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…
Hydrogen - Exploding Eggs
From the Teachers TV series Demonstrating Chemistry, this demonstration shows how a mixture of hydrogen and air becomes explosive. Professor Hal Sosabowski evacuates an egg by drilling two holes and using an airline to blow the egg out. He flushes out all the air from the egg before filling it with hydrogen. With the egg sitting…
The Pulsing Reaction
From the Teachers TV series Demonstrating Chemistry, this video shows how to carry out a stunning demonstration of autocatalysis, whereby the products of one reaction act as a catalyst for the next. Professor Hal Sosabowski mixes hydrogen peroxide, potassium iodate with sulphuric acid and a mixture of malonic acid, starch and…
The Minty Cola Fountain
Using a bottle of fizzy cola and a packet of mints, Professor Hal Sosabowski performs a dramatic, demonstration showing carbon dioxide coming out of solution at immense speed in this Teachers TV video. When sparkling drinks are made, carbon dioxide is forced into solution under pressure and the bottle is sealed. The resulting eruption…
Sodium Ethanoate Stalagmite
In this video from the Teachers TV series Demonstrating Chemistry, Professor Hal Sosabowski demonstrates a solid spontaneously coming out of solution to create an impressive stalagmite of crystals. Hal slowly pours a supersaturated solution of sodium ethanoate on to some seed crystals of dry sodium ethanoate, which provide the…
Lycopodium Powder
From the Teachers TV series Demonstrating Chemistry, this video shows how to safely create spectacular sheets of flame using lycopodium powder, a finely divided carbohydrate powder. Professor Hal Sosabowski, from Brighton University, tips some lycopodium powder onto a flame from a blow torch. This creates a large fireball, illustrating…
Hydrogen Rockets
From the Teachers TV series Demonstrating Chemistry, this video shows how to carry out an exciting demonstration which illustrates what happens when hydrogen and air react. Professor Hal Sosabowski, from Brighton University, uses an explosive mixture of hydrogen and air in a plastic bottle to show how rockets work, using a piece…
Glowsticks
From the Teachers TV series Demonstrating Chemistry, this video features Professor Hal Sosabowski from the University of Brighton. He carries out a visually impressive demonstration using the hydrogen peroxide and oxylate esters inside glowsticks to show chemiluminescence, energy changes and rates of reaction. Professor Sosabowski…
Dry Ice - Magnesium Sandwich
From the Teachers TV series Demonstrating Chemistry, this video features Professor Hal Sosabowski from the University of Brighton. Using two blocks of frozen carbon dioxide, he demonstrates how magnesium is so reactive that it can cause carbon dioxide to act as an oxidant, promoting a fire rather than putting it out. Having drilled…
Dry Ice - Exploding Bottles
From the Teachers TV series Demonstrating Chemistry, this video features Professor Hal Sosabowski from the University of Brighton. He reveals the explosive power of subliming dry ice to demonstrate that gases take up much more space than solids. As the dry ice sublimes, its volume increases dramatically, creating enough pressure…
Bath Bombs and Rockets
This Teachers TV video shows how science AST, Alison Tiltman, is keen to work closely with other departments and encourage cross curricular learning. Combining science, design and technology, and maths, her Year Nine students take part in a challenge to imagine they are running their own cosmetics companies. As part of the project…
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…
LSS Skill Area 6 Training: Knowledge Presentation
Produced by the Science Enhancement Programme (SEP), these materials are aimed at facilitators who are preparing to lead Learning Skills for Science (LSS) training courses with colleagues. This resource looks at the training connected to skills in knowledge presentation. The trainers' manual and supporting presentations are…
LSS Skill Area 5 Training: Scientific Writing
Produced by the Science Enhancement Programme (SEP), these materials are aimed at facilitators who are preparing to lead Learning Skills for Science (LSS) training courses with colleagues. This resource looks at the training connected to skills in scientific writing. The trainers' manual and supporting presentations are included. Following…
LSS Skill Area 4 Training: Data Representation
Produced by the Science Enhancement Programme (SEP), these materials are aimed at facilitators who are preparing to lead Learning Skills for Science (LSS) training courses with colleagues. This resource looks at the training connected to skills in data representation. The trainers' manual and supporting presentations are included. Following…
LSS Skill Area 3 Training: Scientific Reading
Produced by the Science Enhancement Programme (SEP), these materials are aimed at facilitators who are preparing to lead Learning Skills for Science (LSS) training courses with colleagues. This resource looks at the training connected to skills in scientific reading. The trainers' manual and supporting presentations are included. Following…
LSS Skill Area 2 Training: Listening and Observing
Produced by the Science Enhancement Programme (SEP), these materials are aimed at facilitators who are preparing to lead Learning Skills for Science (LSS) training courses with colleagues. This resource looks at the training connected to skills in listening and observing. The trainers' manual and supporting presentations are…
LSS Skill Area 1 Training: Information Retrieval
Produced by the Science Enhancement Programme (SEP), these materials are aimed at facilitators who are preparing to lead Learning Skills for Science (LSS) training courses with colleagues. This resource looks at the training connected to skills in information retrieval. The trainers' manual and supporting presentations are included. Following…
Episode 8: The Sun, Our Local Star
Rebecca Barnes will investigate our closest star, the Sun, find out why it is the central engine of the Solar System and look at Ulysses, SOHO and Cluster, the European space missions that have been key to advancing our understanding of the Sun.
Episode 11: Chasing Comets
Rebecca Barnes investigates comets and asteroids. She finds out about Giotto and its journey to Halley’s comet and the Rosetta mission to Comet 67P, via two asteroids.
Episode 10: Diverse Worlds - The Moon and Titan
Rebecca Barnes takes a look at the Earth's Moon and Titan, two very different natural satellites in our Solar System, and finds out about the two ESA missions that have explored them.
Episode 9: The Siblings of Earth
Rebecca Barnes looks at two of the terrestrial planets: Venus and Mars, explores their similarities and differences to Earth and finds out about the European missions that are helping to unravel their mysteries.
Episode 7: Exploring Our Backyard, the Solar System
Rebecca Barnes continues to journey through the wonders of modern astronomy bringing us closer to home as we begin to explore the Solar System. We'll discover the scale and structure of the Solar System, find out why we explore it and introduce the European missions launched on a quest to further investigate our local celestial…
Episode 6: Charting the Galaxy - from Hipparcos to Gaia
Rebecca Barnes discovers the motions of the stars, learns how astronomers measure their distances and looks at the new European mission that will really get to grips with our place in the Universe.
Episode 5: The Untamed, Violent Universe
Rebecca Barnes will give us a glimpse of the hot, energetic and often violent Universe revealed through X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy, look at ESA missions that detect this hidden light and find out how the science that these missions perform is meticulously planned.
Episode 4: Following the Redshift - from HST to JWST
Rebecca Barnes will identify some of the key discoveries achieved with the famous Hubble Space Telescope, look at the concept of redshift, and meet a new telescope that will be used to uncover the early Universe.
Episode 3: Exploring the Infrared Universe
Rebecca Barnes investigates the infrared Universe, explores discoveries made by ground-breaking infrared space telescopes, and takes a look at Herschel - ESA's pioneering infrared space telescope.
Episode 2: Planck - Looking Back to the Dawn of Time
Rebecca Barnes takes a close look at Planck - a European Space Agency mission built to detect radiation from the microwave portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. This mission will help find answers to some of the most important questions in modern science.
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