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Subjects: General
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Daily Planet in the Classroom
Daily Planet, the world’s only daily science magazine show, explores the latest science behind the headlines with an eclectic mix of documentaries, features and contributing columnists.
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Action Science series
Action Science shows how it’s done, using simple equipment and appropriate language with experiments that really work! Great experiments showing detail, followed by starters for further investigations in the same theme.
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Sounds Dreadful
Bang, crash, wallop! What is a sound? How do we hear? How do our ears work?
Inventor of the telephone Alexander Graham Bell joins the team in the studio to talks telephones and… er… metal detectors?!
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Vicious Veg
Flesh-eating plants & dancing flowers are all packed into the show this week.
Mark and Lucy both bring in their favourite plant but, as always, Mark thinks his is the best… until it starts to die. It’s left to Ancient Greek plant expert Theophrastus to explain what is happening.
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Gruesome Guts
Poo, pizza, and disgusting germs! Why do we poo and how does digestion work? Who was Louis Pasteur and how did he help?
Mark arrives at the studio with terrible stomach pains and asks The Shrinking Scientists to find out what’s wrong with him. In their toughest mission yet, Dr. Sensible, Professor Small, and Junior get ready to fly up Mark’s nose to investigate.
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Microscopic Monsters
What nasty invaders live in our homes and on our bodies? Fleas, parasites, worms, and every tiny, disgusting thing in between.
Mark can’t stop itching, but no one knows what’s causing it. The Shrinking Scientists get on the case and investigate. Microscope expert Robert Hooke joins them in the studio.
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Bulging Brains
What is the brain and how does it work?
Mark arrives in the studio with a new part of pants – ‘Smarty Pants.’ He has bought them off the Internet and claims that they will make him smarter. Lucy is exasperated and has to try and convince him it’s a load of old rubbish. Professor McTaggart claims that chewing gum is good for your brain.
