Maddie meets some furry friends and creepy crawlies. She visits a pet shop and uses a special night-vision camera to find out how a hamster wheel works and how far a hamster can run in a single night. Next, Maddie visits a factory to see how an insect hotel is made from wood and bamboo and uses a slow-motion camera to show how a drill creates holes in the wood for the insects to hide in.
Maddie looks at the emergency services. She uses a special camera to find out how the hose on a fire engine works and how the pump inside the fire engine creates pressure and sends water to the hose. Next, Maddie sees how an ordinary white car is made into a police car using special blue and yellow reflective stickers. A microscope camera reveals the tiny prisms inside the stickers, which make them bright and shiny.
Maddie looks at food and drink. She uses a special slow-motion camera to find out how bubbles get inside a bottle of fizzy water. Animation shows how gas is used to create the bubbles and then keep them 'hidden' until the bottle is opened. Next, Maddie visits a dairy to see how milk is collected from cows and taken to a factory in a tanker. She then sees how the factory turns the milk into yoghurt.
Maddie does the recycling. She uses a special camera to find out how a bin lorry works to lift a bin and tip the rubbish into the hopper. An animation reveals how a moving wall inside the lorry crushes the rubbish to make way for more. Next, Maddie visits a recycling plant to see how the rubbish is sorted. She then visits a paper mill to see how the old paper is recycled into newspapers.
Maddie is outside being active. She uses a special camera to find out how the chain on a bicycle works to turn the wheels and how the front wheel and handlebars are used to steer. Next, Maddie visits a factory to see how rubber, collected from trees, is made into tennis balls using a series of heavy presses. A microscopic camera reveals the special material used to cover the tennis balls with a furry coat.
Maddie meets some furry friends. She uses special cameras to find out how a digital cat flap works and how a tiny microchip unlocks the cat flap so the cats can go in and out of the house. Next, Maddie visits a sheep farm to see how a fleece is sheared from a sheep. She then goes to a mill to see how the fleece is washed, spun and dyed and turned into wool. The finished wool is then knitted into a woolly hat.
Maddie is out and about exploring different ways to travel. She uses a special underwater camera to see a boat propeller in action and an animation reveals how the propeller pushes the boat through the water. Next, Maddie visits a factory to see how a hot air balloon is made from lots of pieces of material sewn together. She then joins a balloon team outside to take a ride in a finished hot air balloon.
Maddie visits a hospital. She uses a special light to see the blood vessels under her skin, and finds out how a blood pressure monitor works to check that blood is flowing freely around our bodies. Maddie then visits the plaster room and shows how a cast is made by having one put on her arm. She uses a special microscope camera to reveal how the fiberglass strands are woven together to make the cast strong.
Maddie is preparing for bath time. She uses a special thermal imaging camera to find out how the hot water system in a house works and then visits a reservoir to see where the water comes from and how it is sent to our homes. Next, Maddie visits a toothpaste factory to see how toothpaste is made from different ingredients and uses a special slow motion camera to find out how the stripes get inside a tube of stripy toothpaste.
Maddie goes for a fun day out. She visits an indoor water park and uses a special waterproof camera and animation to show how a water slide works. She then goes underneath the swimming pool to see what happens inside the pump room to pump the water to the top of the slide. Next, Maddie visits a factory to see how ice cream cones are made from a type of batter and how special hot plates are used to create the criss-cross waffle pattern.
Maddie explores some favourite foods. She uses a special slow-motion camera to find out why popcorn pops. An animation shows what popcorn is made of and how a water droplet hidden inside each kernel of corn expands as it is cooked, making it pop. Next, Maddie visits a pasta factory to see how flour is mixed with water and turned into pasta dough and how special cutters are used to create different pasta shapes.
Maddie is out and about exploring different ways to travel. She visits an airfield and uses a special camera to find out how the rotor works to help make a helicopter fly. An animation shows how changing the angle of the rotor blades makes the helicopter go forwards and backwards. Next, Maddie visits a workshop to see how a tricycle is constructed from a big box of parts and to see how the tricycle can be adapted to suit a user's needs.
