All Key stage 2: topic C5a articles
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ResourceScience concept cartoons: rusting
Use this conversation starter to get your pupils thinking about the process of rusting, and discussing different possibilities.
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ResourceScience Concept Cartoons: Acid rain
Spark discussion and stimulate thinking about acid rain in a way that encourages pupils to share their ideas
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ResourceThe science of ice cream
Videos discussing the science of ice cream with, celebrity chef, Heston Blumenthal.
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ResourceEnzymes and jellies
If you add certain fresh fruit such as pineapple to jelly, it will not set. The task in this resource is to investigate why.
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ResourceUse of salt in cooking, part 1
In this activity students devise and carry out experiments to test possible reasons for adding salt when cooking vegetables.
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ResourceSeparating mixtures | Primary science video demonstrations
Fun demonstrations of different mixtures, including racing liquids and rainbow colours.
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ResourceOlympic materials Primary
This resource allows primary school students to explore the difference between a natural material and a synthetic material. The Materials used in different sports for the Olympic Games is then explored.
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ResourceOlympic composites (primary level)
Find out what composites are made up of and why they are so important sporting equipment for the Olympics.
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ResourceChemistry and Sport - diving
Gravity - the enemy of the high-jumper, and the diver’s friend. Find out how the sport of diving relies on gravity, and why a diver seems lighter in water than on land.
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ResourceChemistry and Sport - weightlifting
Find out why chalk is as important in weightlifting as it is in tennis, rock climbing, and even fire-fighting.
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ResourceChemistry and Sport - football
Materials chemistry has revolutionised the game of football and given us the balls, gloves, and goalposts we play with.
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ResourceOutreach: speedy star jumps
An activity that allows the collection of data to test whether sports drinks make a difference to performance during short, high intensity exercise.
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ResourceBendy bones
What makes bones strong? Children can learn about the role that calcium plays in skeletons
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ResourceSunscreen and UV light
A fun demo to teach about UV light and the action/importance of sunscreen
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ResourceMaterials cards
Spark awareness of the properties and purposes of materials, while teaching terms like ‘permeable’, ‘transparent’ and ‘magnetic’.
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ExperimentChromatography: how black is a black pen?
Black never goes out of style, and with this experiment learners can explore what colours go into making black ink with chromatography
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ResourceMaterials and their properties
A database of 31 everyday materials, man made and natural, solid and liquid, transparent and opaque, allow children to explore these and many other properties. Courtesy of the ABPI.
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ResourceWhite powder mix-up at the factory
Learners create their own chemical investigative company, and solve the mystery of the white powder mix-up. Includes kit list, and safety instructions.
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