All Applying scientific method articles – Page 2
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IdeasEscape the classroom: and try microscale chemistry
Escape room puzzles based on simple microscale reactions for students
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ResourceToothpaste investigation: neutralisation reactions
Test the basicity of toothpastes and give context to neutralisation reactions
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IdeasEveryday neutralisation myths busted
Give real-world relevance to neutralisation reactions by testing the basicity of toothpastes
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IdeasGrowing decision trees
Use this essential learning aid to help students solve complex chemistry problems
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NewsTeaching tips for chemical kinetics
Students’ understanding is mostly assessed through numerical problems. Sometimes performance does not reflect understanding. Here’s why
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Practical videoQualitative tests for organic functional groups | practical videos | 16–18 students
Video and supporting resources to support a practical investigation to identify organic functional groups using a range of qualitative tests
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Ideas3 key skills your post-16 chemists need for university
How to help your students make the transition to higher education more smoothly
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ResourceFertilisers and sustainability | 16–18 years
Investigate the rate of hydrolysis of urea and assess your learners’ practical skills, includes extension green chemistry questions on sustainable fertilisers
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CPDTeaching observation skills at 11–14
Observation is a key skill for budding chemists. This is how to develop it with your younger students
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ResourceMicroscale neutralisation and precipitation reactions | 11–16 years
Hone your learners’ observation skills with two microscale reactions: neutralising citric acid and creating a lead iodide precipitate
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ExperimentAntibacterial properties of the halogens | 14–18 years
Use this practical to investigate how solutions of the halogens inhibit the growth of bacteria and which is most effective
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CPDHow to teach controlled variable investigations at 11–14
Get your younger students confident with different types of variables and conducting well-controlled investigations
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ResourceControlled variable investigations: wrong report worksheet | 11–14
Use this ‘wrong report’ activity to tackle common misconceptions and elicit discussion about surrounding controlled variables
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IdeasPractise purposeful practicals
Identify the reason you’re teaching a particular experiment to ensure students learn not just how to do it, but the concept and technique too
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ResourceThe ‘broken’ practical approach
Take this approach to practical work to ensure students are learning, not just doing
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ResourceMicroscale technicians in trouble! investigation
Some solutions have been mixed up – help the technicians work out which is which
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Job profileChief technology officer and co-founder of a robotic chemists’ company
Benjamin explains how he’s innovating industry by creating robotic chemists who can speed up new discoveries
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IdeasActivities for developing key secondary school chemistry skills remotely
Ready-to-go ideas and resources for developing your students’ key skills while home learning, including interpreting graphs and writing about practicals
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IdeasBack to basics with spectrophotometry
How to demonstrate the Beer–Lambert law using your smartphone as a light meter
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IdeasStrategies to boost learning
You’ll be hooked on these approaches to improving the quality of student work