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Maddie's Do You Know?

Series 4

Floating and Sand

First broadcast: on CBeebiesLatest broadcast: on CBeebies HD

Available for 4 months

Maddie’s at sea! First she visits a boating lake, using her special underwater cameras to find out how the hull of a boat is shaped to help it float on water. She learns how even big heavy things can float because of a force called buoyancy.

Next, Maddie heads to a beach to discover how sand is made. She explains how a process called weathering breaks the rocks down to small pieces and how all the tiny grains of rock make sand. She then uses a special microscope camera to see how thousands of bits of different minerals like quartz make up sand. Show less

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