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…
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…
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…
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…
Orchids
Part of the Inspirations series from Teachers TV, this video describes how The Writhlington School Greenhouse Club has grown to have national and international contacts. Students from Year Seven to Thirteen are involved in the project and many are given their own roles and responsibilities, from growing to pollinating orchids.…
Stem Cell Research: The Issue
This resource, from Teachers TV, describes the use of stem cell research in the development of treatments for disease such as Parkinson's disease. Stephen Cuff suffers from Parkinson's Disease. The video describes the causes and effects of Parkinson's. Stephen's treatment is to include the implantation of electrodes…
The Secrets of Spider Silk
From Teachers TV, this Inside Science video looks at an exploration into the properties of spider silk, a super material found in nature which has presented scientists with a real challenge to synthesize. For decades, chemists, geneticists, and bio-engineers have been trying to produce synthetic spider silk. It is environmentally…
Chemistry in Forensics
From Teachers TV, this Inside Science video looks at two murder investigations and uncovers the chemistry and biochemistry behind the forensic testing that helped resolve the cases. Ten-year-old Damilola Taylor died after being attacked by a gang and receiving fatal leg wounds. Chantel Taylor, whose body has never been found,…
Micro-organisms in Space
From Teachers TV, this Inside Science video describes an investigation into MELISSA, an artificial eco-system intended for long-duration space missions. This includes discussions with astronauts about the role of micro-organisms in space travel, such as a two year mission to Mars. MELISSA, or Micro-Ecological Life Support System…
Micro-organisms Under the Sea
From Teachers TV, this Inside Science video looks at a mission of discovery aboard a vessel which is scooping up samples of micro-organisms from the ocean floor. The expedition is part of the Census of Marine Life which is the most ambitious initiative in the history of Marine science. It is a 10 year mission intended to produce…
Bugs
From Teachers TV, this Science Tube video looks at microbes. It illustrates that microbes are all around us and describes some helpful and harmful effects of microbes. It highlights the importance of good hygiene practices. There are five different sections: Bug ballet shows microbes under a powerful microscope dancing across…
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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Rockpools and Ocean Acidification
In this podcast from Planet Earth Online and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Sue Nelson visits the Anglesey coast of north Wales to learn what these mini marine laboratories can tell us about the value of biodiversity. The effects of climate change range from rising temperatures and higher sea levels to extreme…
Key Stage Three: Keeping Food Safe
These two lessons, from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)'s Seeing Science, are designed to teach pupils about food preservation techniques and the growth of microbes. Students investigate food preservation techniques and predict the rate of microbe growth under different conditions of preservation. The…
Key Stage Three: Champion Chocolate
In this Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Seeing Science lesson, students learn how scientists, using experimental evidence have helped Cadbury's improve their chocolate. Video clips of the cooling stage in chocolate manufacture and research at the Daresbury Laboratory set the scene for experimental work in…
Key Stage Three: Anthrax Lessons
In this resource from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)'s Seeing Science website, students use data and evidence to identify a mystery disease, watch a cartoon on the history of vaccination which will allow them to answer questions on Jenner's work and role play the outbreak of a 'new' disease.…
Science
This Teachers TV video illustrates a range of techniques to help students think about careers in STEM professions. Using a context of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), the school nurse talks to a Year Eight class about her work before students consider the various professionals involved in IVF. The students perform a role play which…
Sex and Gender
Published by the Wellcome Trust, this issue explores the biological basis of sex differences and the relationship between sex and gender. An activity encourages debate on the topic of sex selection. The development of new reproductive technologies makes it possible for the first time to choose the sex of children. But should parents…
Breast Cancer in the Family
This Nowgen Schools Genomics Programme video explores how genomic research is helping scientists to understand the genetic and environmental factors affecting complex medical conditions, such as breast cancer. Risk of breast cancer is approximately one in ten in northern European populations, making it the most common cancer in…
Genes and Disease
This video from Nowgen, produced by Teachers TV, explores how modern genetic research is helping scientists to understand a rare life-threatening heart condition, as well as the more common skin condition, eczema. Susie Murray has a rare inherited heart condition called Long QT which, if left untreated, can lead to rapid heartbeats,…
Genomics, Society and Health
This Nowgen video, produced by Teachers TV, looks at how our knowledge about genetics has increased dramatically over the past three decades. New research techniques, such as genome-wide association studies and biobanks, have been developed to help identify the genes that contribute to common and complex diseases. Chaired by…
Physical Health: Videos
This video, from the Institute of Physics (IOP), shows medical scientists at work using a variety of sophisticated devices which use principles of physics to investigate what is happening inside the body. The video is presented as a whole and, for ease of use, in four sections: X-rays: how x-ray and digital images are produced…