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…
The Bloodhound SSC Project
This Teachers TV programme looks at how the Bloodhound Project is inspiring Key Stage Three students to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Annie Beresford, an engineer from Bloodhound, comes to Bayhouse School to learn about the projects the school has set up based around the land speed record, culminating…
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…
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…
Using Engineering Gold in the Classroom
Produced by Teachers TV as part of the How Science Works series, this video can be used in connection with the Engineering Gold programme. This video looks at the research carried out by chemical engineering and skiing coach Professor Peter Styring, which led to the development of self-lubricating skis. Several areas of the…
Using Bad Vibes in the Classroom
Produced by Teachers TV as part of the How Science Works series, this video can be used in connection with Bad Vibes in the Classroom programme. This video takes a look at how the Bad Vibes programme, featuring Professor Trevor Cox, addresses several key areas of the How Science Works curriculum. It illustrates collection and…
Models of the Solar System, Earth, Sun and Moon
Produced by Teachers TV, as part of the Teaching Astronomy and Space series, this video looks at the science behind our solar system and how astronomers are exploring it. Physics teacher and solar astronomer Simon Foster explores how our understanding of the solar system has developed from early models that placed the Earth as…
The Challenge of Solar Power
From Teachers TV, this Inside Science video describes technologies and concepts which are attempting to use solar energy as a renewable source of electricity. One of the world's most visionary solar power plants is near Seville, Spain. This solar plant may be providing all of Seville's electricity needs in the years…
How Science Works: Chasing the Wind
In this video, produced by Teachers TV, Dr Maggie Aderin leads a team launching an instrument into orbit to read atmospheric wind patterns, in order to help assess the impact of climate change. Measuring the Earth's wind patterns with this project will help to form a more complete picture about climate change. Dr. Aderin…
How Science Works: Bad Vibes
Produced by Teachers TV, in this video, acoustic engineer Professor Trevor Cox describes a far-reaching internet experiment to discover the worst sound in the world. The video is an interesting way to show how science works. To make his experiment fair, he developed an easily accessible website and randomised the order in which…
Theatre Lights
From Teachers TV, this lesson starter from the Lesson Planning Pack series helps children to think about how light can be used in a theatre to create mood. The video brings the real world of light into the classroom and shows how light and colour can be used to create different moods on stage. Different examples of lighting…
Action!
From Teachers TV this video, part of the Science Tube series, examines forces in action, what they do and how they can be measured using a Newton meter. There are four sections that each look at different forces. Skateboarder See how the various materials used for a skateboard have different relationships with the forces of…
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- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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Understanding the Universe
This main unit in the Ideas and Evidence pack from the Pupil Researcher Initiative is about the ideas that people held about the cosmos in the past. The unit focuses on the views of the universe of King Hammurabi, Ptolemy, Galileo and Hubble. Contents • Questions • Sorting ideas about the universe • Presenting…
Dalton and Particle Theory
This main unit in the Ideas and Evidence pack from the Pupil Researcher Initiative is about how scientists dream up new ideas. Scientists can work on a problem for many years, and have to be very creative to solve it. They are often building on the work of other scientists who came before them. A good example is the theory of particles,…
The Search for Aliens
This main unit in the Ideas and Evidence pack from the Pupil Researcher Initiative shows that scientists do not always have the answer. This can be because it is very difficult to collect the evidence. A good example is the question ‘is intelligent life elsewhere in our galaxy?’ Contents • Questions • Making…
Cleaner Energy
This main unit in the Ideas and Evidence pack from the Pupil Researcher Initiative is about how science provides many things to improve people’s lives, such as heating and power but sometimes new ‘technologies’ have drawbacks as well as benefits. Students explore the benefits and risks of new technologies, using…
Science in the Environment Pack 4: the Technological Environment
The University of York Science Education Group ensured that all the Science in the Environment packs were organised according to broad environmental themes. Within each pack, a number of specific contexts were used to introduce the science content. In addition, each pack focused on the acquisition of particular skills and introduced…
Science in the Environment Pack 1: Eye on the Environment
The University of York Science Education Group ensured that all the Science in the Environment packs were organised according to broad environmental themes. Within each pack, a number of specific contexts were used to introduce the science content. In addition, each pack focused on the acquisition of particular skills and introduced…
Case Studies from 2009
A set of case studies which highlight some of the research funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in 2009. The chocolate powered race car with a green future Energy: The world’s first fully sustainable racing car, developed with EPSRC support, is paving the way for ‘green motorsport’…
Living in a Materials World: Introduction
This introduction to the Living in a Materials World CD-ROM describes the work of ISIS, a research centre based at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Appleton Rutherford Laboratory. At ISIS, particle accelerators provide beams of neutrons and muons to enable the structure and dynamics of condensed matter to…
Teaching Ideas and Evidence in Science at Key Stage 3
These resources were developed by the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme in collaboration with five universities involved in initial teacher education, as part of a Key Stage 3 National Strategy project. Originally produced as a CD-ROM, the materials aimed to provide suggestions and activities for teaching about ‘ideas and…
Contemporary Science Issues: Lessons for Key Stage 4
These resources were developed by the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme in collaboration with Keele University in order to provide support for teaching aspects of ‘How Science Works’. The emphasis of the materials is on ‘data, evidence, theories and explanations’ linked to ‘applications and implications…
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- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Teacher guidance
Beyond Fair Testing: Teaching Different Types of Scientific Enquiry
These resources were developed by the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme and King’s College London in order to broaden the range of scientific enquiries for students aged 11-16. The materials provide teachers with examples of different enquiry types, e.g. classifying and identifying, developing systems, and pattern seeking.…
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- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Teacher guidance
Sir John Pendry
An Impact! People case study from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Professor Sir John Pendry is one of the world’s leading theoretical physicists and his revolutionary work on materials has opened the doors to a world of new possibilities. With EPSRC support, Pendry established an entirely…
Light at the End of the Tunnel
A case study from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) archives which looks at how making low-energy LED lighting cheaper and more widely available could slash UK electricity consumption by up to 15%. EPSRC-supported researchers are developing new ways of producing gallium nitride (GaN) – used in…
Cooking with Sound - the Generator That Transforms Lives
A case study produced by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) which looks at an affordable cooking stove that generates electricity and could transform lives in the world’s poorest communities. It burns biomass such as wood or dung and converts the heat produced into electricity. Over two billion…
Fuelled by Air - a New Energy
A case study from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) looking at a new type of rechargeable battery that could store five to ten times more energy than current batteries. The new type of battery is under investigation at the University of St Andrews with funding from the EPSRC. The new batteries would…
Rocket Fuel Powers New Technology
A case study from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) looking at new technology which is improving the sensitivity of MRI scans, developed with support from the EPSRC. The technique, based on manipulating space shuttle fuel, could allow doctors to learn far more from a traditional MRI scan and lead to faster…
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