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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Light - How We See Things

From Teachers TV, this video is part of the Lesson Starters series. It illustrates five different approaches to starting primary science lessons on light and seeing. At the end of each short clip, a question is posed to stimulate class discussion.

The different scenarios are: • A man looking for his black...

Making Shadows

From Teachers TV, this video explores how shadow puppets can be used to explore light, shadows and storytelling. A shadowgraph theatre brings characters to life. The light source is a simple angle-poise lamp and the characters in the play are figures mounted on rods. The puppets tell a traditional folk tale about...

How Light Travels

This Teachers TV Lesson Starters video can be used to illustrate how light comes from a source. Using a range of studio lighting effects, children can be encouraged to discuss coloured lights, the production and manipulation of light.

In a warehouse, eight moving lights used in rock concerts and theatres...

Forces - Pushes, Pulls and Friction

From Teachers TV, this video is part of the Lesson Starters series. It contains five short video clips that can be used to generate interest and class discussion on forces, movement, pushes, pulls and friction.

The short clips illustrate: • The pushing and pulling forces exerted on a canoeing trip •...

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