Maddie's Sound Explorers

We fly up into a fluffy cumulus cloud with Ayesha Tandon, and learn about where clouds come from - and what they’re made from. The rhythm of the rain on the window leads us into our song of the week.

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Maddie’s Sound Explorers makes use of the works from Freesound.org, modified by length or other processing for use in this episode. All of these are available at Freesound.org. Under a CC-BY 3.0 licence: “Light Rain” by babuababua, 
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Charlotte Corney, zookeeper extraordinaire, travels with us to watch big cats in the wild - and we learn how they communicate.
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Professor Carolyn Ross jumps into a bowl of cereal to answer this important question - and we learn about how useful food science can be for young children.
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Weather presenter Alex Deakin joins us at the heart of a thunderstorm as we learn how thunder and lightning are created.
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We learn about what an echo is - and how bats use echoes to get around, visiting a bat cave with Biologist Professor Kate Jones. Our batty music uses the singing of bats with a jazz twist.
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