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This video looks at features and trends in the periodic table and elements. The short periodic table is used to examine the reactions of oxygen, chlorine, bromine and sodium with the third row elements.
30 minutes PAL VHS tape
Cost: £32.00 + p. & p. + VAT
This programme describes how the sun's energy is converted into chemical energy by the endothermic photosynthesis reaction and stored in plants, coal and oil. Interesting footage demonstrates traditional methods used to recover that valuable energy, and also modern technology under development. The chemical reactions involved in each process are illustrated throughout and the student is introduced to the concept of enthalpy.
28 minutes PAL VHS tape
Cost: £32.00 + p. & p. + VAT
A new series suitable for GCSE and introductory A-level courses which provides a broad in depth coverage of topics featured on most syllabi. It consists of 15 video programmes presented on 6 separate video cassettes, each accompanied by a comprehensive teachers's guide.
Part 1: States of Matter
This part looks at the following topics: the kinetic theory of gases with explanation at the molecular level; freedom of motion of particles is explained; energy and changes of state; how gas pressure is affected by changes in amount, volume and temperature; transportation of natural gas and commercial uses of liquid nitrogen in refrigeration and cryogenics; and a demonstration of the changes of state of bromine from a gas to a solid.
Part 2: The Mole
This considers the following; Avogadro's Hypothesis that equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure contain an equal number of particles; atomic masses of different elements are relative masses; the use of the Mole and Avogadro's number; the periodic table and relative molar masses; the Mole concept and chemical reactions; and the importance of the Mole concept in the production of an epoxy resin.
The video is accompanied by a comprehensive teacher's guide.
30 minutes. PAL VHS tape
Cost: £35.95 + p. & p. + VAT
Part 1: The atom
This part includes: development of atomic models used to explain and predict behaviour of matter; interactions of electrically charged objects; description of Rutherford's gold foil experiment used to show that atoms contain a nucleus and Crooke's tube experiment; a look at the modern model of the atomic structure explaining the relative positions, masses and charges of protons, neutrons and electrons, and how electrons are represented as electron clouds; emission spectroscopy and elemental identification; and the scanning tunnelling microscope which is used to reveal contour images of the electron clouds of atoms.
Part 2: The Periodic Table
Topics considered in this section include: description of the periodic table with identification of groups and periods; group properties and their variance; size of atoms and their variance within the periodic table; periodicity of the alkali metals with their reaction with water; a look at glass making as an example of how the periodic table can be useful in industrial applications; Mendeleev's early periodic table and Glenn Seaborg's revision of the table into its present day form; and how the periodic table can be used to predict electron configuration (valency) of an element.
Part 3: Chemical Bonds
This part of the video explains the basic rules of bond formation; the formation of ionic and covalent bonds; demonstrates ionic bonding using sodium chloride as an example; covalent bonding using formation of the dihydrogen as example; looks at what happens when water changes state and considers the effect this has on water's covalent bonds and the weak intermolecular forces between water molecules; and looks at the large amount of energy involved in the breaking and making of covalent nitrogen bonds using ammonia production, nitrogen fixation, lightning and explosives as examples.
45 minutes. PAL VHS tape
Cost: £49.95 + p. & p. + VAT
Part 1: Organic Chemistry
This section considers the following: how carbon forms a large number of molecules, introduces covalent bonding; graphic models of the basic hydrocarbon molecules, methane, ethane, ethene (ethylene), ethyne (acetylene); the bromine test for presence of double bonds; structural isomers e.g. butane and isobutane; chemical properties and their relation to structure and functional groups within the molecule; classification of organic compounds according to functional groups e.g. carboxylic acids, alcohols and esters; organic synthesis of natural compounds; and the commercial production of artificial fragrances, flavourings and Aspirin.
Part 2: The Age of Polymers
The final section studies the following: the variety of uses of polymers and how they are produced from crude oil and natural gas; how the chemical and physical properties of polymers are related to their molecular structure; demonstration of the synthesis of Nylon; fractional distillation of crude oil, and catalytic cracking; formation of polymers from ethene (ethylene) showing free radical chain reactions; compares high density and low density polyethylene (polyethene); polymerisation of styrene monomer to form polystyrene; and the recycling problems associated with synthetic polymers.
