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Sometimes animals are lost, sick, or injured. The animals can be pets, but they might also be wild animals. People who save these animals are very important. Some of them are experts, like vets and nurses, but many of them have no training at all. They are ordinary people who just want the animals to be happy, clean, and safe. What would you do if you saw a homeless, sick, or injured animal?
4) Soccer
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Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. More than 100 million people in 150 countries play soccer. Every four years these countries play each other for the World Cup. Players need many skills to play soccer. What are the most important skills a soccer player needs?
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What happens when you are not sure about which way to go? How do you find the right direction? What are some things you can use to help you find your way? A compass is useful if you are in the bush or at sea. What does it look like? Do you know the four main directions on a compass?
6) Rice is Nice
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Do you eat rice sometimes? What do you eat with the rice? What do you use to eat it? Rice belongs to the grass family, and it is grown in many countries of the world. People eat many different rice meals. What is your favourite rice meal?
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Giant pandas belong to the bear family. They live only in China. They eat bamboo and they have a special pad on their front paws called a sixth finger. They use the finger to hold the bamboo. Why are giant pandas disappearing? Will they become extinct? How can they be saved?
8) First Flight
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Every year, hundreds of millions of people travel by plane from one part of the world to another. Today people can eat, sleep, and watch movies on a plane. They can be in the air for hours. The first plane that ever flew had no cabin, no seats, two propellers, two wings, and only a small engine. It stayed in the air for just 12 seconds!
9) The Bone
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What do we call people who dig up old bones? What do old bones tell archaeologists? Why is it important for us to know what people were like long ago? Let's find out about a different bone digger.
10) New Energy
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We use different kinds of energy every day to give power for cars and lights and factories. What else needs energy to make it work? For a long time, people have used fossil fuels found under the ground and the sea. Coal, oil and gas were formed from animals and plants that lived millions of years ago, but fossil fuels will not last forever. New types of fuel must be found to power the world!
11) Sound
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Our world is full of sounds. There are people sounds, animal sounds, sounds of nature and machine sounds. Sounds are made by vibrations. Vibrations are movements you can feel but not see. Sounds can be loud or quiet.
12) Paper Making
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Listen to these words - stamps, envelopes, packets, wrappers, newspapers, magazines and books. They are all different but there is something the same about them too? What do you think it is? Paper! Years ago, all paper was made by hand. Although most of our paper is now made by machines we can still make own paper. Let's learn how.
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How we communicate with each other has changed a lot. Not so long ago we didn't use cell phones or computers. Now, wherever we go, inside or outside, we see people using them to talk and message each other. But there are other ways we communicate too. What do you think is the best way to communicate?
14) Be Water Wise
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We have all used water today. How did you use water? Water is precious. All the fresh water in the world has to be reused again and again. We must not waste it. What are some ways that people wastewater? People who save water are water wise. How can we save water?
15) Skateboarding
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There's a lot more to riding a skateboard than just jumping on and whizzing along. Some skateboarders do special moves and tricks on their boards. Like surfers and skiers, they twist, turn, flip and jump. Skateboarders try not to fall off. Concrete is much harder than water or snow!
16) Big Tunnels
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Some tunnels are natural and some are built by people. Sometimes it is difficult to get from one place to another, so people have built tunnels. What are tunnels built through or under? Have you been through a tunnel? What does it feel like to be inside a tunnel?
18) The Sleep Out
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Have you ever slept outside? Did you put up a tent? What did you need to take with you? What was different from sleeping inside your house? Did you see or hear anything unusual?
19) Vikings
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What do you know about the Vikings? They lived a long time ago so why are we still interested in finding out about them? Do you think we can learn something from the way people lived their lives thousands of years ago? What might we have learned from the Vikings?
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Coal is burned to make electricity. Iron is used to make steel. Electrical wiring is made from copper. Stone and sand are needed for building. These important materials and others like them make our lives easier, but they are not easy to get because they have to be dug out of the ground. The first miners used picks and shovels. Mining has changed a lot since then.
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