Resource Type: Teachers notes

Save Them To Save Us

Why should we care about endangered species? Helen Meredith from ZSL London Zoo explains why we should save the animals in order to save ourselves.

Save Them To Save Us

Video length - 4.00

I Want to Be a Super-Hero

Julian Savulescu, Profession of Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford, talks about the realistic scientific potential for introducing super-hero-like characteristics into the human race, and what the implications of this would be.

I Want to Be a Super-Hero

Video length - 02.29

Keystage(s) - 4

Fitter Faster Future

How far can we use science to affect our sporting ability before it over-rides the point of sport all together? Experts discuss the legal and illegal options available to athletes now and in the future.

Fitter Faster Future

Video length - 02.44

Keystage(s) - 4

Skin Damage

Skin treatments designed to make us lighter can be just as dangerous as those intended to make us darker. In this film, skin experts give advice on how to keep skin healthy and avoid longer term, potentially fatal, damage to skin.

Skin Damage

Video length - 03.00

Ivana’s Story

Ivana had breast reduction surgery after her breasts grew to an unmanageable size. Here she talks about the difference between having cosmetic surgery for health reasons, and going under the knife for the sake of vanity.

Ivana’s Story

Video length - 03.03

I Know What I Want

Mary’s family left their homeland to give her a good education and a better future, but she rebelled. Her parents wanted her to become a dentist, but she was more interested in singing. Here she talks about how she eventually realised that she was being selfish, and why she decided to fulfill her parents’ wishes.

I Know What I Want

Video length - 04.00

Keystage(s) - 4

Hardcore Sitting

Spina bifida sufferer Aaron ‘Wheels’ Fotheringham has caused quite a stir on YouTube with films of his back flips in skate parks in a wheel chair. He explains how he got into it and what he loves about it.

Hardcore Sitting

Video length - 02.57

Published date - Dec 2008

Searching For Mum

Stephen explains how being adopted affected him as a teenager, and talks through his quest to find his biological mother.

Searching For Mum

Video length - 04.52