In Understanding Jet Lag, host Harith Iskander explains how jet lag occurs when a person’s internal clock doesn’t match the external time of a new location. The brain’s oscillator cells in the hypothalamus, which help regulate our sleep-wake cycles, struggle to adjust quickly. Traveling east can be especially difficult because it shortens the body’s natural circadian cycle, while flying west allows for more gradual adjustment. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Got Science?, a science magazine series that explores and explains science in everyday life.
Get ready for a speedy adventure! This BBC Learning Hub playlist, packed with clips from Grace’s Amazing Machines, takes students on a high-octane journey through land, sea, and sky. From gyrocopters and tugboats to superbikes and supercars, each video introduces a powerful machine — and the science that makes it move.
Perfect for teaching concepts like forces and motion, energy, friction, and transportation technology, these clips are a fun, fast-paced way to explore how things go, glide, float, and fly. Each video comes with discussion questions, hands-on activities, and more to help kids think, tinker, and learn like real engineers. Buckle up — it’s going to be a wild ride!
Let’s catch the bus to... the museum. (But only because you’re secretly in love with the bus driver!) Here's how to play:
1. Try to get around the board without the grannies causing too much chaos!
2. Grab a counter* (or two, if you’re playing with a friend) and place it on the start. *A button or small toy work well!
3. Take turns rolling a die and moving the number of steps you roll. Be prepared for granny stops! The first one to the end wins.
In The Super Seaplane, presenter and motorbike racer Grace Webb shows the inside and out of a seaplane, which is equipped to fly high in the skies and safely land and move through water. Hop in the passenger seat and discover what the seaplane can do! This video is excerpted from BBC’s Grace’s Amazing Machines, a children’s show that introduces kids to some of the biggest, fastest, and most amazing machines in the world.
In The Red Knot Bird's Essential Pit Stop, narrator Sir David Attenborough follows red knot birds on their nearly 10,000 mile (16,000 kilometer) journey from Argentina to Canada. They stop in Delaware Bay to feast on horseshoe crab eggs, needing to eat up to 400,000 eggs to double their weight before continuing their journey. But all that feeding makes them easy targets for predators like the peregrine falcon, adding danger to their incredible adventure! This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In Challenging Preconceptions of Iran, host Joanna Lumley visits a shopping mall in Tehran. As she explores the mall, her guide explains how the use of social media by young people in Iran is helping to connect individuals and shift some attitudes about life in the country. Through this experience, Joanna gains a deeper understanding of the evolving social landscape of Iran, highlighting how modern technology and cultural traditions intersect in the lives of its people. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Joanna Lumley’s Silk Road Adventure, a documentary series uncovering the rich history and cultural treasures of the Silk Road.
In How the Human Body Adjusts to Space Travel, host Harith Iskander explains the challenges astronauts face when traveling in space. These challenges include nausea, dizziness, and disorientation due to the lack of gravity. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Got Science?, a science magazine series that explores and explains science in everyday life.
In Dolphin Superpods Travel Together, narrator Sir David Attenborough follows a superpod of dolphins on their way to the Azores. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Blue Planet, a definitive documentary series diving into the mysterious depths of the sea to discover the natural history of the world’s oceans and the rarely seen marine life that reside there.
In Traveling to the Ocean Floor, narrator Sir David Attenborough explains how the environment changes as a submersible descends into the ocean. Learn how the ocean environment changes as you travel deeper. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Blue Planet, a definitive documentary series diving into the mysterious depths of the sea to discover the natural history of the world’s oceans and the rarely seen marine life that reside there.
In How Energy Travels Across the Seas, geologist Iain Stewart explains why Earth is called the "blue planet," with over three-quarters of its surface covered by water. Explore how the ocean shapes coastlines and carries powerful energy across the planet, creating crashing waves that start as tiny ripples from a breeze. See the raw power of the sea in Hawaii and learn how tides form from the pull of the Moon and Sun. Next watch how this energy creates massive tidal waves, like the powerful tidal bore in the Amazon River, moving upstream and carrying more water than the flow of Niagara Falls! This video is excerpted from BBC’s Earth: The Power of the Planet, a documentary series in which Dr. Iain Stewart discovers how Earth's forces can shape nature, species, and even the climate.
