Using Frames to Support Learning in Science
In this case study, from the Centre for Science Education and the AstraZeneca Science Teaching Trust, Helen Walker and Karen Ashforth from Birley Community School share their ideas to assist students with special educational needs in their understanding of key science lessons through a structured and visual approach. The resources…
5/5- Publication year: 2010 to date
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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.…
All about Telescopes
Produced by ESERO-UK, these short video clips look at a range of different telescopes and give advice and guidance on choosing a telescope for your school, as well as advice on how to make use of remote telescopes in school and also include an introduction to the Hubble Space Telescope. Presented by William Hill of the Royal Observatory,…
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- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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The Use of Velcro in Special Needs Science Lessons
In this case study, from the Centre for Science Education and the AstraZeneca Science Teaching Trust, Patrick Organ and Barbara Watson, from the Forest Special School share ideas about using Velcro as a teaching and learning tool. Students with moderate or severe learning difficulties can find it difficult to take in information…
The Use of Cameras in Special Needs Science Education
In this case study, from the Centre for Science Education and the AstraZeneca Science Teaching Trust, Patrick Organ and Barbara Watson, from the Forest Special School, share their ideas on using photography to support teaching and learning. The case study aimed to tackle how to record individual progress and achievement when…
British Birds
From Teachers TV, this video introduces fifteen British birds that you students most likely to see in the UK. It explains how to identify them by their size, shape, colour, habitat, behaviour and sounds. Ecologist and Natural History presenter Mike Dilger talks us through the key attributes and qualities of each of these birds. The…
Lowestoft Energy Challenge
In this video from Teachers TV, two schools and a college in Lowestoft explore different ways of saving energy as part of an energy challenge competition. Poplars Primary School has a visit from the Green Energy Machine and now has a team of energy monitors in an effort to reduce the school’s carbon footprint. Students from…
Where Maths Grows on Trees
This Teachers TV video shows how one school in Morocco is using a grove of olive trees planted in their school playground to teach students about mathematics. The students use mathematics as they care for the trees, harvest the oil, visit the camel-driven olive press and sell the resulting oil in their local market. The teachers…
Young Journalists Academy Education Pack
In 2012, with support from the Wellcome Trust, the Young Journalists’ Academy summer school included a ‘Biomedical issues and the media’ strand. The strand featured sessions, workshops and visits from science journalists from the BBC, The Times, Eureka and the Wellcome Trust. This teaching pack was produced…
Tackling Obesity
With childhood obesity rising, this programme from Teachers TV looks at how schools can tackle the issues surrounding the problem. Addressing whether schools should help to identify children at risk of obesity, the programme looks at the results of a new law in Arkansas, which allows the state's schools to directly contact…