It’s officially the “Beijing International Automotive Exhibition,” but its friends call it “Auto China,” and it’s now the largest car show in the world. Nearly 1000 companies flock to the exhibits taking up more than 380,000 square meters, or over 50 football fields! Or 1,246,719 feet and 50 soccer fields, if you’re from America! Or 9,329,989 beep-boop-zoinks and 50 astro-space-ball fields if you’re a Martian from outer space! Any way you spin it, this car show is a big deal, and there were two standout trends.
The first was electric vehicles. There’s always been an issue with charging, as makers have tried to maximize how far cars can travel on single charge while minimizing how long that charge takes. Now, a company called BYD claims to have an ultra-fast charging system that can provide 400 km of range with only 5 minutes of charging. What’s more, it’s designed to operate under extreme weather conditions. Since batteries are usually sensitive to high or low temperatures, addressing this is a major step in making electric vehicles as reliable as gas cars.
The other big topic was also fully autonomous, or self-driving cars. The company Geely developed a self-driving car built specifically for ride-hailing, so there’s no steering wheel or driver’s seat. That means you can pick your nose without fear of the driver judging you! Xpeng’s driverless car uses a combination of lasers, radar, and cameras to build a real time picture of the road, but we hope it works just as well in the clouds, because they may be extending this technology into flying cars as early as next year. It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s just my Uber! That’s one way to beat traffic.
Explore how women are represented in films and why those portrayals matter in this Kahoot inspired by BBC’s Her Story —The Female Revolution. Through the ideas and research shared by Geena Davis and the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, students will examine how movies and television influence the way people think about gender, power, and equality.
This Kahoot explores questions about representation, stereotypes, screen time, leadership roles, and how media can shape expectations for girls and boys. Students will build listening skills, vocabulary, and critical-thinking abilities while considering why balanced representation in film and entertainment can have a powerful social impact.
Watch the related BBC video, The Fight for Females in Film, then invite your Grade 6–12 students to test their knowledge and explore how storytelling and media influence culture, identity, and opportunity.
With Mother’s Day coming up in the U.S., what better way to celebrate than by spotlighting some of nature’s most devoted moms?
This fun, feel‑good 8‑video BBC playlist dives into the incredible bond between animal moms and their babies — and the wild ways they raise them. Watch puma cubs practice their hunting skills, a baby orangutan learn the ropes high in the treetops, humpback whale calves set off on their first epic journeys, and prairie dog pups turn playtime into survival training.
From feeding and protection to movement and life lessons, these clips show just how much it takes to grow up in the wild — and how moms make it all possible.
Featuring favorites like prairie dogs, orangutans, polar bears, and humpback whales, this playlist pulls from iconic BBC series like Animal Babies and Planet Earth.
Because mom love? It’s everywhere in the animal kingdom!
Dive into this curated playlist of clips from Got Science?, the BBC’s magazine-style series that unpacks the science behind everyday life. From why we melt at baby animals to why scary movies make us jump, each episode reveals the surprising biology and behavior shaping our world. Students can explore questions like why flies are nearly impossible to catch and why bedbugs are so tough to defeat. Every video includes discussion questions, writing prompts, and more to spark curiosity and critical thinking in middle and high school classrooms.
It's summer in the Arctic, and its predators are hungry after a long winter. First watch Predators and Prey in the Arctic, a short clip from the award-winning BBC series Planet Earth. Sir David Attenborough explains how an Arctic fox stashes eggs, and while wolves hunt for caribou.
Once your students have watched the video, invite them to check for understanding with this quick, 8-question quiz!
In The Fight for Females in Film, Geena Davis, an actress and founder of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, points out that for every three male characters speaking in movies, there's only one female. She believes that by changing how women are portrayed in movies, we can help create a more balanced world with women in powerful roles. This video is excerpted from BBC's Her Story: The Female Revolution, which explores the history and impact of women’s rights movements and achievements of women.
In How to Walk on Coals and Not Get Burned, host Greg Foot explores the chemical reactions that create fire, and the qualities of fire when it comes into contact with water that make it possible to walk across coals and not get burned. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Secrets of Everything, in which daredevil science geek Greg Foot is ready to try anything to get the answers to life’s weirdest questions.
In Bar-Headed Goslings in the Nest, host Andy Day describes how bar-headed geese fly over the Himalayas to land in Tibet and have their babies. Mother geese make cozy nests to house their goslings. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Andy’s Baby Animals, in which Andy Day explores the lives and experiences of baby animals.
Get ready for cuteness overload with this heartwarming playlist of baby animal videos! Watch ducklings wobble, elephants splash, wildebeests race, seals snooze, and otters play with endless charm. Perfect for captivating your class while sneaking in a little science, these clips will have your students saying “aww” while you say, “This totally counts as learning!”
The article "Could Fire-Breathing Animals Really Exist?" from BBC's Science Focus discusses the scientific plausibility of fire-breathing animals, inspired by the dragons in House of the Dragon. Evolutionary biologist Henry Gee explains how certain chemical reactions and fire-resistant materials could theoretically enable an animal to breathe fire.
In The Mouth of The River: Magic Where River Meets Sea, narrator Sir David Attenborough describes how playful macaques swim and splash in a watery paradise. Explore the world’s largest delta, the largest mangrove forest, and a salt-marsh grass habitat. This video is excerpted from BBC's Planet Earth, a breathtaking documentary series that highlights the natural wonders of our planet.
In What Geese Can Teach Us About Badminton, host Harith Iskander explores the fascinating science behind the creation of shuttlecocks used in badminton. Did you know that only feathers from the left wings of geese are used to make shuttlecocks? These feathers are important because they spin clockwise, which helps the shuttlecock fly smoothly. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Got Science?, a science magazine series that explores and explains science in everyday life.
