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Recycle Steel?

Tina Keeper

1999 4 min

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In this short documentary, watch sparks fly and molten metal run white hot as it goes from scrap metal to fresh steel.

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In this short documentary, watch sparks fly and molten metal run white hot as it goes from scrap metal to fresh steel.

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Industry and Commerce

Environment and Conservation

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Credits

• director
  Tina Keeper
  
• camera
  Byron Gislason
  
• location sound
  Marvin Polanski
  
• editor
  Greg Nosaty
  
• sound editor
  Saul Henteleff
  
• online editor
  Tony Wytinck
  
• sound mixer
  Bruce Little
  
• production assistant
  Richard Carlisle
  
• series conceived by
  Don White
  
• production supervisor
  Scott Collins
  
• program administrator
  Cyndi Forcand
  
• producer
  Jennifer Torrance
  
• executive producer
  Svend-Erik Eriksen
  

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Education

Ages 9 to 14

Study Guide - Guide 1

Science - Environmental Science
Technology Education - Science and Technology

Pre-screening: Discuss how machines have been developed to make our lives easier. Have students discuss the part of the steel making process they found most intriguing. Discuss the many uses for steel in our everyday lives.

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