Maddie visits a farm to show us how a potato harvester works - picking out and sorting the potatoes growing in the ground. She uses her special cameras to see how the machine pulls off the roots and shakes off the soil. Then we see how the potatoes are carried up a ‘potato escalator’ to be packed into huge crates. Next, she visits a cereal factory to see how wheat biscuits are made. We find out how the wheat grains are cooked and dried in an oven – Maddie uses her special slow-motion camera so that we can see how the grains are heated – they look like they are dancing! Then Maddie helps to press them into wheat biscuit shapes ready to be packed and sent to the shops.
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Series 4: 16. Forklift And Dried Fruit
In today’s episode, Maddie visits a forklift warehouse. She discovers how a forklift truck uses something called counterbalance to lift things really high without tipping ...
16-02-2025
CBeebies
Series 4: 15. Climbing Wall And Modelling Clay
Today, Maddie is learning about colourful things! She visits a climbing wall centre, where she finds out how colourful holds on the wall help us to climb up it. And we learn how ...
15-02-2025
CBeebies
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 ...
14-02-2025
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. ...
13-02-2025
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 ...
12-02-2025
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 ...
11-02-2025
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 ...
10-02-2025
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 ...
09-02-2025
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 ...
08-02-2025
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 ...
07-02-2025
CBeebies
Series 3: 1. Skyscraper And Flying Bird
Maddie finds out how really tall buildings are made out of steel and concrete. She visits a skyscraper construction site to explain how the concrete columns that are buried deep ...
06-11-2023
CBeebies
Series 3: 3. Car Engine And Car Transporter
In today's episode Maddie finds out about cars. She heads to a car engine factory and with her special cameras finds out how blocks of aluminium metal are melted and made into a ...
08-11-2023
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 ...
11-02-2025
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 ...
08-02-2025
CBeebies
Series 2: 1. Shipping Container And Bubble Packaging
In today's episode Maddie is on the move. She finds out how things that we use every day are brought to us on big ships and moved around the country in shipping containers on tr ...
09-05-2022
CBeebies
Series 2: 25. Refrigerator And Mushrooms
In today's episode, Maddie is at home to show us how a refrigerator works. She explains how the pump and the long pipes inside a fridge change a cooling liquid into a gas to hel ...
10-06-2022
CBeebies
Series 1: 16. Lock & Key And Glass
Maddie explores the house. She uses a special camera and animation to see how a key works inside a lock and shows how the hidden barrel and pins inside the lock work, to allow t ...
20-04-2023
CBeebies
Series 3: 2. Plant And Compost
Maddie is finding out about the life cycle of plants! She visits a gigantic tomato growing farm and uses her special time-lapse camera to discover how a plant germinates from a ...
07-11-2023
CBeebies
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 ...
14-02-2025
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 ...
05-02-2025
CBeebies