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Classroom Resources
The videos in this collection from Teachers TV are suitable to be shown in primary science lessons as stimulus material and are ideal for use as a lesson starter or as an engaging demonstration of a new concept.
Videos in this section cover a wide range of topics, including:
* forces, pushes, pulls and movement
* hearing and sound
* seeing and light
* the environment
* minibeasts
* electricity and circuits
* materials, reversible and irreversible change
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Sliding Objects
This video from Teachers TV introduces Year Four children to the forces behind sliding objects, using a game of tug-of-war.
This starter clip demonstrates friction and sliding objects and could be used to prompt discussion when introducing friction at Key Stage Two.
Air Resistance
This video from Teachers TV demonstrates a practical science lesson idea for Key Stage Two children on how air resistance works. The idea is to design a parachute for an egg to land safely when dropped from a height. Professor Pete has made some model parachutes using plastic bags, string and yoghurt pots. A...
Evaporation and Condensation - Robinson Crusoe Makes Drinking Water
This lesson starter from Teachers TV shows how a desert-island castaway uses evaporation and condensation to collect drinking water, in a video ideal for use in Year Five science lessons. In a dramatic scenario, it shows how water can be collected using only basic tools, clearly demonstrating the process of...
Sound: Changing Pitch - Playing the Guitar
This short video creatively demonstrates changes in pitch by playing the same piece of music on a range of stringed instruments. A musician tries to mimic the sound of a bear's footsteps. The pitch of a small guitar is too high, but Key Stage Two students can learn how the longer strings of a bass guitar make a...