All Materials articles – Page 8
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ResourceMaking biodiesel
The Learning about materials resources collection presents educational resources about materials in the form of teacher’s notes and photocopiable worksheets. This resource contains instructions for practical work on a) making a biodiesel and b) comparing it to fossil diesel, as well as a comprehension exercise, and a team exercise.
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Conducting polymers and shape memory polymers
The Learning about materials resources collection presents educational resources about materials in the form of teacher’s notes and photocopiable worksheets. This resource contains worksheets on conducting polymers and shape changing polymers.
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Conducting plastics and shape changing polymers
The Learning about materials resources collection presents educational resources about materials in the form of teacher’s notes and photocopiable worksheets. The worksheets in this resource consist of comprehension exercises that revise many basic ideas from chemistry and approach them from a novel perspective.
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The lignin challenge
Elinor Hughes investigates how scientists are hoping to use biomass waste to produce valuable chemicals
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Roman glass and its chemistry
Roman glass is found all over the Roman Empire, but how different is it?
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Which Compound? Which Route?
This exercise leads students through the decision-making process when choosing which new drug substance to make and the best synthetic route.
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Trapped nanoparticles for 'wet' computing
Information stored and retrieved in colloidal particles
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Graphene: future applications
A video that explores different types of carbon, looking in particular at graphene and its uses. Also, learn how to make your own solar cell, answer questions from the allotropes of carbon gridlock game, and read an anecdote about the discovery of buckminsterfullerene. Video: Graphene future applications ...
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Prehistoric pigments
What pigments were used for cave painting and where did they come from?
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How to make a lake pigment paint
Use this experiment to show your learners how to make and analyse the properties of a lake pigment paint
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Modelling alloys with plasticine
Try this class activity to explore how alloying can be used to change the properties of a metal. Includes kit list and teaching notes.
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Confirmation of buckyballs in the Milky Way
Gas-phase spectra clears up decades old mystery of unidentified absorption bands in our galaxy
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Small materials to solve big problems: nanochemistry
This context based case study investigates the use of nanomaterials for the development of commercial applications in the areas of medicine, materials and environment. It covers the synthesis, characterisation and application of nanomaterials in a variety of contexts. As part of the resource students are asked to investigate the use ...
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NanoHUB - resources for nanotechnology
NanoHUB is an extensive community based resource for nanoscience and nanotechnology. It has simulations, tools, research and collaboration sections, teaching and learning materials and enables users to share and publish their research.
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Chemistry's interfaces: the nano frontier
This resource is designed as an introduction to the science of metal and semiconductor nanoparticles. It’s focused on level 1 and 2 students so it places a particular emphasis on the difference between the physical and chemical properties of the bulk form of materials, individual molecules and nanoparticles in the ...
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Three colours from the same dye-bath
In this experiment, students see if dyes bond differently depending on the material, and what effect this has.
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Making paint with minerals
This practical is best done with groups of four pupils each pupil could chose a single mineral and make both tempera paint and an oil paint for testing.
