In The Go Jetters Speed Through Japan on the Bullet Train, the Go Jetters crew is waiting for a Shinkansen, a Japanese bullet train. Ubercorn shares funky facts about how fast bullet trains travel and how they are an environmentally friendly way to travel. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Go Jetters, a series that follows the adventures of four international heroes as they travel the globe visiting landmarks and solving environmental problems with Ubercorn, a disco-dancing unicorn.
In Cheetahs, Ultimate Speed Demons, naturalist Steve Backshall runs a footrace with a cheetah. Then he reviews slow motion video footage of a cheetah running to explain how the cheetah is able to accelerate so quickly. This video is excerpted from BBC's Deadly 60, an award-winning nature and adventure show for kids in which narrator Steve Backshall has one mission: to travel the globe in search of 60 of the world's deadliest animals.
In The Speedy Sengi’s Amazing Journey, narrator Sir David Attenborough introduces the incredible sengi, a tiny mammal with big energy! She zips along her carefully crafted trails in search of food but these trails also serve as her secret weapon against hungry predators. With her amazing speed and a mental map of every twist and turn, she outsmarts a chasing reptile and dashes back to safety. This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In Speedy Superbikes, presenter and motorbike racer Grace Webb looks at superbikes, which are very fast motorbikes. From its slim size and curved windscreen, to its hard rubber tires, the bike is designed for speed. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Grace’s Amazing Machines, a children’s show that introduces kids to some of the biggest, fastest, and most amazing machines in the world.
In High-Speed Rally Racing!, presenter and motorbike racer Grace Webb explores the exciting world of rally cars, where speed and adventure come together. These powerful machines look like regular cars but are built for incredible races on bumpy, snowy, and even jump-filled terrains. Watch as Grace takes the rally car for a thrilling spin and experiences the rush of rally racing firsthand! This video is excerpted from BBC’s Grace’s Amazing Machines, a children’s show that introduces kids to some of the biggest, fastest, and most amazing machines in the world.
Get ready for a speedy adventure! This BBC Learning Hub playlist, packed with clips from Grace’s Amazing Machines, takes students on a high-octane journey through land, sea, and sky. From gyrocopters and tugboats to superbikes and supercars, each video introduces a powerful machine — and the science that makes it move.
Perfect for teaching concepts like forces and motion, energy, friction, and transportation technology, these clips are a fun, fast-paced way to explore how things go, glide, float, and fly. Each video comes with discussion questions, hands-on activities, and more to help kids think, tinker, and learn like real engineers. Buckle up — it’s going to be a wild ride!
In Einstein’s Year of Miracles, narrator Kate Yule discusses the four papers that Einstein wrote in 1905, a year that is known as the Year of Miracles. One of those papers was on the Theory of Special Relativity. Watch how tennis balls being ejected from a moving truck appear stationary from the ground, but appear to move when observed from the truck. This illustrates how moving objects can appear differently when viewed alongside other moving objects. Learn how this theory can be applied to light to redefine the notion of time. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Einstein & Hawking: Masters of Our Universe, a mind-bending documentary that tells the story of how the two most famous scientists of the 20th Century transformed our understanding of the Universe and changed the world.
In Feeding in the Tides Off Nova Scotia, narrator Sir David Attenborough explores the large tides off of Nova Scotia and the humpback and finback whales that come to feed. Learn about the finback whale, the fastest whale and second-largest animal in the world. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Blue Planet, a definitive documentary series diving into the mysterious depths of the sea to discover the natural history of the world’s oceans and the rarely seen marine life that reside there.
In The Go Jetters Explore the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah, the Go Jetters crew checks out the salt-covered surface of the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Ubercorn shares funky facts about this dried up lake, including just how fast we can drive on its surface, and how it was created. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Go Jetters, a series that follows the adventures of four international heroes as they travel the globe visiting landmarks and solving environmental problems with Ubercorn, a disco-dancing unicorn.
In Traveling at the Speed of Light, narrator Kate Yule describes how Einstein's theory could allow humans to explore the cosmos, but to do so would involve traveling at the speed of light. Learn about Stephen Hawking’s Breakthrough Starshot, which aimed to develop a spaceship that could do just that. Zac Manchester from Stanford University has continued these efforts and developed sprites, which are tiny spacecraft that travel at a speed of 20% of the speed of light. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Einstein & Hawking: Masters of Our Universe, a mind-bending documentary that tells the story of how the two most famous scientists of the 20th Century transformed our understanding of the Universe and changed the world.
In All About High Speed Trains, presenter and motorbike racer Grace Webb explores the thrilling world of high-speed passenger trains! She gets an exclusive look at the driver in action and experiences the excitement of traveling over 90 miles per hour, learning all about the technology and precision required for transit in the fast lane. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Grace’s Amazing Machines, a children’s show that introduces kids to some of the biggest, fastest, and most amazing machines in the world.
In The Time Dilation Effect, narrator Kate Yule investigates Einstein’s observation that the speed of light doesn't follow the same laws as the speed of objects. Einstein suggested that time is relative and can speed up or slow down depending on movement. Learn how NASA tested this theory using twin astronauts. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Einstein & Hawking: Masters of Our Universe, a mind-bending documentary that tells the story of how the two most famous scientists of the 20th Century transformed our understanding of the Universe and changed the world.
