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PHOTOSYNTHESIS & RESPIRATION
How important are photosynthesis and respiration in plants? Well, very important it turns out. Find out exactly how roots, shoots and leaves play specific roles in these vital plant processes.

Duration: 10 mins
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ECOLOGY
Watch students investigating an everyday habitat --- a grassy area around their school. This video clearly shows how to use a quadrat, line transect, beating tray and pooter to examine organisms in a particular habitat.


Duration: 12 mins

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LIVING THINGS
A trip to Dublin Zoo introduces us to all sorts of different animals. But you may be surprised to learn that animals and plants have many things in common. These are the 7 characteristics of living things. Learn about food digestion too.


Duration: 12 mins

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THE HUMAN BODY
We usually don't think much about how our bodies move, it just happens. Muscles, bones and joints are involved, of course, but so too is the nervous system. Learn all about the different systems that work together to help us move.


Duration: 10 mins

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HUMAN REPRODUCTION
Get to grips with the way information (or chemical instructions) are passed along from generation to generation. During puberty the human body undergoes several changes and these changes indicate the body is now capable of reproduction.


Duration: 10 mins

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ATOMIC THEORY
Everything in our world is made of atoms. Find out lots more about protons, neutrons and electrons, atomic structure, the periodic table, ions and different types of bonding in this video.


Duration: 10.5 mins

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STATES OF MATTER
Are the properties of a compound the same or similar to the properties of its constituent elements? Find out more about this and the 3 states of matter in this programme.


Duration: 11 mins

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METALS, ALLOYS, ACIDS AND BASES
Metals make up a large number of the elements in the periodic table and they have similar properties. When metals are combined they form alloys. Find out more about metals and why other substances are categorised into acids and bases.


Duration: 9.5 mins

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THE ATMOSPHERE
It's invisible and we can often take it for granted but our atmosphere contains several important gases that play a role in our relationship with planet Earth. Learn more about the gases in air and the reactions they are involved in.


Duration: 11 mins

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NON-METALS
Learn about the non-metals in the periodic table, such as hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and sulpher. Non-metal compounds, such as hydrocarbons, play a central role in our lives -- we burn them as fuel for our various energy requirements.


Duration: 9.5 mins

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TIME, DISTANCE & SPEED
Vroom, vroom ... take a closer look at some everyday movements in this motion programme. To get a grip on this subject we'll need to look closely at time, distance and speed. Graphs explaining motion are shown too.


Duration: 10 mins

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PARTICLES & HEAT
The particles in solids, liquids and gases behave in slightly different ways. But they have one thing in common -- the particles all move, even if you can't see the movement as in solids. When you heat substances though you see this very clearly.


Duration: 9.5 mins

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FORCES, ENERGY & WORK
Playing sport is actually very hard work and work is something we examine in detail in physics. This programme shows how forces, movement and weight also play a role in work.


Duration: 11 mins

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ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM
Musicians use complicated equipment in sound studios when recording an album and this equipment requires electricity to work. With a good understanding of current, voltage and resistance, the physics at work in the sound studio is all the clearer.


Duration: 12 mins

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ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS & CURRENTS
What's the difference between a parallel and a series circuit? Well, circuits and current types are explained in detail in this programme. It also looks at circuits in use in everyday household appliances.


Duration: 10.5 mins

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