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 moving around in a circle. Maddie attaches a tiny special camera to the hula hoop so we can see centripetal force in action! \n\nNext, Maddie heads to a tent factory to see how they are made. She sees how lots of pieces of a waterproof material called nylon are cut out in one go using a special table that pushes out air to help the material move around. Then she uses her time-lapse camera to put up her own tent so we can see how all the parts of a tent work together to help it stay up and keep us dry from the rain.
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Series 2: 18. Lift And Spacesuit
In today's episode, Maddie is finding out about things that go up and down. She shows us how a lift works, when it carries people up and down between floors of a building. With ...
02-09-2025
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 ...
01-09-2025
CBeebies
Series 2: 16. Posting A Letter And Colouring Pencils
In today's episode, Maddie is sending a letter in the post to the CBeebies house. She finds out how posting a letter works as she follows the letter's journey from the post box ...
29-08-2025
CBeebies
Series 2: 15. Disco Ball And Jigsaw Puzzle
In today's episode, Maddie is having fun. She takes to the dance floor to show us how a disco ball works. We learn how light is reflected in lots of different ways, and a specia ...
28-08-2025
CBeebies
Series 2: 14. Playground And Plant Pot
In today's episode, Maddie is having fun outdoors. First, she's in a playground learning how we keep swinging on a swing and how gravity helps us slide down a slide. She uses a ...
27-08-2025
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 ...
26-08-2025
CBeebies
Series 2: 12. Traffic Lights And Emergency Lights
In today's episode, Maddie is looking at useful lights. She shows us how traffic lights work so that vehicles can travel safely through a road junction. She visits a traffic con ...
25-08-2025
CBeebies
Series 2: 11. Aeroplane And Trainers
Today, Maddie is on the move. She gets on board an aeroplane and shows us all the buttons inside the cockpit and how they work. Then she sits alongside Bridget, a pilot, in a fl ...
22-08-2025
CBeebies
Series 2: 10. Lifeboat And Concrete
She goes on a training rescue mission with a lifeboat team to find out how the equipment on a lifeboat works. She shows us how the special thermal-imaging cameras are used to fi ...
21-08-2025
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, ...
20-08-2025
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 ...
26-08-2025
CBeebies
Series 2: 14. Playground And Plant Pot
In today's episode, Maddie is having fun outdoors. First, she's in a playground learning how we keep swinging on a swing and how gravity helps us slide down a slide. She uses a ...
27-08-2025
CBeebies
Series 2: 15. Disco Ball And Jigsaw Puzzle
In today's episode, Maddie is having fun. She takes to the dance floor to show us how a disco ball works. We learn how light is reflected in lots of different ways, and a specia ...
28-08-2025
CBeebies
Series 1: 2. Fire Engine Hose And Reflective Strips
Maddie looks at the emergency services. She uses a special camera to find out how the hose on a fire engine works and how the pump inside the fire engine creates pressure and se ...
07-07-2025
CBeebies
Series 1: 6. Cat Flap And Woolly Hat
Maddie meets some furry friends. She uses special cameras to find out how a digital cat flap works and how a tiny microchip unlocks the cat flap so the cats can go in and out of ...
10-07-2025
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 ...
25-07-2025
CBeebies
Series 2: 16. Posting A Letter And Colouring Pencils
In today's episode, Maddie is sending a letter in the post to the CBeebies house. She finds out how posting a letter works as she follows the letter's journey from the post box ...
29-08-2025
CBeebies
Series 2: 12. Traffic Lights And Emergency Lights
In today's episode, Maddie is looking at useful lights. She shows us how traffic lights work so that vehicles can travel safely through a road junction. She visits a traffic con ...
25-08-2025
CBeebies
Series 2: 18. Lift And Spacesuit
In today's episode, Maddie is finding out about things that go up and down. She shows us how a lift works, when it carries people up and down between floors of a building. With ...
02-09-2025
CBeebies