30 minutes. PAL VHS tape
Cost: £35.95 + p. & p. + VAT
Part 1: The Atmosphere
This part considers the following topics: the earth's probable original atmosphere and how it evolved to its present composition; present composition of the atmosphere in percentage terms; methods used to detect past and present changes in the atmosphere as well as future projections; outline of the water and carbon cycles; greenhouse effect and holes in the ozone layer; and finally commercial use of CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons) and ozone depletion.
Part 2: The Chemistry of the Earth
The second part considers: distribution of minerals and ores, and how location is a result of how the earth was formed; formation of ore deposits by crystallization of magma, precipitation from superheated steam, and sedimentation; structure of silicates and properties of various silicon containing materials; and how acid rain reacts with limestone and marble.
30 minutes. PAL VHS tape
Cost: £35.95 + p. & p. + VAT
Part 1: Acids and Bases
This part of the video: provides a summary of properties of acids and bases; explains proton transfer with demonstrations and graphics; shows how antacids combat stomach acidity; demonstrates the role of water in proton transfer; demonstrates how an acid's strength is dependent on the transfer of protons to water to form hydronium ions; explains pH (hydronium ion concentration) and the pH scale; and shows how human activity has decreased the pH of rain in many regions (acid rain).
Part 2: Oxidation and Reduction
This section of the video: explains how oxidation and reduction reactions involve the transfer of electrons, and shows how this process can cause corrosion and make batteries; explains how chemical reactions can produce energy with demonstration of a copper/zinc electrochemical cell; explains why and how lithium is used to make batteries; explains the workings of the lead storage batteries; show how electrical energy is used to produce chemical reactions e.g. electrolysis of water; and shows how industry uses electrolysis to extract aluminium from bauxite.
Part 3: Metals
This final part of the video: describes the characteristics and uses of metals; explains the properties of metals in terms of the metallic bonds; explains the metallic bond as an arrangement of metal ions in a sea of delocalised electrons; demonstrates metal extraction from ore using oxidation/reduction reactions; shows how aluminium is extracted from bauxite by electrolytic reduction; shows how useful alloys can be made by combining different metals, and explains the production and properties of steel and stainless steel; and looks at the recent development and possible uses of metal superconductors.
45 minutes. PAL VHS tape
Cost: £49.95 + p. & p. + VAT
Part 1: The Driving Forces
This part of the video: explains that chemical reactions have a natural or spontaneous direction in which they occur; shows that the tendency to reach a lower energy state drives many reactions; demonstrates exothermic reactions using potassium and glycerine; demonstrates endothermic reactions using barium hydroxide and ammonium thiocyanate; shows that the tendency to increased disorder - entropy - also drives many reactions; and shows how industry makes use of the natural direction of the flow of energy in the design of its plants.
Part 2: Chemical Kinetics
The middle part of the video: shows that different reactions take place at different rates; demonstrates th e effect of different temperatures and concentrations on reaction rates; demonstrates how catalysts speed up reactions and yet remain unchanged; explains how molecular motion helps understand reaction rates; introduces collision theory and the concept of activation energy using the formation of hydrogen bromide from hydrogen and bromine as an illustration; and finally how the concepts of reaction kinetics are used in food technology.
Part 3: Catalysts
The final part of the video: explains the economic value of catalysts; show the use of rhodium as an example of a re-usable catalyst; explains how catalysts speed up reactions by lowering the activation energy of a reaction; demonstrates how molecules react at the surface of a solid catalyst; how molecular models can help understand the action of catalysts; explains how enzymes are also catalysts using the potato enzyme catalysed decomposition of hydrogen peroxide as an example; and finally how enzymes function as catalysts for specific molecules of particular size and shape.
45 minutes. PAL VHS tape
Cost: £49.95 + p. & p. + VAT
A year in the making, this video uses innovative computer graphics to show how models of the atom have developed and how atoms combine.
The video explores the arrangement of the electrons in the first 18 elements, and shows how the number of electrons in the outer shell determines their position on the periodic table. By laying out the periodic table as a village called the Element Settlement, the inhabitants are known on a personal basis.
34 minutes. PAL VHS tape
Cost: £42.00 + p. & p. + VAT
The Mole can be a difficult concept for students to grasp, but it is essential for understanding chemical reactions. This new version of the popular video has incorporated recent research on teaching this S.I unit clearly. The video illustrates: how atoms react in definite fixed proportions; the Mole as a unit for measuring amount; the Mole and atomic and molecular weights; and using the Mole to solve problems. Examples form the real world, such as rockets. combustion reactions, fireworks, and nuts and bolts, are used to break this explanation into simple steps.
