Look Around You

Overview

LOOK AROUND YOU. Look around you. Just look around you. What do you see? A tree. A weather-vane. A discarded lollipop-wrapper. A traffic shop. All of these things, and any other things you may care to mention, have one thing in common. Can you work out what it is?

Episodes

S01E01 Maths

October 10, 2002 9 min

Maths can help us in our daily lives - for example, in cooking pasta, in calculating the correct moment for starting a conversation, or (if you can fly) in working out where to land. Queen...

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S01E02 Water

October 17, 2002 9 min

In this episode we learn about the amazing igloo-building skills of ants and the surprising ability of water to boil eggs.

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S01E03 Germs

October 24, 2002 9 min

You need to know something about Germs. You really do. And Professor Miles can help you...

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S01E04 Ghosts

October 31, 2002 9 min

Why can't ghosts whistle? Well, let's hear from a ghost.

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S01E05 Sulphur

November 7, 2002 9 min

Sulphur is revealed, and the story is not really about brimstone.

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S01E06 Music

November 21, 2002 9 min

A brief investigation of the world of music, from its Neolithic beginnings...

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S01E07 Iron

December 4, 2002 9 min

Iron (Fe) is not quite all it's cut up to be... The use of magnets is strictly prohibited during this episode.

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S01E08 The Brain

December 11, 2002 9 min

The team investigates the human brain and meets a man who is addicted to Electronic Brain Enhancements. What happens if you probe the brobe? How many nuts are there in a jar? And what are...

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