Maddie is in the bathroom. She uses a special underwater camera to find out how a toilet flush works and why it makes a gurgling sound. An animation shows how the float ball and plug work together to refill the cistern after it has flushed. Next, Maddie visits a toilet factory to see how toilets are made from clay and how robots spray the toilets with a special paint to make them waterproof and shiny.
Maddie goes for a fun day out. She visits a fairground and goes for a ride on a carousel, using a special camera to find out how it works. An animation shows how the carousel goes round and how the crankshaft works to move the horses up and down. Next, Maddie visits a factory to see how different coloured wax crayons are made from paraffin oil and how a big mold creates hundreds of crayons in one go.
Maddie visits a building site. She uses a special camera to see how a big crane works to move heavy objects from one place to another. An animation shows how the hydraulic, hidden inside the boom arm, enables the crane to extend high into the sky. Next, Maddie visits a factory to see how bricks are made from clay, shaped by rectangular molds, and then fired in hot kilns for several days to make them strong.
Maddie explores the house. She uses a special camera and animation to see how a key works inside a lock and shows how the hidden barrel and pins inside the lock work, to allow the matching key to unlock it. Next, Maddie shows how sand is made into glass. She visits a glass-blowing workshop to see how sand is turned into molten glass and then worked by the glass-maker into a brightly coloured glass vase.
Maddie looks at musical instruments. She uses a special slow-motion camera to find out how a piano works and how the keys on the piano are attached to levers and hammers. She shows how the strings inside the piano vibrate to produce musical notes. Next, Maddie visits a factory to see how a drum is made from lots of thin wooden sheets pressed together and shaped in a circular mould. She uses a special camera to see how the drum is given its shiny finish.
Maddie is out and about exploring different ways to travel. She uses a special camera to find out how a bus ramp works to help people get on and off the bus. An animation shows how the ramp is hidden in a compartment underneath the doors and how airbags allow the bus to lower on one side. Next, Maddie joins a road-building team to see how a motorway is made of different layers and uses a special thermal imaging camera to see how the hot asphalt is laid.
Maddie is in the kitchen. She uses a special waterproof camera to see how the dishwasher works to clean dirty dishes. An animation shows what happens inside once the door is closed and how the spray arms spin to spread the water around. Next, Maddie visits a sustainable forest to see where wood comes from and to see how trees are felled. She then goes to a furniture workshop to see how the wood is made into a wooden table.
Maddie is making breakfast in the kitchen. She visits a farm to see where eggs come from and uses a special thermal imaging camera to show why eggs change colour when they're cooked. Next, Maddie visits a mill to see how kernels of wheat are ground and turned into flour. She then visits a factory to find out how the flour is made into different types of bread and baked in a very large oven.
Maddie is looking at toys. She uses a special slow-motion camera to find out how the magnets on a train set work. An animation shows how the north and south poles on magnets work and why a magnetic field can pull magnets together or push them apart. Next, Maddie visits a factory to see how teddy bears are made, with eyes, ears and joints, and uses a special microscope camera to see the fibres of the stuffing.
Maddie is at a shopping centre. She uses special cameras to find out how an escalator works to move people from one floor to another. An animation shows the hidden cogs and chains inside the escalator which make the steps move. Next, Maddie visits a factory to see how wheelbarrows are made from metal sheets to help people move heavy things around outside. She attaches a special camera to a big robot to see it working.
Maddie goes for a drive in the car. She uses a special microscope camera to find out how car brakes work. An animation shows how the brake pedal is connected to the brake discs and pads and how they move to slow down and stop the car. Next, Maddie visits a factory to see how a car is made from a large roll of steel sheeting. She uses special cameras to show how robots work with people to put the different parts of the cars together.
Maddie looks at clothes. She uses a special microscope camera to look at the zip on her hoodie. An animation shows how the slider works to pull the two rows of teeth together to close the zip. Next, Maddie visits a workshop to see how a dinosaur picture is screen printed onto a t-shirt. Her special microscope camera shows how a stencil, created on a screen, allows the ink to pass through and create the design.
Maddie is getting ready for a party. She uses a special camera and animation to find out how cake ingredients work together to make cake sponges rise in the oven. Next, Maddie visits a factory to see how a soft play centre is made. She uses a special microscope camera to look at the foam stuffing and sees how all the pieces are sewn together to make play shapes. Finally, she sees how an airbrush is used to make the wings of a rocking parrot.
