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Plot Straight Line Graphs
Watch this video to discover how to plot straight lines onto a graph. Start by creating a table of values, choosing values of x to substitute in to the equation, to get the corresponding value of y. This will generate sets of...
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MATHS - Numbers - Ordering Negative Numbers
But how do we order negative numbers, or, more generally, integer numbers? Let’s do it step by step. First, we should figure out what a negative number is in real life. We can quite easily imagine what it means to have £1000. But what...
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What Is A Function
A function is an operation, or series of operations, that transforms a set of numbers into a different set. We put our input into the function, operations are performed on it, and a different number is outputted. If we have this function...
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Concentration Formula & Calculations
Learn the basics about Concentration formula and calculations. How do you calculate the masses of reactants and products from balanced equations? Find out more in this video!
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MATHS - Numbers - Square, Cube & Triangular Numbers
In this video we are going to look at square, cube and triangular numbers, what they are, how they can be useful and some of the patterns they form
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What Are Pathogens?
A pathogen is a microorganism that can cause disease. Pathogens may be viruses, bacteria, protists or fungi. Examples of bacteria infections are cholera, typhoid, food poisoning and gonorrhoea. Examples of viral infections are the flu...
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Polymerisation of propene & chloroethene
Learn the basics about Polymerisation of propene & chloroethene. What is polymerisation? and what are propene and chloroethene? Find out more in this video!
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Biological Detergents
Learn the basics about biological detergents as part of the organic chemistry within everyday life.
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What Is Water Pollution
Learn the basics about water pollution, whilst learning about environmental chemistry. The substances mankind throws away have polluted lakes, rivers and even the oceans. The United Nations estimate that around 10% of the world’s people...
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Blood transfusion
Blood is extremely important. In brief, red blood cells carry oxygen, white blood cells fight contagious diseases, platelets aid clotting and plasma transports carbon dioxide and ensures the blood keeps flowing when pumped by the heart.
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Chemistry and the Food industry
In this video we will learn about the chemical reaction in food products, such as baking! So if you want to learn why bread rises in the oven, watch this video! And find out more details about Chemistry and the Food industry.
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MATHS - Numbers - Rounding
Welcome to our video on Rounding. We are going to cover two types of rounding, to decimal places and to significant figures. Let's start with a little rule first. The basics of rounding dictate that a value below a 5 goes to the lower...
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Energy Efficiency
Energy Efficiency | Energy | Physics | FuseSchool You may have been told that you cannot create or destroy energy, but we certainly use it - and pay for it, so what does get used up? CREDITS Animation & Design: Jean-Pierre Louw...
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MATHS - Probability - Median
There are three different measures of average. In this video you are going to look at how to find the median. To find the median, you re-arrange the given data into ascending order, so the smallest on the left - and the biggest on the...
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The Urinary System - An Introduction
The urinary system is also known as the renal system and consists of the kidneys, the ureters, the bladder and the urethra. Your kidneys are bean shaped organs that are about the same size as a computer mouse. To find your kidneys put...
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What Is Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease. It is caused by a defective gene on one of the chromosomes which has been inherited from the parents. The severity varies greatly from person to person, and largely depends on how much the lungs are...
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Green Chemistry Principles - Design for Degradation
Learn the basics about Green Chemistry - Principle 10, as a part of environmental chemistry. On a global scale, a lot of waste is produced. Unless the waste is recycled, it fills up in our landfills, destroys habitats, and will be a very...
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Gene Technology
Gene technology includes a range of activities that take advantage of genetic variation, modifying genes and transferring genes to new hosts. It includes genetic engineering and genetic testing. Gene technology is the term given to a...
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What Is The Hole In The Ozone - Part 2
Learn some more about the hole in the ozone, as a part of environmental chemistry. The hole in the ozone layer has become thinner, mainly due to CFC’s. CFCs are inert stable molecules and were once the wonder chemical. They were...
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Transformers
Transformers | Magnetism | Physics | FuseSchool In this video we will be looking at what transformers are and how they work. No, not the giant robots that can transform into cars but an electrical device that changes the voltage of an...
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Dangers of smoking
Did you know that smokers are twice as likely to have a heart attack? And that one in two smokers will die from a smoking-related disease. In fact all of these things are negatively affected by smoking… pretty much every organ in your...
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What Is A Niche?
You may have heard the word "niche" before, but what does it mean when we talk about an organism's niche. Learn in this video from the "Adapting and Living Together" chapter within the Ecology and Environment topic school level Biology.
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Completing The Square - Quadratics
Completing The Square - Quadratics | Algebra | Maths | FuseSchool Completing the square is another way of solving quadratics (as well as by factorising and by using the quadratic formula). Completing the square will always work, whatever...
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What are Groups in the Periodic Table?
What actually are the groups in the periodic table? And why are they structured in that way? Find out the answers in this Chemistry video from The Virtual School.