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01: Speed Limits | Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds

01: Speed Limits | Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds

BBC HD | 2010 | 58'56''

Using state-of-the-art technologies, Richard Hammond goes beyond the limits of the naked eye and explores the hidden se...

S2E4:...about Speed | James May's Things You Need to Know

S2E4:...about Speed | James May's Things You Need to Know

BBC Two | 2013 | 28'57''

James May explains all you need to know about speed with a fast-moving mix of animation and motion graphics, includ...

Why Do Cats Have Nine Lives? | James May's Things You Need to Know

Why Do Cats Have Nine Lives? | James May's Things You Need to Know

BBC Two | 2012 | 2'45''

James May explains about speed, using a fast-moving mix of animation and graphics. Here he explores why te...

Forces when falling and terminal velocity | Additional Science 2

Forces when falling and terminal velocity | Additional Science 2

BBC Two | 2010 | 45''

Spec references J249: P2.2f, P2.2h J250: P2.2f, P2.2h. Falling, air resistance, balanced forces and terminal...

Acceleration | Additional Science 1

Acceleration | Additional Science 1

BBC Two | 2010 | 50'''

Spec references J249: P2.1h J250: P2.1h. Calculating acceleration and what the units mean - description and animation.

Speed | Additional Science 1

Speed | Additional Science 1

BBC Two | 2010 | 37''

Spec references J249: P2.1h J250: P2.1h. Calculating speed and units of speed - description and animation.

Velocity-time graphs | Additional Science 1

Velocity-time graphs | Additional Science 1

BBC Two | 2010 | 1'51''

Spec references J249: P2.1e J250: P2.1e. Description and animation. Velocity time graphs.

Distance-time graphs | Additional Science 1

Distance-time graphs | Additional Science 1

BBC Two | 2010 | 1'32''

Spec references J249: P2.1b J250: P2.1b. Description and animation. Distance time graphs.

Resultant forces and terminal velocity | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Resultant forces and terminal velocity | GCSE Bitesize Revision

BBC Two | 2010 | 4'43''

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

15: Forces and Motion Special | Horrible Science

15: Forces and Motion Special | Horrible Science

Forces | CBBC | 2025 | 25'20''

A weird and wonderful look at how gravity, magnetism and friction impact everything. With Fred Sirieix.

3: What Is Gravity? | Brian Cox’s Adventures in Space and Time

3: What Is Gravity? | Brian Cox’s Adventures in Space and Time

Forces | BBC Two | 2021 | 58'57''

Brian takes a fresh look at the concept of gravity, revealing it to be far more than just the force that...

1: The Universe in a Snowflake | Forces of Nature with Brian Cox

1: The Universe in a Snowflake | Forces of Nature with Brian Cox

Forces | BBC One | 2016 | 58'33''

In this episode Brian looks at the stunning diversity of shapes.

4: The Pale Blue Dot | Forces of Nature with Brian Cox

4: The Pale Blue Dot | Forces of Nature with Brian Cox

Forces | BBC One | 2016 | 58'35''

Professor Brian Cox reveals how Earth's beauty is created by just a handful of forces. In this episode Brian explains ...

Momentum | Additional Science 1

Momentum | Additional Science 1

Forces | BBC Two | 2010 | 1'29''

Spec references J249: P2.2k J250: P2.2k. Animation, description and worked example, p = m v. Description of force = rate of change of momentu...

Kinetic energy | Additional Science 1

Kinetic energy | Additional Science 1

Forces | BBC Two | 2010 | 39''

Spec references J249: P7.1e J250: P5.1e. Animation, description and worked example. Kinetic energy.

Work done | Additional Science 1

Work done | Additional Science 1

Forces | BBC Two | 2010 | 42''

Spec references J249: P2.2m, P7.1c, P7.1d J250: P2.2l, P5.1c, P5.1d. Animation, description and worked example. Work done = force × distance.

Forces and moving objects | Additional Science 2

Forces and moving objects | Additional Science 2

Forces | BBC Two | 2010 | 1'25''

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...

