All Acids and bases articles
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IdeasHelp students apply the right concepts in chemistry
How your students can use decision trees to improve exam success
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Ideas
6 ways to teach strong and weak acids
Concentrate your students’ minds and they’ll soon master this topic
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Exhibition chemistry
The production and combustion of nitrocellulose
Get your students engaged in a flash with this impressive demo
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Exhibition chemistry
The reaction between sodium and chlorine
Use this to demonstrate this classic and spectacular chemistry experiment
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Resource
Acid–base indicators | 16–18 years
Test learners’ understanding of acid–base equilibria with this series of questions on indicators
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Exhibition chemistry
Shocking revelations 2: neutralisation reactions
Use this experiment to demonstrate the different behaviours of weak and strong acids
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Everyday neutralisation myths busted
Give real-world relevance to neutralisation reactions by testing the basicity of toothpastes
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Is toothpaste basic? | 11–14 years
Test the basicity of toothpastes and give context to neutralisation reactions
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Exhibition chemistry
Shocking revelations: a conductometric titration
Strengthen students’ mental models of particles reacting in solution
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Experiment
Acid–alkali conductometric titration worksheet | 14–16 years
Develop your learners’ understanding of ions and the changes in ionic concentrations in an acid-alkali neutralisation
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Feature
Brilliant buffers
Use this infographic with your 16–18 students to develop their understanding of pH and buffers
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Ideas
Tackle poverty in chemistry lessons
Link the science you teach in your classroom to poverty and inequality targeted by the UN’s SDGs
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Ideas
Add ocean acidification to your existing lessons
Use these tips to link UN sustainable development goal 14 to your lessons on dissolved ions, acids and the pH scale
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The pH scale and the chemistry of ocean acidification | 14–16 years
Worksheet to develop understanding of the pH scale and apply it in the context of ocean acidification. Extension questions provide more challenge on carbonic acid and acid base equilibrium, leading to a research task on the consequences for marine organisms
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Microscale neutralisation and precipitation reactions
Hone your students’ observation skills by asking them to observe two microscale reactions: neutralising citric acid and creating a lead iodide precipitate
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CPD
Teaching acids and bases post-16
Try these tips, ideas and activities to help you teach this topic
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Colour by pH
Introduce learners to the pH scale and the Universal Indicator chart by using these colour by number worksheets.
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Make learning chemistry child’s play
Does play have a role in science learning for older children? This is how to bring more creativity to older students’ learning and why it’s important
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Resource
Microscale technicians in trouble! investigation
Some solutions have been mixed up – help the technicians work out which is which
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Exhibition chemistry
Pyrophoric silanes
Use the impressive reaction of pyrophoric silanes in air to explore a range of chemistry topics with your students
