How Does Nature Sense?
Adelheid Fischer, Biomimicry Fellow and Coordinator of InnovationSpace at Arizona State University, explains how she finds inspiration in the star-nosed mole. The mole does not use its unusual nose for smell, but as a touch sensing organ. The mole can also smell under water by sending out bubbles to catch odour molecules, and then…
How Does Nature Cool?
In this video from The Biomimicry 3.8 Institute, Sherry Ritter describes how the red kangaroo stays cool in temperatures of up to 45°C. The kangaroo licks its wrists, where there are a large number of blood vessels close to the surface, and this cools through evaporation. Sherry asks whether we could learn from this cooling technique…
How Does Nature Convert Energy?
In this video Janine Benyus, co-founder of The Biomimicry 3.8 Institute, describes a surprising adaptation of the pistol shrimp. The pistol shrimp has a very large claw and uses this to fire a bubble and stun its prey. The shrimp can close its claw so quickly that a vacuum is created behind the bubble. The vacuum collapses and for…
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Colour Mixing
This video from the Royal Institution describes how colour mixing works. Colours of light cannot be mixed in physics but different cones in your eyes are sensitive to different colours. The brain interprets a mixture between the two as a colour somewhere between the two. In the case of magenta, your brain invents this colour…
Cloud Chamber
This video from the Royal Institution shows tracks within a cloud chamber. A supersaturated layer of alcohol vapour exists just above the floor of the chamber and the ionisation radiation causes vapour to condense along the path of the radiation. An Americium source is introduced into the chamber so that tracks from alpha radiation…
Tiana and Star's Story
This video features Tiana, who has broken a total of eight bones, and her sister Star, who has broken thirty-three. Tiana and Star talk about brittle bone disease and explain how it affects their lives. The teachers notes provide an explanation of the disease and how it is inherited. Curriculum links include ourselves, human variation,…
Carys and George's Story
This resource looks at 13 year old George and his 10 year old sister Carys, both living with Achondroplasia (sometimes referred to as restricted growth or dwarfism). In this film, they explain what living with the condition means and how it affects them. The teachers notes provide an explanation of the condition, some useful…
Tamilore's Story
This video tells the story of 10 year old Tamilore, who has Sickle Cell Anaemia. He explains what it is like to live with this inherited blood disorder and how it affects his daily life. The teacher’s notes provide an explanation of sickle cell anaemia, genetic disorders, faulty genes, recessive and dominant genes and x-linked…
Ryan's Story
This video features Ryan who has cystic fibrosis. Ryan deliberately chooses activities that help to alleviate his symptoms and prolong his life, from playing football to playing the trumpet, and takes precautions to keep his cystic fibrosis under control. Part of this is his morning routine, which involves spending over an hour taking…
Ashley's Story
This video features eleven year old Ashley, who has Treacher Collins syndrome. This means he was born without a jaw, cheekbones and ears. Ashley talks about how he tackles the daily challenges that his symptoms present and the bullying that he has experienced as a result. His mother describes what Treacher Collins’ Syndrome…
Luke's Story
This video tackles the implications of genetic testing and late onset genetic disorders. It tells the story of Luke, who has a 50% chance of inheriting Huntington’s disease from his mother. Will he take the test when he reaches 18 to find out if he has the faulty gene? Luke’s Story shows what it is like for him to…
Teaching Traditional Research Skills in Science
This Teachers TV video highlights the importance of teaching practical research skills to Key Stage Four science students. A dependence on the internet in some subjects, but particularly science, can take students away from a hands-on approach to learning. Simon Pugh-Jones, of Writhlington School in Somerset, shows how science at…
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Precision or Process - KS3 Science
In this Teachers TV programme, two PGCE tutors analyse a Year Nine science lesson on healthy eating at Haydon School, Hillingdon, taught by Head of Science Dave Dennis. Malcolm Reed and Sasha Matthewman review footage of the lesson which is based on investigating the fat and salt content in both beef and veggie burgers. Central…
Lisa Green
In this professional development video from Teachers TV, science teacher Lisa Green receives advice on how to improve her presentation skills from motivation and creativity consultant Richard Gerver. Richard focuses on Lisa's performance in the classroom and identifies ways of giving her teaching more pace and movement to…
Alexandra Edwards
In this professional development video from Teachers TV, science teacher Alexandra Edwards receives advice on how to improve her presentation techniques from motivation and creativity consultant Richard Gerver. Richard is impressed by Alexandra's "game show host" approach to teaching but, like all performers, he…
Movement, Praise and Groups
This Teachers TV programme features Trainee teacher Nic Cooper who wants to improve her behaviour management. Nic is taking a top-set Year Seven science lesson on kidney function. Behaviour expert Sue Cowley helps Nic relax and praise her students more. Once the group work has begun, Sue notices that Nic spends much of the time…
