Posts made in March 30th, 2010

Science TV and the Cheltenham Science Festival

Posted on Mar 30, 2010 in Interactive Whiteboards, Science Resources | 0 comments

The Times Cheltenham Science Festival is a five day celebration of science, engineering and the arts, with a reputation for getting the best brains in the country together to probe the most topical issues. It takes place in June every year.

Each year, film crews capture the best demonstrations from the extensive schools’ programme and bitesize versions of the most popular talks. These videos form part of these resource packs, which are designed for use by teachers, and are now available for download in school-friendly formats. These videos are made available via the Science.TV website

The first set of resource packs includes:

• The Big Bang with Maggie Aderin
• Herpes Virus – Friend or Foe? with Mark Lythgoe
• Chemistry with a Bang with Mik Jacobs
• The Art of Muscles with Alice Roberts
• Climate Change – Controversies and Consensus with Jonathon Porritt

The videos are hosted on YouTube, so you will need access to YouTube in school if you want to view these direct from the site within class. If you register and download the resource pack it does contain a windows media version of the video to play offline, along with a pdf pack of worksheets.

You can access the resource packs here.

There are many other videos and resources on the Science.TV site. You will need to register to access all of it, but registration is free.