20 minutes. PAL VHS tape
Cost: £32.00 + p. & p. + VAT
A series of 6 videos that introduce the fundamentals of chemistry in a language and depth appropriate to secondary schools and above. Particularly useful for revision, consolidation and expansion of the understanding of the subject.
This video divides materials into pure substances (elements and compounds) and mixtures, either homogenous or heterogenous. Using a wide range of examples, compounds and mixtures are reduced to simple compounds and elements of which they are composed.
20 minutes. PAL VHS tape
Cost: £32.00 + p. & p. + VAT
A survey of the chemical nature of solutions, distinguishing between those of ionic and molecular compounds. Brownian motion and the concept of molarity are discussed as well as an explanation of the solubility of various liquids.
23 minutes. PAL VHS tape
Cost: £32.00 + p. & p. + VAT
An investigation into metallic, ionic and covalent bonding which then leads onto the concepts of valency and polarity.
23 minutes. PAL VHS tape
Cost: £32.00 + p. & p. + VAT
This video details the theories of Bronsted-Lowry and Lewis and then explains the derivation of pH and shows the action of buffers.
20 minutes. PAL VHS tape
Cost: £32.00 + p. & p. + VAT
This video outlines the factors on which reaction rates depend: the area of exposed surface; concentration; and temperature. Also shown is the action of catalysts in reactions and their commercial value.
20 minutes. PAL VHS tape
Cost: £32.00 + p. & p. + VAT
Animation is used to relate the electronic atomic structure of an element to its physical and chemical properties and shows how this can be a basis for the organisation of elements within the periodic table.
23 minutes. PAL VHS tape
Cost: £32.00 + p. & p. + VAT
Experiments that cannot be easily presented in the classroom are shown with clear cut animation using a particle model approach and are then related to the real world examples in this series of 5 videos.
Real experiments demonstrate that the mutual attraction of particles in matter is electrical in nature. Matter with strong electrical forces is solid at room temperature while matter with weaker charges is liquid or gaseous.
20 minutes. PAL VHS tape
Cost: £32.00 + p. & p. + VAT
The common compound salt (sodium chloride) is decomposed by electrolysis into its two elements chlorine and sodium in an endothermic reaction that consumes much electrical energy. In the exact opposite of decomposition, synthesis, salt is produced from sodium and chlorine. The result is a violent exothermic reaction and the formation of sodium chloride.
10 minutes. PAL VHS tape
Cost: £32.00 + p. & p. + VAT
This video looks at the particle model of matter which assumes that all matter is made up of particles. The three states of matter are viewed as the result of the activity of particles. Melting, solidifying, boiling and condensing are explained with reference to the energy levels of the particles.
12 minutes. PAL VHS tape
Cost: £32.00 + p. & p. + VAT
Industrial processes make use of the fact that different liquids have different boiling points. The fractional distillation column is essential to modern technology; it separates liquid mixtures into pure substances. A laboratory and a large industrial column are shown extracting fractions.
16 minutes. PAL VHS tape
Cost: £32.00 + p. & p. + VAT
Two electric circuits are compared. In one, electrons flow continuously in a copper wire. In the second, copper forms only part of the conductive path, the rest is an electrolytic solution with a platinum electrode. Filmed and animated sequences show the migration of the copper ions and the removal and addition of electrons.
12 minutes. PAL VHS tape
Cost: £32.00 + p. & p. + VAT
Suitable for A-level students, this video uses 3 D computer animation to explain the chemical and electrolytic processes involved in producing aluminium metal. Introduction-looks at uses of aluminium its alloys and various aluminium bearing ores. From bauxite to alumina - shows stages of refining bauxite. From alumina to aluminium-explains the processes, raw materials and energy needed. Electrolysis examines the operation of aluminium smelting pots, the Hall-Heroult smelting process, energy equations of power used in smelting, and the chemical reactions of electrolysis. From electrolysis to ingots - looks at purity analysis, production economics and health and safety issues. Aluminium and the environment-looks at various environmental issues.
30 minutes PAL VHS tape
Cost: £42.00 + p. & p. + VAT
Aimed at 11 - 13 year-olds, this video explains the three states of matter using everyday examples and simple experiments. Animated graphics illustrate the effects of volume on pressure: Boyle's Law and Charles' Law are explained. The program then demonstrates how matter can change from one phase to another, and explains the difference between physical changes and chemical changes.