In today's episode Maddie is on the move. She finds out how things that we use every day are brought to us on big ships and moved around the country in shipping containers on trains. She visits a shipping port and uses a special camera attached to the shipping containers to find out what happens when they are lifted on a big crane. Next, Maddie visits a bubble packaging factory and uses a special slow-motion camera to show how the air gets trapped inside the bubble packaging when it is made.
Today, Maddie is having fun with water. She takes a car through an automatic car wash to find out how the computer uses sensors to tell the robotic car wash how to wash the car, and she uses a special waterproof camera to see the big brushes in action. Next, Maddie heads to an umbrella factory to see how umbrellas are made using waterproof material. She uses a special slow-motion camera to show how the water droplets bounce off the waterproof material to keep us dry.
Today, Maddie is having a fun day out. She uses a special thermal camera at an ice rink to find out how runny water freezes to make solid ice we can skate on. Next, Maddie heads to a bouncy castle factory to see how a bouncy castle is made from lots of different coloured pieces of material sewn together. She then has a go at bouncing when the finished jungle-themed bouncy castle is inflated and brought to life.
Today, Maddie is finding out how clocks tell the time. She heads to a clock factory and uses a special time-lapse camera to show how the hands on the clock move around. Maddie also looks inside a battery-powered clock to see how they work. We see the tiny cogs that turn each of the hands so we can tell the time. Next, it's dinner time and Maddie visits a cutlery workshop to see how sheets of metal are made into forks. With a special microscope camera, we find out how the patterns are made using a special machine.
Today, Maddie is finding out how wearing glasses helps us to see more clearly. She visits an optician to see how an eye test works by having one herself. She reads the charts and shapes on the wall and looks into a special camera that takes a picture of the back of our eyes to make sure they are healthy. Then, Maddie shows us how glasses frames are made by shaping gold wire at a factory. Maddie uses a special microscope camera to show us the ant-sized screws that hold glasses together!
It's bedtime and Maddie is finding out about different things we sleep on and in! At a campsite she uses a special thermal camera to show how the layers in a sleeping bag work by trapping warm air inside to keep us warm. Next, Maddie visits a mattress factory to see how a mattress is made from layers of foam and material, a bit like a giant sandwich! She uses a special camera to see the tiny holes in the sponge that make the mattress nice and soft for us to lie on.
In today's episode Maddie is finding out about different gates that open and close. She visits a canal lock to find out how canal boats travel up and down hill. Maddie jumps aboard with her special steady camera as the canal boat moves through a lock so we can see the gates in action. Next, Maddie visits a blacksmith's workshop to find out how a decorative steel gate is made. We see the pieces of steel being cut and welded together. Maddie uses a special thermal imagining camera to see the sparks fly, and how hot the metal becomes, when it is joined together.
In today's episode, Maddie is at a train museum finding out how signal boxes work and how trains are moved from one track to another to get to the right place. Maddie puts her special camera on the front of a train so we can see what happens to the points when the train switches from one track to another. Next, Maddie visits a paint factory to find out how paint is made. She uses her special camera to see inside the huge mixing vat where all the different ingredients are being mixed together, and we see how a computer is used to make all the different colours.
Maddie is cleaning up. She visits a factory where hand wash is made and uses her special camera to see inside a big vat to see the colour being mixed. Next, Maddie visits an appliance testing centre to find out how a vacuum cleaner works. She takes apart a vacuum cleaner to show us all the different parts and, using her special camera, show us how air gets sucked up through the machine so the filter can collect all the dirt and dust from our carpet!
Today, Maddie is learning about helpful vehicles. She goes on a training rescue mission with a lifeboat team to find out how the equipment on a lifeboat works. She shows us how the special thermal-imaging cameras are used to find people who are in trouble - even at night! Next, she visits a quarry to see how gravel, sand, cement and water are mixed together to make concrete. Maddie uses her special cameras to follow the journey the ingredients take from the quarry to the plant where everything is mixed together. We see how the mixing lorry then takes the concrete to the building site and how it is poured to make a road!
