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.
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directorClaude Cloutier
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animationClaude Cloutier
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producerThérèse Descary
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associate producerMarc Bertrand
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scriptClaude CloutierSylvain Charbonneau
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soundDenis Larochelle
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musicDenis Larochelle
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editingJosé Heppell
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narratorRick Jones
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Education
Ages 6 to 11
Technology Education - Science and Technology
Technology Education - Society and Technology
Teacher asks students to: - organize a science fair or design a technical brochure about the wheel: • history of the wheel (solid roller, three-board, stone, semi-solid, spoked); • applications of the wheel (waterwheel, steam engine); • the wheel in transportation (chariot, stagecoach, hansom cab, farm machines, bicycle, automobile); • geared wheels (in bicycles, doorknobs, cranes, timepieces).
