A clip in the Science Please! collection, Lift Off uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain what makes a rocket lift off.
What's the angle on mirrors?
Are cows a time bomb just waiting to explode? Part of the Science Please! collection for children.
A clip in the Science Please! collection, The Force of Water uses archival footage, animated illustration and amusing narration to explain the Archimedes principle, of why some things float and others sink.
What makes a fridge cool? A clip from the Science Please! collection.
A clip in the Science Please! collection, Lightning uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain: What causes the electrical discharge we see as lightning?
Why isn't it green, yellow or striped?
A clip in the Science Please! collection, Wheel Meets Friction uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain how the invention of the ball bearing reinvented the wheel.
Where would we be without these microscopic particles?
How do voices travel over the phone?
Edison's bright idea, or how the electric light bulb works?
What do X-rays, microwaves and light have in common? Part of the Science Please! collection for children.
Ages 6 to 9
Science - Physical Science
Ask your students to explain rocket staging and view videos of rocket launches. Have them build rockets using cardboard, straws and balloons and then hold a contest to see which rocket flies farthest. Read through the Tintin volumes Destination Moon and Explorers on the Moon and discuss whether the details on rockets are realistic.