time, we use dots...
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Types Of Numbers
We all know what numbers are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …. Including negative numbers -1, -2, -3, -4, -5, ... But did you know that mathematicians classify numbers into different types… into a number system. Let’s start at the top with real numbers....
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CHEMISTRY - Matter - Structure and Bonding of Elements & Compounds (part 1)
NOTE: animation error at 2:40 - the periodic table is supposed to be twisted clockwise, and not like it is shown in the video. The twisting enables the element Cs to appear on the extreme left and the element F to appear on the right. In...
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Hardening Vegetable Oils (Margarine) through Hydrogenation
Learn the basics about hardening vegetable oils, such as margarine, formed through hydrogenation. How does margarine harden? What is hydrogenation? Find out more in this video!
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How DNA Can Be Extracted From Fruit
Did you know that you share 50% of your DNA with a banana? You might be more closely related than you thought! This is because all living cells contain genetic material in the form of the chemical DNA. Each of your cells contains an...
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BIOLOGY - Environment - Water Cycle
Learn the basics about the water cycle as part of the environmental chemistry topic. This also features in the Biology course too.
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Measuring For The Loss Of Mass In A Reaction
In this video, we’re going to learn about the loss of mass in a chemical reaction, how it happens and why we measure this. The total MASS of reactants will be the same as that of the products, as mass is always conserved in a chemical...
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How To Reduce Carbon Dioxide In The Air
Through photosynthesis, plants take in carbon dioxide from the air and split it and use it (and water) to make carbohydrates. So surely plants can help us reduce carbon dioxide in the air? Possibly... But equally, the carbon in plants is...
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SchoolNet South Africa Conference - The OER Movement
Frederic Kastner, Programme Manager for The Fuse School and Malik Adam Wilson, Creative Manager for The Fuse School were invited to the SchoolNet Conference in South Africa to talk to 700 teachers on the Open Educational Resource...
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Neutralisation of Alkalis
Learn the basics about solubility rules for insoluble salts, as part of the overall acids, bases and alkali topic.
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The Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection
"The Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection Where did humans, and all the other living things on our planet come from? This problem puzzled humans for centuries, and there have been many different theories through the ages. Then, in...
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Sockets & Voltages In Different Countries
You’re on holiday and have been on the beach all day, sharing photos to social media to make your friends jealous. Your phone battery is running low. Then back in the hotel - disaster strikes. In this video we’re going to look at how...
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Quarrying - economic, environmental and social effects
Learn the basics about quarrying, its economic advantages and disadvantages concerning environment and healthy living. What is quarrying? and how does it affect us and our environment? Find out more in this video!
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What Is Nuclear Fission?
"How does a nuclear reactor provide energy? What causes a nuclear meltdown? And how do we make this safe?
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How To Harden Vegetable Oils Through Hydrogenation
Learn how to harden vegetable oils through a chemical process demonstrated on the example of Margarine.
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Innate Behaviour
What is 'innate behaviour'? Where does it feature in the environment? And how does it compare to 'learned behaviour? Innate behaviour is instinctive; it is determined by our nervous system and does not involve conscious decision. It is...
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Power Stations & The National Grid
The flick of a switch, that’s how easy it is to get electricity, right? If you’re one of the lucky ones, then yes. But in 2017 there are still over 1 billion people who do not have access to electricity. In this video we will discuss how...
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Wave Behaviour
Wave Behaviour | Waves | Physics | FuseSchool How do waves behave? Badly? In this video we are going to look at how light and sound waves behave. Before we start, you should know that waves can be transverse or longitudinal....