All Applications of chemistry articles – Page 9
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Resource94 Elements
This project is creating a collection of unique human stories by award-winning filmmakers about the endless ways the elements touch our daily lives.
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Water: kitchen science podcasts
Introduce your students to water, dissolving and changes of state with this short podcast.
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Teflon: kitchen science podcasts
Introduce your students to Teflon and the properties of materials with this short podcast.
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Chemistry in sport: primary science podcasts
Join Kareena and her superhero friend K-mistry for this short podcast introducing children to how the properties of a material can make them suitable for a particular use.
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Sustainable cars: primary science podcasts
Join Kareena and her superhero friend K-mistry for this short podcast introducing children to fossil fuels and renewable fuels.
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Smart materials in nappies: primary science podcasts
Join Kareena and her superhero friend K-mistry for this short podcast introducing children to absorbancy and comparing materials on the basis of their properties.
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Soaps and detergents: primary science podcasts
Join Kareena and her superhero friend K-mistry for this short podcast introducing children to how soaps and detergents work.
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Heat transfer and insulation: primary science podcasts
Join Kareena and her superhero friend K-mistry for this short podcast introducing children to thermal conductors and insulators.
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Preserves: kitchen science podcasts
Introduce your students to methods to preserve food with this short podcast.
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Types of fireworks
Reverend Ron Lancaster MBE demonstrates some of the different types of fireworks, including rockets, shells and Roman candles.
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Thermochromic materials
A hidden use of chemistry in everyday life includes thermochromic materials that change colour when exposed to heat or cold
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Magic sand
Putting the magic in magic sand this resource explores hydrophobic substances and how they work
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Chemistry in sport
Our very first global experiment compares the performance enhancement of student-made sports drinks vs water
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Chemistry in your shopping basket
Demonstrate the diversity of chemistry in our day-to-day lives with this collection of great experiments. Includes kit list and safety instructions for five practicals
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Beat the flood challenge
Links to Practical Action’s beat the flood challenge, including the teacher and student materials, beat the flood poster, competition winners and schools’ experiences of the challenge. Video: Beat the flood
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Hand warmers
Use these student activities and teacher guide to investigate reusable and disposable hand warmers. You will compare reusable variants made with sodium acetate vs disposable handwarmers. You can also try making your own hand warmers. These activities may work well as a project on class topics like ‘winter’ or ‘body ...
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Wood conservation - the Mary Rose
The Mary Rose is a wooden Tudor warship that sank off Portsmouth in 1545. While on the sea bed, most of her hull became covered in silt, which effectively sealed it and the artefacts it contained in anaerobic (air-free) conditions and preserved them from decay.
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Chemistry in your cupboard: Veet
Link the post-16 topics of amino acids and proteins, bonding, reaction rates and equilibria and Le Chateliers principle to the topic of hair removal. Learn about a range of real life contexts for these chemical ideas through written material, and questions to encourage learning and test understanding.
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Chemistry in your cupboard: Vanish
Link the topics of group 7 elements, amino acids, proteins, fats and carbohydrates and bonding to the topic of stain removal. Learn about a range of real life contexts for these chemical ideas through written material, and questions to encourage learning and test understanding.
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Chemistry in your cupboard: Cillit Bang
Link the post-16 topics of group 1 elements, detergents (surfactants), solvents and acids to the topic of cleaning products.
