All Careers articles – Page 9
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IdeasHow to solve a murder
Combine chemical analysis and practical activities to crack a crime and engage younger students
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ResourcePlant-based proteins | 16–18 years
Name common amino acids and draw the structural formulas of dipeptides and tripeptides in this resource for 16-18 year old learners before considering how thin layer chromatography can be used to separate and analyse amino acids in a mixture.
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RSC NewsNew Guinness World Records title for highest voltage fruit battery
2923 connected lemons: the recipe for a new Guinness World Records title, awarded to the RSC and Saiful Islam
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NewsTurning scrap metal into hi-tech alloys
Electrochemically stripping carbon from steel during recycling
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FeatureWhat’s behind the CO₂ shortage?
Dependence on a single source of production left us with a deficit
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ResourceHow is carbon cycled? | 11–14 years
Assess prior knowledge and then check learners’ understanding of carbon dioxide and the carbon cycle using this worksheet.
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PosterBrilliant buffers
Use this infographic with your 16–18 students to develop their understanding of pH and buffers
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NewsCooling homes with an endothermic reaction
Looking at the use of ammonium nitrate in a new and renewable cooling process
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Topic webPollutants produced by chemical changes | 9–11 years
Connect your curriculum teaching on chemical changes to engaging sustainability contexts. This topic web suggests classroom activities linked to plastic degradation and clean cooking.
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Topic webElectricity and batteries | 7–9 years
Connect your curriculum teaching on electricity to engaging sustainability contexts. This topic web suggests classroom activities linked to batteries and electric cars.
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Topic webElectricity production and use | 9–11 years
Connect your curriculum teaching on electricity to engaging sustainability contexts. This topic web suggests classroom activities linked to sustainable sources of electricity and monitoring our electricity usage.
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Topic webBiodiversity and habitats | 4–7 years
Connect your curriculum teaching on habitats to engaging sustainability contexts. This topic web suggests classroom activities linked to increasing biodiversity and protecting marine habitats.
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Topic webProtecting animals and their habitats | 7–9 years
Connect your curriculum teaching on habitats to engaging sustainability contexts. This topic web suggests classroom activities linked to protecting the habitats of orangutans and polar bears.
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Topic webMaterials, recycling and rubbish | 4–7 years
Connect your curriculum teaching on materials to engaging sustainability contexts. This topic web suggests classroom activities linked to recycling and how much rubbish is produced in your school.
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Topic webRecycling and melting plastics | 7–9 years
Connect your curriculum teaching on materials to engaging sustainability contexts. This topic web suggests classroom activities linked to sorting plastics for recycling and melting plastics for new uses.
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Topic webDecaying and materials in mobiles | 9–11 years
Connect your curriculum teaching on materials to engaging sustainability contexts. This topic web suggests classroom activities linked to the materials found in mobile phones and how different materials decay.
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Topic webSeasons and unexpected weather | 4–7 years
Connect your curriculum teaching on seasonal changes to engaging sustainability contexts. This topic web suggests classroom activities linked to observing seasonal changes and weather.
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Topic webSaving water and pollution in the water cycle | 7–9 years
Connect your curriculum teaching on water and the water cycle to engaging sustainability contexts. This topic web suggests classroom activities on pollution in the water cycle, how water is cleaned and how we can use less of it.