20 minutes PAL VHS tape
Cost: £29.95 + p. & p. + VAT
Suitable for students of GCSE physics and science, this video provides an introduction to the electromagnetic spectrum and different types of radiation. It explains the difference between harmless and harmful types of electromagnetic waves and between ionising and non-ionising radiation. It then looks in more detail at the different forms of nuclear radiation.
23 minutes. PAL VHS tape
Cost: £37.00 + p. & p. + VAT
Aimed at 11 - 14 the year-old's, this comprehensive programme introduces atoms and explains the number of related topics. It is divided into seven discrete units which can be viewed separately to suit teaching plans: (1) what is an atom? (2) elements; (3) isotopes; (4) molecules; (five) how science is study atoms (6) radioactivity; (7) energy from the atom.
52 minutes. PAL VHS tape
Cost: £51.00 + p. & p. + VAT
Fission, fusion, reprocessing and disposal. For ages 16 - 18 this 'companion' programme to nuclear physics looks at the practical application nuclear energy and includes footage from nuclear power stations and fusion laboratories.
Fission: this section of the programme looks at nuclear reactors including fuel, moderators, control rods, coolant, radiation shields, and nuclear power stations such as fast breeder reactors.
Fusion: this section of the programme looks Coulomb repulsion and fuel.
The final section of the programme looks at plasmas including fusion reactors, magnetic bottles, internal confinement via laser bombardment, and beam bombardment.
31 minutes. PAL VHS tape
Cost: £32.00 + p. & p. + VAT
This programme on nuclear physics considers the make-up of the nucleus of an atom. Topics covered include: models of the nucleus; the density of the nucleus; the atomic mass unit based on carbon 12; isotopes; nuclear stability; nuclear force; mass defect; radioactivity; ionising radiation including alpha, beta, and gamma; half-life; transmutation; beta decay; alpha decay; and gamma decay; the role quarks in nucleons; and the uranium decay series.
21 minutes. PAL VHS tape
Cost: £28.00 + p. & p. + VAT
The three programmes contained in this video provide a basic introduction to atoms, elements and compounds, and chemical reactions.
Good vibrations-introduces the notions of atom, element and molecule, plus atomic symbols and formulae.
Elements compounds and mixtures-explores the distinctions between elements, compound and mixtures.
Chemical reactions-contrasts the physical changes as explored in good vibrations (part 1 of the video) showing examples of chemical reactions and introducing equations and their balancing.
57 minutes. PAL VHS tape
Cost: £50.00 + p & p + VAT
Suitable for lower secondary classes, this concise video explains diffusion, the spontaneous mixture of two substances. With the help of computer animation of the particle model, time lapse photography and laboratory experiments, it demonstrates diffusion in solids, liquids and gases and explains the factors which affect its rate. It then proceeds to deal with phase changes.
13 minutes. PAL VHS tape
Cost: £29.50 + p & p + VAT
Suitable for students aged 11 plus, this new video is in three parts. Part 1 provides a general introduction to the elements and the periodic table, while parts 2 and 3 are games that challenge pupils to identify elements by their appearance and spoken clues.
Part 1: introduction to the elements-introduces the modern concept of the elements and atomic theory from a historic perspective explaining all the main constituents. The programme introduces the periodic table, describing its layout and the information provided about each element. It discusses the characteristics and common uses of metals, non-metals, halogens and noble gases showing how atoms combine.
Part 2: game 1: the Apprentice-challenges the pupils to identify elements from their appearance on screen and spoken information. This game features only the best known elements, with each pictured in its most recognisable context.
Part 3: game 2: the Wizard-introduces a few less, representative and transition elements. More difficult clues are given, for which pupils will need to refer to element data sheets which are provided.
The video is accompanied by a comprehensive teachers guide, including instructions, rules and answer sheets for the video quizzes which are all photocopiable.
56 minutes. PAL VHS tape
Cost: £40.00 + p & p + VAT
Each chemistry essential CD-ROM contains: 8-22 video chapters (25 minutes total), random access with interactive browsing, interactive quizzes, a bulletin board, tests with record keeping, interactive glossary, and a teacher management system with password protection. The teacher management system: allows teachers to write and edit quiz questions plus tests questions; track student scores; create and edit bulletin board information, quizzes, tests, scoring keys; and finally print class rosters with scores by name or code.
