Just before Christmas I did a presentation in which I used some practical demonstrations to illustrate why my subject is important - they were some science experiments of the 'wow' type. One of the lecturers there, not one of my supervisors said he thought they were very interesting and illustrated the points well, and had I thought how I could incorporate them in my thesis. Actually I hadn't even thought of doing that, but he suggested adding a CD/DVD. Is this possible? Has anyone done this outside the Arts field? (my subject is education)

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Could you video the experiments, then use that as a source of evidence for your research? Because it sounds as if your demonstrations are a visual version of what you would explain verbally, so the two methods fit together well and enhance your overall discussion/argument in a way that wouldn't be as powerful separately. You could refer to the content of the video in your writing, maybe also use some stills as illustrations in your text and include it at the end of the written thesis on DVD as an appendix.

I'm not an artist, but have documented a lot of my subject matter as photographs as it's evidence, original data that supports my discussion and is integral to my research. A video/DVD sounds a great idea for you though!

Great advice from Rubyw- there is no reason why a DVD could not be added to your thesis! I think it sounds like a really good idea.

Right I will give it a go! they were used to illustrate the reason why practical science is so important, the mixing of lead nitrate and potassium iodide was probably the best (two colourless liquids producing a bright poster paint yellow colour) but the other bits were not far behind.