All Energy articles – Page 6
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ResourceKitchen currents
Collect household items, and let students make their own batteries with this experiment in practical chemistry. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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ResourceHeating power of a candle
Bunsen burner Vs candles, the battle of the ages! Determine their equivalent energy output in this practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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ResourceOn This Day - Oct 18 : Schoenbein was born
He accidentally discovered the powerful explosive nitrocellulose when he spilled sulfuric and nitric acids, and soaked them up with a cotton apron. When the apron dried, it burst into flame - he had created the highly flammable compound nitrocellulose.
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ResourceOn This Day - Dec 11 : Explosion at Buncefield
Although the accident did not cause any fatalities, the immense scale of the explosion made it Europe’s biggest fire in peacetime.
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ResourceOn This Day - Dec 10 : Alfred Nobel died
Nobel spent his life devoted to the study of explosives and their safe manufacture. He amassed a great amount of wealth during his career and left the majority in trust to fund the awards now known as Nobel Prizes.
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Exhibition chemistryEthyne and flying food cans
Demonstrations designed to capture the student's imagination
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Lesson planWhere does energy come from? | 16-18 years
Help students explore how energy is released in exothermic reactions and when chemical bonds form using this lesson plan with activities for 16–18 year olds.
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Lesson planHow can enthalpy changes be measured? | 16–18 years
Introduce your learners to Hess’s Law as a means of measuring enthalpy changes using this lesson plan with simple experiments
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FeatureDealing with nuclear waste
Nuclear power is a low-carbon technology, but it does come with a catch: it produces waste that emits harmful radiation for many thousands, even millions of years. UK chemists, however, are working to produce materials and technology to deal with this problem.