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Zoom cosmique

Ce film d'animation fait la relation entre l'infiniment grand et l'infiniment petit en nous emmenant à ce qui pourrait être le point le plus éloigné de l'univers pour nous ramener à une des plus petites particules de la nature, l'atome d'une cellule humaine.
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Ce film d'animation fait la relation entre l'infiniment grand et l'infiniment petit en nous emmenant à ce qui pourrait être le point le plus éloigné de l'univers pour nous ramener à une des plus petites particules de la nature, l'atome d'une cellule humaine.

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  • director
    Robert Verrall
  • animation
    Eva Szasz
  • producer
    Robert Verrall
    Joseph Koenig
  • camera
    Tony Ianzelo
  • animation camera
    James Wilson
    Wayne Trickett
    Raymond Dumas
  • sound editing
    Karl Duplessis
  • sound mixer
    Roger Lamoureux
  • music
    Pierre F. Brault

Education

Ages 7 to 17
School subjects
Science - Biology Science - Space

Questions/Activities: 

  • Which part of this demonstration surprised you?
  • Can you order (from smallest to largest) the objects shown in the film? Try and get as many as you can.

Size Line

  • Have your students draw or model differently sized objects and organize them in the form of a line to demonstrate scale. This can go as big as you want. Encourage your students to use objects from their surroundings as well as what was shown in the film.

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