Observing the living world
Check what equipment can actually show. Do not culture unknown microbes; choose suitable prepared slides.
Parents’ guide ↗Follow used handwashing water from a household drain into the sewer network and a treatment plant, then onward to a river that may reach the sea. This lively children’s song introduces screens, settling particles, helpful microorganisms, and the important fact that treated wastewater is not drinking water.
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Microorganisms are organisms usually too small to see without a microscope, such as bacteria and yeasts. They are not all single-celled or disease-causing.
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Water treatment removes selected pollutants using methods such as settling, filtration and biological processes. Treated wastewater is not automatically safe drinking water.
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After the film, explain what happened in your own words. Draw an example and choose a question to explore together.
Check what equipment can actually show. Do not culture unknown microbes; choose suitable prepared slides.
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3:05Follow used handwashing water from a household drain into the sewer network and a treatment plant, then onward to a river that may reach the sea. This lively children’s song introduces screens, settling particles, helpful microorganisms, and the important fact that treated wastewater is not drinking water.
2:40What lives in soil, water, food, and on our bodies but is usually too small to see? This curious kids’ song introduces bacteria as tiny single-celled organisms, explores how certain bacteria help make yogurt, and explains how washing with soap and water reduces the spread of microbes.
3:13Maja turns on the TV and wonders how a fish can swim across the screen—and where its splash comes from. This song explores how a signal guides pixels and speakers, how changing still pictures appear to move, and how a vibrating speaker moves the air to make sound.
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