Resources by Teachers TV

Teaching Evolution

In this video from Teachers TV, Caroline Molyneux, Head of Science at Balshaw CE High School, uses several innovative methods to teach the theory of evolution.

Caroline explores evolution with hands on techniques such as students dressing up as gorillas, and explaining the evolution of Galapagos Finches...

Teaching Place Value

During the first term in Key Stage One, many children have problems with place value. Springfield School in Jersey is pioneering a new teaching method which encourages students to visualise calculations as they create 'maths stories' by moving cups, or cards, between the resources and maths tables.

The...

Teaching Pythagoras

This is a Teachers’ TV programme from the series Classroom Observation with Bayley. In this episode John Bayley observes an AST mathematics teacher as he turns the challenge of teaching Pythagoras's theorem into a fun and engaging lesson for Key Stage Three.

Discarding lesson objectives, former Teacher of...

Teaching Science: How do they do it in Japan?

As in the UK, Japan is seeing a shortage of science learners. This Teachers TV video shows how the Japanese government is reversing this worrying trend and how the subject is taught at schools across the country.

The Japanese government has prioritised the development of creative approaches to science...

Teaching the KS2 News Report Lesson

This Teachers TV video shows a lesson which encourages students to think about the science linking health and diet. Alison Clough and Claire Caulfield from St Benet's Roman Catholic Primary School, County Durham, team-teach the lesson to Year Five students. The class watch the fictional TV news report in which a...

Teaching the KS2 Role Play Lesson

In this resource from Teachers TV Alison Clough and Claire Caulfield from St Benet's Roman Catholic Primary School, County Durham, team-teach a lesson on the importance of healthy eating to Year Five students.

The students are asked to plan and make a news report, which encourages them to think about the...

Teaching the KS2 Snack Bar Lesson

In this programme from Teachers TV, science education expert Matthew Tosh presents a Key Stage Two science lesson focusing on the importance of a healthy diet, using the Junk Food Science Snack Bar video. Alison Clough and Claire Caulfield from St Benet's Roman Catholic Primary School, County Durham, team-teach...

Teaching the KS3/4 News Report Lesson

This Teachers TV programme shows a science lesson which uses a fictional TV news story to encourage Year Eight students to discuss the science linking health and diet. Dan Hanard, a physics teacher at Woodkirk High School, Wakefield, delivers the lesson to a group of...

Teaching the KS3/4 Snack Bar Lesson

This Teachers TV video shows science teacher Shugufta Bargir using the programmes Snack Bar and What’s in Your Food? in a Key Stage Three science lesson on junk food, followed by an analysis of the lesson by science education expert Matthew Tosh. The Junk Food Science...

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,...