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  • Accessible = toegankelijk

  • Accessible stories are easy to understand and enjoy.

    toegankelijk

  • aim = doel

  • Be clear about your aim – what kind of ideas are you trying to come up with?

    doel

  • aircraft = vliegtuig

  • Studying the flippers of humpbacked whales helped with the design of aircraft wings.

    vliegtuig

  • annual = jaarlijks

  • An annual contest is a contest that takes place once every year.

    jaarlijks

  • Application = toepassing

  • Applications of this technique could include car windscreens without wipers.

    toepassing

  • benefit = Voordeel

  • There are many benefits for participants in the competition.

    Voordeel

  • cataract = staar

  • Some old people develop cataract in their eyes which prevent them from seeing properly.

    staar

  • coat = met een laag bedekken

  • They coated the glass with two substances that made it resistant to water.

    met een laag bedekken

  • compare = vergelijken

  • How successful was Olga's method compared to the normal one?

    vergelijken

  • component = component / onderdeel

  • Christian and Thomas designed all the important components of the transport system themselves.

    component / onderdeel

  • contaminate = vervuilen

  • If someone contaminates something, they make it dirty or polluted by adding chemicals.

    vervuilen

  • cultural = cultureel

  • Children like parents to keep cultural visits, to museums and art galleries, for example, short.

    cultureel

  • detect = ontwaren / vaststellen

  • They use scientific methods to detect the presence of cataract.

    ontwaren / vaststellen

  • electromagnet = elektromagneet

  • They used four electromagnets to lift the steel plates.

    elektromagneet

  • flipper = vin

  • Studying the flippers of humpbacked whales helped with the design of aircraft wings.

    vin

  • focus = toespitsen op

  • This project focused on stories from the north of Morocco.

    toespitsen op

  • Gravity = zwaartekracht

  • Gravity is the force that makes objects move towards each other.

    zwaartekracht

  • humpback = bultrugwalvis

  • Studying the flippers of humpbacked whales helped with the design of aircraft wings.

    bultrugwalvis

  • hydrophobic = hydrofobisch

  • When surfaces are described as hydrophobic, it means that they can't get wet.

    hydrofobisch

  • increase = toenemen

  • Our problems increase with the increase in global warming.

    toenemen

  • involve = met zich meebrengen

  • The normal way of detecting cataract involves special equipment in hospital.

    met zich meebrengen

  • issue = uitgeven / publiceren

  • They were recorded in Catalan and Spanish and issued on a CD.

    uitgeven / publiceren

  • jury = jury

  • They had to answer questions from a scientific jury who would decide the winner.

    jury

  • magnetic = magnetisch

  • They invented a magnetic transport system – the vehicle was moved by magnets.

    magnetisch

  • method = methode

  • A method is a way of doing something.

    methode

  • Optical = optisch

  • Optical sensors measure the distance between the magnets.

    optisch

  • oral = mondeling / oraal

  • Traditional African culture puts an emphasis on oral story telling.

    mondeling / oraal

  • origin = afkomst

  • She is of Moroccan origin - she was born in Morocco and moved to Spain when she was six.

    afkomst

  • paintwork = schilderwerk

  • The paintwork on the buildings cannot get wet, so it cleans itself.

    schilderwerk

  • performance = prestatie / performance

  • Hannah compared the performance of the wings and the results were clear.

    prestatie / performance

  • sensor = sensor

  • A sensor is a piece of equipment that reacts to changes that exist somewhere.

    sensor

  • similarity = overeenkomst

  • What is the similarity between a humpback whale and an aircraft?

    overeenkomst

  • Social science = sociale wetenschap

  • Social sciences are the group of subjects that study the way that societies are organized.

    sociale wetenschap

  • software = software

  • Can you help me install this new software on my computer?

    software

  • standard = standaard

  • The standard method is the usually way of doing something.

    standaard

  • steel = stalen

  • The magnets move the steel plates.

    stalen

  • Steel = staal

  • Steel is a strong metal made from a mixture of iron and carbon.

    staal

  • submit = inzenden / voordragen

  • Each country can submit three projects.

    inzenden / voordragen

  • technique = techniek

  • What technique do you use to help you to continue writing a story?

    techniek

  • transport = vervoeren

  • We will need a big truck to transport all the boxes.

    vervoeren

  • transport = vervoer

  • The article discussed the illegal transport and dumping of dangerous chemicals.

    vervoer

  • windscreen = voorruit

  • A windscreen is a window at the front of a car.

    voorruit

  • wiper = wisser

  • Windscreen wipers move backwards and forwards to clean the windscreen of a car or other vehicle.

    wisser