Live Lessons (2019 - 2025)

Learn how to think and work like a scientist with a lesson focusing on taste, nutrition and the energy that food provides. Hosted by Barney Harwood and Fran Scott, and featuring developmental psychologist Professor Jackie Blissett and superstar guest, CBBC's Hacker T Dog.

This Live Lesson explores different forces, including air resistance and friction. Presented by Naomi Wilkinson, Ben Shires and science expert Greg Foot.

Join the investigation into the role of the main organs in the human body – focusing on the brain, with a look at the lungs and the heart, and circulatory system. Presented by Naomi Wilkinson and Fran Scott and featuring Dr Chris and Dr Xand van Tulleken, the programme looks at how physical activity affects how we think, feel, behave and concentrate.

Hosted by Michelle Ackerley and science presenter Greg Foot, this episode explores the adaption, evolution and inheritance of living things, with help from evolutionary biologist Professor Ben Garrod, CBBC's Hacker T Dog and some very special guests.

This episode, in collaboration with the team at BBC Two’s Winterwatch, might just be our wildest lesson ever! It investigates living things and their habitats, the impact of seasonal changes on our wildlife, and the interdependence between all living things. Presented by Naomi Wilkinson and Patrick Aryee, with expert wildlife biologist Lizzie Daly and featuring Chris Packham from the Winterwatch studio in the Cairngorms National Park.

This episode, created in collaboration with Blue Planet Live, is designed to help bring Earth's rich marine life into your living room. Guided by CBBC's Naomi Wilkinson and expert wildlife biologist Lizzie Daly, we explore what constitutes a healthy ecosystem and discuss the threats to our oceans such as plastics and overfishing. The programme also features links to Steve Backshall in the Bahamas, who explains how sharks can teach us about ecosystems and how human behaviour can threaten shark life.

Calling all super-movers! We need you to get active and help the Doctor save Earth! In this active Doctor Who-themed science episode, we explore the planets and discover why light is important to life on Earth. Presented by CBBC’s Naomi Wilkinson and Karim Zeroual and featuring scientific demonstrations by space expert and medical doctor Dr Kevin Fong.

Get ready for the most active maths lesson you’ve ever had, whilst solving maths challenges in fractions, decimals and money. Hosted by Ben Shires and Naomi Wilkinson, it features former Arsenal and England defender Alex Scott, mathematician Katie Steckles and some special guests from the world of football.

Get active with our Live Lesson on shapes and spaces, filmed at the Etihad Campus, home of Manchester City FC. Featuring special guests including Manchester City super-fan Braydon Bent, University Challenge's Bobby Seagull and famous faces from football, this maths lesson explores the properties of 2D shapes and delves into area and perimeter, symmetry and coordinates. In this fun, active programme, get hands on with estimating, measuring and calculating and learn about key geometry concepts.

Get set, get active and get ready to learn some super literacy skills in this Live Lesson filmed at Hampden Park, Glasgow. Get moving to the Super Movers' beat and learn all about spelling and homophones in this fun programme, presented by Ben Shires and Naomi Wilkinson, and featuring special guests from the world of sport, including sports presenter Eilidh Barbour and football writer Dan Freedman.

500 Words is one of the most successful story-writing competitions for kids in the world. Its mission is to get children excited about reading and writing, regardless of their ability. This Live Lesson looks back at the competition from 2018, featuring tips and advice from 500 Words judges and top authors Charlie Higson and Frank Cottrell-Boyce, inspiring viewers to create their own short stories.

This Live Lesson launches the 500 Words 2019 competition and is designed to inspire children to come up with their own imaginative short stories. In the programme, 500 Words judges and authors Charlie Higson and Frank Cottrell-Boyce and author and illustrator Elys Dolan share top tips and attempt to write a whole 500 Words story in the space of a single Live Lesson. There is also a special guest appearance from top author and comedian David Walliams.

This Live Lesson explores the theme of change and includes reading, performance and critical analysis of similes and metaphors. The programme, presented by Katie Thistleton, features award-winning performance poet, author and National Poetry Day ambassador Joseph Coelho and a special guest appearance from poet and author Tony Walsh.

This Roald Dahl Day-themed Live Lesson explores the concept of being brave, standing up for what you believe in and using the power of words to change the world around you. The lesson features extracts from Roald Dahl texts read by Eniola Aluko, Bella Ramsey and Sir Michael Palin to encourage pupils to think about characterisation, conflict in storytelling and persuasive language in the most giganticus way! Joining us in the studio are two special guests - actor, comedian and author Humza Arshad, and the editor of The Roald Dahl Thesaurus, Samantha Armstrong.

Children of the UK - we need your help! The Anti-Word League has launched a super-evil plan to steal all of the words from our books, and only your combined efforts can help us save books everywhere. This Live Lesson, hosted by Ben Shires, challenges children to share stories and complete fun reading and writing activities to help Ben to save World Book Day. It features famous World Book Day authors and illustrators Malorie Blackman, Rob Biddulph and Cressida Cowell.

We mark the centenary of the Armistice - the end of World War I - with a creative writing Live Lesson. The lesson explores themes of remembrance and commemoration, and offers an opportunity to reflect on the end of the war through creative writing. Featuring author and poet Roger Stevens, and Charlotte Czyzyk, historian and project manager for Lives of the First World War at Imperial War Museums.