Demonstrates the experiments in the chemical process of burning and oxygenation and illustrates by growing plants, that oxygen is essential for life. Various methods of recording the inhalation and exhalation of breath are explained by animated diagrams.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
017662
Language
English
Subject categories
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Life (Biology)
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Science - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Human physiology
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Chemical processes
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Life (Biology)
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Oxygen
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science - Experiments
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science - Study and teaching
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)