Today, Maddie is on the move. She gets on board an aeroplane and shows us all the buttons inside the cockpit and how they work. Then she sits alongside Bridget, a pilot, in a flight simulator. We see how the pilot uses the controls in the cockpit to make the aeroplane take off and land. Maddie uses special cameras so we can see the same view as a pilot when they fly a plane. Next, she visits a factory where trainers are made from different materials. She uses a special camera to see how the robotic machines make the trainers at high speed, and she shows us how to tie bows in our shoe laces.
In today's episode, Maddie is looking at useful lights. She shows us how traffic lights work so that vehicles can travel safely through a road junction. She visits a traffic control centre and uses a special camera high up in the air to see all the traffic in action at a busy junction. Next, Maddie visits a factory where emergency warning lights are made using computer designs. She helps to pick the components to make the lights and, using special cameras, we see how all the wires fit together to make a police light! Maddie shows us the light being fitted on top of a police car and tested for the first time.
Today, Maddie is dressing up. She visits a barber to find out how clippers work to cut hair. Using a special microscope camera, Maddie shows us how the blades work, and a slow-motion camera lets us see the clippers in action. Next, Maddie visits a factory where ballet shoes are made. Using materials like satin and ribbon, Maddie sees how all the different cutters, sewing machines and hammers are used to put ballet shoes together.
In today's episode, Maddie is having fun outdoors. First, she's in a playground learning how we keep swinging on a swing and how gravity helps us slide down a slide. She uses a special camera to show us how friction stops us from going too fast. Next, Maddie goes to a factory where plant pots are made. She finds out how clay and shale from a quarry are mixed, shaped and baked into plant pots, then uses a special thermal camera to show us how hot the plant pots get when they travel through a kiln!
In today's episode, Maddie is having fun. She takes to the dance floor to show us how a disco ball works. We learn how light is reflected in lots of different ways, and a special camera on a long pole shows us how the tiny mirrors reflect light around a room. Next, Maddie heads to a factory where they make jigsaw puzzles from wood. Maddie's head camera gives us a special view when the puzzles are cut using an electric saw.
In today's episode, Maddie is sending a letter in the post to the CBeebies house. She finds out how posting a letter works as she follows the letter's journey from the post box to the sorting office and finally to the house. Using a special infrared light, Maddie shows us how stamps are scanned to tell if they are first or second class. Next, she visits a factory where colouring pencils are made. She finds out how the coloured crayon inside is made from clay and, using her slow-motion camera, we see the wooden shaft of the pencil being made.
In today's episode, Maddie is having a party! She finds out how bubbles work when we blow into bubble mixture. She shows us how the surface tension of water changes when we add soap and how we can stop bubbles from bursting with our hands, and using her slow-motion camera, she shows how bubbles make a sphere shape. Next, Maddie heads to a factory where a party favourite is made - chocolate! We learn how chocolate starts out as a fruit, and we see the chocolates being made for an assortment box. Maddie also uses her special camera to see the super-fast robots that put the different chocolates into the right holes in their boxes.
In today's episode, Maddie is finding out about things that go up and down. She shows us how a lift works, when it carries people up and down between floors of a building. With the help of an engineer and her special cameras, Maddie show us how the gears and weights are controlled by a computer. Next, it's time for lift-off as Maddie heads to a space museum. We see how a spacesuit is made from lots of different layers of special materials to keep astronauts safe when they are working in space, and Maddie uses her special thermal camera to see how the suit keeps astronauts warm.
In today's episode, Maddie is relaxing at home, playing games and watching television. She shows us how a television screen works using millions of tiny squares called pixels. Using her special microscope camera, Maddie shows us how a pixel can make any colour from just three coloured lights - red, blue and green. Next she visits a factory where carpet is made. Maddie follows the journey that wool takes, from shearing a sheep to going through the factory, to end up in the carpets we have at home. Maddie uses her special slow-motion camera to show us how the different coloured threads are woven together on a loom to make a carpet.
