Amazing Aluminium: Making Aluminium Products ✨♻️
Fun Kids Science Quest
Fun Kids
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2026
⏱️ 17 minutes
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In this episode of Fun Kids Science Quest, Dan discovers how aluminium products like drink cans and foil are made, from giant factory rollers to roaring furnaces. Find out why this lightweight metal is so useful, how it can be recycled again and again, and become a “Recycling Detective” by spotting aluminium objects around your home. Plus, hear the surprising story of when aluminium was once more valuable than gold!
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| 0:00.0 | Mr. Men, Little Miss, are back in Happy Meal, and they're off on a road trip. |
| 0:03.4 | Your little one can go somewhere exciting with Little Miss Brave. |
| 0:06.2 | Laugh all the way there with Mr. Tickle or make up an adventure all of their own. |
| 0:09.9 | On this road trip, anything's possible. |
| 0:11.8 | Some fun, some food, it's all inside this happy meal. |
| 0:15.4 | Until the 8th of June from 11am, includes one pre-selected book or toy whilst talks last, subject to availability. |
| 0:23.3 | Hello, Explorer. It's Dan here. And welcome along to another amazing aluminium episode of Fun Kids Science Quest. |
| 0:36.4 | Last time, we found out where aluminium comes from and what raw materials are used to make this metal. |
| 0:43.3 | Today we're finding out a little bit more about aluminium products like cans and foil, how they're made. |
| 0:50.3 | Also you'll have another chance to become a recycling detective and get hands on with this |
| 0:56.0 | marvellous metal. |
| 0:57.0 | First, let's meet Phil Fenton, who's one of the experts at the Aluminium Packaging |
| 1:03.0 | Recycling Organisation, or Alupro for short. |
| 1:09.0 | Aluminium is a truly amazing material. Anything made of aluminium can be recycled |
| 1:13.6 | over and over again. It's not just in packaging like the drinks can or aluminium foil trays, |
| 1:19.6 | but your iPad or bike could be made from aluminium. All aluminium can be melted down and used to make the same, |
| 1:26.6 | or other products again and again with no loss of quality. |
| 1:31.3 | And recycling aluminium uses 95% less energy than producing it from its raw materials. |
| 1:41.3 | Wow, that's an amazing saving, isn't it? |
| 1:44.6 | Right, let's find out more, shall we? |
| 1:46.1 | Fancy a can a drink? |
| 1:48.6 | Welcome to the can factory. |
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