Here are some short activities I wrote for British Council Video Zone last year. They were quite fun to write, quick too. No full lessons, just springboards I guess. I hope you find something useful. Plenty more video-based resources on the site too.
Video Zone Adults
London’s Secret Garden (C1) Based on a video from Great Big Story.
A Limb from Lego (B2) Another one from Great Big Story.
The Gulper Eel (B1) Based on a good Nautilus vid from Nat Geo.
A Rare Cheese (B2) Based on a cool Casu Marzu, Great Big Story again.
How these women changed science forever (C1). Based on a cool vid from Life Noggin.
Water Changes Everything (B2). Based on a vid by chartywater.
Wheelchair costumes turn kids into superheroes (B2). Another GBS vid.
Video Zone Teens
How do bubbles work? (B1) Based on a cool video from CBeebies.
Our School on… Selfies. (C1) Based on a Vox Pop from CBBC.
How to do a backspin! (B1). Another vid from CBBC.
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