Duration: 5'55''
Animated shorts to support students preparing for assessments in GCSE Additional Science.
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Alternating and direct current | Additional Science 2
Spec references J249: P8.2h J250: P6.2g. Alternating and direct current. Description and animation.
Attraction and repulsion | Additional Science 2
Spec references J249: P3.1b J250: P3.1b. Attraction and repulsion between objects ( charging by induction not addressed) - an...
Chemical Calculations (J250) | GCSE Bitesize Revision
Spec references J250: C2.1. This video provides an overview of how the masses of subatomic particles are used to calcul...
Chemical calculations | GCSE Bitesize Revision
This video provides an overview of how the masses of subatomic particles are used to calculate atomic masses. It then explains...
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...
Electrolysis | GCSE Bitesize Revision
Spec references J248: C3.4a, C3.4b, C3.4c, C3.4d, C3.4e J250: C3.4a, C3.4b, C3.4c, C3.4d, C3.4e. Explanation of how ionic substances ca...
Electrolysis 2 | GCSE Bitesize Revision
Spec references J248: C3.4a, C3.4b, C3.4c, C3.4d, C3.4e J250: C3.4a, C3.4b, C3.4c, C3.4d, C3.4e. Explanation of how ionic substances ...
Electrostatics | GCSE Bitesize Revision
Force arrows and balanced forces | Additional Science 2
Spec references J249: P2.2c, P2.2d, P2.2f J250: P2.2c, P2.2d, P2.2f. Force arrows and balanced forces - animation and...
Force, mass and acceleration | Additional Science 2
Spec references J249: P2.2i, P2.2l J250: P2.2i. Effect of force and mass on acceleration. F = m a. Worked example. Animat...
Forces and moving objects | Additional Science 2
Spec references J249: P2.2a, P2.2b, P2.3h J250: P2.2a, P2.2b, P2.3h. Clear description and explanation of types of force aff...
Forces when falling and terminal velocity | Additional Science 2
Spec references J249: P2.2f, P2.2h J250: P2.2f, P2.2h. Falling, air resistance, balanced forces and terminal...
Inheritance | GCSE Bitesize Revision
Spec references J247: B5.1i, B5.1j J250: B5.1g, B5.1h. Summary of inheritance including: dominant and recessive alleles, genetic diagram...
Light and sound waves | GCSE Bitesize Revision
Mains electricity 2 | GCSE Bitesize Revision
Memory | GCSE Bitesize Revision
Nuclear fission | Additional Science 2
Spec references J249: P6.2. Description and animation of nuclear fission.
Nuclear fission and fusion | GCSE Bitesize Revision
Nuclear fusion | Additional Science 2
Spec references J249: P6.2. Description and animation of nuclear fusion.
Parallel and series circuits | GCSE Bitesize Revision
Spec references J249: P3.1e, P3.1f, P3.2a, P3.2b J250: P3.1d, P3.1e, P3.2a, P3.2b. Circuit symbols, differences between...
Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change: The Facts
A discussion of the devastating impact of burning fossil fuels.
How hurricanes are formed by Earth's rotation | Learning Zone
Physicist Helen Czerski explains that hurricanes happen because the earth is rotating. She shows how, because t...
Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?
From colossal farms in America to the destruction of the Amazon, Liz Bonnin investigates how our hunger for meat is killing our planet.
9: The Rise Of The Mammals | Life On Earth
Mammals have proved to be one of the most adaptable products of evolution. David Attenborough looks at their evolution from reptil...
Carbon in the ocean | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Dr Helen Czerski explains how carbon is incorporated into the ocean and how the increase in carbon intake is impac...
Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey
Kate Humble and Dr Helen Czerski follow the Earth's voyage around the sun for one complete orbit, travelling first from July to the Dece...
Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey | Learning Zone
Kate Humble and Dr Helen Czerski follow the Earth's voyage around the sun for one complete orbit, to witness the astonis...
Plants in cold environments | The Private Life of Plants
David Attenborough describes how certain plant species adapt to cold weather.
The Global Village | Today And Tomorrow
The science programme for schools looks at the latest technology concerning telecommunications, including Prestel, a word processor a...
3: Coral Reefs | Blue Planet II
The wildlife documentary series narrated by David Attenborough reveals the ingenious ways life exists in the undersea cities of tropical reefs.
4: Big Blue | Blue Planet II
The wildlife documentary series narrated by David Attenborough explores a vast ocean desert where sperm whales must dive 1,000 metres just to feed.
Cattle feedyard | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?
Liz Bonnin visits a cattle feedyard, a mass factory farm, that contains about 50,000 cows.
Cotton production and the Aral Sea crisis | Stacey Dooley
Stacey Dooley visits the Aral Sea Basin in Kazakhstan, which has almost entirely dried up due to cotton production.
Piling on pounds | Life
Brown bears take advantage of a salmon run to fatten up for the winter.
Sustainable meat production | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?
Liz Bonnin discusses the importance of understanding the process behind the meat we eat (warning: this clip conta...
The carbon cycle and global warming | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
The carbon cycle process is being overwhelmed by the amount of carbon dioxide released into the at...
The smallest fox with the biggest ears! | Super Cute Animals (video)
The fennec's ears help it to survive in the heat of the desert dunes.
1: One Ocean | Blue Planet II
Wildlife documentary series presented by David Attenborough, revealing new worlds and animal behaviours throughout the planet's oceans.
6: Coasts | Blue Planet II
The wildlife series narrated by David Attenborough explores the planet's coasts. They are the most changeable of the ocean worlds, but they offer ...
A wheelie good defence | Africa
A golden wheel spider escapes the threat of a pompilid spider wasp in an amazing way.
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