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Bike

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  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-berkshire-54259186   Ask what do you see in the photo? What is happening? There is something different about this mountain biker, can anyone guess what it is?   Xavier is blind; he has less than 10% eyesight.  W hat do you think less than 10% eyesight means for Xavier? What do you think he sees? After struggling to get a job Xavier decided to pursue his love of biking; he posted videos online and was approached by companies who offered to sponsor him in shows. He now hopes to go professional.  How do you think Xavier manages to do this with 10% eyesight, what are the challenges?  How do you think he overcomes the challenges?  Xavier talks about how his eyes work differently; he has albinism which means his eyes let too much light in, and he also has nystagmus which causes his eyes to shake. Because of this, Xavier walks each route before using his bike and then remembers turns, jumps and where roots, rock...

Snow

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                                    https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/articles/zmqmrj6 What do you see in the picture? How do you think these photos were taken? What are they taken of? Last weekend, snow fell in some parts of the UK. B illions of snowflakes were falling from the sky. Snow looks the same, but no two snowflakes are the same. When we look at snow falling we can't see differences but in 1885 scientist Wilson Bentley attached a microscope to a camera and realised something. What do you think Wilson realised? Wilson realised thar however many snowflakes were captured, none were exactly the same. They were all different. What do you think makes the snowflakes different? The shape of a snowflake is formed as it falls through the air. Even if two snow flakes fall side by side, they will be blown through different levels of humidity and vapour; no two journeys are exactly the same so every flake ...