Quality animation and graphics are used to explain how compounds are formed by either ionic or covalent bonding; the difference between the groups of compounds; and chemical formulas and equations.
Dual platform - PC or Mac
Cost: £30.00 + p & p + VAT
The invisible world of the atom is brought to life as we examine how models of the atom have changed over time. The many vital uses of radioactive isotopes are also explored.
Dual platform - PC or Mac
Cost: £30.00 + p & p + VAT
This informational programme explains periodic law and the significance of the rows and columns of the periodic table. The physical and chemical qualities of each group of elements are also outlined.
Dual platform - PC or Mac
Cost: £30.00 + p & p + VAT
Various types of reactions, including exothermic and endothermic, spontaneous and non-spontaneous are discussed. How variables affect the rate of chemical reactions is also examined.
Dual platform - PC or Mac
Cost: £30.00 + p & p + VAT
The sequel to 'Atoms And There Electrons'. Caesium and his legion of atoms set out to conquer the world. Unfortunately as he is trying to capture an iron oxide deposit he is attacked by fighter squadrons of oxygen and water. Magnesium and iron are oxidised. Sodium is bombed with water. Hydrogen released combines with the halides. Hydrogen chloride teams up with water and then neutralises sodium hydroxide. In a separate encounter chlorine attacks copper. In solutions copper ion replaces zinc but not silver or gold. After the battle caesium takes his oxides and reduced troops to Testubium where hydrogen, carbon and electrolysis repair the damage.
19 minutes PAL VHS tape
Cost: £40.00 + p&p + VAT
This short film is a parody of a James Bond movie. Golden Metallic Bond is sent off to investigate why carbon, nitrogen and other atoms are training themselves in other types of bonds. He discovers their bond school and university to find that they are all working towards 'Project D'. In the finale Bond is shown around a giant DNA. All the standard cliches and puns are used contrive a way of showing: metallic, ionic, covalent, Van der Vaal's, dipole-dipole and hydrogen bonding.
28 minutes PAL VHS tape
Cost: £49.00 + p&p + VAT
Suitable for use with students preparing for GCSE examinations, this video explains the organisation of the modern periodic table. It discusses the nuclear structure of the atom and reviews Mendeleev's periodic table. Bohr's model of the atom is examined and the periodic table is used to investigate the chemical properties and reactions of representative elements.
28 minutes PAL VHS tape
Cost: £37.00 + p&p + VAT
Suitable for use for GCSE students, this video introduces formation and decomposition reactions and explains how compounds can be tested to classify them as molecular, ionic, acid or base. It describes how to apply the law of conservation of mass to balance the reaction equation, and gives the rules for naming binary compounds. The programme discusses the formation of valuable mineral compounds within the earth; how hydrothermal vents concentrate minerals in locations to be extracted and how refining methods use decomposition reactions.
26 minutes PAL VHS tape
Cost: £37.00 + p&p + VAT
Suitable for GCSE students, this video investigates how properties of water help it dissolve substances, whilst explaining the formation of ionic and molecular compounds, and the efficiency of water in dissolving such compounds. Discusses the process of diffusion, using an experiment to demonstrate, and illustrates the efficiency of water as solvent at a water treatment plant. Viewing this video will improve student's ability to define atom, ion and molecule, and to compare the contrast covalent and ionic bonds.
26 minutes PAL VHS tape
Cost: £37.00 + p&p + VAT
The three programmes contained in this video provide a basic introduction to atoms, elements and compounds and chemical reactions. Good Vibrations (18 minutes) introduces the notions of atom, elements and molecule, plus atomic symbols and formulae. Elements, Compounds And Mixtures (19 minutes) explores the distinctions between elements, compounds and mixtures. Chemical Reactions (20 minutes) contrasts the physical changes as explored in 'Good Vibrations' (part 1 of the video) with chemical changes, showing examples of chemical reactions and introducing equations and their balancing.
57 minutes PAL VHS tape
Cost: £40.00 + p&p + VAT
From Channel 4 Learning, the four 15 minute programmes on this video use 3 D animated graphics and real-life documentary sequences to help explain key scientific processes. Each programme is divided into three related parts, featuring practical demonstrations that teachers generally find difficult performing school. Safety, cost and time restraints which so easily hinder practical work in the laboratory have all been overcome and the viewer is presented with a clear, close-up view of experimental procedure and successful outcome each time. 1. Raw Materials: oil-distillation of crude oil; air-oxygen and nitrogen; and reducing metal oxides. 2: Electrochemistry: electrolysis of a melt; electrolysis of a solution; and electroplating. 3. Patterns of reactivity: group 1; group 7; and metals. 4. Motion Of Particles: Brownian Motion; diffusion; and changes of state.
