Resources by Teachers TV

Fibonacci Numbers

This video resource from Teachers TV features mathematics teacher Asnat Doza as she delivers a lesson on the Fibonacci sequence to a Year Seven class at Comberton Village College. Students work in groups and are given a series of five challenges to solve, each of which is related to the Fibonacci numbers and...

Fighting HIV: The Issue

From teachers TV, this video helps students to understand HIV/AIDS and some of the developments in its treatment. In this programme we meet Clint as he meets with various top scientists to find out about the science behind HIV and AIDS.

Fighting HIV: The Lesson

From Teachers TV, in this video science teacher Laura Seabright models a the spread of HIV transmission with a practical activity involving milk powder and starch solution. It is a tricky subject but the students handle the topic with remarkable maturity.

Finding the Golden Ratio in Durham Cathedral

This video resource from Teachers TV is presented by Steve Humble. Filmed in Durham Cathedral, it investigates the mathematics used by master masons and the links with classical architecture. Steve investigates the proportions in Durham Cathedral and discovers ratios that are very similar to the golden ratio....

Focusing on Interactivity

From Teachers TV, this video shows how Park View School in Birmingham has become one of the most improved in the country, more than doubling its pass rate for GCSE science.

Head teacher Lindsey Clark attributes this dramatic change to a new system of student tracking, the charting of individual academic...

Following in Darwin's Footsteps

This Teachers TV programme follows the winners of the Rolls Royce Science Prize 2007, St Stephen & All Martyrs School, Bolton. They studied the classification of plants through their project Following in the Footsteps of Darwin.

In order to respond to a lack of interest in science within the school...

Forces - Mass, Weight and Gravity

In this resource from Teachers TV, Year Six teacher Zoe Lowe teaches a lesson on the difficult concepts of mass, weight and gravity. She uses balls to represent the Earth and Moon, and a soft toy, Astrobear, to visually show and aid understanding of the concept of gravity. Through a paired talk exercise, the...

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 •...

Forces - Rocket Launch

This starter clip from Teachers TV demonstrates how much air pressure is needed to move objects of varying size. Scientist Dr Mark Biddiss constructs a makeshift launch pad, watched by children from Orion Primary School in north London. The air volumes are changed to project small, medium-sized and large bottles...

Forces and Motion

From Teachers TV, this video shows four examples of lessons on forces and motion that are suitable for primary school children. Part of the Great Lessons Ideas series, it contains these ideas for lessons: Year Two teacher Jess Scott demonstrates how to teach the forces of pushing and pulling by inspiring her...