9.52 Look, Look and Look Again: Working Drawings
Children and an adult artist find interest and subjects for drawing in old machinery.
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10.15 Look and Read: Dark Towers: 5: The Old Coach House
by Andrew Davies
A reading series for 7- to 9-year-olds based on a humorous ghost story in ten episodes.
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10.38 Investigating Science: Measurement: Made to Measure
A look at the importance of measurements in science. Why they need to be precise and unambiguous, and why they need to be based on internationally agreed standards. 'If you cannot measure it,' said Lord Kelvin, 'then it is not science.'
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11.00 Watch: Entertainment: II
Julian Rumball, a puppeteer, shows Jayne Griffiths and Tony Neilson different kinds of puppets and how they work.
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11.18 Wondermaths: 5
On board the spaceship Investigator, Stella is puzzling over a skittle problem when the ship is hit by lightning. 'Control' starts to flash up a strange number sequence. What is the connection between that, the skittles puzzle and the overheating fuel cells? An investigation into triangular numbers provides an answer.
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11.35 MI 10: Mathematical Investigations
Fly on the Wall
Making, and unmaking, a cardboard box.
followed by Projections
From three dimensions into two - exactly how?
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12.00 Maths Topics: Trigonometry: 5
Graphs of sine, cosine, tangent, Negative angles.
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12.20pm Media Studies: Making the News
News is as much a process of selecting, editing and 'packaging' as any other television programme. Go behind the scenes of the BBCtv Newsroom and ask journalists their criteria for selecting and presenting news stories.
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12.50 Micro File 2: First Steps
A compilation of items from the recent series Micro Live.
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