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The Internal Combustion Engine

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Four strokes of genius.

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The Internal Combustion Engine

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Four strokes of genius.

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  • director
    Claude Cloutier
  • animation
    Claude Cloutier
  • writer
    Claude Cloutier
    Sylvain Charbonneau
  • music
    Denis Larochelle
  • sound
    Denis Larochelle
  • digital images
    René Fontaine
  • opening digital images
    Pierre Plouffe
  • technical coordination
    Andrée Delagrave
  • editing
    José Heppell
  • narrator
    Rick Jones
  • scientific advisor
    Stéphane Durand
  • associate producer
    Marc Bertrand
  • producer
    Jean-Jacques Leduc

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Education

Ages 6 to 11

Science - Physical Science
Technology Education - Society and Technology

Teacher asks students to: - discuss the impacts of transportation technologies on lifestyles; - organize an auto show; each team invents a vehicle, unveils it at the show, and chooses a name for it; - depict the evolution of the automobile since its invention in 1860 (with pictures and features as support); - study statistics on numbers of motor vehicles sold worldwide in the 20th century.
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