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Choc électrique (capsule)

S1 E7
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2011

Adrien tries to understand how electricity works. He knows that it is dangerous to touch an electric wire, but wonders why birds do not get electrocuted when they stand on the wire. In order to better understand the phenomenon, he conducts an experiment with Stéphane Brouillard, a science communicator.

Levels:
Élémentaire 4e année 5e année 6e année Secondaire
Subjects:
Français langue seconde (FLS) Écoute (FLS) Sciences et technologie Matière et énergie
Skills:
Citoyenneté mondiale et durabilité Résolution de problèmes
Themes:
Environnement et développement durable
French level:
A2 : Intermédiaire ou de survie B1 : Seuil
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E1 : La gomme à mâcher (capsule)

3min8s
If you swallow chewing gum, does it stay in your stomach? Gabrielle's question is answered by Yannick, a chemistry teacher.
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E2 : Feux d'artifice (capsule)

3min7s
What makes a firework red, purple or green? To find out, we will need will need different chemicals, safety glasses and Yannick, a chemistry teacher.
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E3 : Pontpop (capsule)

3min8s
Antoine is attending the 9th edition of the PontPop competition, which offers a chance for high school students to build bridges out of wooden sticks. To win the competition, they must build a bridge that respects specific standards and must support as much weight as possible.
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E4 : Microbes (capsule)

3min8s
Tamara wonders how to catch a cold. To answer her questions, she uses a sneeze simulator, a UV lamp and the expertise of biologist Evelyn Castillo.
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E5 : Micro-ondes (capsule)

3min8s
How does a microwave oven work?
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E6 : Énergie solaire (capsule)

3min8s
Tamara wants to know everything about solar energy. To help her in her research, she will need a calculator, light, a tiny car and Philippe Richelet, a student in physics.
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E7 : Choc électrique (capsule)

3min8s
Adrien tries to understand how electricity works. He knows that it is dangerous to touch an electric wire, but wonders why birds do not get electrocuted when they stand on the wire. In order to better understand the phenomenon, he conducts an experiment with Stéphane Brouillard, a science communicator.
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E8 : Réaction chimique (capsule)

3min8s
Gabrielle is meeting with a chemistry teacher. She is trying to understand what rust is. With the help of Yannick, she will conduct an experiment with steel wool and a chemical solution.
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E9 : Inertie (capsule)

3min8s
Olivier discovers a new phenomenon called inertia. He asks a chemistry teacher to help him understand how his body moves backwards when the car of a ride starts fast.
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E10 : ADN (capsule)

3min8s
To learn more about the mysterious world of genes, Tamara will need a microscope, an onion and biologist Evelyn Castillo.
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E11 : Piles électriques (capsule)

3min8s
An electric battery is a very useful object in everyday life. What is it made of? Can you make one with lemons?
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E12 : Le nylon (capsule)

3min8s
Did you know that nylon is a plastic? If you look at the labels on your clothes, you'll probably notice the word nylon, which means they contain plastic.
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E13 : Pression de l'air (capsule)

3min8s
Adrien wonders if we could play with a beach ball on the moon like we could on Earth. He tries to find out by experimenting with a scientific communicator.
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E14 : Aromaticien (capsule)

3min38s
Tamara meets a flavour specialist, an experienced person who specializes in taste. They usually have a nose that is very sensitive and can detect all aromas. They can also identify all flavors such as sweet, salty, sour and bitter.
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E15 : Concepteur de jeux vidéo (capsule)

3min38s
Tamara meets Philippe Baude who always has fun while working. His job: developing and designing video games, his passion!
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E16 : Vétérinaire (capsule)

3min38s
Gabrielle meets Sarah Guenette, a veterinarian who gives her all the information related to the dental hygiene of dogs. She goes to a clinic to understand the subject.
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E17 : Boîte noire (capsule)

3min38s
Jean-Marc Ledoux, an expert who investigates airplane accidents and anything that flies. Adrien meets him to find out more about how the famous black boxes work.
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E18 : Brûlure au troisième degré (capsule)

3min38s
We call the fire department when there is a fire somewhere. But who takes care of people who get burnt? Adrien meets Dr. Isabelle Perrault who explains how she helps patients with serious burns.
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E19 : Casque de vélo (capsule)

3min38s
Adrien meets Maryse Lassonde, a neuropsychologist. He takes the opportunity to ask questions about how the brain works.
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E20 : Arboriculteur (capsule)

3min38s
Daniel Desjardins is an arborist, he is a great specialist. He could help you with your insect problems since he is a great lover of trees.
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E21 : Les muscles (capsule)

3min38s
A sports physiotherapist can help athletes with physical injuries. Tamara takes the opportunity to ask her about muscles.
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E22 : Magicien (capsule)

3min38s
Tamara meets Daniel Coutu who is a magician with a trick up his sleeve. He even managed to make his homework disappear. Illusion or magic?
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E23 : Écran tactile (capsule)

3min38s
Sakchin Bessette is much more than a designer of multimedia environments. He develops and invents, with the collaboration of his team, impressive events with the help of technology. A true touch screen magician!
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E24 : Astronome (capsule)

3min38s
You wonder why you can't see stars in the city. Sometimes you have to go all the way to the countryside to see them! Olivier meets Laurie Rousseau-Nepton who studies astrophysics and uses a large telescope to observe stars, planets and galaxies.
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E25 : Tremblement de terre (capsule)

3min38s
Gabrielle meets Martin Leclerc, an expert in earthquakes. His job allows him to reproduce them in the laboratory. He is an engineer who develops new techniques to reinforce earthquakes.
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E26 : Physicien (capsule)

