Tertiary Catalogue

Health and Science


Cigarettes and Vapes

Cigarettes and Vapes

Drug Awareness

It’s no secret that smoking can reduce both your life expectancy and your quality of life. Exploring traditional cigarettes or tobacco products and newer e-cigarettes or vapes, this video is an in-depth look at what happens when nicotine enters...Show More
Be the Change You Want to See

Be the Change You Want to See

Nutrition and Physical Activity

Sometimes the actions of a few can change the actions of many. This video discusses how you can help your school community change the way it makes choices around nutrition and physical activity. From making healthy alterations to the canteen...Show More
Physically Active You

Physically Active You

Nutrition and Physical Activity

Being physically active is good for you, but how much physical activity do you really need? And what about sleep? This video explores the benefits of activity and rest on all aspects of your health and well-being and explains how you can achieve...Show More
You Are What You Eat

You Are What You Eat

Nutrition and Physical Activity

A good diet is a crucial pillar of a healthy lifestyle but, with so many factors to consider, it can be confusing too. Following advice from the Eatwell Guide website, this video explains why it is important to eat well and how you can make smart...Show More
Health Risks of Vaping Marijuana

Health Risks of Vaping Marijuana

Vaping marijuana is touted as “safer” than smoking marijuana—but, vaping marijuana comes with its own set of serious risks. Marijuana vapor releases harmful chemicals into your lungs that can negatively impact your respiratory system, your...Show More
Vaping and Viruses: Your Lungs, Your Life

Vaping and Viruses: Your Lungs, Your Life

This is an urgent message to teens that vape:  Vaping hurts your lungs and depresses your immune system—that combo may put you at higher risk for complications from viral infections of all kinds, including Covid-19. Listen to the experts...Show More
What Is Mold and Why Does It Love Bread?

What Is Mold and Why Does It Love Bread?

Journey to the Microcosmos

It's time to dive into our collection of spores, molds, and fungus!
Triangulation

Triangulation

All research strategies, practices and methods have their limitations. The most common way of trying to offset these limitations is by using a technique called triangulation. This film uses real life research studies to illustrate the four key...Show More
Giant Leaps Forward

Giant Leaps Forward

Exploring Space

The next few decades will be a busy time for space exploration and research and there are still many mysteries of the universe to investigate. This video looks at the future of the universe and human space exploration, looking at the continued...Show More
One Small Step

One Small Step

Exploring Space

Despite the many dangers of space travel, something keeps us going back to the vast and exciting unknown beyond our planet. This video takes viewers through the history of humans in space, covering the 20th century ‘space race’, the dangers...Show More
Measuring the Universe

Measuring the Universe

Exploring Space

Space is big and it has taken centuries of work by physicists, engineers, meteorologists and astronauts to allow us to begin to measure the universe properly. This video takes viewers through the history of humans observing distant stars and...Show More
Astronomy and Cosmology

Astronomy and Cosmology

Exploring Space

Over thousands of years, humans have developed our understanding of the stars and planets through the twin sciences of astronomy and cosmology. This video takes viewers through the history of humans studying the skies, exploring the links between...Show More
Homeostasis and Disease

Homeostasis and Disease

Homeostasis

Homeostatic imbalances, which occur when feedback loops are broken or altered, can have very serious, or even fatal, consequences. This video covers diabetes, hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism, explaining in detail how they result from...Show More
Body Systems and Homeostasis

Body Systems and Homeostasis

Homeostasis

Body systems, particularly the nervous and endocrine systems, play an important role in maintaining homeostasis and they are highly developed in mammals. This video investigates the role of body systems in maintaining a steady state, detailing...Show More
Maintaining Homeostasis

Maintaining Homeostasis

Homeostasis

Homeostasis is required for healthy functioning and is achieved when the conditions within the body are in a steady state. This video looks at homeostasis and dynamic equilibrium in the human body, explaining step-by-step how homeostatic...Show More
The Impact on Body Functions

The Impact on Body Functions

Homeostasis

Homeostasis maintains internal conditions so that cells can function normally, fundamentally contributing to survival and good health. This video looks at homeostatic processes in single-celled and multicellular organisms, explaining the critical...Show More
What Is Homeostasis?

What Is Homeostasis?

Homeostasis

Homeostatic processes occur in a range of organisms, enabling them to withstand a wide range of changes in the external environment. This video covers the basic facts about homeostasis with a focus on thermoregulation in the human body,...Show More
Vaping, Nicotine and the Developing Brain

Vaping, Nicotine and the Developing Brain

The use of vaping devices such as Juul has reached epidemic proportions among adolescents and even preteens. Many young people are unaware that most e-cigarettes contain nicotine, a highly addictive chemical that can harm brain development. In...Show More
How to Quit Juuling and Vaping

How to Quit Juuling and Vaping

Most kids who vape and Juul (currently more than 3.5 million American teens) are beginning to understand the health risks of nicotine addiction and exposure to carcinogens from vaping. Being “on the Juul is definitely not cool.” The program...Show More
Women in Science

Women in Science

Ideas Roadshow

Three celebrated physicists provide their unique perspectives on the issue of gender in the sciences. Featured are: Claudia de Rham, Jenny Nelson, Joanna Haigh (all at Imperial College London) and one renowned mathematician Ian Stewart...Show More
How Your Food Works: Part 1

How Your Food Works: Part 1

Catalyst

With a team including a chef, chemist and dietician, this fun and fascinating 2-part series take a closer look at the foods we all love, with some surprising results. Exploring the latest scientific research behind how they are grown, processed...Show More
How Your Food Works: Part 2

How Your Food Works: Part 2

Catalyst

With a team including a chef, chemist and dietician, this fun and fascinating 2-part series take a closer look at the foods we all love, with some surprising results. Exploring the latest scientific research behind how they are grown, processed...Show More
Teeth Clinic

Teeth Clinic

Catalyst

A special that explores common dental complaints at a special pop-up clinic – unveiling surprising secrets that could reduce the need to drill and fill. A team of top dental experts look at the emerging links between oral and general health,...Show More
The Common Cold (Rhinovirus)

The Common Cold (Rhinovirus)

It's time to start going through a variety of common viruses, so let's start with the most common one of them all, the one that most often causes the common cold. It's called Rhinovirus, and it is a member of the picornavirus family. What does...Show More
Criminal Profiling

Criminal Profiling

Criminal (or Offender) Profiling is an area that’s currently capturing the public imagination once more in TV shows like Mindhunter and Criminal Minds. But what’s the reality behind the hype? This film introduces students to a range of...Show More