I loved using songs during lessons (and now on CPD courses) often at the beginning to set the scene as the learners arrive or at the end when they're reviewing/reflecting on their learning.
Other educators obviously felt the same, and suggestions came in so I thought I'd collect some here. The IOP PTNC email list also discussed songs to use in lessons a while ago - as you can see, Physicists have obviously given the topic some considerable thought.
If you have any other suggestions, let me know and I'll add them in.
Biology
Reproduction - Grease 2
Let's talk about sex - Salt n Peppa
The Circle of Life - The Lion King
Breathe - Prodigy
Dry bones (the knee bones connected to...)
The drugs don't work - The Verve
Food, glorious food - Oliver
Chemistry
The Elements Song - Tom Lehrer (to be played at every opportunity)
Opposites Attract - Paula Abdul (Electrolysis)
Mole day music video http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Mole-Day-Music-Video-from-the-Virtual-School-6297022/
Physics
Under Pressure - Queen
Opposites Attract - Paula Abdul (electrostatics, or magnetism)
Collide - Leona Lewis
Defying Gravity - Wicked
Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
You spin me right round - Dead or Alive
Spinning around –
Kylie
Nine million
bicycles - Katie Melua
Adjusted bicycle version! Correct
Physics
It’s electricifying - John Travolta
Lightning – The Wanted
Can u feel the
force - The Real Thing
Supernova – Oasis
Oasis
Supermassive black hole -
Twilight
The sun is a mass of
incandescent gas - Dottie Evans
Wonderful World –
Louis Armstrong
Chain Reaction – Diana Ross
Atomic – Blondie
Quark
song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0kXkWXSXRA
Danger High Voltage - Electric Six
I've got the power - Snap!
Sound of da police - KRS One
He ain't heavy he's my brother - The Hollies (for gravity)
Ray of Light - Madonna
Spectrum - Florence and the Machine
Moment like this - Leona Lewis
Perfect moment - Martine McCutcheon
Magic moments - Perry Como
Speed and Velocity - They might be Giants
Why Does the
Sun Shine? - They Might Be Giants
Somewhere over the
rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo Ole Judy Garland
Speed of light – Coldplay
Our Velocity - Maximo ParkApply some pressure - Maximo Park
Starlight - Muse
Black hole sun - Soundgarden
Strange Charm - Hank Green
Large Hadron Rap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM
The Particle Physics song (Higgs, Higgs glorious Higgs)
And good bands:
Astrocapella http://www.astrocappella.com/songs.shtml
They might be Giants 'Here comes science'
Kraftwerk
