SciShow
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Hank tells us about the enormous concentrations of plastic debris floating around in the Pacific Ocean, why they're there and why they're a problem.
SciShow
Are Plastic Dinosaurs Made from Real Dinosaurs?!
You've probably heard this one before: Plastic is made from oil, and oil is made from dinosaurs, so a plastic dinosaur is made out of real dinosaur. It sounds pretty profound... but it's not that simple.
SciShow Kids
Make the Most of Compost!
Our friend Elliot thought we should do an episode about composting... so we did! Learn all about how you can turn certain types of trash into nutrient packed soil you can use in the garden!
SciShow Kids
How Plastic Hurts the World
Recycling trash is one really important way that we can help the Earth stay clean! It's much better to recycle things than throw them away, but it's super important to recycle plastic! Jessi is here to tell you why!
SciShow Kids
Sink or Float?
Join Jessi and some new friends for an experiment to see what sinks, and what floats!
PBS
Ocean clean-up
About 9 million tons of plastic are dumped into the world's oceans every year -- enough to fill a football stadium 23 miles high. But a project dubbed the Ocean Cleanup aims to eliminate it with a method that researchers are testing in...
Curated Video
Only In United Kingdom 10 - Flower Mobile Phone Cases
Flower Mobile Phone Cases:Biodegradable mobile phone cases, when buried, produce sunflowers, offering an eco-friendly alternative in the world of technology.
Curated Video
Revolutionary Waterproofing Technology: Protecting Clothes and Equipment
PhD student Stephen Coulson has developed an innovative waterproofing method that can effectively protect clothing and equipment from water damage. Using an ultra-thin polymer coating, the method binds to individual fibers, creating an...
ATHS Engineering
Meet Your New 3D Printer
3D Printers are useful tools in engineering. Today, we're going to talk about each of the types of 3D printers we have, their components, and more. Make sure you take some basic notes.
Curated Video
Building Confidence: A Horse's Lesson on Overcoming Challenges and Believing in Yourself
In this video, Harry the Kiwi teaches children about the importance of confidence and trust. Through a heartwarming story about Andy and his horse friend, Harry, the audience learns that confidence is believing in oneself and finding...
Curated Video
Pigment
A dry coloured substance that can be used to give colour to paints, plastics and other materials. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig...
Curated Video
The Elements: Silicon
Discover the unique properties of silicon, which is found in many things from sand to computers. Chemistry - Periodic Table - Learning Points. Silicon is a metalloid element. Silicon is found in sand, quartz, the Sun and stars. Silicon...
Curated Video
Factpack: Hydrocarbons
An introduction to hydrocarbons. Learn how unreactive alkanes can be made into reactive alkenes. Chemistry - Chemical Industries - Learning Points. A Twig FactPack Film. Open a discussion on what has been already learnt in a topic, or...
Curated Video
Bottled Water: The True Cost
What is the expense, and environmental cost, of bottling water when tap water is freely available? Earth Science - Earth's Resources - Learning Points. Bottled water is up to 10,000 times more expensive than tap water. Bottled water has...
Curated Video
Contraception: Barrier Methods
Discover how barrier methods of contraception can not only prevent pregnancy but stop the spread of sexually transmitted infections. Biology - Being Human - Learning Points. Barrier method contraceptives prevent the sperm from reaching...
Curated Video
Recycling Plastics
The differences between thermosetting, thermosoftening and partially biodegradable plastics, and how they can be recycled. Chemistry - Chemical Industries - Learning Points. We throw away a lot of plastic and most is non-biodegradable....
Curated Video
Insulator
Material that conducts heat or electricity very poorly, and so can be used to provide some measure of protection. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual...
Curated Video
Ingenhousz's Heat Conductors
We use a metal box holding rods of different materials to test their ability to conduct heat. The box is filled with boiling water and a paperclip is attached to the end of each rod using petroleum jelly. As the heat moves through the...
Curated Video
Plastics and Polymers
Plastics are all made in a similar way, but can be manipulated to have very different functions. Discover how their properties are determined. Chemistry - Chemical Industries - Learning Points. Plastics are synthetic materials called...
Curated Video
What is a force? – Jigsaw
What is it? ... It's a crushed plastic bottle! Physical processes - Force and motion - What is force? A Twig Tidbit Film - Jigsaw. An image is slowly revealed as pieces of the jigsaw are removed. The children have to identify it.
Curated Video
Heat transfer – Odd one out
Four different materials are shown, but which is the only one that is not an insulator? Physical processes - Energy and energy transfer - Heat transfer A Twig Tidbit Film - Odd one out. The children have to work out which of four images...
Curated Video
Landfills
Most of the world's waste ends up in landfills – what effect is this having on our environment? People and places - Human impact on the environment - Polluting the land Learning Points A landfill is a hole in the ground that waste is...
Curated Video
Insulation
How do insulators manage to keep the heat both in and out? Material processes - Changing materials - Insulation Learning Points Insulators do not allow energy to pass easily through them. Thermal insulators do not allow heat energy to...