SciTunes makes school science fun and memorable by putting it to song. SciTunes is supported by the Stephen Hawking Foundation and their music videos are below with links to further resources and activities to learn about each topic. In the coming weeks resources and activities will be added to help those affected by the schools shut down.
Waves
Ages 12 - 16 - Physics
Up and Down Side to Side written by Jonny Berliner A funk pop song about waves, for the teaching and revision of high school / GCSE Physics. The Stephen Hawk...
Particle theory / states of matter
Ages 11 - 16 - Physics/Chemistry
Heating Gets Them Moving, written by Jonny Berliner A sizzling latin pop song about particle theory, for the teaching and revision of high school / GCSE Phys...
Radioactivity
Ages 13 - 16 - Physics
Radioactive written by Jonny Berliner A pop song about radioactivity, for the teaching and revision of high school / GCSE Physics. The Stephen Hawking Founda...
Forces
Ages 13 - 16 - Physics
Push It, Pull it, written by Jonny Berliner A battle rap about forces, for the teaching and revision of high school / GCSE Physics. The Stephen Hawking Found...
Electric circuits
Ages 13 - 16 - Physics
We Are Electrons written by Jonny Berliner An electro pop song about electricity and electric circuits for the teaching and revision of high school / GCSE Ph...
History of the atomic model
Ages 13 - 16 - Chemistry / Physics
It's the history of the model of the atom in 3 minutes of thumping soul music! Go from Democritus in ancient Greece through the discoveries of Dalton, Thomson, Rutherford, Bohr and Chadwick to learn about those tiny little constituents of matter. Go to www.jonnyberliner.com for lyrics, chords and more!
Crude oil and organic chemistry
Ages 13 - 16 - Chemistry
Everything you need to know about crude oil in a jazzy song. It might be the most useful raw material on the planet - used to make fuels, drugs, roads, plastics, lubricants, solvents... Watch the video to find out how they do it. Go to www.jonnyberliner.com for lyrics chords and more!
The electromagnetic spectrum
Ages 12 - 16 - Physics
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmlQXk6q0peqvKO9YhvP3vA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonnyberliner.scisongs Buy songs: https://jonnyberliner-sciencesongs.bandcamp.com A musical guide to the Electromagnetic Spectrum by science troubadour and geek pop pioneer Jonny Berliner. Complete with helpful animations, this catchy chorus can help you memorise the spectrum and learn about what those weird invisible waves can do.
Stores and transfers of energy
Ages 12 - 16 - Physics
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmlQXk6q0peqvKO9YhvP3vA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonnyberliner.scisongs Buy songs: https://jonnyberliner-sciencesongs.bandcamp.com A hilarious disco-fabulous video to help you understand energy in all its guises. The topic is described in educationally appropriate language as endorsed by the Institute of Physics and the video featured as part of the Royal Institutions 2016 advent series.
Equations for GCSE Physics
Ages 13 - 16 - Physics
Remembering your physics equations has never been so easy or funky. Contains all the equations you need to remember for GCSE physics
Scientific methods
Ages 13 - 16 - Science.
The scientific method described in 1.5 minutes of punk power chords. It's noisy and nerdy all at the same time!
Newton’s 3 laws of motion
Ages 12 - 16 - Physics.
Newton's 3 laws of motion in 2 minutes of country music! Visit www.jonnyberliner.com for lyrics, chords and more
Pi
Ages 11 - 16 - Maths
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmlQXk6q0peqvKO9YhvP3vA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonnyberliner.scisongs Buy songs: https://jonnyberliner-sciencesongs.bandcamp.com In honour of Pi Day, this electro pop song pays homage to mathematic's most delicious number by quoting the first 100 digits in all their entirety. It is intensely silly and unbearably geeky and makes understanding the concept as easy as ... well you get it.
Genetic inheritance and cell replication
Ages 13 - 16 - Biology
A video all about sexual reproduction (on a cellular level. It's family friendly). My channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmlQXk6q0peqvKO9YhvP3vA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonnyberliner.scisongs Buy songs: https://jonnyberliner-sciencesongs.bandcamp.com
Understanding the scale of the size of things
Ages 11 - 16 - Science
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmlQXk6q0peqvKO9YhvP3vA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonnyberliner.scisongs Buy songs: https://jonnyberliner-sciencesongs.bandcamp.com Science troubadour and geek pop pioneer, Jonny Berliner, helps you to visualise the size of atoms, solar systems, galaxies and the entire universe by comparing them to fruit! It's the fruitiest song about lengths ever!