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What Makes Bridges So Strong? | Engineering for Kids | STEAM | SciShow Kids

A SciShow Kids viewer wrote us to ask how bridges are strong enough to carry cars and trucks! Jessi and Squeaks can explain — with blocks!

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SOURCES:
http://www.k5architecture.org/pdf/g2%20-%20Grade%202.pdf
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/shapes.html
http://www.childrensengineering.com/
http://www.design-technology.org/suspensionbridges.htm
http://wyrk.com/busiest-bridge-in-world-dales-daily-data/)

What Causes Thunder and Lightning? | Weather Science | SciShow Kids

A SciShow Kids viewer wants to know, “Why do lightning and thunder happen?” Get your raincoat, because Jessi will take you inside a thunderstorm to give you the answer!
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SOURCES:
lightningsafety.com
http://www.ucar.edu/communications/infopack/lightning/kids.html
http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/electric_shock.html
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/thunder.html
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-lightning.htm

How Does A Seed Become A Plant? | Backyard Science | SciShow Kids

Jessi and Squeaks show you how a tiny seed – like the kind you plant in your garden or even eat in your trail mix – grows into a big plant!

#scieshowkids #plants #gardening #scienceforkids #biology #science #education #elementary #learning #seeds

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SOURCES:
http://www.gardenguides.com/75304-seed-develop-plant.html
http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/how-do-seeds-sprout/
http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/
http://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/plantmotion/earlygrowth/germination/germ.html
http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/documents/misc/yoa1961_quick001.pdf

What is a Tornado? | Weather Science | SciShow Kids

Tornadoes are one of nature’s most powerful forces — see where they come from, how fast they go, and how scientists study them!
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SOURCES:

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/content/kids/en_US/explore/science/tornado/

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-tornado.htm

http://www.ready.gov/kids/know-the-facts/tornado

http://www.timeforkids.com/photos-video/video/tfk-tells-you-about-twisters-152191

https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/climate-information/extreme-events/us-tornado-climatology/tornado-alley

http://www.livescience.com/45546-how-do-tornadoes-form.html

#scishowkids #weather #tornado #scienceforkids #meteorology #science #education #elementary #learning