Force, mass and acceleration | Additional Science 2

Force, mass and acceleration | Additional Science 2

Forces | BBC Two | 2010 | 1'14''

Spec references J249: P2.2i, P2.2l J250: P2.2i. Effect of force and mass on acceleration. F = m a. Worked example. Animat...

Force arrows and balanced forces | Additional Science 2

Force arrows and balanced forces | Additional Science 2

Forces | BBC Two | 2010 | 42''

Spec references J249: P2.2c, P2.2d, P2.2f J250: P2.2c, P2.2d, P2.2f. Force arrows and balanced forces - animation and...

Forces on a sky diver and terminal velocity | Curriculum Bites

Forces on a sky diver and terminal velocity | Curriculum Bites

Forces | CBBC | 2003 | 2'08''

Spec references J249: P2.2f J250: P2.2f. Speed time graph for a parachutist and terminal velocity (no parachu...

Speed time graph – unbalanced forces | Curriculum Bites

Speed time graph – unbalanced forces | Curriculum Bites

Forces | CBBC | 2003 | 1'19''

Spec references J249: P2.1e J250: P2.1e. Speed time graph for a rocket related to unbalanced forces.

Unbalanced forces | Curriculum Bites

Unbalanced forces | Curriculum Bites

Forces | CBBC | 2003 | 1'11''

Spec references J249: P2.2d J250: P2.2d. Unbalanced forces cause acceleration.

Balanced and unbalanced forces | Curriculum Bites

Balanced and unbalanced forces | Curriculum Bites

Forces | CBBC | 2003 | 1'33''

Spec references J249: P2.2b J250: P2.2b. Addresses misconception that objects with a force acting on them must move. Refram...

3: Wind | How Earth Made Us

3: Wind | How Earth Made Us

Causes of weather | BBC Two | 2010 | 58'52''

Professor Iain Stewart sets sail on one of the fastest racing boats ever built to explore the story of our turbulent relationship with the wind.

1: Deep Earth | How Earth Made Us

1: Deep Earth | How Earth Made Us

Forces | BBC Two | 2010 | 59'24''

Series telling the story of how the development of civilisation was influenced by planetary forces. Professor Iain Stewart explores the rol...

Representing Motion | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Representing Motion | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Forces | BBC Two | 2010 | 5'05''

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

Forces & Motion | Curriculum Bites

Forces & Motion | Curriculum Bites

Forces | CBBC | 2003 | 6'21''

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

Newtons laws | Bitesize Science

Newtons laws | Bitesize Science

Forces | BBC Two | 2014 | 5'13''

Newton's laws of motion continue to underpin principles in modern day physics.

The feather and the hammer | Bitesize Science

The feather and the hammer | Bitesize Science

Forces | BBC Two | 2014 | 3'17''

Air resistance affects different objects and how they fall differently, just as Galileo suggested.

The force of friction | Bitesize Science

The force of friction | Bitesize Science

Contact and non-contact forces | BBC Two | 2014 | 1'50''

Any time one surface moves over another, there is a force of friction.

The Trick is to Keep Moving | In Orbit: How Satellites Rule Our World

The Trick is to Keep Moving | In Orbit: How Satellites Rule Our World

Contact and non-contact forces | BBC Two | 2012 | 1'53''

Explanation of how a satellite is able to keep orbiting the Earth.

Newton’s Equation Of Gravity | Beautiful Equations

Newton’s Equation Of Gravity | Beautiful Equations

Forces | BBC Four | 2010 | 1'20''

An explanation of Newton's equation of gravity.

The physics behind the Flying Machines | Monkman & Seagull’s Genius Guide to Britain

The physics behind the Flying Machines | Monkman & Seagull’s Genius Guide to Britain

Contact and non-contact forces | BBC Two | 2018 | 1'26''

Eric and Bobby use a fairground ride to explain centrifugal forces.

Einstein and the beetle | Gravity and Me: The Force that Shapes our Lives

Einstein and the beetle | Gravity and Me: The Force that Shapes our Lives

Contact and non-contact forces | BBC Four | 2017 | 1'20''

Professor Jim Al-Khalili explains Einstein's analogy of gravity that he told his son to explain his...
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