The invention of the electricity generator | The Genius of Invention

03/12/2009 | Bang Goes the Theory

A Bang Goes the Theory special event showing how much electricity we use without even thinking about it. The gang attempts to power a house...

1: Spark | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Jim Al-Khalili tells how the first 'natural philosophers' began to unlock electricity's mysteries, studying its curious li...

2: The Age of Invention | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Jim Al-Khalili shows how harnessing the link between magnetism and electricity transformed the world, allow...

3: Revelations and Revolutions | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Jim Al-Khalili concludes by looking at how, if we could understand the secret of electrical supercon...

Alternating and direct current | Additional Science 2

Spec references J249: P8.2h J250: P6.2g. Alternating and direct current. Description and animation.

Alternating current | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Nikola Tesla invented alternating current (AC) which allowed no electrical power to be lost when passing throug...

Circuit symbols | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Spec references J249: P3.2b J250: P3.2b. Circuit symbols - narrated slides.

Circuits | Curriculum Bites

Schools science programme where topics in the double science curriculum are broken down into small chunks.

Crystal Junctions | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Jim Al-Khalili explores the race between scientists to create a reliable way to amplify electrical signals, and i...

Current in series and parallel circuits | Curriculum Bites

Spec references J249: P3.2a, P3.1f J250: P3.2a, P3.1e . Animated explanation of a current in series and parallel c...

Dangers and nuisance of electrostatics | Additional Science 2

Spec references J249: P3.1c J250: P3.1c. Discharging charged objects and dangers nuisance of static electricity...

Electric charge | GCSE Bitesize Revision

A revision programme covering electricity.

Electrical Power | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Spec references J249: P3.2l, P3.2m J250: P3.2l, P3.2m . Description of electrical power, P = I V, watts and kilowatts. Narrated sl...

Electricity and the Atomic scale | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Jim Al-Khalili explores how Ernest Rutherford's work on the atom revealed what electricity was on ...

Electromagnetic waves | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Jim Al-Khalili explains Michael Faraday's theory that any electrical charge can create a forcefield surroundi...

Electromagnets and telegraphs | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Jim Al-Khalili explains how an electromagnet works and how it paved the way for the birth of the tele...

Electrostatics | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Animated shorts to support students preparing for assessments in GCSE Additional Science.

Energy transfer in circuits | GCSE Bitesize Revision

A revision programme covering electricity.

Faraday cage | Dangerous Earth

Dr Helen Czerski explains how planes are protected from lightning.

How Nikola Tesla electrified his Victorian peers | Victorian Sensations

Hannah Fry describes the first moment Nikola Tesla demonstrated the power of electricity.