All RSC Education articles in Non-EiC content – Page 49
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ResourceFuture Cities project
Set your learners a problem-based case study with a sustainable development project
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ResourceFaster greener chemistry?
This context-based case study is laboratory-based and focuses on the synthesis, characterisation and evaluation of up to nine manganese(III) salen complexes that are employed as catalysts in the oxidation of alkenes. The approach used in this case study ensures learners work collaboratively and allows for the development of transferrable employability ...
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ResourceSmall 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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ResourceA dip in the dribble: river pollution | context and problem-based learning
A problem solving case study in analytical, environmental and industrial chemistry
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ResourceLaunch-a-Lab: analyse organic pollutants
This problem-based case study involves tendering for a large contract to analyse the organic pollutants in ground water from Midshire River Authority. Students act as part of STS Contract Analysis Ltd., the company applying for the contract.
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ResourcePale horse: analytical chemistry & forensics
This problem-based case study sets analytical chemistry within the context of a forensic investigation of a suspicious death.
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ResourceHwuche-Hwuche bark
Communication skills are an essential part of all university degree courses. In general, communication skills are developed throughout undergraduate courses via a range of activities and many departments already have substantial parts of their course aimed at transferable skills. The book ‘Communicating Chemistry’ contains a number of exercises that can ...
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ResourceOral communication skills - Presentation exercise
This resource focuses on oral presentations and outlines an exercise students can do to develop their oral communication skills. The scenario used in the exercise is giving a presentation as part of a company’s annual review process.
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ResourceWhen chewing gum loses its flavour
This probelm-based learning resource is designed to help students to develop approaches which might lead to the discovery of what some of the unwanted tastes and smells in a specific foodstuff and how the causes of these could be tested for using analytical chemistry techniques. Chewing gum has been ...
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ResourceDesign your own fireworks show
This C/PBL resource asks undergraduate students to design, organise and run a simluated fireworks display. It is intended to support the development of key transferable skills in a discipline-specific context and requires some basic undergraduate chemistry knowledge. This resource includes an activity pack containing worksheets, briefing papers and presentations, allowing ...
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ResourceChemistry's interfaces: geochemical
This C/PBL resource is an introduction to geochemistry in the context of the geological and archaeological record. It is based on the following question: What would the geochemical record of human activities and civilisation be in the geochemical record of the future?
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ResourceOil sands process water: diamonds not so forever
This C/PBL resource is designed to help students discover what organic chemicals are present in the waste water which is produced during the processing of oil sands, and analytically assess these potentially toxic organic chemicals.
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ResourceThe chemistry of energy: case study
This resource is a group case study which guides students through some of the key chemical aspects of power generation, the distribution of energy and the relationship between science and policy. It’s a contextualised introduction to the application of several key chemical concepts such as thermodynamics to real world situations. ...
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ResourceQuantiCorp R&D: new products
This C/PBL resource involves an investigation into catalysis and conducting polymers for the production of biosensors. Students are challenged to develop a biosensor based on a conducting polymer in the context of an R&D department in a high-tech company.
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ResourceThe Titan project
This problem-based case study concerns the location of a titanium dioxide plant and evaluation of analytical methods. Students are asked to act as the management team at the plant and produce a five-year plan for the site.
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DemonstrationWhat makes a substance acidic?
Try these experiments to investigate acidity and learn how the acidic properties of some substances require water. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Class experimentSeparating salts from seawater
Try this simple practical to show that seawater contains a mixture of different salts. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Class experimentCarbon filtration and activated charcoal
Try this practical to remove objectionable tastes and odours from water using carbon in the form of activated charcoal. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Class experimentWhat ions cause hardness in water?
Investigate how different cations and anions in dissolved salts affect the formation of a lather in this experiment. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Class experimentComparing the melting points of solder, tin and lead
Test the melting points of lead, tin and solder to investigate solder as a solid mixture and alloy in this practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.