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Lightning

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A clip in the Science Please! collection, Lightning uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain: What causes the electrical discharge we see as lightning?

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A clip in the Science Please! collection, Lightning uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain: What causes the electrical discharge we see as lightning?

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  • writer
    Sylvain Charbonneau
  • director
    Sylvain Charbonneau
  • music
    Denis Larochelle
  • sound
    Denis Larochelle
  • editing
    José Heppell
  • technical coordination
    Andrée Delagrave
  • narrator
    Rick Jones
  • art direction
    Pierre Grenier
  • animation
    Pierre Grenier
  • opening digital images
    Pierre Plouffe
  • infographics
    René Fontaine
  • scientific advisor
    Stéphane Durand
  • producer
    Marc Bertrand

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Ages 10 to 11
School subjects
Science - Earth Science and Geology Science - Environmental Science
Teacher asks students to: - illustrate the different types of clouds; pay particular attention to the cumulonimbus cloud, the source of electrical storms; - make a poster about safety rules to follow in case of lightning; - generate static electricity by rubbing balloons in their hair and experiment with attracting small objects; - estimate the time between a lightning flash and the corresponding thunderclap to judge how far away an electrical storm is.
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