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Wave World What do a solar-powered car and a green plant have in common?
Jon Chase joins engineering students at Cambridge University hoping to win a race across Australia in their solar-powered car. Today they are testing the 110 km/h car on an airfield. They need as much power as possible, so the team uses solar cells normally used in space to power satellites. Jon discovers how the cells use light to make electricity. ...
- 2015
- 00:04:08
- 13-14
- Added on: 09/04/2019
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Wave World How light makes the colours we see
Jon Chase is at Leeds College of Art. The art students here know a thing or two about colour, so they’re taking part in an experiment. Can they work out what happens when light reflects off paints of different colours? One team of students paints the words RED, GREEN and BLUE, in each of the colours, red, green and blue. ...
- 2015
- 00:04:46
- 13-14
- Added on: 09/03/2019
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CBC Animation Abracadabra
The film is an allegorical tale cautioning against the dangers of exhausting an indispensable natural resource, here represented by the sun. Frédéric Back has long believed that animation for children should deliver a message in an entertaining manner.
- 1970
- 00:09:21
- 5-8
- Added on: 02/11/2014
Project X Light
In this episode, the Project X team explores and experiments with light. A look at light's basic properties, the light spectrum, colour perception and photosynthesis leads to an examination of the most cutting-edge light science on the planet. Dr. Gardy follows a Harvard genius works on slowing light down. Dr. Fleck and grad student Marc Huot discover the role invisible ...
- 2008
- 00:22:33
- 9-12
- Added on: 06/14/2013
