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KS4 Science: X Rays, The (1897)

Consolidate students' understanding of x-rays with this early silent trick film

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Author	Poppy Simpson
Topic	X-Rays
Curriculum links	NC KS4 SC4 Physical Processes

An early short, containing one of the first British examples of special effects, in which a courting couple are filmed while being zapped by x-rays.

A useful little film to test or consolidate students understanding of x-rays.

Activity

Watch the film through with no introduction, before giving students 3 minutes to write their own (preferably witty) voiceovers, which must to include at least three facts they have learned about x-rays and their use.

A selection of these can then be read out as the film plays on the whiteboard.

Some more ideas

What do students think that the film suggest about attitudes towards the discovery of x-rays in the 1890s and how are scientific breakthroughs and discoveries responded to today?

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