Author Archives: Mr Cartlidge

About Mr Cartlidge

Mr Cartlidge teaches Science to the wonderful students at the Australian International School, Viet Nam. He is also the Head of Senior School and IBDP Coordinator.

P1 Motion (Combined Science)

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Calculating Speed a 2m video from The Virtual School:

Science Bank 13 (Force & Motion): part 1 – constant speed (to 5m 25s) & part 2 – acceleration (to 9m 45s):

The Naked Scientist presents Distance-Time Graphs in 4m 29s & Graphs of Motion in 3m 30s and GCSE Bitesize revises  distance/time & velocity/time graphs in Forces & Motion (4m 42s).

Science in Action – Motion – an 18m 50s video.

Short video clips from Clipbank – Calculating Speed, Calculating Acceleration, Stopping Distances & Terminal Velocity.

GCSE Bitesize revises Forces & Motion – part 3 covers Distance, Speed & Acceleration & part 4, Forces & Motion.

Scientific Eye – Speed & Safety – a 19m 10s video.

P2 Matter and Forces (Combined Science)

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Science in Focus – Forces & Motion – a 19m video.GCSE Bitesize – Forces & Motion – a 27m revision video covering Pressure; how Forces change shapes; Distance, Speed & Acceleration; Forces & Motion.

P2.1 MASS & WEGHT

Science Bank 13 (Force & Motion): you just need part 3 – gravity & falling (from 9m 45s):

Weight versus Mass – a 4m 47s video (Eureka 7):

P2.2 DENSITY

P2.3 EFFECTS OF FORCES

Balanced & Unbalanced Forces – The Virtual School 2m 34s:

The Naked Scientist presents Forces & Motion in 5m 38s, BBC iScience explains Newton’s Laws in less than 5 minutes & Bitesize Top 20 Demos does it in just over 5m – Newton’s Laws.

A number of short clips from Clipbank: Using Levers; Measuring Turning Effect; Load, Effort & Pivots; Using Pulleys & Ramps ; Machines & Moments.

Two Scientific Eye videos – Machines & Moments & Shape & Strength.

P3 Energy, Work and Power (Combined Science)

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P3.1 ENERGY

The Naked Scientist presents Potential & Kinetic Energy in 2m 27s.

A short (9m 28s) revision video from Curriculum Bites – Energy.

Science in Focus – Energy – a 19m 34s video and two older videos: BBC Short Circuit – Energy Changes (18m 52s) & Scientific Eye – Energy (19m 48s).

P3.2 ENERGY RESOURCES

THE SUN:

Short (less than 5 minute) video clip from BBC iScience – Nuclear Fusion, the passionate Jon Chase explains Fusion in Stars in 4m 30s & GCSE Bitesize revises Fusion & Fission in a 4m video.

NON-RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY:

Science in Focus – Electricity Generation 1 – fossil fuels (19m 15s):

A short (2m 16s) video clip on Generating Electricity from Clipbank & a 4m video clip from the National Grid – Where energy comes from.

RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY:

Science in Focus – Electricity Generation 2 – alternative fuels (19m 15s):

Two videos on Hydro-electric power: a short (3m) clip on Hydroelectric Power from Clipbank & Science in Focus – Electric City Hoover Dam (19m 18s).

BBC KS4 Class Clips – Wind Farms – a 6m 36s video.

Fossil fuels versus solar energy in Jamaica (a 4m 35s video) & The Challenge of Solar Energy – Inside Science – a 13m 46s video.

Energy & Recycling in California – hydrogen fuel cars & wind turbines – a 14m video.

A short video clip from BBC iScience – Nuclear Fission & one from Horizon – How Nuclear Power works (1m 29s).

Inside Science – Build your own Nuclear Reactor – a 13m 40s video.

BBC Short Circuit – a risky business – an 18m 43s video on nuclear power.

P3.3 WORK & P3.4 POWER

GCSE Bitesize – Work & Energy – a 4m 35s revision video.

GCSE Bitesize also has a 33m revision video at foundation level – Energy Resources & Transfer – part 1 covers energy transfer and part 2 covers work, power & energy. At higher level – Energy Resources & Transfer – part 1 covers work, power & energy.

P7 Waves (Combined Science)

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Science Bank 5 (Waves): part 1 – introduction to waves (to 4m 15s); part 2 – reflection (to 9m 30s); part 3 – refraction (to 14m 10s):

P7 waves from davaruss – a good powerpoint but it covers more than we need (check the syllabus statements).

A short (3m 48s) video clip on Types of Wave (Clipbank).

Curriculum Bites has two short revision videos– Waves (5m 57s) & Uses of Waves (5m 19s).

GCSE Bitesize foundation level – Waves (17m 22s) – the first part covers the characteristics of waves.

P8 Light (Combined Science)

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New GCSE Bitesize – Light (4m 48s):

P8 light from davaruss – a good powerpoint but it covers more than we need (check the syllabus statements).

P8 converging lens from davaruss

REFLECTION:

Three short videos clips from Clipbank: Rules of Reflection, Reflection from Mirrors & Parabolic Reflectors.

REFRACTION:

A short (3m 14s) video clip on Rules of Refraction form Clipbank and from Bitesize Top 20 Demos – Refraction (1m 39s).

Two short clips on TIR: Total Internal Reflection (2m 11s) from Bitesize Top 20 Demos & Total Internal Reflection (1m 36s) from Clipbank. Also, from BT Educational services a 13m 15s video – Physics of Optical Communication.

P9 Electromagnetic Spectrum (Combined Science)

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Science Bank 6 (Electromagnetic Spectrum): part 1 – the visible spectrum (to 4m 40s); part 2 – longer waves (to 9m 15s); part 3 – shorter waves (to 14m 15s):

P9 electromagnetic spectrum from davaruss

Three short video clips from Clipbank: the Electromagnetic Spectrum, UV & X-rays & the passionate Jon Chase describes Electromagnetic Radiation in 4m 19s.

All the different forms of radiation in the Electromagnetic Spectrum are described here in a 24m 30s video (BBC KS4 Class Clips).

Other videos include How does a microwave work? from Naked Science Scrapbook (4m 35s), Waves & Communication from Jon Chase (4m 19s), Science in Focus – Electromagnetic Spectrum (19m 9s), & in GCSE Bitesize foundation level – Waves  – the second part revises the electromagnetic spectrum.