Resources by Teachers TV

Genomics, Personality and Behaviour

This video has been produced with Teachers TV as part of the Nowgen Schools Genomics Programme. It shows a group of the UK's leading experts in genetics, medics and bioethics discussing how genomic research may help in understanding personality and behaviour traits.

The understanding of genetic knowledge...

Genomics, Society and Health

This video looks at how our knowledge about genetics has increased dramatically over the past three decades. New research techniques, such as genome-wide association studies and biobanks, have been developed to help identify the genes that contribute to common and complex diseases. Chaired by Dr Ralph Levinson...

Geometry from the Playground

This video resource from Teachers TV shows Debbie Johnson, Director of Learning for Mathematics at Wilden school in Hampshire, and AST Natasha Cowan, with a group of Year Nine students who are investigating the mathematics of playground equipment. Photographs, taken in the playground, and dimensions of the...

George Ward Spicy Farm Pulao

Chef Challenge is a series of Teachers TV programmes in which professional chefs inspire students to cook creative dishes using local produce.

In this challenge, chef Peter Vaughan visits The George Ward School, in Wiltshire, and takes students to local shops to help them choose good quality ingredients...

Getting Out of the Classroom: KS3 Down on the Farm

Produced by teachers TV, this video follows a group of Year Eight students as they visit Rushall Farm in Berkshire to learn about how food is produced.

Students can often have very little idea of countryside issues and how they relate to the food on their plate. In 2007, the Year of Food and Farming aimed...

Girls in Physics

This video, from Teachers TV shows how Physics teachers, Barry Berndes, keeps his female students motivated and engaged by following the five golden rules for Girls in Physics.

Observing his lesson is Martin Hollins from the Institute of Physics who is keen to see how well the rules work.

Barry's...

Glowsticks

Professor Hal Sosabowski carries out a visually impressive demonstration using the hydrogen peroxide and oxylate esters inside glowsticks to show chemiluminescence, energy changes and rates of reaction. He mixes the chemicals in both standard and ultra-bright glowsticks, showing how the concentration of reactants...

Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station

This video is part of the Teachers TV series Worth the Trip, which features a wide variety of out of school activities and offers practical advice on how to organise effective school trips. In this programme, Steve Lord, from Pool School and Community College, takes his Year Seven students to visit Goonhilly...

Green World

From Teachers TV, and part of the Science Tube series, this video contains five short clips that look at how plants adapt to their environments and how they're essential to our lives. The clips are:

What plants need...

Group Work in Design and Technology 1

This Teachers TV programme focuses on the use of group work in the classroom. The film documents the experiences of four teachers from Queens Park Community School in North London as they adopt a range of group work strategies and evaluate the impact on teaching and learning. The examples of group work seen...