Investigation – Compounds | Short Circuit

02: The Order of the Elements | Chemistry: A Volatile History

Professor Jim Al-Khalili looks at how the early scientists' bid to decode the order of the elements was driven ...

Episode 1 | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered The World

From the moment we first drilled for oil, we opened a Pandora's box that changed the world forever. It transfor...

01: Discovering the Elements | Chemistry: A Volatile History

The story of how the elements were discovered and mapped begins with the alchemists who questioned that the worl...

Episode 2 | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered The World

Professor Iain Stewart looks back at the 1950s, a time when the oil and gas fields of the Middle East became a ...

03: The Nitrogen Cycle | Bellamy Rides Again

David Bellamy begins his trip around the nitrogen cycle in the Surrey hospital where he languished as a child suffering from acu...

Production of Plastic from Crude Oil | Real World Chemistry

Spec references J248: C6.2m, C6.2n, C6.2o J250: C6.1k, C6.1l, C6.1m. This clip demonstrates how plastic is produc...

01: Metal | How It Works

Mark Miodownik traces the history of our love affair with metal. He investigates metals at the atomic level and sees how metal crystals can be grown...

Materials: How They Work

Materials scientist Mark Miodownik takes a look into the inner world of metals, ceramics and plastics and the microscopic structure that allows them...

Arrangment of the Periodic Table | Curriculum Bites

Spec references J248: C2.2a, C2.2b, C2.2c J250: C2.2a, C2.2b, C2.2c. This video explains the arrangement of the periodic ...

Atomic Structure - Building an Atom | Curriculum Bites

Spec references J248: C1.2b, C1.2d, C1.2e J250: C1.2b, C1.2d, C1.2e. How can an atom be completely described by the in...

Biological Catalysts | Science Topics

The video provides examples of biological catalysis, such as enzyme use in cheese production and human digestion, followed by an explan...

Episode 3 | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered The World

Professor Iain Stewart examines the situation in the 21st century, at which point the global consumption of oil...

Introduction to Atoms | Curriculum Bites

Spec references J248: C1.1a J250: C1.1a. This video provides an introduction to the concept that all materials are composed of atoms...

Marie Curie | Icons

Marie Curie discovered new elements, pioneered radiotherapy and was one of the first to examine the sub-atomic world, before a scandal saw her adopted ho...

Rates of reaction | Curriculum Bites

Spec references J248: C5.2c, C5.2d, C5.2e, C5.2f J250: C5.2c, C5.2d, C5.2e, C5.2f. Introduction to rate of chemical reactions and collis...

Secrets of the Super Elements

In the first BBC documentary to be filmed entirely on smartphones, Mark Miodownik reveals the weird materials that have built our high-tech world.

04: Fire | How Earth Made Us

Professor Iain Stewart explores man's relationship with fire. Along the way he dives in a mysterious lake in Oregon, climbs a glacier of salt an...

04: The Phosphorus Cycle | Bellamy Rides Again

David Bellamy dances his way through an aerobics class to show how phosphorus helps turn food into energy. Then he sits in the...

Endothermic and exothermic reactions | Bitesize Science

Endothermic reactions absorb heat, while exothermic reactions give off heat.

Extraction of Iron | Real World Chemistry

Spec references J248: C6.1a J250: C6.1a. The video outlines the industrial process of smelting iron ore into pig iron using a blast...