In The Go Jetters Speed Through Japan on the Bullet Train, the Go Jetters crew is waiting for a Shinkansen, a Japanese bullet train. Ubercorn shares funky facts about how fast bullet trains travel and how they are an environmentally friendly way to travel. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Go Jetters, a series that follows the adventures of four international heroes as they travel the globe visiting landmarks and solving environmental problems with Ubercorn, a disco-dancing unicorn.
In Cheetahs, Ultimate Speed Demons, naturalist Steve Backshall runs a footrace with a cheetah. Then he reviews slow motion video footage of a cheetah running to explain how the cheetah is able to accelerate so quickly. This video is excerpted from BBC's Deadly 60, an award-winning nature and adventure show for kids in which narrator Steve Backshall has one mission: to travel the globe in search of 60 of the world's deadliest animals.
In The Speedy Sengi’s Amazing Journey, narrator Sir David Attenborough introduces the incredible sengi, a tiny mammal with big energy! She zips along her carefully crafted trails in search of food but these trails also serve as her secret weapon against hungry predators. With her amazing speed and a mental map of every twist and turn, she outsmarts a chasing reptile and dashes back to safety. This video is excerpted from BBC's Life, a show that explores the remarkable strategies animals and plants use to ensure their survival.
In Speedy Superbikes, presenter and motorbike racer Grace Webb looks at superbikes, which are very fast motorbikes. From its slim size and curved windscreen, to its hard rubber tires, the bike is designed for speed. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Grace’s Amazing Machines, a children’s show that introduces kids to some of the biggest, fastest, and most amazing machines in the world.
In High-Speed Rally Racing!, presenter and motorbike racer Grace Webb explores the exciting world of rally cars, where speed and adventure come together. These powerful machines look like regular cars but are built for incredible races on bumpy, snowy, and even jump-filled terrains. Watch as Grace takes the rally car for a thrilling spin and experiences the rush of rally racing firsthand! This video is excerpted from BBC’s Grace’s Amazing Machines, a children’s show that introduces kids to some of the biggest, fastest, and most amazing machines in the world.
Get ready for a speedy adventure! This BBC Learning Hub playlist, packed with clips from Grace’s Amazing Machines, takes students on a high-octane journey through land, sea, and sky. From gyrocopters and tugboats to superbikes and supercars, each video introduces a powerful machine — and the science that makes it move.
Perfect for teaching concepts like forces and motion, energy, friction, and transportation technology, these clips are a fun, fast-paced way to explore how things go, glide, float, and fly. Each video comes with discussion questions, hands-on activities, and more to help kids think, tinker, and learn like real engineers. Buckle up — it’s going to be a wild ride!
In Einstein’s Year of Miracles, narrator Kate Yule discusses the four papers that Einstein wrote in 1905, a year that is known as the Year of Miracles. One of those papers was on the Theory of Special Relativity. Watch how tennis balls being ejected from a moving truck appear stationary from the ground, but appear to move when observed from the truck. This illustrates how moving objects can appear differently when viewed alongside other moving objects. Learn how this theory can be applied to light to redefine the notion of time. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Einstein & Hawking: Masters of Our Universe, a mind-bending documentary that tells the story of how the two most famous scientists of the 20th Century transformed our understanding of the Universe and changed the world.
In Feeding in the Tides Off Nova Scotia, narrator Sir David Attenborough explores the large tides off of Nova Scotia and the humpback and finback whales that come to feed. Learn about the finback whale, the fastest whale and second-largest animal in the world. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Blue Planet, a definitive documentary series diving into the mysterious depths of the sea to discover the natural history of the world’s oceans and the rarely seen marine life that reside there.
In The Go Jetters Explore the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah, the Go Jetters crew checks out the salt-covered surface of the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Ubercorn shares funky facts about this dried up lake, including just how fast we can drive on its surface, and how it was created. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Go Jetters, a series that follows the adventures of four international heroes as they travel the globe visiting landmarks and solving environmental problems with Ubercorn, a disco-dancing unicorn.
In Traveling at the Speed of Light, narrator Kate Yule describes how Einstein's theory could allow humans to explore the cosmos, but to do so would involve traveling at the speed of light. Learn about Stephen Hawking’s Breakthrough Starshot, which aimed to develop a spaceship that could do just that. Zac Manchester from Stanford University has continued these efforts and developed sprites, which are tiny spacecraft that travel at a speed of 20% of the speed of light. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Einstein & Hawking: Masters of Our Universe, a mind-bending documentary that tells the story of how the two most famous scientists of the 20th Century transformed our understanding of the Universe and changed the world.
In All About High Speed Trains, presenter and motorbike racer Grace Webb explores the thrilling world of high-speed passenger trains! She gets an exclusive look at the driver in action and experiences the excitement of traveling over 90 miles per hour, learning all about the technology and precision required for transit in the fast lane. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Grace’s Amazing Machines, a children’s show that introduces kids to some of the biggest, fastest, and most amazing machines in the world.
In The Time Dilation Effect, narrator Kate Yule investigates Einstein’s observation that the speed of light doesn't follow the same laws as the speed of objects. Einstein suggested that time is relative and can speed up or slow down depending on movement. Learn how NASA tested this theory using twin astronauts. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Einstein & Hawking: Masters of Our Universe, a mind-bending documentary that tells the story of how the two most famous scientists of the 20th Century transformed our understanding of the Universe and changed the world.