Teaching Evolution
In this video from Teachers TV, Caroline Molyneux, Head of Science at Balshaw CE High School, uses several innovative methods to teach the theory of evolution. Caroline explores evolution with hands on techniques such as students dressing up as gorillas, and explaining the evolution of Galapagos Finches by using kitchen implements…
Secondary Science Technicians
Science technicians are an integral part of any school science team and offer invaluable back-up to science teachers. In this Teachers TV video, two science technicians at Manor School, York, work with Simon Quinnell, senior science technician at the National Science Learning Centre, to develop their skills, inspire students and…
Careers from Biology
Produced by the Wellcome Trust, this issue of the Big Picture explores some of the careers that are available to students who have studied biological science. It goes beyond the doctors, vets and other science-related careers typically described to include people working in a wide variety of sectors. Case studies include the work…
Paul Nurse
Paul Nurse was one of the scientists featured in the Acclaim project in 2001. Acclaim was a collaboration between the Royal Society and the Centre for Science Education at Sheffield Hallam University. Paul Nurse is one of the UK's foremost biological scientists. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) for his work on…
Francesca Happé
Francesca Happé was one of the scientists featured in the Acclaim project in 2001. Acclaim was a collaboration between the Royal Society and the Centre for Science Education at Sheffield Hallam University. Francesca Happé's research interests included the normal and abnormal development of processes that underlie…
Frances Ashcroft
Frances Ashcroft was one of the scientists featured in the Acclaim project in 2001. Acclaim was a collaboration between the Royal Society and the Centre for Science Education at Sheffield Hallam University. At the time, Frances Ashcroft was the Royal Society GlaxoSmithKline Research Professor at the University of Oxford. Her research…
KS1/2 Antarctica: Teachers in the Freezer
From Teachers TV, this video follows a group of British teachers on a four-week expedition to Antarctica. It helps to illustrate the conditions in cold environments and how animals are adapted to live in such conditions. It demonstrates what humans need to do to be able to live at the South Pole. Designed for use in primary school…
Bird Watching in Schools
This video, from Teachers TV, follows two schools as they take part in the RSPB's Big Schools' Birdwatch. This is a survey in which children observe birds in a bid to discover more about the wildlife in their local area. The activity is a good example of learning outside the classroom. Those involved spend an hour counting…
Getting Out of the Classroom: KS3 Down on the Farm
Produced by teachers TV, this video follows a group of Year Eight students as they visit Rushall Farm in Berkshire to learn about how food is produced. Students can often have very little idea of countryside issues and how they relate to the food on their plate. In 2007, the Year of Food and Farming aimed to change this trend…
Stem Cell Research: The Lesson
Produced by Teachers TV, this video shows science teacher, Teresa Bennett, delivering a lesson around the controversial issue of embryonic stem cell research. Using the supporting video, which tells the story of a Parkinson's disease sufferer, Teresa introduces the students to the idea that stem cell research could cure a…
Cancer and the Genome: The Lesson
In this video, from Teachers TV, science teacher Lucy Hutt gives an extended lesson on DNA and proteins, as well as cancer and its underlying causes. The students then watch the related programme Cancer and The Genome: The Issue. To reinforce students' understanding of DNA, they perfrom a bacterial transformation experiment…
Fighting HIV: The Lesson
From Teachers TV, in this video science teacher Laura Seabright models a the spread of HIV transmission with a practical activity involving milk powder and starch solution. It is a tricky subject but the students handle the topic with remarkable maturity. After putting aside some common misconceptions about HIV and AIDS, Laura…
Hana Abbasi Lesson 2 Uncut
From Teachers TV, this video is part of the From Good to Outstanding series. In this programme, Hana Abbasi, a secondary science teacher, takes feedback from top schools inspector Clare Gillies. In this video, Hana delivers her second observed lesson, drawing on the advice of experts, as she seeks to raise her rating from good…
Hana Abbasi Lesson 1 Uncut
From Teachers TV, this video is part of the From Good to Outstanding series. In this programme, Hana Abbasi, a secondary science teacher, takes feedback from top schools inspector Clare Gillies. This video contains uncut footage of her first observed lesson on digestion, which features a starter, group and pair work, self-assessment,…
Hana Abbasi
From Teachers TV, this video is part of the From Good to Outstanding series. In this programme, Hana Abbasi, a secondary science teacher, takes feedback from top schools inspector Clare Gillies. Hana also takes advice from the Teachers TV online community who watch footage of the lesson. She then gets one-to-one CPD from secondary…
Subject Knowledge: Science
Produced by Teachers TV, this video provides an insight into climate change, the change in our world and a change in the way scientists view it. It can be used to explain the topics covered as well as illustrating ideas about how science works. Professor Andrew Watson of the University of East Anglia delves into the chemistry…
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