All Applying scientific method articles – Page 5
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Feature
Layer by layer
Andrew Turley investigates a build-it-yourself 3D printer you can use in your classroom
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Resource
Oil sands process water: diamonds not so forever
This C/PBL resource is designed to help students discover what organic chemicals are present in the waste water which is produced during the processing of oil sands, and analytically assess these potentially toxic organic chemicals.
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Resource
Rusting: a lateral thinking problem | 11–14 years
Learners apply their knowledge of rusting in the context of shipwrecks. A lateral thinking exercise and planning an investigation will help them develop higher-order skills.
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Opinion
Chemistry: the ultimate facilitating subject?
Kristy asks: why is chemistry such a prized qualification for entering higher education?
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Ideas
The value of extra-curricular science clubs
Catherine reflects on her extra-curricular science clubs and what she and the students gain from them
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Review
Molecular Workbench
Computational power is ever more important in science and educators owe their charges an introduction to it. Molecular Workbench offers ample opportunity
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Feature
Thinking out of the box - skills for work
Elizabeth Page explains how a problem-based learning approach to chemistry module design helps students develop the skills they need for employment
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Feature
Investigations get real
What real chemists do can be the basis of motivating investigations and learning in school chemistry
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Lesson plan
Simple chemical reactions: how do candles work? | 11-14 years
Clarify the ideas of burning, melting and evaporating with your students and tackle some misconceptions about candles with this lesson plan for 11–14 year olds.
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Lesson plan
Do vitamin pills work? Exploring scientific evidence | 14-16 years
Analyse data about effects of vitamin C and explore how science can give rise to different viewpoints in this lesson plan with activities for 14–16 year olds.
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Lesson plan
Investigating properties of crystals: fact and fiction | 14-16 years
Practise reasoning about scientific evidence to determine if crytals possess ‘special’ properties using this lesson plan with activities for 14–16 year olds.
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Resource
Vitamins and the chemistry behind them
From practical experiments to a directed activity related to text (DART), try these activities for 11–16 year olds to investigate the chemistry of vitamins.
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Resource
Cleaning chemistry: soaps and detergents
Discover practical experiments, investigations and other activities for 11–16 year olds to explore the chemistry of cleaning products like soaps and detergents.
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