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- Grade Level: Primary (1-3)-Upper Elementary (4-6)
- Subjects: Life Science
- Produced By: Apartment 11 Productions
- Year: 2012
- Country: Canada
- Language: English
- Running Time: 22m
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The Big Question: "How does your nose get runny?"
Synopsis: Harrison is visited by a microbiologist who helps him take a close look at an invisible world and figure out how to stop viruses from hurting us. In the name of science, Harrison performs a top secret experiment at an elementary school to find out how quickly germs can spread. Viewers at home learn how to grow their own fungus.
My Great Challenge: Harrison tests school kids by seeing who among them can get their hands the cleanest.
In the Field: Roving reporter Sidney puts on a full containment suit and goes to a high-security lab where the most dangerous viruses in the world are studied. There, she discovers that not all germs are bad, and - surprise - we actually need some of them to survive!
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