Resources by Teachers TV

Heat - Naughty Balloons

This starter clip from Teachers TV shows how colour affects heat absorption. Scientist Dr Mark Biddiss holds various coloured balloons over a heat source, watched by children from Orion Primary School in north London. The experiment shows how balloons react differently in relation to heat depending on their...

Hidden Patterns 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 identifies a number pattern used in the design of an archway and challenges students to find the next three terms of...

History of Maths

This video resource from Teachers TV features presenter Matthew Tosh as he briefly explains the history of different number systems and how the denary system was developed. He discusses the origins of algebra, the introduction of metric measurements and the controversy provoked by negative numbers, which some of...

Hot Metal

In this classroom management resource from Teachers TV, behaviour expert John Bailey provides support to a struggling design and technology department.

Drayton School is an improving community comprehensive on the rural outskirts of Banbury, with 18% of students achieving five A to Cs at GCSE at the time...

Hotel

This Teachers TV video is part of the series A World of Maths, which travels to different locations to pose mathematical problems.

The mathematics in running a hotel is highlighted in this video which was shot behind the scenes at a London hotel. There are 12 short sequences which cover different areas...

How Big Is the Universe?

It is almost impossible for the human mind to grasp just how big the universe is, but astronomer Pete Edwards gives it his best shot in this Teaching Astronomy and Space video from the Institute of Physics (IOP), Teachers TV and Science and Technology Facilities...

How Do They Do It in Hungary?

This Teachers TV video looks at Hungary which has a successful approach to teaching primary mathematics, with Hungarian students featuring highly in international rankings.

There are no national tests or league tables in Hungary. Their approach appears to be formal and traditional, but their lessons are...

How Electricity is Used

From Teachers TV, this video is part of the Lesson Planning Pack series. Using the context of a theatre, it gives children the opportunity to explore the different ways electricity can be used. The video is suitable as a short starter activity to challenge children to think about how electricity is used.

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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...

How Many Peas Fill the Classroom?

This video resource from Teachers TV features mathematics teacher Katie Slusar as she delivers a mathematical modelling lesson to a Year 7 class at Comberton Village College. Students plan how to approach the task, choose the appropriate equipment, and apply their measuring, estimation and calculating skills to...