In How Plants Travel and Grow, narrator Sir David Attenborough discovers how plants spread their seeds, even though they can’t move! Deep in the Borneo forests, plants use wind to give their seeds wings — like the Alsomitra vine’s gliding seeds that soar hundreds of meters on a gentle breeze. In Arizona, the saguaro cactus relies on bats to pollinate its flowers, which bloom for just one cool night before fading. This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In Understanding Jet Lag, host Harith Iskander explains how jet lag occurs when a person’s internal clock doesn’t match the external time of a new location. The brain’s oscillator cells in the hypothalamus, which help regulate our sleep-wake cycles, struggle to adjust quickly. Traveling east can be especially difficult because it shortens the body’s natural circadian cycle, while flying west allows for more gradual adjustment. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Got Science?, a science magazine series that explores and explains science in everyday life.
Get ready for a speedy adventure! This BBC Learning Hub playlist, packed with clips from Grace’s Amazing Machines, takes students on a high-octane journey through land, sea, and sky. From gyrocopters and tugboats to superbikes and supercars, each video introduces a powerful machine — and the science that makes it move.
Perfect for teaching concepts like forces and motion, energy, friction, and transportation technology, these clips are a fun, fast-paced way to explore how things go, glide, float, and fly. Each video comes with discussion questions, hands-on activities, and more to help kids think, tinker, and learn like real engineers. Buckle up — it’s going to be a wild ride!
Let’s catch the bus to... the museum. (But only because you’re secretly in love with the bus driver!) Here's how to play:
1. Try to get around the board without the grannies causing too much chaos!
2. Grab a counter* (or two, if you’re playing with a friend) and place it on the start. *A button or small toy work well!
3. Take turns rolling a die and moving the number of steps you roll. Be prepared for granny stops! The first one to the end wins.
In The Super Seaplane, presenter and motorbike racer Grace Webb shows the inside and out of a seaplane, which is equipped to fly high in the skies and safely land and move through water. Hop in the passenger seat and discover what the seaplane can do! This video is excerpted from BBC’s Grace’s Amazing Machines, a children’s show that introduces kids to some of the biggest, fastest, and most amazing machines in the world.
In The Red Knot Bird's Essential Pit Stop, narrator Sir David Attenborough follows red knot birds on their nearly 10,000 mile (16,000 kilometer) journey from Argentina to Canada. They stop in Delaware Bay to feast on horseshoe crab eggs, needing to eat up to 400,000 eggs to double their weight before continuing their journey. But all that feeding makes them easy targets for predators like the peregrine falcon, adding danger to their incredible adventure! This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In Challenging Preconceptions of Iran, host Joanna Lumley visits a shopping mall in Tehran. As she explores the mall, her guide explains how the use of social media by young people in Iran is helping to connect individuals and shift some attitudes about life in the country. Through this experience, Joanna gains a deeper understanding of the evolving social landscape of Iran, highlighting how modern technology and cultural traditions intersect in the lives of its people. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Joanna Lumley’s Silk Road Adventure, a documentary series uncovering the rich history and cultural treasures of the Silk Road.
In How the Human Body Adjusts to Space Travel, host Harith Iskander explains the challenges astronauts face when traveling in space. These challenges include nausea, dizziness, and disorientation due to the lack of gravity. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Got Science?, a science magazine series that explores and explains science in everyday life.
In Dolphin Superpods Travel Together, narrator Sir David Attenborough follows a superpod of dolphins on their way to the Azores. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Blue Planet, a definitive documentary series diving into the mysterious depths of the sea to discover the natural history of the world’s oceans and the rarely seen marine life that reside there.
In Traveling to the Ocean Floor, narrator Sir David Attenborough explains how the environment changes as a submersible descends into the ocean. Learn how the ocean environment changes as you travel deeper. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Blue Planet, a definitive documentary series diving into the mysterious depths of the sea to discover the natural history of the world’s oceans and the rarely seen marine life that reside there.
In How Energy Travels Across the Seas, geologist Iain Stewart explains why Earth is called the "blue planet," with over three-quarters of its surface covered by water. Explore how the ocean shapes coastlines and carries powerful energy across the planet, creating crashing waves that start as tiny ripples from a breeze. See the raw power of the sea in Hawaii and learn how tides form from the pull of the Moon and Sun. Next watch how this energy creates massive tidal waves, like the powerful tidal bore in the Amazon River, moving upstream and carrying more water than the flow of Niagara Falls! This video is excerpted from BBC’s Earth: The Power of the Planet, a documentary series in which Dr. Iain Stewart discovers how Earth's forces can shape nature, species, and even the climate.
In How Plants Travel and Grow, narrator Sir David Attenborough discovers how plants spread their seeds, even though they can’t move! Deep in the Borneo forests, plants use wind to give their seeds wings — like the Alsomitra vine’s gliding seeds that soar hundreds of meters on a gentle breeze. In Arizona, the saguaro cactus relies on bats to pollinate its flowers, which bloom for just one cool night before fading. This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.