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Explosives

Are cows a time bomb just waiting to explode? Part of the Science Please! collection for children.
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Are cows a time bomb just waiting to explode? Part of the Science Please! collection for children.

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  • director
    Sylvain Charbonneau
  • animation
    Michel Breton
  • producer
    Marc Bertrand
  • writer
    Sylvain Charbonneau
  • music
    Denis Larochelle
  • sound
    Denis Larochelle
  • editing
    José Heppell
  • narrator
    Rick Jones

Education

Ages 10 to 11
School subjects
Science - Physical Science
Teacher asks students to: - study the works of Alfred Bernhard Nobel, the inventor of dynamite; - list various situations in which pyrotechnics are used (e.g., fireworks, rockets, demolition and excavation, munitions, building roads and railroads, setting off avalanches, inflating airbags, mining industry) and discuss how important the discovery was; - view excerpts of films, selected by the teacher, demonstrating the applications of pyrotechnics in the film industry.

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