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Le frigo

Pourquoi le réfrigérateur est-il cool?
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Pourquoi le réfrigérateur est-il cool?

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  • direction
    Sylvain Charbonneau
  • animation
    Pierre Grenier
  • producer
    Marc Bertrand
  • music
    Denis Larochelle
  • None
    Denis Larochelle
  • editing
    José Heppell
  • narration
    Jean-Guy Moreau
  • infographics
    Dominic Tremblay

Education

Ages 6 to 11
School subjects
Science - Physical Science Technology Education - Society and Technology
Teacher asks students to: - disassemble a thermos and examine its construction; - explain how foods were preserved before the invention of the refrigerator; - have an older person visit the class to talk about their first fridge and how their ancestors preserved their foods; - bring in various materials and study their insulation properties by using them to wrap ice cubes; - depict the evolution from cellars to refrigerators on a timeline.

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