3min38s
Olivier wonders what levitation is? He meets a specialist, Louis Taillefer, who is a physicist who likes to describe himself as a scientific explorer and do experiments and analyze the results.
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E27 : Caméra de sécurité (capsule)

3min38s
A door that opens without a key. A camera that opens the door thanks to face recognition. Olivier meets Valerie who works with computers that allow face recognition among many others.
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E28 : L'horloge atomique (capsule)

3min38s
Adrien meets Louis Marmet, the keeper of the atomic clock at the National Research Council in Ottawa.
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E29 : Le smog (capsule)

3min38s
Smog, comes from 'smoke' and 'fog'. Smog can have an impact on people's health. Tamara investigates and meets Chantal Duhaime, an air quality specialist.
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E30 : Le sang (capsule)

3min38s
Have you heard the expression 'blood goes to your head'? Gabrielle visits a donation center and meets Étienne Fiset, production manager. His role is to supervise all the steps in the processing of blood collected from donors.
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E31 : Repas d'astronaute (capsule)

3min38s
Gabrielle wonders what astronauts eat. She meets Sylvain Bélair, an astronautical analyst. He is also the director of the Cosmodome, passionate about everything related to space and, above all, a space food gourmet.
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E32 : Chocolat (capsule)

3min38s
In this clip, Gabrielle meets Jean-Jacques Berjot, a great chocolate connoisseur. He works with more than 280,000 tons of chocolate every year!
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E33 : Feu de circulation (capsule)

3min38s
Traffic signs are everywhere! Olivier meets Pascal Lamoureux who is a specialist in transportation and traffic.
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E34 : Gestion des excréments au zoo (capsule)

3min38s
Animals in zoos produce so much waste. Olivier wonders who manages this waste. He meets biologist Julie Hébert who tries to answer his questions.
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E35 : Cinéma 3D (capsule)

3min38s
You wonder how 3D works? Adrien meets Benoît Beaulieu, a stereographer. His role is to add a third dimension to films and to work in collaboration with the director and the director of photography.
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E36 : Usine de filtration (capsule)

3min38s
Do you wonder where the tap water you drink every day comes from, from the toilet, from the shower? Adrian is investigating and meets Patrice who is responsible for the distribution and quality of the water in a plant that supplies 1.5 million people with drinking water every day.
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E37 : Les saucisses à hot-dog (capsule)

3min38s
Tamara goes to a factory to understand how hot dogs are made. She meets Anne-Marie whose job is to research and improve the taste of the products.
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E38 : Les robots (capsule)

3min38s
Adrien develops a robot to clean his room but notices that it is not as easy as that. He asks for help from Vincent Duchaine who is a researcher in robotics.
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E39 : Usine de verre (capsule)

3min38s
Tamara wonders how to make glass out of sand. She goes on a journey to discover how to make this material with the help of an expert in the making.
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E40 : Le sucre (capsule)

3min38s
Adrien will discover how to unload a ship full of sugar. To learn more about the long journey of sugar and how to unload it, he meets Sebastien Lambert, a specialist in maritime transport.
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E41 : Le surf (capsule)

3min38s
Olivier loves to surf but he has trouble standing up. He calls Nicolas Lefrançois, a surfing instructor, to give him some advice.
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E42 : Les déchets (capsule)

3min38s
Adrien finds out where all the garbage goes when the trucks take it away? He goes to the disposal site to better understand the process.
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E43 : Affiche géante (capsule)

3min38s
Olivier is interested in printing on paper. He goes to meet a real pro, Patrick Pépin, a specialist in giant printing.
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E44 : Forgerons (capsule)

3min38s
Metal turns red when heated to a high temperature. Olivier meets Luc Lapointe, a blacksmith who explains this phenomenon to him.
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E45 : Joueur de hockey (capsule)

3min38s
Olivier loves playing field hockey but would like to improve his agility and acceleration. To help him, he calls on Patrick Laurin who gives him an intense training session.
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E46 : Mineur (capsule)

3min38s
Jean L'Heureux works in a mine. Gabrielle takes advantage of her meeting with him to ask him where the lead in her pencil comes from.
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E47 : Non-voyant (capsule)

3min38s
Adrien wonders how blind people find their way around. For this experiment, he is accompanied by André Dubois who explains to him how to find his way in the city.
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E48 : Acrobate (capsule)

3min38s
Gabrielle is a little afraid of doing the trapeze. She wonders why she is afraid, yet she has a great instructor. To better understand why we feel fear, she meets Bianca D'Antono, a psychologist and expert in this field.
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E49 : Parapente (capsule)

3min38s
Gabrielle is learning to fly like a bird today! Vincent Vaillancourt, a great paragliding specialist, gives her advice for her first flight.
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E50 : Pompier (capsule)

3min38s
Adrian puts himself in the shoes of a real fireman. He meets Martin Fournelle in a fire station and learns more about the importance of this profession.
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E51 : Scaphandrier (capsule)

3min38s
Michel Birs is a diver. This means that he spends hours underwater. Tamara will be able to join him to learn how to stay underwater longer.
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E52 : Chauves-souris (capsule)

3min38s
Gabrielle is on a field trip tonight! She is going to meet bats with Catherine Greaves, Wildlife Management Technician.
Levels:
Élémentaire 4e année 5e année 6e année Secondaire
Subjects:
Français langue seconde (FLS) Écoute (FLS) Sciences et technologie Matière et énergie
Skills:
Citoyenneté mondiale et durabilité Résolution de problèmes
Themes:
Environnement et développement durable
French level:
A2 : Intermédiaire ou de survie B1 : Seuil