Links to online resources

Chapter 1 Science and technology

Inventors and inventions
Page 14 – Ruth Amos
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-Q5Hm6uypE
Alternative links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLJW-y1fWvQ
www.wes.org.uk/content/ruth-amos

The Big Issue – medical science and sight

Page 22 – People and echolocation – Ben Underwood
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9mvRRwu5Gw
Alternative links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLziFMF4DHA
http://www.benunderwood.com/aboutme.html

Chapter 2 Food and fitness

Food and celebration
Page 29 – Harbin Ice Festival
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLLrkWwRemM
Alternative links:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-25606777
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/heilongjiang/harbin/ice_snow.htm

Truffles in France
Page 34 – Truffle Hunting
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4rg3E_bWeM
Alternative links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbsqPWME5y8
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/9602922/Revival-in-truffle-hunting-in-England.html

The Big Issue – achieving against the odds

Page 46 – Alex Zanardi
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpT5-rOmzdU

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 Chapter 3 Communities
What ingredients make up a community?
Page 55 A community to learn from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6aVYmslPDY
Alternative links:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Yellow_meadow_ant
http://www.pestworldforkids.org/ants.html

Chapter 4 Animals and us

Talented animals
Page 84 – Dog and disabled owner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hy3aMqC0J0
Alternative links:
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Society/article1193480.ece

Chapter 5 Working life

Page 113 – Working with puppets
www.vimeo.com/44307918
Alternative link:
http://corinabona.wordpress.com/

Chapter 6 Travel and Transport

Working in the travel industry
Page 126 – Jessica Cox
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3Wp6NLuRWI&list=UUs5jagVlHxa2Lmqo5u8qx-g&index=5
Alternative links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcr0U2KRLrc
http://rightfooted.com/about-jessica/

Chapter 7 Leisure and entertainment

Crime fiction
Page 146 – Sherlock Holmes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5faHSZ0kNEY
Alternative links:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01nq0bw
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-01-01/sherlock-steven-moffat-interviews-benedict-cumberbatch

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 Going out
Page 152 – Adapting a film for the stage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScFWa-RwC3Y

Organizing large-scale events

Page 157 – Rio 2016
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTVNr5mmaq8
Alternative links:
http://www.youtube.com/user/rio2016video
http://www.rio2016.org/en

Page 157 – Toyko 2020

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHSUz26fAIM
Alternative links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7II0J_aT7A
http://tokyo2020.jp/en/

Chapter 8 Hobbies and interests

Listening to music
Page 183 – How to learn to play ‘Let it be’ on the ukulele in two minutes
http://www.youtube.com/user/ukulelecenter?feature=watch
Alternative links:
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~davinc/uke%20instructions.pdf

Chapter 9 Customs and cultures

Coming of age
Page 199 – Maˉ  ori greetings
www.vimeo.com/8419032

Alternative links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongi

Page 203 – Bullet ant test

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwvIFO9srUw
Alternative links:
http://www.discovery-zone.com/painful-sting-world-paraponera-clavata/
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/painful-animal-bite-on-earth/2529

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 Chapter 10 The past and the future
Life in England 100 years ago
Page 229 – The past unearthed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsUE-ZtcUFg
Alternative links:
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/shaanxi/xian/terra_cotta_army/

Chapter 11 Communication
Communicating with friends and family
Page 247 – The Pony Express
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1R-GeEd95c
Alternative links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXFZ4qPfpvg
http://ponyexpress.org/history/

Page 249 – Morse code

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6gxfX4GrbI
Alternative links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2W9nwwjIkY
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/morse.html

Communicating without using words

Page 255 – Evelyn Glennie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuJk-r8GZF4
Alternative links:
http://www.youtube.com/user/DameEvelynGlennie
http://www.evelyn.co.uk/biography.html

Chapter 12 - Global issues

Page 270 – Positive products
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ1lhMHd0YU&list=PL07D55B4A1 B410082&index=2
Alternative links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDe6LvFp9gc&feature=c4-overview-
vl&list=PL07D55B4A1B410082
http://www.thebodyshop.co.uk/bath-body-care/body-butter/honeymania-body-butter.aspx

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 Page 282 – Meat-free diets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ2PH5pG9fs
Alternative links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34ZlshYwby8
http://www.meatfreemondays.co.uk/why-have-meat-free-monday.html

Page 287 – Water aid

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oeWR6uZ87s&feature=youtu.be
Alternative links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVm_rFV-4Lo
http://www.wateraid.org/uk/what-we-do

Page 288 – Landfillharmic

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXynrsrTKbI
Alternative links:
http://vimeo.com/52711779
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/405192963/landfill-harmonic-inspiring-dreams-one-note-at-a-t

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