60 minutes PAL VHS tape
Cost: £16.50 + p&p + VAT
Who is this Bill Nye! Bill Nye is a real scientist with a degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University. If you have been fortunate enough to visit Disney World in Florida, you may have seen him at the Universe Of Energy presentation at EPCOT. He is a full-time deeply committed educator with a wonderful flair for integrating humour into his teaching. He sparks curiosity with a unique mixture of fun and solid science. His mission in life combines his love of science with his gift of making people laugh. It's a winning combination.
In this programme, Bill Nye takes viewers on a tour of a steel mill to help demonstrate that matter exists in three phases - solids, liquids and gases.
26 minutes PAL VHS tape
Cost: £29.95 + p&p + VAT
Don't take it for "granite" when Bill Nye unearths the solid facts on volcanoes, landslides, tectonic plates, rivers and weather and their effects on the creation of rocks and soil. Check-out how to unearth fossils in sedimentary rocks and soil; and discover why there's a piece of quartz in watches.
26 minutes PAL VHS tape
Cost: £29.95 + p&p + VAT
Have a blast watching the explosive examples Bill Nye uses to explain that everything is made of chemicals. Guest star Candace Cameron shares the lab with Bill and shows that fire is actually a chemical reaction.
26 minutes PAL VHS tape
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Actress Jenny von Oy guest stars in this programme, which finds Bill Nye going to the depths of the earth (literally) to explain how the earth's surface and its inner mantle differ.
26 minutes PAL VHS tape
Cost: £29.95 + p&p + VAT
Did you know that most of the water on the planet is the same water that's been here since the earth was formed. Using a whimsical model made of a tiny staircase, wind-up penguins, and a bicycle tyre, Bill demonstrates phases of the water cycle: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection. Science kids hit the streets to show us some easy things we can all do to keep the water supply clean and healthy - after all, it's the only water we've got. Joey Lawrence guest stars, dropping by for a condensation conversation with Bill.
26 minutes PAL VHS tape
Cost: £29.95 + p&p + VAT
Scientific Eye is a series that encourages an inquiring attitude to science. Investigations set in appealing contexts for pupils are easily adaptable for classroom work afterwards. Each program uses individual stories, computer graphics, animation and lively demonstrations to illustrate the scientific principles which provide the focus for each programme.
Five 20 minute programmes looking at:
Rust-factors affecting the rusting process.
Fire-the principal of the fire triangle
rocks-formation of rocks and the rocks cycle.
The limestone-encourages debate about environmental consequences of limestone extraction.
Acids and alkalis-the PA scale as a measure of acidity.
100 minutes PAL VHS tape
Cost: £18.50 + p&p + VAT
Five 20 minutes programmes looking at:
changing state-properties of solids, liquids and gases, and changes from one state to another;
salty water- mixtures and solutions;
gases-how particle theory explains gas pressure and diffusion.
fuels-how fossil fuels are formed and their effects on the environment.
elements-how elements are made up of atoms and how they combine.
100 minutes PAL VHS tape
Cost: £18.50 + p&p +VAT
These resources are ideal for teaching the physical, life and material sciences, supporting classroom and laboratory work as well as presenting applications of science in the real world.
Cost: £
Four 20 minutes programmes looking at:
Rock Sculptures-igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks and their properties;
Grand Canyon-how the Grand Canyon, the filing Cabinet of time, was formed;
Periodic Table -the periodic table with emphasis on periods two and three;
Models-why models in science the useful; comparison is made with the London Underground map.
80 minutes PAL VHS tape
Cost: £18.50 + VAT
Four 20 minutes programmes looking at:
The Signs Of Recycling-the trouble shooting investigation of the recycling industry introduces the general properties of materials;
Oil Alert-a major or spell of the coast Britain is used to investigate the properties of all oil. It is treated as a big story in a television news room.
Material Witness-a dramatic crime reconstruction is the vehicle for an investigation a plastics and fibres;
The Most Dangerous Place-the search for materials to aperitifs ranging from a simple metal like gold to modern hi-tech plastics, porcelain and glass.
