Why does a magnet stick to the refrigerator but not to the wooden cabinets? This question will be answered as viewers discover what makes something "magnetic." Students learn about positive and negative forces, the North and South poles, and the basic concepts of why opposites attract. Children find out more about what magnets are used for and in which simple machines they are found. With a hands-on experiment and real-world examples, these concepts are more easily understood.
In Sound, the inhabitants of Mammoth Island learn how sound energy travels in waves. While herding their mammoths toward fresh pasture through a maze of canyons, someone sneezes and the sound reverberates, startling the timid mammoths and causing them to run away! A visiting inventor explains that sounds are caused by the movement of molecules -- what scientists refer to as vibrations. Thinking about how our ears translate vibrations into sound leads a bright young Islander, Olive, to create a primitive microphone.
This programme is about accent - the British accent Received Pronunciation (RP). Although only spoken by a relatively small number of people, these people occupy powerful positions in English life and in the rest of the world. We look at the pronunciation features that characterize RP, at how people react to the RP accent and its speakers, and at how RP is changing.
It's time for a musical adventure at Barney's Fantasy Fair! When a little girl named Melanie dreams of playing her violin in a talent show, Barney, BJ and Baby Bop help her realize her dreams with the help of a new dino friend, Riff, who knows how to find music everywhere! Riff shows the friends all about music and sounds as they sing favorite songs, play games and ride amazing rides! They also discover that some dreams are even bigger than they imagined. So head to the fair, join the fun and let's make music together!
![The English Language: Past, Present and Future. An English Accent [1995]](http://englishtips.org/uploads/posts/2011-11/2011110802124793140.png "The English Language: Past, Present and Future. An English Accent [1995]")
