This video demonstrates the Coriolis effect. However, explains that much of what we see in terms of rotating water in either the northern or southern hemispheres is mostly due to other angular momentum sources in the body of the water.

An explanation of the Coriolis effect uses a scientific model (thought...

This video begins with the mnemonics Very furry lambs and Cute furry lambs.

Using a model of a railway carriage (its length, x and time taken to travel, t) the equation for velocity (v = ^x/_t) is derived.  Equating the length of the carriage to wavelength, λ and time to the period, T the...

Produced by Teachers TV, this short video is part of the Lesson Planning Pack series. It encourages primary school children to think about the items in a house that use electricity. It can be used as a lesson starter to stimulate thought and discussion about electricity in the household. Heather is late for work so...

Cambridge University glaciologist Professor Julian Dowdeswell has spent three years of his life in the Polar Regions.

As Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge, this film follows him to Greenland and the Antarctic as his...

This video provides a brief introduction to the types of work that engineers are involved in. 

This video introduces the idea that engineers are working on solutions to help people. "Engineering makes a...