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Pourquoi j'ai faim?

S1 E26
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2007

Adibou learns that after digestion he has an empty stomach and he is hungry again. He discovers the digestive system.

Levels:
Elementary Grade 1 Kindergarten
Subjects:
Science and technology Life Systems Français Programme de la maternelle et du jardin d’enfants Demonstrating Literacy Behaviours Problem Solving and Innovating
Skills:
Self-Directed Learning Collaboration Critical Thinking Problem Solving
Themes:
STEAM
French level:
A2: Waystage Basic User (A1 - A2)
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E1 : Pourquoi j'ai le coeur qui bat?

5min
Adibou hears the heart. It makes a lot of noise and he feels like he's in a rollercoaster.
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E2 : Pourquoi j'ai le sang rouge?

5min
Adibou is trapped in an artery. Robitoc saves him from a terrible white cell.
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E3 : Pourquoi j'ai de la fièvre?

5min
Adibou has the shivers, muscle aches and a fever, and he wants to know why. Time for an adventure into the human body, starting in the nose, to pick up a virus.
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E4 : Pourquoi je tiens debout?

5min
Adibou wants to know how he manages to stay upright. Time to discover the spine and the bones in the skeleton.
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E5 : Pourquoi je gonfle mes biceps?

5min
Adibou learns why the biceps flexes when he folds his arm. The fibers in the muscle twist like an elastic and run out of space, which stretches the skin.
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E6 : Pourquoi je bouge?

5min
Adibou learns why he moves, as his bones are ties to muscles by tendons and, when he contracts his muscles, his bones move with them.
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E7 : Pourquoi j'ai une croûte?

5min
Adibou learns how white blood cells destroy bacteria and how blood coagulates to form crust.
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E8 : Pourquoi j'ai la chair de poule?

5min
Adibou learns what makes his skin shiver. The cold raises his hair.
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E9 : Pourquoi je dois me laver?

5min
Adibou knows he needs to wash daily to rid himself of microbes and used cells. He learns the basics of personal hygiene.
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E10 : Pourquoi j'aime le sucré?

5min
The tongue recognizes sweet tastes, Adibou addresses the subject matter by exploring different areas of the tongue.
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E11 : Pourquoi je n'ai pas la peau bleue?

5min
Adibou explores the process of tanning and the different skin colors.
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E12 : Pourquoi j'ai des poils partout?

5min
A little trip in the ship to observe invisible hair and duvet. Adibou learns that we have hair all over, except Bouzzy the robot, who doesn't.
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E13 : Pourquoi j'ai les cheveux qui poussent?

5min
Adibou wonders why does his hair grow? His ship goes above the head and he is now stuck in a real jungle.
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E14 : Pourquoi je vois?

5min
How will the ship enter the eye? Adibou and his team cross the lens and go to the retina.
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E15 : Pourquoi je vois mal dans le noir?

5min
Adibou explores the pupil, but it is very dark and he finds himself in some kind of weird jelly.
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E16 : Pourquoi je pleure?

5min
Bouzzi is in the lacrymal lake and the tears will sweep him away. Adibou will catch him by going through the nose.
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E17 : Pourquoi j'entends?

5min
Adibou travels in the ear and discovers the eardrum.
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E18 : Pourquoi j'ai mal au coeur en voiture?

5min
Adibou finds out why he's nauseous by visiting the inner ear. The brain is confused by the eyes, that see things going by, and the body, that doesn't move, which creates nausea.
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E19 : Pourquoi j'ai l'oreille bouchée?

5min
Adibou falls into the Eustachian tube and ends up in the hearing canal, in a soft, yellow substance: cerumen.
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E20 : Pourquoi je sens les odeurs?

5min
Adibou discovers the olfactive nerve, which informs the brain about smells and transmits scents.
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E21 : Pourquoi j'ai des crottes de nez?

5min
Adibou visits the nose, discovers hairs and gets stucks in the mucus, a gelatinous liquid. The dust we breathe is stopped by the hair, dries, and becomes boogers.
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E22 : Pourquoi je chante?

5min
Adibou learns that vocal chords vibrate, which is how sound is produced, amplified by the mouth and articulated by the lips. That's how singing happens.
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E23 : Pourquoi j'ai mal aux dents?

5min
Adibou learns his teeth ache because of cavities. He has to brush his teeth to shoo out bacteria if he doesn't want their acid to make holes in his teeth.
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E24 : Pourquoi je perds une dent?

5min
Adibou learns that baby teeth are pushed out by permanent, bigger, harder teeth growing below them.
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E25 : Why do I sweat?

5min
Adiboo learns he sweats to lower his body temperature. Physical effort accumulates a lot of heat, sweat spreads and evaporates .
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E26 : Pourquoi j'ai faim?

5min
Adibou learns that after digestion he has an empty stomach and he is hungry again. He discovers the digestive system.
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E27 : Pourquoi je salive?

5min
Adibou learns that saliva helps to swallow what we eat. Saliva initiates digestion and food become soft and slippery so that they pass more easily in the stomach.
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E28 : Pourquoi je rote et je pète?

5min
Adibou learns that farting and burping release air bubbles that he swallows or gaz that are created in the bowels after meals.
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E29 : Pourquoi je suis barbouillé?

5min
On the road to the stomach! Adibou learns that bile dissolves grease and, when we eat too much, the intestines struggles to digest everything, causing a stomach ache.
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E30 : Pourquoi je fais pipi?

5min
Kidneys filter blood and keep unnecessary wastes. These very wastes travel with water into the bladder. The bladder is emptied while going to the bathroom.
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E31 : Pourquoi je respire?

5min
Adibou breathes in to bring air into the lungs; fresh oxygen goes into the blood to feed the body cells. Adibou breathes out to get rid of this used oxygen.
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E32 : Pourquoi je suis essoufflé?

5min
When Adibou runs, he needs more energy. He has to absorb more oxygen, his heart beats faster and his breathing accelerates, which causes shortness of breath.
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E33 : Pourquoi je commande mes mouvements?

5min
Adibou learns that the brain receives information and gives orders thanks to neurons; the messages pass through the body through the nerves and this is how one controls his or her movements.
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E34 : Pourquoi j'ai mal?

5min
Adibou finds out there all over his body receptors that are sensitive to pain. These very receptors send alarm signals to the brain.
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E35 : Pourquoi je dors?

5min
Adibou learns that, during his sleep, everything inside slows down, except the brain, who stays in control and gives him dreams many times a night.
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E36 : Pourquoi j'ai la varicelle?

5min
Adibou learns that chickenpox is a disease due to a virus that is not harmful but contagious. The skin is covered by itchy rash that one must absolutely not scratch.
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E37 : Pourquoi je dois me faire vacciner?

5min
Adibou must get shots so tha his immune system can protect him against microbes and viruses.
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E38 : Pourquoi je mange de tout?

5min
Adibou eats everything because food is used as fuel to the body : carbohydrates, lipids and proteins provides us energy to exercise and to growth.
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E39 : Pourquoi j'ai les yeux verts?

5min
Adibou has green eyes because his chromososmes contain a secret code. His DNA is telling his cells to make green eyes.
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E40 : Pourquoi j'ai le hoquet?

5min
Adibou has hiccups when his stomach is in full swing.
Levels:
Elementary Grade 1 Kindergarten
Subjects:
Science and technology Life Systems Français Programme de la maternelle et du jardin d’enfants Demonstrating Literacy Behaviours Problem Solving and Innovating
Skills:
Self-Directed Learning Collaboration Critical Thinking Problem Solving
Themes:
STEAM
French level:
A2: Waystage Basic User (A1 - A2)