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Brian Cox explores the scientific method and 350 years of British science that has helped shape the world.

Below you'll find short films suitable for teaching physics, chemistry and biology at KS3 & KS4/GCSE level. Appears in AQA, OCR, EDEXCEL, CCEA, WJEC, SQA.

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Physics

How CERN helps us understand the Big Bang. video

Professor Brian Cox visits CERN to find out about the experiments that are being done at the Large Hadron Collider to explore the moments immediately after the Big Bang.

How CERN helps us understand the Big Bang

Sir Isaac Newton and the scientific method. video

Brian Cox outlines the historical context of the era in which Newton began to be interested in the nature of the visible spectrum obtained using a prism.

Sir Isaac Newton and the scientific method

John Tyndall and blue skies research. video

Brian Cox describes the work of John Tyndall and his attempts to explain what makes the sky blue and the sunset red.

John Tyndall and blue skies research
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Chemistry

Who was Henry Cavendish? video

Professor Brian Cox introduces Henry Cavendish, the 18th Century scientist who investigated hydrogen, came up with the formula H20 and founded the Royal Institution.

Who was Henry Cavendish?

Who was Humphry Davy? video

Brian Cox follows in the footsteps of 19th Century chemist Humphry Davy, recreating one of his explosive experiments that he used to impress the crowds at the Royal Institution.

Who was Humphry Davy?

William Perkin and making scientific discoveries by chance. video

Brian Cox uses William Perkin's discovery of mauveine to explain how scientific discoveries are sometimes made by chance.

William Perkin and making scientific discoveries by chance
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Biology

Targeted research. video

Brian Cox learns about targeted research in the modern pharmaceutical industry and how by focusing only on positive results, it fails to report negative results.

Targeted research

Global warming resistant GM crops. video

Brian Cox outlines the history of the discovery of DNA and how this has led to a controversy over the use of genetic modification in agriculture.

Global warming resistant GM crops

John Hunter and public engagement in science. video

Brian Cox describes how John Hunter pushed the boundaries of medicine using corpses obtained from grave-robbing and how he set up a museum to open minds about medical research.

John Hunter and public engagement in science
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Where next?

Gastro Lab. collection

In this series of short films for secondary schools stars of stage, sport and screen reveal the foods that keep them at the top of their profession, while Stefan Gates explores the world of nutrition with various experiments.

Gastro Lab

Bitesize

Use these Bitesize resources to set homework, independent study tasks or to consolidate learning for your pupils.

Bitesize

Newsround

The latest news stories from Newsround to share in the classroom.

Newsround
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