Ways to teach formation of salts

By Kristy Turner2025-05-07T05:27:00

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Secure your learners’ understanding of this core topic with teacher-tested recall strategies and experiments

The chemical reactions that lead to the formation of salts are exciting for students, with lots of nice experiments, colour changes, fizzes and pops. However, beyond this there is a large amount for students to learn and the exam boards across the UK and Ireland use a wide range of question types to check understanding. Read this article for four tips to help you meet every learners’ needs in this important chemistry topic.

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