Resources by Teachers TV

Light: Lesson Review

In this Teachers TV programme Jane Turner, deputy director of the Science Learning Centre, (East of England), and Helen Ackerman, an NQT (Newly Qualified Teacher), review a science lesson Helen taught to her Year One class on light.

They discuss the range of activities carried out in class and their...

Lisa Essop

This video resource from Teachers TV features Lisa Essop, mathematics teacher at Valentines High School, as she is challenged to progress from being rated as a good teacher to outstanding.

Having observed a lesson on angles with a Year Seven class Clare Gillies, a very experienced school inspector,...

Lisa Green

In this professional development video from Teachers TV, science teacher Lisa Green receives advice on how to improve her presentation skills from motivation and creativity consultant Richard Gerver.

Richard focuses on Lisa's performance in the classroom and identifies ways of giving her teaching more...

Listening to Sounds

This short programme from Teachers TV is suitable for Year One children. It shows an array of images and their accompanying sounds, for children to learn and recognise the associations. The sounds include a doorbell, car horn, opening a can of drink, sawing a log, drilling a hole and cracking walnuts.

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Love 'em or Loathe 'em

In this Teachers TV video, a design and technology newly qualified teacher (NQT) asks for help with his pedagogical skills from behaviour expert John Bayley.

In June, John observes Ben Nelson's isometric drawing lesson. They agree that many students have not understood the lesson. John feels Ben needs to...

Lowestoft Energy Challenge

In this video from Teachers TV, two schools and a college in Lowestoft explore different ways of saving energy as part of an energy challenge competition.

Poplars Primary School has a visit from the Green Energy Machine and now has a team of energy monitors in an effort to reduce the school’s carbon...

Lucky Numbers

This is a Teachers’ TV programme from the series Painting with Numbers. In this episode Professor Marcus du Sautoy combines visual demonstrations with his unique gift for explanation to reveal the many benefits of understanding mathematics.

He looks at the numbers behind calculating risk by analysing...

Lunch in the Library

In this Teachers TV programme from the series Chef Challenge, chef Michael Coaker works with a GCSE class at Knights Templar school, Hertfordshire as part of the Chefs Adopt a School project. He sets the class the challenge of cooking a three course lunch for the headteacher and governors, using fresh...

Lycopodium Powder

From the Teachers TV series Demonstrating Chemistry, this video shows how to safely create spectacular sheets of flame using lycopodium powder, a finely divided carbohydrate powder. Professor Hal Sosabowski, from Brighton University, tips some lycopodium powder onto a flame from a blow torch. This creates a large...

Maggie Aderin: Reaching for the Stars

From teachers TV, this video follows Dr. Maggie Aderin to South Africa to see the South African Large Telescope. She describes how the telescope works before moving on to a science festival in Grahamstown, where she talks to a NASA astronaut.

Dr. Aderin an astronomer but is as much in demand for her...