Growth
Questions
1. How can you grow as a person?
2. Do you feel that you are still growing?
3. How important is financial growth to you?
4. Do children grow up too fast nowadays?
5. What was special about the place where you grew up?
6. Is your country growing rapidly?
7. In which part of your life would you like to see growth?
8. Do you sometimes let the grass grow under your feet?
Videos
What makes a tree grow tall? And do trees ever stop growing? Explore how photosynthesis and gravity can affect and limit the height of trees.
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Reaching heights of over 100 meters, Californian sequoias tower over Earth’s other 60,000 tree species. But even these behemoths seem to have their limits: no sequoia on record has been able to grow taller than 130 meters. So what exactly is stopping these trees from growing taller, forever? Valentin Hammoudi investigates why trees have limited heights.
Lesson by Valentin Hammoudi, directed by Doug Alberts.
Lesson by Valentin Hammoudi, directed by Doug Alberts.
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Category: Nature & Environment | Science
Explore the ancient methods of growing glaciers, the homemade bodies of ice used as water sources, and how they can be used to combat climate change.
In the 13th century, Genghis Khan embarked on a mission to take over Eurasia, swiftly conquering countries and drawing them into his empire. But, legend has it that there was one obstacle that even he couldn’t overcome: a towering wall of ice, grown by locals across a mountain pass. M Jackson explores the ancient methods of growing glaciers and how they can be used to combat climate change.
Lesson by M Jackson, directed by Artrake Studio.
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In the 13th century, Genghis Khan embarked on a mission to take over Eurasia, swiftly conquering countries and drawing them into his empire. But, legend has it that there was one obstacle that even he couldn’t overcome: a towering wall of ice, grown by locals across a mountain pass. M Jackson explores the ancient methods of growing glaciers and how they can be used to combat climate change.
Lesson by M Jackson, directed by Artrake Studio.
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Category: Nature & Environment