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International Women's Day

A collection of BBC Teach YouTube resources to celebrate International Women's Day.

Primary resources

  • Maggie Aderin-Pocock

    Meet space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock. In our series 'Spark: My Brilliant Career', Maggie talks about her dyslexia and explains why being different is no barrier to success if you are passionate about something. Suitable for for 7-11s. (External ink)

  • PE for Girls

    In our series 'PE for Girls', 7-11s can discover the inspirational stories of female sports stars, such as Nicola Adams, Rebecca Adlington and Sasha Corbin, among many other. The films also show them coaching young players and encouraging all girls to give their sport a try. (External link)

  • Rosalind Franklin

    Rosalind Franklin worked on the discovery of DNA with Nobel Prize winners Crick and Watson in the 1950s. In our series 'History Hunt', 7-11s will see how four pupils develop their history skills to try and understand why scientist Rosalind Franklin has largely been overlooked by history. (External link)

Secondary resources

  • Fran Scott

    Fran Scott is a scientist by training and an engineer at heart, and can often be seen using high-impact demonstrations to prove her scientific point. Watch Fran in our 'Terrific Scientific Live Lesson' for 9-11s. (External link)

  • Sarah Champion MP

    Meet Sarah Champion MP and see how she is determined to strengthen the law on child sexual exploitation by amending the Criminal Courts and Justice Bill. In our series 'Exploring the House of Commons', 14-16s will follow her as she works through the parliamentary process in her bid to change the law. (External link)

  • Frances Segelman

    Meet Frances Segelman, one of the most successful professional sculptors in Britain. Frances has sculpted busts of Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh and a host of celebrities. 14-16s can watch Frances at work in our series 'Making Art Work'. (External link)

  • Baroness Scotland

    Patricia Scotland is a British barrister who served in junior ministerial positions within the UK Government. 14-16s can watch Baroness Scotland appear as an expert in our series 'Young Legal Eagles'; a ground-breaking documentary exploring the British legal system. (External link)

  • Imtiaz Dharker

    Imtiaz Dharker is a Pakistan-born British poet, artist and documentary filmmaker. She has won the Queen’s Gold Medal for her English poetry. 14-16s can watch Imtiaz talk about her poem 'The Right Word' in our series 'Poetry Between the Lines'. (External link)

  • The Glasgow Girls' stories

    In 2005, the Glasgow Girls' lives changed forever when one of them, Agnesa Mursulaj, was removed in a dawn raid carried out by the UK immigration authorities. In this series the girls are reunited to reflect on all the different ways their story has been told through documentaries, a musical and a television drama. Suitable for 14-16s. (External link)