How Glass is Made
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Sharky McGee teaches Nick and Sally about how glass is made.
Sharky McGee teaches Nick and Sally about how glass is made.
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How Glass is Made
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Sharky McGee teaches Nick and Sally about how glass is made.
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Of course I am.
I'm a pirate, ain't I?
Do you have some treasure in your treasure chest already?
See for yourselves, mateys.
Well, I'll be hornswoggled.
SALLY: It's...sand?
Ain't I the luckiest pirate?
But there's sand all around us.
And you can build wonderful things with it.
And bury your feet.
(Nick and Sally laughing) Sand is kind of neat.
Ye can build things with sand, 'tis true.
But it makes something even more amazing.
Glass.
(Gasping) Glass is made from sand?
As sure as pirates sail the seven seas.
Wow.
But glass is see-through.
Sand is, well, sandy.
Aye, not if you look closer.
SALLY: All I see is teeny, tiny bits of sand.
Try my micro-maboodle.
It makes tiny things much bigger.
NICK AND SALLY: Wow!
SALLY: Sand isn't just one thing.
It's lots of different things.
All mixed up together.
Some bits looks stony.
SALLY: And some bits look shelly.
CAT: And shiver me timbers, some bits sparkle like jewels.
SHARKY: Arr, mateys.
That be where the treasure lies.
You mean those sparkly bits in sand make glass?
Aye, and I'll show you how it's done.
(Laughing) Welcome to me glass-making shack.
NICK: Wow.
All this is made from bits in sand?
It really is a treasure.
(Gasping) (Laughing) What's this funny thing do?
Stand back.
This special heater is hot, hot, hot.
Why does Sharky need a heater?
It isn't cold on Tiki Taroo.
Arr, this ain't for warming me bones.
It's for melting sand.
Arr.
It takes a lot longer for the rocky and shelly bits in sand to melt away.
But when they do, you're left with melted glass.
NICK AND SALLY: Wow!
(Laughing) It's not hot at this end.
Blow here.
Okay.
SHARKY: Thar she blows!
CAT: Who doesn't love blowing glass bubbles?
(Cat laughing)
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