In today's episode, Maddie is outdoors finding out about things that use the wind. She finds out how a kite works when it flies high in the sky, shows us how to measure the wind speed, and uses a slow-motion camera to explain how a kite catches the wind to stay in the air. Next, Maddie finds out how electricity is made on a wind farm. She visits a wind turbine to see how it turns wind energy into electricity.
In today's episode, Maddie finds out about things that use water. She visits an aquatic centre to show us how a fish tank works, using a special underwater camera to explain how a filter works inside a tank to help keep the water clean and free from fish waste. Next, Maddie visits a factory to find out how bath tubs are made. Starting with a thin sheet of plastic, she shows us how the bath is moulded by air suction. She uses a special camera to explain how a fibreglass gun is used to make the bath strong enough for us to use.
In today's episode, Maddie is looking at things we use when we go to the toilet. She visits a factory to see how hand dryers work. She shows us how infrared light is used to switch the machine on and uses her special camera to see water droplets blasted off her hands in slow-motion. Next, Maddie heads to a toilet roll factory to see the how toilet rolls are made. Using a special camera we see inside a pulp-mixing machine, then how a giant mill squeezes the runny mixture into flat sheets of paper that are dried and made into toilet rolls.
In today's episode, Maddie is looking at the way things are made or trained to help us. First, she meets seven-year-old Anu, who uses a prosthetic leg. Maddie visits a workshop where prosthetic limbs are made and finds out how a computer uses 3D images to make a model, then uses her special camera to see how the images are carved into foam. Next, Maddie meets Nano, a special dog that has been trained to detect nuts and warn his owner who has a nut allergy. We learn how a dog's nose is different from our nose and, using a special camera, we see how Nano makes sure a picnic is safe for his owner.
In today's episode, Maddie is visiting a supermarket, where she finds out what barcodes are and how they work. At the checkout, we learn how an infrared scanner reads barcodes to find out what items we are buying and how much they cost. Maddie uses a special camera to see how the right items in the stock room get to the right shelves in the supermarket. Next, Maddie heads to a factory to see how fishcakes are made. We see how fresh cod is filleted and added to other ingredients on a massive scale. Maddie uses a special camera to show how the ingredients are shaped and go under a breadcrumb shower to come out as a fishcake.
In today's episode, Maddie is at home to show us how a refrigerator works. She explains how the pump and the long pipes inside a fridge change a cooling liquid into a gas to help the food inside stay cold. Using a special thermal camera we see how food cools down inside. Next, Maddie heads to a mushroom farm to see how mushrooms are grown in a big factory. We see how the climate is controlled by a computer so the mushrooms can grow indoors all year round. Maddie uses a special camera to show us the microscopic spores that grow into mushrooms.
Maddie learns how skyscrapers are made and visits a bird sanctuary to see how birds fly.
Maddie visits a tomato growing farm and uses her special time-lapse camera to discover how a plant germinates from a seed and grows into a shoot.
Maddie learns how a car transporter works and discovers how a car engine is made.
Maddie learns why we have day and night and discovers how a solar panel works.
Maddie learns how we make different sounds when we sing and how trombones are made.
Maddie learns how a suspension bridge works and finds out how playground flooring is made.
Maddie learns how the life cycle of a butterfly works and finds out how wallpaper is made.
Maddie learns how digger tracks help it move and she finds out how wellies are made.
Maddie visits a hospital to get her hearing tested and finds out how whistles are made.
Maddie learns how a wind-up toy works and sees how a cricket bat is made in a factory.
Maddie finds out how a potato harvester works on the farm and we learn how cereal is made.
Maddie visits a bowling alley to find out how it works, and we learn how ribbon is made.
Maddie learns how bees make honey in a hive and how mugs are made from clay.
Maddie learns what happens to the food we eat and discovers how meringue is made.
Maddie learns about clouds and rain and discovers how a radiator is made.
Maddie learns how metal is recycled and visits a factory to see how road signs are made
Maddie visits a lighthouse to learn how it works, before discovering how bath bombs are made.
Maddie learns how waves are formed at sea and visits a farm to see how ice cream is made.
Maddie learns how a library works and visits a factory to discover how a book is made.
Maddie visits a hospital to learn how an X-ray works and finds out how socks are made.
Maddie learns how a tram uses electricity to work and discovers how a map is made.
