All Elements and the periodic table articles – Page 7
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ExperimentAllotropes of sulfur
Use this practical to explore the changes in the colour and consistency of sulfur as you heat it, melt it and eventually boil it. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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ResourceThe Chemistry of Light: Part 1
A series of short experiments and demonstrations about the chemistry of light, taken from a lecture by Peter Wothers from the University of Cambridge Video: The Chemistry of Light: 01 - Introduction Video: The Chemistry of Light: 02 - Oil Lamps & Candles ...
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ExperimentReactions of chlorine, bromine and iodine with aluminium
Try this demonstration to produce some spectacular exothermic redox reactions by reacting aluminium with halogens. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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ExperimentHalogens in aqueous solution and their displacement reactions
Explore the chemical properties of halogens using this demonstration or class experiment. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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ExperimentThe reactivity of iron
Illustrate iron’s position in the reactivity series by heating it with copper and magnesium oxides in this practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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ExperimentPreparing salts by neutralisation of oxides and carbonates
Try these class experiments to illustrate the production of soluble salts from insoluble metal oxides and carbonates. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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ExperimentReacting magnesium with copper(II) oxide
Illustrate reduction, oxidation and the relative reactivity of magnesium and copper(II) oxide in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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ExperimentLiquefying chlorine gas
Use this demonstration to produce liquid chlorine and compare it with bromine and iodine in their condensed state. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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ExperimentExtracting iodine from seaweed
Discover how ribbon seaweed (or kelp) can be used as a source of iodine in this demonstration or class experiment. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Exhibition chemistryRed hot carbon
Declan Fleming shows you how to capture your students’ imaginations with spectacular demonstrations
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ResourceA new kind of alchemy
This presents some cutting edge research for post-16 students in a context that they can appreciate. It shows the students there are still big ideas to be explored in chemistry and should promote research as a career choice.
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ResourceTrends in reactivity in the periodic table
This could be used to follow up some work on the periodic table where the trends in reactivity in groups 1 and 7 have been identified. It can be used as a differentiated activity for the more able students within a group.
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ResourceElemental Su Doku
This activity helps students gain a familiarity with the periodic table by getting them to continually refer to it in a problem solving activity.
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ResourceNoble gases
The activity sets some critical thinking and pattern spotting tasks in the context of the noble gases. This can be used to develop skills in determining mathematical relationships between variables from graphs.
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ResourceCarbon - the element with several identities
The student worksheet includes information about Sir Harry Kroto, one of the team who discovered the third allotrope of carbon, buckminsterfullerene.
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ResourceThe atom detectives
This resource presents chemists as real people and not stereotypical ‘mad scientists’ whose lives are completely dominated by science.
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ExperimentWhere is carbon in the reactivity series?
Determine the position of carbon in the reactivity series by heating with metal oxides in this practical and demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.