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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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Microorganisms
Microorganisms | Genetics | Biology | FuseSchool Would you be surprised to hear that over 60% of life on earth is so small that it can only be seen with a microscope? We call all of these little things ‘microbes’ or ‘microorganisms’....
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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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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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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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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....
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Hardening Vegetable Oils Through Hydrogenation
Learn how to harden vegetable oils through a chemical process demonstrated on the example of Margarine.
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Sound Wave Experiments
Sound Wave Experiments In this video, we are going to look at the factors that influence the speed of sound and how to measure it. We will look at sound waves in more detail in another video: Sound Waves Sound travels at about 340m/s in...
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The Solar System Part 1| Astrophysics
"""CREDITS Animation & Design: Joshua Thomas Narration: Dale Bennett Script: Alistair Haynes In this video we will begin to look at some of the key features that describe the parts our Solar System. Quite simply it is the name given to...
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How To Test For Negative Ions
Learn the basics about testing for negative ions. Which methods and techniques are used to test negative ions? Find out more in this video!
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Recurring Decimals
In this video we look at what recurring decimals are, and how to write them as fractions. Recurring decimals repeat forever. To save us having to write all of the repeating numbers, we can place a dot above the number or numbers that...
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Hazards From Radioactive Material
Hazards From Radioactive Material | Radioactivity | Physics | FuseSchool Nuclear power stations produce electricity, which of course is extremely useful. However, they also make radioactive waste. When items have no further use and have...
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Changing Velocity
CREDITS Animation & Design: Joshua Thomas jtmotion101@gmail.com Narration: Dale Bennett Script: Bethan Parry, Keith Ross and Alistair Haynes Have you ever been on a merry-go-round in a carnival? As you are swinging around, you are...
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The Niche Of The Nuthatch
Here is another example to see an example of niches in an ecosystem, by looking at an example with the Nuthatch Bird. Learn in this video from the "Adapting and Living Together" chapter within the Ecology and Environment topic of The...