Maddie learns how spiders make webs with silk and how watering cans are made in a factory.
Maddie learns how a camera works and discovers how a hairbrush is made in a factory.
Maddie learns what happens when we go to sleep and discovers how a sofa is made.
Maddie learns how a washing machine works and discovers how jeans are made in a factory.
In this episode, it’s night-time! Maddie visits a planetarium to learn how stars work. She discovers that stars are made in space by dust and gas, and when they press together, they get really, really hot and light up! She finds out that the sun is also a star, but because it’s closer to the Earth it looks much bigger than the stars we can see in space. She uses a special recording telescope camera to see the stars and moon really close up. Next, Maddie heads to an animation studio to see how a special type of film called a stop-frame animation film is made using puppets. She uses her special time-lapse camera to film the puppets as they only move a tiny bit at a time – it takes a whole day to put together just ten seconds of stop-frame animation!
In today’s episode, Maddie learns all about strong structures. She goes to a nature reserve to find out how a bird makes its nest using twigs, moss, leaves and dried grass. She also meets a bird expert to learn about cup nests. She uses the nature reserve's special camera to see how a bird makes its nest in a bird box, and also gets to witness the magical moment when the bird lays its eggs - one of the eggs hatches into a chick! Next, Maddie heads to a bike helmet factory, where she uses her special proscope camera to see a material called carbon fibre – the threads weave over and under and make the bike helmet really strong.
Maddie visits an electric car factory to find out how an electric car works. She learns that an electric car uses batteries and electricity to make the energy it needs to move. Using her special cameras, she shows us how these cars use something called regenerative braking to catch and use the energy that is normally lost when a car brakes. Next, Maddie heads to the beach, where she uses her thermal imaging camera to see how hot air and cold air make wind. We can use the wind to do really fun things – like fly a kite!
Today, Maddie is playing outdoors! She finds out how we move our bodies to keep a hula hoop up in the air and learns how a hula hoop uses something called centripetal force to keep it moving around in a circle. Maddie attaches a tiny special camera to the hula hoop so we can see centripetal force in action! Next, Maddie heads to a tent factory to see how they are made. She sees how lots of pieces of a waterproof material called nylon are cut out in one go using a special table that pushes out air to help the material move around. Then she uses her time-lapse camera to put up her own tent so we can see how all the parts of a tent work together to help it stay up and keep us dry from the rain.
In today’s episode, Maddie visits a reservoir that collects water from our homes, natural springs and the rain. She heads to a draw-off tower, which takes water from the reservoir and carries it along underground pipes to a water treatment plant. The plant uses lots of different cleaning tanks to make the water really clean. She uses her special camera on a pole to see inside one of the tanks. Next, Maddie visits a farm to find out how carrots grow from tiny seeds into big vegetables we can eat. She uses a special endoscope camera to see baby carrots growing underground. Afterwards, Maddie takes a ride on a harvester to see how carrots are dug out of the ground.
Today, Maddie is finding things! First, she visits an observatory to see how a really big radio telescope uses powerful computers to collect radio waves from space and turn them into a picture we can see. She uses a special time-lapse camera to see how the telescope moves up, down and around as it finds the radio waves. Next, Maddie heads to a giant maze, where she starts at the entrance and tries to find the middle! She then heads to a craft workshop to see how a wooden maze is made using something called a maze blank. She uses her special slow-motion camera to see the wood shavings flying off as a special device called a CNC machine drills out the maze path onto a block of wood.
Today, Maddie is on her bike! She visits a bike workshop to find out why different bike bells make different ringing sounds. Maddie uses her special slow-motion camera to see inside a ring bell so we can see how something called a beater spins around really quickly, hitting a bump called the butt to make a long ringing sound. Next, Maddie visits a rugby stadium to see how line markings are painted onto the pitch so that the players know where to play. Maddie attaches one of her special cameras to a line marking machine to see how it uses a sensor and a nozzle to keep the lines really straight!
Today, Maddie’s at sea! First she visits a boating lake, using her special underwater cameras to find out how the hull of a boat is shaped to help it float on water. She learns how even big heavy things can float because of a force called buoyancy. Next, Maddie heads to a beach to discover how sand is made. She explains how a process called weathering breaks the rocks down to small pieces and how all the tiny grains of rock make sand. She then uses a special microscope camera to see how thousands of bits of different minerals like quartz make up sand.
