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…
Thorium
In the build-up to the Christmas Lectures in 2012, the Royal Institution published a new video for every day of advent revealing the elements that really excite and inspire people. Physicist Suzie Sheehy demonstrates how element thorium could be used as a fuel in future nuclear reactors. Unlike uranium, thorium needs to be bombarded…
Raising Standards in STEM and Other Subjects: Using Space-related Contexts and Applications
The Leading Space Education programme has been funded by the STFC since September 2008. A network of schools was established and supported by SSAT, to develop and embed high-quality, space-themed educational practice. All schools started from different prior experiences of engagement with space education and are from a wide range…
Physics Lives
These videos from the Institute of Physics look at the innovations made by four physicists and their potential impact on society. Air apparent asks the question “What if you could see the pollution around you?”. Mark Richards has developed a way to measure pollution using ultra-violet light. Each pollutant has its…
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…
Magic Melting Ice Cubes
Simon Quinnell, from the National Science Learning Centre, shows how to carry out some ‘magic’ at the Christmas dinner table using ice cubes, a plastic chopping board and a frying pan. When asked to feel the plastic and the metal, people usually describe the plastic as warmer to the touch. They are then surprised…
Flying Tinsel
Simon Quinnell, from the National Science Learning Centre, demonstrates static electricity and charge using a balloon and a piece of plastic tinsel. Rubbing the balloon on a jumper builds up a negative charge on its surface. When the positively charged tinsel is dropped onto the surface of the balloon it is first attracted to…
A Day in the Life of UK Space Scientists and Engineers
These videos provide an insight into the working lives of seven different space scientists and engineers in the UK. Each video has an associated file with suggested ideas of how you could use the videos in a lesson, posing questions to the students based on the videos and presenting ideas for research projects and class activities. Mat…
The Physics Teacher
In this film from Teachers TV, physics teacher Jason Drewett Gray receives feedback from his students on what they think of him as a teacher and how they rate his lessons. Whilst he has been observed by colleagues or inspectors on many occasions, he has never asked for the opinions of his students. He chooses a lesson on diodes,…
Why Don't Girls Do Physics?
Professor Ted Wragg presents this short Teachers TV film which explores why girls lose interest in physics the older they get, despite enjoying it at an earlier age. Professor Michael Reiss from the Institute of Education discusses his research into gender and physics and explains what schools can do to increase the appeal of physics…
Real-world Science: Properties of Hydrocarbons
These resources, from the BP Educational Service, include exciting short films, interactive activities, online quizzes and teachers' notes, looking at science in a real-world context. Topics include: • Combustion of fuels • Energetic reactions • Hydrocarbons from crude oil • Polymerisation • Properties…
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
This resource from the Institute of Physics (IOP), describes magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the body. The magnetic resonance imaging video, taken from an IOP Schools and Colleges lecture, uses analogies with sound to describe how the resonant frequencies of protons within the body can be used to produce images. The functional…
Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
This resource from the Institute of Physics (IOP) includes information and activities related to Positron Emission Tomography (PET). The video describes how annihilation of electrons and positrons can be used to produce X-rays and image the body to find cancers. The teachers' notes contain an introduction to PET, lesson…
Gamma Cameras
This resource from the Institute of Physics (IOP), describes how cameras sensitive to gamma radiation can be used to image the body. The video, taken from an IOP Schools and Colleges lecture, briefly describes the history of the discovery of radioactivity and how the first particle accelerators could be used to make radioactive…
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X-ray Imaging
This resource from the Institute of Physics (IOP), describes how X-rays can be used to image the body. The X-rays video, taken from an IOP Schools and Colleges lecture, describes how Roentgen discovered how to image using X-rays, in his lab. The lecture also describes how barium and iodine can be used to to image parts of the body,…
Ultrasound
This resource from the Institute of Physics, describes how ultrasound can be used to image the body. The video describes how ultrasound can be used to image a professional footballer's knee to investigate the cause of pain. The teachers' notes contain an introduction to ultra-sound imaging, lesson notes linked…
Pulse Oximeters
This resource from the Institute of Physics (IOP), describes how light can be used in pulse oximetry to measure pulse rate and oxygen levels in the body. The video, taken from an IOP Schools and Colleges lecture, describes how shining red and infra-red light through the body can be used to measure pulse rate and oxygen levels…
Singing Rods
This video from whynotchemeng shows ground rosin being used to cause resonance in an aluminium rod. If rosin is not available then it is possible to cause the resonance by striking the end of the rod with a hammer. The rod must be balanced on one finger halfway along the length to enable the rod to resonate. As an extension, the…
Vacuum Bazooka
This video from whynotchemeng shows the use of a vacuum cleaner to create a bazooka that fires film canisters. The pressure difference in the tube caused by the vacuum cleaner, makes the air outside push the canister at high speed through the tube. The diagram, method and safety instructions are listed in the Instruction sheet.
Flying Cake Cases
This video from whynotchemeng uses a Van de Graff generator to cause the repulsion of foil cup cake cases, from the demonstrator’s head. The cases can be placed directly on the dome, if a suitable person is not available. Students could be asked to think about why metallic cases would work better than paper cases. The diagram,…
The Whoosh Bottle
This demonstration from whynotchemeng involves lighting a splint to ignite Propon-2-ol in a 25 litre drinks dispenser bottle. Lighting the vapour makes an impressive whoosh sound and flames shoot out of the bottle. Equipment and safety precautions are listed in the Instruction Sheet. The bottle could be placed on scales or a force…
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- Publication year: 2010 to date
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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…
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.
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