Category Archives: P3 Energy, Work & Power

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.