In today’s episode, Maddie is finding out about machines that use suction! She heads to a road sweeper depot to learn how all the parts of a road sweeper work together, cleaning up dirt and litter into a special bin inside the road sweeper called a hopper. Maddie attaches her special cameras onto the road sweeper so she can see it in action, before getting in for a ride. Maddie then watches the hopper as it is emptied into a skip – it’s really messy! Next, Maddie is at a paper straw factory, where she sees how paper straws are made out of strips of paper called ribbons. She uses her slow-motion camera to see how three layers of ribbon wrap onto a long pole called a mandrel to make a paper straw. They are chopped to the right size and packaged, ready to be used.
In today’s episode, Maddie is learning all about glass! She visits a glass recycling centre to see how the glass from our homes is recycled. When the glass arrives to the centre, it’s mixed with other materials like stone, ceramic and plastics, which together are called contaminants. Using her special slow-motion camera, Maddie sees how clever machines use magnets and powerful jets of air to get rid of all the contaminants. Next, Maddie visits a jam factory, where she helps to squeeze lemons and learns how a natural chemical in lemon peel called pectin works to stick the jam together. She uses her special camera to see how a giant pan heats frozen raspberries, sugar and lemon so the water evaporates and the mixture turns thick.
Today, Maddie is learning about colourful things! She visits a climbing wall centre, where she finds out how colourful holds on the wall help us to climb up it. And we learn how an auto-belay is used to help us to go up and down the wall safely. Next, Maddie heads to a modelling clay factory to see how brightly coloured modelling clay contains a plant ingredient called starch to make it thick. Maddie uses her special time-lapse camera to let us see all the ingredients mixed together by a big machine that turns the big lumps of clay into smooth modelling clay. We discover how an airtight tub helps keep the modelling clay malleable so it can be played with again and again.
In today’s episode, Maddie visits a forklift warehouse. She discovers how a forklift truck uses something called counterbalance to lift things really high without tipping over. She attaches a special camera to the forks of the truck to see it in action as it lifts heavy things up onto shelves. Next, she visits a dried fruit factory to see how lots of fun machines turn fresh apples into dried apple crisps. Maddie uses her special slow-motion camera to see how the apples are chopped into thin slices – it happens really quickly! And she discovers how big fans dry the apples out in something called a dehydrator, before being packaged and made ready to go the shops.
In today’s episode, Maddie learns about land and water! Maddie visits a port to find out how cars are loaded onto a ferry so they can be carried across the water. She then uses her special cameras to drive onto the ferry, and we see how a special floor called the garage deck is pushed up using a hydraulic ram to make a brand-new floor underneath! Next, Maddie heads to a globe factory to find out how globes are made. She sees how water and land are painted onto flat pieces of paper called gores. Using her special camera, she sees how the gores are carefully stuck onto the globe, going from flat to round.
Today, Maddie is learning all about baggage! She visits an airport to see how baggage goes from the check-in desk and onto an aeroplane using something called a destination tag, which makes sure each piece of baggage ends up on the right plane. She attaches her special cameras onto the suitcase as it goes along the baggage carousel – it goes up, down and around until it reaches a room called the baggage room. Next, Maddie visits a rucksack factory to see how a rucksack is made. We find out how all the pieces are cut out and stitched together to make the rucksack. Maddie uses her slow-motion camera to see how a special stitch called a bar tack stitch makes the handles of the rucksack really strong so we can carry heavy things.
Today, Maddie finds out about things you might have in your home! She visits a lamp workshop to discover how a lamp lets us see in the dark. She learns that inside a light switch is an electrical contact that lets electricity flow around a lamp so it can switch on and off. She uses her special proscope camera to see the tiny holes that make up a lampshade, which allow light from the lightbulb to come out. Next, Maddie visits a playhouse factory to learn how a playhouse is made. She finds out how a computer designs each side of the playhouse and how planks of wood are used to make it. She then uses her special time-lapse camera to see all the panels put together to make a playhouse.
