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Brian Cox School Experiments

These free resources support six experiments across the primary science curriculum, and each written resource is supported by videos.

5-11 year olds
Pupils

Essex Wildlife Trust

On this YouTube channel there are some fabulous informative videos about wildlife with lots of activities you can try at home.

5-11 year olds
Teachers, Pupils, Parents

Bunches of Balloons

An excellent teaching video looking at making equal groups from 18 balloons. It leads on well to students continuing the investigation.

6-7 year olds
Teachers, Pupils, Parents

City Mouse and Country Mouse

A video of an updated story of the Town Mouse and Country Mouse.

4-6 year olds
Pupils

Who were the Celts?

Basic information and videos about the Celts and their way of life.

7-11 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Practical Action

Excellent geography teaching resources from Practical Action who use technology to challenge poverty in developing countries. There are videos, case studies, photos and more.

11-16 year olds
Teachers

Easy Drawing Guides

Step-by-step instructions, videos and print out sheets which show you how to draw animals, plants and popular characters.

7-14 year olds
Pupils

What is a Vertebrate?

A short, animated video which explains the difference between a vertebrate and an invertebrate and a sorting game where you need to sort a few animals into the two categories.

7-11 year olds
Pupils

Victorians

18 learner guides and 6 classroom videos, covering famous individuals from the time and living conditions particularly in relation to Scotland.

7-11 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Jack and the Beanstalk

An animated story of the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk in short video clips from the BBC. There are support materials for inspiring writing.

5-7 year olds
Pupils
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