Coming home from the International Space Station | Physics – Tim Peake Space Science

Suitable for teaching 7-16s. Tim Peake explains the forces that act upon the capsule returning astronauts to Earth, and how they make the journey dangerous. Fran Scott uses a drill to show how friction creates intense heat. Subscribe for more Physics clips from BBC Teach every Wednesday: https://bit.ly/BBCSubscribeTeach If you found this video helpful, give it a like. Share it with someone. Add the video to your own teaching playlists. Create an account, subscribe to the channel and create playlists for different age groups, sets and syllabuses. ===================== Over footage of astronauts leaving the International Space Station, Tim Peake explains the process of returning them safely to Earth in the Soyuz capsule. He discusses the physical forces at work; how once the capsule has slowed down gravity pulls it back to Earth, friction makes it glow white-hot on re-entry, and how the angle must be carefully calculated so it neither bounces off the Earth’s atmosphere nor burns up. Science presenter Fran Scott explains how air resistance in the atmosphere slows the capsule down, but creates huge amounts of friction. She uses a heat-sensitive camera and a drill to demonstrate how movement creates friction. We see a capsule landing using a parachute to slow it down. This clip is from the BBC series Tim Peake Bitesize. British astronaut Tim Peake discusses the science and the practicalities of living in space, ahead of his six-month stay on the International Space Station. Science presenter Fran Scott uses a series of demonstrations to show how physical forces such as vacuums, combustion reactions and friction need to be taken into account when planning a trip into orbit, and creates the chemical composition of a comet using household ingredients. For more clips from Tim Peake Bitesize: http://bit.ly/TeachTimPeake For our Physics playlist: http://bit.ly/BBCTeachPhysics For Class Clips users, the original reference for the clip was p03gk5h0. ===================== Teaching Physics or Science? Key Stage 2 (Science / Earth and Space) – engage pupils with the current mission to the International Space Station focusing on British astronaut Tim Peake. This can complement a forces and motion topic, explaining a number of different forces. Key Stage 3 (Physics) - engage pupils with the current mission to the International Space Station focusing on British astronaut Tim Peake. This can supplement a topic on forces, and linking how they work together to enable the astronauts to return safely to Earth. These clips are suitable for teaching Science at KS2, and Physics at KS3 and KS4 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In Scotland, they are relevant for Science at 2nd,3rd and 4th Level, and Physics at National 4 and 5. ===================== For more clips from other subjects at the BBC Teach YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/bbcteach More from BBC Learning Zone: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone More resources from BBC Bitesize: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education ===================== Subscribe to create your own customised playlists, and get notified about our latest clips. As we have them, new videos will be uploaded on the following days: Mondays: Biology, Computer Science, Music, Religious Studies Tuesdays: Drama and Performance, English Language, Maths, Physical Education Wednesdays: Languages, Media Studies, Modern Studies and PSHE, Physics Thursdays: Art and Design, Chemistry, Geography, History Fridays: Business Studies, Design and Technology, English Literature