Resources by Teachers TV

Melcombe Primary School, Year 5 Maths

At Melcombe Primary School in Hammersmith, Florence Robertson uses the grid method to continue to develop the multiplication skills of students in her mixed ability Year Five class.

As part of the Uncut Classrooms series on Teachers TV, the entire lesson is recorded and shown unedited, providing a resource...

Micro-organisms - Making Bread and Cheese

Produced by Teachers TV as part of their Lesson Starters series, this clip shows how micro-organisms are used in food production. A baker talks about how yeast is a living organism and about the conditions it needs to reproduce and how this is utilised in the making of bread. Then a cheesemaker shows how cheese...

Micro-organisms in Space

From Teachers TV, this Inside Science video describes an investigation into MELISSA, an artificial eco-system intended for long-duration space missions. This includes discussions with astronauts about the role of micro-organisms in space travel, such as a two year mission to Mars. MELISSA, or Micro-Ecological...

Micro-organisms Under the Sea

From Teachers TV, this Inside Science video looks at a mission of discovery aboard a vessel which is scooping up samples of micro-organisms from the ocean floor.

The expedition is part of the Census of Marine Life...

Modelling Light

From Teachers TV Lesson Planning Pack series, this video shows an example of how a lesson can introduce children to the idea of light travelling in a straight line. Rachel Dixon, a Year Six teacher at Ripple Primary School in Barking, presents her lesson on light. She aims to get her children to understand that...

Models of the Solar System, Earth, Sun and Moon

Produced by Teachers TV, as part of the Teaching Astronomy and Space series, this video looks at the science behind our solar system and how astronomers are exploring it.

Physics teacher and solar astronomer Simon...

Motivating Maths at GCSE: Getting Away from the Textbook

This video resource from Teachers TV addresses the issue of motivating GCSE mathematics students, which has been identified as a national problem. Alison Clark-Wilson, from the Mathematics Centre at University College Chichester, and Ron Taylor, Mathematics Inspector and Advisor for Hampshire, discuss the...

Motivating Maths at GCSE: Outdoor Trigonometry

In this video resource from Teachers TV Andy Grice, teacher of mathematics at Brune Park Community College in Gosport, delivers a practical lesson on trigonometry to a class of GCSE students. Working in groups, they first estimate the height of four buildings on the school site. They then measure actual distances...

Movement, Praise and Groups

This Teachers TV programme features Trainee teacher Nic Cooper who wants to improve her behaviour management. Nic is taking a top-set Year Seven science lesson on kidney function. Behaviour expert Sue Cowley helps Nic relax and praise her students more.

Once the group work has begun, Sue notices that Nic...

Muscles - Using a Longbow

Produced by Teachers TV as part of their Lesson Starters series, this clip shows how muscles work in pairs, relaxing and contracting to cause movement of bones. An archer fires an arrow demonstrating movement of the arms and shoulders. This clip is suitable for use when learning about moving and growing. The...