Key Stages: 1 - 2

Description

PAYU Price Code link:  Price Code M

Episode length - 25 - 35 minutes

Series in which Dick and Dom reveal the genius of famous inventors, scientists, pioneers and more. In each episode they come up with their own "genius" idea, inspired by that week's genius.

1 - Wright Brothers - the men behind the first powered and controlled flight 

2 - Alexander Fleming - the scientist who discovered penicillin

3 - Guglielmo Marconi - known for his pioneering work on long distance radio transmission

4 - Karl Benz - the man behind the first petrol-powered car

5 - Caroline Herschel - the first person to spot a comet in the solar system 

See also: BD0017 Earth and Space (KS2)

6 - Al Jazari - ancient engineer who built mind blowing machines

 7 - Charles Darwin - theory of evolution 

8 - Alan Turing - WWII code breaker and man behind the modern-day computer

9 - Marie Curie - the scientist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity 

10 - Fox Talbot - photography pioneer

Curriculum links -History:  the lives of significant individuals; Science - develop understanding of the nature, processes and methods of science, recognise that scientific ideas change over time.

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