It’s officially the “Beijing International Automotive Exhibition,” but its friends call it “Auto China,” and it’s now the largest car show in the world. Nearly 1000 companies flock to the exhibits taking up more than 380,000 square meters, or over 50 football fields! Or 1,246,719 feet and 50 soccer fields, if you’re from America! Or 9,329,989 beep-boop-zoinks and 50 astro-space-ball fields if you’re a Martian from outer space! Any way you spin it, this car show is a big deal, and there were two standout trends.
The first was electric vehicles. There’s always been an issue with charging, as makers have tried to maximize how far cars can travel on single charge while minimizing how long that charge takes. Now, a company called BYD claims to have an ultra-fast charging system that can provide 400 km of range with only 5 minutes of charging. What’s more, it’s designed to operate under extreme weather conditions. Since batteries are usually sensitive to high or low temperatures, addressing this is a major step in making electric vehicles as reliable as gas cars.
The other big topic was also fully autonomous, or self-driving cars. The company Geely developed a self-driving car built specifically for ride-hailing, so there’s no steering wheel or driver’s seat. That means you can pick your nose without fear of the driver judging you! Xpeng’s driverless car uses a combination of lasers, radar, and cameras to build a real time picture of the road, but we hope it works just as well in the clouds, because they may be extending this technology into flying cars as early as next year. It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s just my Uber! That’s one way to beat traffic.
Explore how women are represented in films and why those portrayals matter in this Kahoot inspired by BBC’s Her Story —The Female Revolution. Through the ideas and research shared by Geena Davis and the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, students will examine how movies and television influence the way people think about gender, power, and equality.
This Kahoot explores questions about representation, stereotypes, screen time, leadership roles, and how media can shape expectations for girls and boys. Students will build listening skills, vocabulary, and critical-thinking abilities while considering why balanced representation in film and entertainment can have a powerful social impact.
Watch the related BBC video, The Fight for Females in Film, then invite your Grade 6–12 students to test their knowledge and explore how storytelling and media influence culture, identity, and opportunity.
With Mother’s Day coming up in the U.S., what better way to celebrate than by spotlighting some of nature’s most devoted moms?
This fun, feel‑good 8‑video BBC playlist dives into the incredible bond between animal moms and their babies — and the wild ways they raise them. Watch puma cubs practice their hunting skills, a baby orangutan learn the ropes high in the treetops, humpback whale calves set off on their first epic journeys, and prairie dog pups turn playtime into survival training.
From feeding and protection to movement and life lessons, these clips show just how much it takes to grow up in the wild — and how moms make it all possible.
Featuring favorites like prairie dogs, orangutans, polar bears, and humpback whales, this playlist pulls from iconic BBC series like Animal Babies and Planet Earth.
Because mom love? It’s everywhere in the animal kingdom!
Dive into this curated playlist of clips from Got Science?, the BBC’s magazine-style series that unpacks the science behind everyday life. From why we melt at baby animals to why scary movies make us jump, each episode reveals the surprising biology and behavior shaping our world. Students can explore questions like why flies are nearly impossible to catch and why bedbugs are so tough to defeat. Every video includes discussion questions, writing prompts, and more to spark curiosity and critical thinking in middle and high school classrooms.
It's summer in the Arctic, and its predators are hungry after a long winter. First watch Predators and Prey in the Arctic, a short clip from the award-winning BBC series Planet Earth. Sir David Attenborough explains how an Arctic fox stashes eggs, and while wolves hunt for caribou.
Once your students have watched the video, invite them to check for understanding with this quick, 8-question quiz!
In The Fight for Females in Film, Geena Davis, an actress and founder of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, points out that for every three male characters speaking in movies, there's only one female. She believes that by changing how women are portrayed in movies, we can help create a more balanced world with women in powerful roles. This video is excerpted from BBC's Her Story: The Female Revolution, which explores the history and impact of women’s rights movements and achievements of women.
In How to Walk on Coals and Not Get Burned, host Greg Foot explores the chemical reactions that create fire, and the qualities of fire when it comes into contact with water that make it possible to walk across coals and not get burned. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Secrets of Everything, in which daredevil science geek Greg Foot is ready to try anything to get the answers to life’s weirdest questions.
In Bar-Headed Goslings in the Nest, host Andy Day describes how bar-headed geese fly over the Himalayas to land in Tibet and have their babies. Mother geese make cozy nests to house their goslings. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Andy’s Baby Animals, in which Andy Day explores the lives and experiences of baby animals.
Get ready for cuteness overload with this heartwarming playlist of baby animal videos! Watch ducklings wobble, elephants splash, wildebeests race, seals snooze, and otters play with endless charm. Perfect for captivating your class while sneaking in a little science, these clips will have your students saying “aww” while you say, “This totally counts as learning!”
The article "Could Fire-Breathing Animals Really Exist?" from BBC's Science Focus discusses the scientific plausibility of fire-breathing animals, inspired by the dragons in House of the Dragon. Evolutionary biologist Henry Gee explains how certain chemical reactions and fire-resistant materials could theoretically enable an animal to breathe fire.
In The Mouth of The River: Magic Where River Meets Sea, narrator Sir David Attenborough describes how playful macaques swim and splash in a watery paradise. Explore the world’s largest delta, the largest mangrove forest, and a salt-marsh grass habitat. This video is excerpted from BBC's Planet Earth, a breathtaking documentary series that highlights the natural wonders of our planet.
In What Geese Can Teach Us About Badminton, host Harith Iskander explores the fascinating science behind the creation of shuttlecocks used in badminton. Did you know that only feathers from the left wings of geese are used to make shuttlecocks? These feathers are important because they spin clockwise, which helps the shuttlecock fly smoothly. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Got Science?, a science magazine series that explores and explains science in everyday life.