Maddie meets some furry friends and creepy crawlies. She visits a pet shop and uses a special night-vision camera to find out how a hamster wheel works and how far a hamster can run in a single night. Next, Maddie visits a factory to see how an insect hotel is made from wood and bamboo and uses a slow-motion camera to show how a drill creates holes in the wood for the insects to hide in.
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Series 4: 14. Neon Sign And Revolving Door
In today’s episode, Maddie is out and about! She finds out how revolving doors can let lots of people in and out of buildings at the same time. She visits a revolving door ...
18-04-2024
CBeebies
Series 4: 13. Kaleidoscope And Envelope
In today’s episode, Maddie is looking inside things! We look inside a kaleidoscope to learn how it uses three mirrors called a triangular prism to make colourful patterns. ...
17-04-2024
CBeebies
Series 4: 12. Window Cleaning Cradle And Shadow
Maddie heads to a tall building to find out how a window cleaning cradle works. She discovers how really strong metal cables lift and lower the cradle, which uses tracks to move ...
16-04-2024
CBeebies
Series 4: 11. Snail And Tractor
Today, Maddie learns about how different things move! She is heading to a snail garden to see how a snail uses mucus and the muscles in its body, called its foot, to move. Maddi ...
15-04-2024
CBeebies
Series 4: 10. Glass Recycling And Jam
In today’s episode, Maddie is learning all about glass! She visits a glass recycling centre to see how the glass from our homes is recycled. When the glass arrives to the ...
12-04-2024
CBeebies
Series 4: 9. Road Sweeper And Paper Straw
In today’s episode, Maddie is finding out about machines that use suction! She heads to a road sweeper depot to learn how all the parts of a road sweeper work together, c ...
11-04-2024
CBeebies
Series 4: 8. Floating And Sand
Today, Maddie’s at sea! First she visits a boating lake, using her special underwater cameras to find out how the hull of a boat is shaped to help it float on water. She l ...
10-04-2024
CBeebies
Series 4: 7. Bike Bell And Line Markings
Today, Maddie is on her bike! She visits a bike workshop to find out why different bike bells make different ringing sounds. Maddie uses her special slow-motion camera to see in ...
09-04-2024
CBeebies
Series 4: 6. Radio Telescope And Maze
Today, Maddie is finding things! First, she visits an observatory to see how a really big radio telescope uses powerful computers to collect radio waves from space and turn them ...
08-04-2024
CBeebies
Series 4: 5. Drinking Water And Carrot
In this episode, Maddie visits a reservoir that collects water from our homes, natural springs and the rain. She heads to a draw-off tower, which takes water from the reservoir ...
05-04-2024
CBeebies
Series 4: 12. Window Cleaning Cradle And Shadow
Maddie heads to a tall building to find out how a window cleaning cradle works. She discovers how really strong metal cables lift and lower the cradle, which uses tracks to move ...
16-04-2024
CBeebies
Series 3: 8. Digger And Wellies
Maddie is at a building site and finds out how tracks work to help a digger move up and down mounds of earth. Maddie wears some special shoe attachments to show us how the digge ...
15-11-2023
CBeebies
Series 4: 4. Hula Hoop And Tent
Maddie is playing outdoors. She finds out how we move our bodies to keep a hula hoop up in the air and learns how a hula hoop uses something called centripetal force to keep it ...
04-04-2024
CBeebies
Series 2: 17. Bubbles And Chocolate
In today's episode, Maddie is having a party! She finds out how bubbles work when we blow into bubble mixture. She shows us how the surface tension of water changes when we add ...
31-05-2022
CBeebies
Series 3: 17. Lighthouse And Bathbomb
Maddie is at the coast! She visits a red and white striped lighthouse and meets the lighthouse keeper right at the top. She goes inside to where the bulb is kept and finds out h ...
28-11-2023
CBeebies
Series 2: 13. Hairclippers And Ballet Shoes
Today, Maddie is dressing up. She visits a barber to find out how clippers work to cut hair. Using a special microscope camera, Maddie shows us how the blades work, and a slow-m ...
25-05-2022
CBeebies
Series 1: 3. Fizzy Water And Yoghurt
Maddie looks at food and drink. She uses a special slow-motion camera to find out how bubbles get inside a bottle of fizzy water. Animation shows how gas is used to create the b ...
24-10-2018
CBeebies
Series 1: 10. Water Park And Ice Cream
Maddie goes for a fun day out. She visits an indoor water park and uses a special waterproof camera and animation to show how a water slide works. She then goes underneath the s ...
12-04-2023
CBeebies
Series 2: 9. Handwash And Vacuum
In today's episode, Maddie is cleaning up. She visits a factory where hand wash is made and uses her special camera to see inside a big vat to see the colour being mixed. Next, ...
19-05-2022
CBeebies
Series 4: 6. Radio Telescope And Maze
Today, Maddie is finding things! First, she visits an observatory to see how a really big radio telescope uses powerful computers to collect radio waves from space and turn them ...
08-04-2024
CBeebies