Many teachers and science educators are using the film in their lessons, including Mark Edward-Jones who has posted a lesson plan here.
You can download a free copy of the film from the vimeo site. You will need to sign up to vimeo to do this - a process which takes a couple of minutes. The download option will not show up on vimeo unless you sign in as a member. The file is a big one (about 900 MB) and may take some time to download. Sorry about this, but the result is you get a better-than-DVD quality film to show in class for free.
If for some reason you really can’t download the film from vimeo and you’d like me to send you a DVD copy of the film, drop me a line at alom.shaha(at)gmail.com and I’ll get one to you as soon as I can.
If you use this film or the website in your teaching, PLEASE leave a comment below - it will really help with my evaluation of the project. Any tips or suggestions for classroom use can also be shared via the comments section.
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I would love to use this video in my lessons. But our school system doesn't allow accessto anything from the Vimeo site where the video is posted, not even via this site.
I've tried to down load it from Vimeo on my homecomputer but I just get a file my computer doesn't recognise
Help! Please.
I have used several of the short segments with my middle school students. They enjoy the accent of the speakers! Anyway, here's how I've been able to download the videos and carry them to school, thus avoiding slow download times on the network or filters that would block the video. I use Miro, an open source freeware (getmiro.com, I believe). I'm able to download the videos via YouTube, save them to my desktop (I use a Mac), then copy them to my jump drive and I'm off to school. Miro uses numerous media players. I use Quick Time. Hope this helps.
This is an excellent resource -- many many thanks for the huge amount of work that must have gone into all stages of creating it.
I (together with about half of my department -- and spreading) use it with my Y10 classes (in chunks, throughout the year) to create opportunities for debate or reflection. Some of it fits very nicely into the teaching of aspects of HSW.
I learnt of this video by word of mouth and have told all the other science teachers I know. We need more of this kind of thing! Perhaps a showcasing of the vast variety of destination careers where a science education leads?
Stuart - 'careers from science' is exactly the concept of the Science Council-led 'Future Morph' project: www.futuremorph.org. Also see www.scienceandmaths.net and Science: So What?.
I showed it to all of my 6th graders. I explained how you sent the copies out of your desire to educate and inspire all young people about the importance of the subject of Science. I showed them the envelope from London and we saved it along with the discs. The kids thought it was cool and loved your accent. We especially thought that it was interesting how we can know what the atmosphere was like hundreds of years ago. Oh, the possibilities! Thank you again! It was yet another way to explain the Scientific Methods to my students.
This is great! I plan to use it with my science methods class. Too often elementary schools stress the importance of reading and writing and math so that there is no time for science in the school day. I hope this video will offer the pre-service teachers a more global view about what science is.
Love science and philosophy of science
Thank you for this amazing clip! I teach A-level General Paper in Singapore and used the video as an introduction to the topic on Science & Technology for my lecture on 2 Mar 2010 (Tue). The invaluable insights shared by your interviewees provide a strong basis for my students to better argue for the importance of and need for science. One of the highlights during the screening of the clip was the students got to see A.C. Grayling giving his opinion - they were 'thrilled' as they are familiar with his writings in his book The Reason Of Things, which we are using as a reference text.
Thank you and regards.
I am a science teacher for grades 3-5 at Science and Arts Academy in Des Plaines, Illinois. I love your video and plan on showing it to all of my classes. I will ask them the question and have them write down a response. I will show them the video, then ask them to revise their response. This will be a great way to start the year. Thank you for your work!