80 minutes PAL VHS tape
Cost: £29.00 + p&p + VAT
Produced at the Centre for Science Education in Sheffield as part of their Acclaim project to help teachers show pupils what it means to be a real scientist; to dispel preconceived ideas and give an insight into why scientists find their work so absorbing. The six 30 minute programmes on this video explore the kind of lives that a career in science can offer, and present a positive and exciting image of science, dispelling the negative stereotypes often supposed by young people.
The video pack comprises the following titles: Cyborg Man, A Different Kind Of Mind, Gene Genie, Mind Over Matter, The Body In Balance, and The Man In The Silver Suit
180 minutes PAL VHS tape
Cost: £22.00 + p&p +VAT
It's a slow, painstaking business unlocking the secrets of the universe. But occasionally, an inspired individual makes sense out of confusion-and comes up with a theory or invention that changes the world and our understanding of how it works. Five 20 minutes programmes, enthusiastically presented by Adam Hart-Davis, focuses on the lives, work and struggles of scientists who have made those great intellectual leaps.
1 Faraday's Famous Inventions: The story of how Michael Faraday became a world famous scientist. His discoveries laid the foundation of our modern age, which rely so much on electricity as a carrier of power and information.
2 Darwin's Evolution: The origins of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
3 Mendel And The Gene Splicers: Gregor Mendel's experiments on pea plants laid the foundations for our understanding of genetic inheritance.
4 Mendeleev's Dream: The story of how Dimitri Mendeleev devised the periodic table of the elements.
5 Hubble's Expanding Universe: The story of how the size of the universe was discovered and the fact that it is expanding.
100 minutes PAL VHS tape
Cost: £18.50 + p&p + VAT
An invaluable resource bank of 15 minute programmes comprising practical demonstrations, 3 D graphical explanations and real-life applications.
Raw Materials: looks at the distillation of crude oil the composition air, and reduction of metal oxides.
Electrochemistry: looks at the electrolysis of a solution and a melt, and electroplating.
Patterns Reactivity: featuring groups 1 and 8, and metals.
Motion of Particles: looks at Brownian Motion, diffusion and changes of state.
60 minutes PAL VHS tape
Cost: £18.50 + p&p + VAT
Industrial Chemistry: looks at ammonia production, fertilisers, plastics, polymerisation, sulphur and sulphuric acid.
Reactions and Energy Changes: looks at exothermic and endothermic reactions, reaction rates and catalysts.
30 minutes PAL VHS tape
Cost: £13.95 + p&p + VAT
Atomic Structure: looks at the structure of the atom, atomic and mass number, and electronic structure.
Patterns Of Behaviour: introduces the periodic table, looking at noble gases and the transition metals.
30 minutes 2002 PAL VHS tape
Cost: £18.50 + p&p + VAT
This video demonstrates the water monitoring techniques that are involved in testing and studying water quality. It explains how analysis tests have to be accurate enough to measure in parts per million (ppm) and illustrates analysis through an exercise to test and compare water samples from four different sources. The proper collection methods and correct scientific procedure for performing tests on eight different factors are shown: temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, hardness, alkalinity, nitrates, coliform bacteria and chlorine. Interpretation of test data is explained.
27 minutes PAL VHS tape
Cost: £29.95 + p&p + VAT
This programme demonstrates what a titrations is, how it is performed and how to determine when it is complete. It shows how the technique is applied to a number of real-life situations. All the essential terminology is explained and the use of proper safety measures demonstrated.
23 minutes PAL VHS tape
Cost: £29.95 + p&p + VAT
What's the big deal about atoms? They're too small to see, so what good are they? Bill Nye explains how atoms combine to form molecules in this fascinating programme.
26 minutes PAL VHS tape
Cost: £29.95 + p&p + VAT
This award-winning film presents a history of the picture of the atom - Dalton, Thompson, Rutherford, Bohr, etc. The programme looks at how the first 18 atoms are built up by adding protons, neutrons and electrons.
How Atoms Combine - is the animated love story of chlorine and sodium. Carbon forms Bucky tubes and balls; we see evolving molecular shapes CO2, H20, NH3, CH4. Some atoms dance in pairs eg N2. Chlorine is asked to dance with calcium aluminium and carbon but waits for sodium. They dance and transfer an electron. Love at last!
34 minutes PAL VHS tape
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