Key Stages: 1 - 2

Description

Episode length - 5 minutes

Doctor Knowles and Professor McCork get to the bottom of some of life's most massive science questions such as "What is a shooting star?", "What is the strongest natural material?" and "How does lightning work?".

See also: BD0017 Earth and Space (KS2)

1 - Jumping

"Which animal can jump the farthest?" - The most impressive jumpers from the animal kingdom.

2 - Shooting Star

"What is a shooting star?" - The small worlds of rock and ice that are in orbit in our solar system and how they lead to the most spectacular sights in the night sky.

3 - Boxes

"What is the strongest natural material?" - The toughest and hardest materials on the planet.

4 - Freezing Point

"What is the coldest place on earth? - Some of the most bone-chillingly icy places on the planet.

5 - Harvest

"Can carrots turn me orange?" - We find out exactly what makes up this unique vegetable.

6 - Venom

"What is the world's most venomous animal?" - Even the most dangerous creatures can be very useful when creating medicine.

7 - Lightning

"How does lightning work?" - The sizzling science behind nature's most violent storms.

8 - DNA

"Is every human being unique?" - We learn how the instruction manual responsible for making human beings is also responsible for making up all living things and find out about identical twins.

9 - Compass

"How does a compass work?" - Travel back to Ancient China and to the core of the earth on a voyage of discovery.

10 - Crying

"Why do we cry?" - The science of how and why we shed tears.

11 - Cats

"Why do cats purr?" - We travel deep into the feline brain to discover why scientists think cats might make their unique purring sound.

12 - Eyesight

"Which animal has the best eyesight?" - Creatures with truly amazing vision - from the bug-eyed to the eagle-eyed and those that can see in the dark.

13 - Beards

"Why can't girls grow beards?" - Facts about what makes girls and boys different and what would happen if a man never shaved.

14 - Goldfish

"Do goldfish have bad memories?" - Some fishy facts about goldfish, how to look after them and what makes them tick.

15 - Largest

"What is the largest animal of all time?" - We travel back in time and to the bottom of the sea to meet some truly massive beasts.

16 - Space

"What is a black hole?" - Some very weird and wonderful things about gravity and the black holes in space that suck in everything that crosses their path.