An ordinary family has its life changed suddenly when the son of the family is diagnosed with kidney disease and requires a transplant. 'The Law of Averages' explores the issue of kidney transplantation in a short drama made and acted by a group of 14 and 15 year old students from Barrhead School near Glasgow with the help of professional filmmakers and scientists. The group of students won the opportunity to make the film by winning the Scottish round of the Big Screen Science competition, run by young people's filmmaking initiative, First Light, and funded by the Wellcome Trust. After the film, the students describe the process they went through, from coming up with the original idea with their science teacher, to working on the script and taking on the challenge of acting in the film, something that most of them had no experience of before. The resulting film proves just how successful a collaboration between science and filmmaking can be.

Video Series: KS3/4 Science
Release Date 2005