Liquefying paint – retrieval practice and quick-fire questions

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Encourage your 16–18 students to make connections between topics with this scaffolded approach

The concerns of painting conservators that some 20th century artworks were liquefying provides real-world context for this analytical chemistry revision exercise. Scaffolded retrieval practice and quick-fire questions encourage students to makes links between topics familiar to them from their post-16 studies. 

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