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An introduction to giving and following directions told through an animated story about a bison travelling to a new waterhole. Young Kay the bison leads the herd of bison on a journey. The journey ...

Words can be used to describe the positions of objects and people. Key vocabulary and concepts related to moving in different directions are introduced and used to describe the movement of a group of ...

An introduction to useful words to describe the position of objects. It is very useful to be able to describe where something is or how to get somewhere. We are introduced to some useful words to ...

This cat-and-mouse song contains relevant vocabulary and clear illustrations of the numerous ways in which we can describe and give directions, including left, right, up, down, clockwise and ...

Alan Davies and Marcus Du Sautoy get to grips with the problem of measuring the exact length of a piece of string. They visit the National Physics Laboratory, look at how a metre is defined now, and ...

An animated guide in which fractions multiply to make baby fractions and a rather violent fraction divides numbers with a chainsaw. Use to illustrate the processes of multiplying fractions, and ...

A look at the training and equipment required to be a top cyclist. Considers the bicycle weight, the gear requirements and the cyclist’s fitness rate. Students could make line graphs of the data. They ...

Marcus du Sautoy presents a problem about his imagined commute to work. He can travel 10mph on the way there, and 15mph on the way back. The distance is fixed, so the question is, what is his average ...

An introduction to the four main colours of ink required to print a magazine. The class can discuss ratio in a real setting. There is also an opportunity to discuss capacity and cost. Possible ...

Two students agree to meet up in a bar. They are both trying to be very precise, and try to arrive at exactly the right time, but arrive 29 minutes apart. An example of the ambiguities of language ...

Sweet Bobby is an investigation into one of the world’s most sophisticated catfishers - how they manipulated a woman for a ...