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September 2023
Reasons for the seasons - Rebecca Kaplan (LESSONS WORTH SHARING)
Why do some regions experience full-time heat while others are reckoning with frigid temperatures and snow? And why are the seasons reversed in the two hemispheres? Rebecca Kaplan explains how the shape of the Earth's orbit around the Sun and the Earth's tilt on its axis affect the amount of sunlight each region receives.
Anja Taylor looks at the domino effect of environmental and atmospheric factors that drive the globe to wetter, hotter, drier and colder extremes. Mark Horstman looks at ultra-sharp images from below the sea.
Air cannons, rubber band rockets, power from fruit, even a giant pendulum; it's all science that you can do yourself! Join Dr Rob as he scopes out a whole heap of experiments that you can do at home.
Can a boat still move without a motor or sail? Luke is putting it to the test in the Science Time Lab, making a paddle boat with household items to propel through the water!
Earth & Space Science Disciplinary Core Ideas - ESS1C - The History of the Earth
Next Generation Science Standards Earth Science Disciplinary Core Idea 1C: The History of the Planet Earth; In this video Paul Andersen explains in more detail the history of the Earth. He shows how the history of the Earth is written in the rocks that are built up over time. Fossils allow us to compare different rock layers relative to one another and the absolute radiometric dating allows scientists to identify the specific age of individual rocks.
Water covers over 70% of the Earth, cycling from the oceans and rivers to the clouds and back again. It even makes up about 60% of our bodies. But in the rest of the solar system, liquid water is almost impossible to find. So how did our planet end up with so much of this substance? And where did it come from? Zachary Metz outlines the ancient origins of water on Earth.
Years 5-6: Earth and Space - The Solar System (s01e1)
Chayenne lives near the beach, loves to surf & wants to find out what a wave is. She makes a wave in a bottle, a wave from marbles, one from candy & lets candles move like a wave, all to prepare her for her final experiment.
While exploring an alien planet, astronaut chimps Ham, Luna and Titan are taken into custody by the evil inhabitant, Zartog. Will the trio succeed in rescuing themselves from the clutches of Zartog?
