All Food articles – Page 2
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NewsWhat’s carbon dioxide got to do with it?
Examining the role that CO₂ plays in the supermarket’s empty shelves
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FeatureCamping’s chemical elements
Top tips from the chemistry lab for roughing it well when camping
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IdeasTackle poverty in chemistry lessons
Link the science you teach in your classroom to poverty and inequality targeted by the UN’s SDGs
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IdeasLink global food security to your lessons on fertilisers
Use these resources and activities to link UN sustainable development goal 2 to your practical lessons on rates of reaction and the use of fertilisers
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CPDTeaching rates of reaction post-16
Ideas and activities to help students explore reaction dynamics and mechanisms
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Interview‘My favourite colloids? English ale and clotted cream’
Meet Brent Murray, a food scientist with a passion for beer, ice cream, clotted cream and other food colloids
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FeatureHow ice cream is made
For a simple combination of milk, cream, sugar and flavourings, there is a lot of science involved in ice cream manufacture
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ResourceAnalysing ice cream | 11–14 years
A data analysis exercise for 11–14-year-old learners based on an experiment to measure how the amount of milk fat affects the viscosity of ice cream. Learners will draw graphs, describe trends in the data and identify variables
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PosterReal-life contexts for thermodynamics
Use this infographic with your 16–18 students and get them working with thermochemistry, intermolecular forces and free energy
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FeatureDecaffeination – how does it work?
Organic solvent, supercritical carbon dioxide or water? A knowledge of solvents and solutions is essential for removing caffeine from your daily cuppa
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PosterThe science of melting chocolate
Use this infographic with your 11–14 students to develop their knowledge of changes of state and their graphing skills
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Exhibition chemistryThe screaming jelly baby
Demonstrate energy release in action with this spectacular experiment
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FeatureToxins in food
Many foods contain toxins such as oxalic acid. How do we balance the risks and benefits to health?
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NewsShed light on benzene reactivity in fizzy drinks
Downloadable slide on the organic chemistry in cherry-flavoured soft drinks for your class
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SoundbiteCan seaweed-eating sheep curb methane emissions?
Seaweed may not be the silver bullet to farming’s methane problem
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Job profileAssociate principal scientist, food
Robert builds computer models to predict how different food chemicals will enhance the taste and texture of chocolate, biscuits and other snacks
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FeatureChemists hold the key to perfect cheese
Bacterial enzymes play a crucial role in cheesemaking and food chemists take advantage of their role to develop new cheeses