21. Giant Redwoods
The world's biggest trees rise majestically from the Californian mountain slopes.
Supports: textbooks Geography Caring for our environment and Science 4B Habitats
Playing time: 5 min
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22. Spectacular Niagara Falls - by boat
A very exciting trip to the bottom of the falls and the plunge pool.
Supports: textbook geography River
Playing time: 3 min
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23. How did giant tors form?
Granite tors are a big tourist attraction, but how did they form, and why do they stand proud of the surrounding landscape?
Supports: textbook The Mountain Book, Volcanoes and earthquakes
Playing time: 3 min
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24. Amazing lighthouse beams
How does a small lamp in a lighthouse make such a powerful narrow beam?
Supports: textbook Science 6F light
Playing time: 3 min
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25. Why do sand spits form?
Sand spits are long, curved fingers of sand that jut into the sea.
Supports: textbook The Coast Book
Playing time: 3 min
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26. The fort that explorers Lewis and Clark built
This is a reconstruction of one of the more famous forts built when American explorers Lewis and Clark reached the Pacific Ocean in 1805
Supports: textbook Age of Discovery; US Frontier
Playing time: 10 min
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27. Amazing nature: lava in Hawaii
This great tongue of lava poured from a Hawaiian volcano for months. You can see (and hear) lava flows, fountains, crater and more.
Supports: textbook Mountain; Volcano and Earthquake
Playing time: 5 min
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28. Tudor Hampton Court Palace
A stunning aerial view of Hampton Court Palace begun by one of the most wealthy Tudors, Cardinal Wolsey.
Supports: textbooks Rich and poor in Tudor times
Playing time: 3 min
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29. Saxon fortified burh of Wareham
One of the best surviving Saxon walled towns (earthen walls) and once one of the most important towns in Alfred the Great's England.
Supports: textbooks 'Saxon Raiders and Settlers
Playing time: 3 min
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30. Headland lighthouse
The way that lighthouses protect our coasts and how they came to be
Supports: textbooks 'Science Light
Playing time: 3 min
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31. Solar farm
Shows how waste ground can be used for solar energy.
Supports: textbooks Energy; Environment
Playing time: 2 min
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32. Coast sand dunes
Long ridges of sand beside a sandy beach
Supports: textbooks Geography Coast; Environment
Playing time: 3 min
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33. Stonehenge
The most famous Stone Age monument in Britain from the air.
Supports: textbooks Stone Age
Playing time: 13 min
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34. 19th century terraced houses
Explains how what was once in the country is now an inner city area and why buildings were constructed as they were. Contains stunning illustrations as well as aerial work.
Supports: textbooks Victorians Gilded Age
Playing time: 3 min
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35. Microbes and first aid
When treating open wounds, microbes are what you need to worry about.
Supports: textbooks Science Body, Circulation
Playing time: 3 min
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36. Old Faithful Geyser
The world's most spectacular geyser.
Supports: Geography Mountain River
Playing time: 5 min
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37. Battle of Hastings
The end of Saxon and Viking times and the battle that saw the start of Norman England.
Supports: textbook Mountain
Playing time: 10 min
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38. Thanksgiving dinner
Traditional Thanksgiving food, American style.
Supports: textbook Food, History Colonial times; Tudor Age of Discovery
Playing time: 13 min
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39. Using a thermal blanket
What science lies behind a thermal emergency blanket and what alternatives you might use.
Supports: textbook Science Keeping warm and cool and Materials; wellbeing: first aid
Playing time: 6 min
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40. Using a wound dressing
How a wound dressing works and how to use it.
Supports: textbook Science Keeping warm and cool and Materials; wellbeing: first aid
Playing time: 6 min
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