Today, Maddie is using her senses to see and hear! She visits a speaker factory to understand what happens when we listen to music from a speaker. With the help of her special slow-motion camera, Maddie shows how vibrations make the speaker cones move up and down, creating the sounds we can hear. Next, Maddie is learning about colours, and how by mixing the primary colours of red, blue and yellow together we can make new colours called secondary colours. She then uses her special camera to see colours that have been mixed together, separated out into their primary colours using a special paper called chromatography paper. And Maddie looks through something called a prism made of glass, letting her see all the colours in light – it looks like a rainbow!
Maddie goes on a Christmas adventure as she meets Santa's favourite helper, the reindeer, and discovers how Christmas decorations are made. She learns how reindeer keep warm in very cold weather and discovers how their fur works as insulation. She explores why we might say that a reindeer has a red nose, using her special thermal imaging camera.
Join Maddie as she finds out how cable cars work and visits a viewing tower to see how it was made. We learn how cable cars don’t have engines inside and see all the different parts that work together. Maddie uses her special cameras to take us on a ride in the cable car and show us how the car moves along the cable as it passes over the support towers. Maddie then goes to the top of a high viewing tower, which is 170 metres tall and shaped like a sail on a boat. We discover the tower is built on a special platform with concrete columns that are constructed in the sea. Maddie uses her special camera as she climbs inside the hollow tower structure to show us how they bolt the legs of the tower together. Finally, Maddie travels to the very top, to the viewing platform with a strong glass floor, so we can see all the way down to the ground below our feet!
Maddie visits a robot workshop where they design farming robots that help farmers grow crops. She meets three farming robots, Tom, Wilma and Richard that work together on the farm to help find the weeds in the fields. Maddie learns that Tom, a scanning robot, can see things we cannot see, using special cameras to scan and take photos of the weeds, animals, insects and crops in the field. Maddie then discovers how Tom sends pictures and information to an artificial intelligence computer called Wilma to build a map of the field. Finally, Maddie meets another Richard, a robot who uses the map to find and destroy the weeds. Maddie then visits a printing workshop to see how a 3D printer makes things. At the workshop, they design glasses frames to wear and Maddie uses her special camera to see how the 3D printing works by building up layers stacked on top of each other.
Maddie finds out that glass is fragile, smooth, tough, rough and sharp! She shows us glass can be made into lots of things like jam jars, bottles, a magnifying glass and windows to see through. Maddie shows us that liquid glass can be moulded into lots of different shapes - A jar, a jug, a fruit bowl for your grapes! Along the way we learn glass is made out of sand, sometimes by hand and it be recycled again and again!
Maddie is ready to go puddle jumping, she’s got her wellies and her mac, but discovers all the puddles have gone! We find out what happens to the puddles when the rain stops, and the sun comes back -It’s called evaporation. Maddie takes us on a journey into the clouds and learns when water heats up, the liquid water turns into a gas called water vapour. We see that water vapour is light, so it rises up high into the sky – taller than a skyscraper!
Maddie is exploring why some materials sink when others just stay on the top floating round - what makes things sink or float? She tries lots of different objects and asks - Will it sink or float? We see Maddie at the beach with armbands and a rubber ring, they all float because they are full of air! Maddie tries something heavy, like a big old key, it sinks. We learn if it an object floats, we call it buoyant but if not, it will sink – bye, bye! Maddie encourages the audience to try out themselves what objects might float and sink
Maddie is finding out about metal and all the things it can do. We learn it’s a strong material and there are lots of different types. We discover that to get it you have to dig down, deep into the ground where metal is found. Find out what common metals are used for - like aluminium for making aeroplanes, copper for electricity, iron to make pans, steel for bridges and gold for making jewellery. Maddie shows that if we look around, we find metal everywhere!
Maddie listens for sounds and hears that they’re everywhere. She learns sound can be very high and very low, she asks - How does sound reach our ears? Do you know? We learn sound is a vibration it is something that shivers, quivers, shudders, judders, wibbles, wobbles – it vibrates! A vibration is invisible, but Maddie tells us how we can feel sound vibrations in our throats when we sing, or see them on a drum when it bangs.
