- Safely show living things such as fish in a tank or insects and pond creatures
- Display tiny items in magnified detail and annotate different parts
- Demonstrate how a magnet works. Ask children to bring up items to see if they are magnetic or not
Use visualisers at key stages 3 and 4 to demonstrate more complex scientific principles:
- Record a live science experiment and freeze frame at crucial stages to discuss what is happening
- Show the detail of a dissection and then record the procedure for revision purposes or for other classes to use
- Demonstrate the uses and properties of a visible light spectrum
- Use a split screen function to always keep lab safety rules up while using for other purposes
- Examine the differences between different metals
- Video experiments showing colour changes in chemistry e.g. iodine clock / thiosulphate experiments
- Examine the elements of a circuit
Of course, this list is not exhaustive and we would be delighted to hear of other ways that teachers have used a visualiser to enhance the teaching of any area of science. If you know of any more innovative techniques that you might have applied in your classroom or other learning spaces, please share it with us in the comments section below.