All RSC Education articles in Non-EiC content – Page 63
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ResourceFloating garden challenge
Design and build a model structure with Practical Action’s floating garden challenge
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ResourceCracking Chemistry!
Work your way through these fun chemistry practicals developed by National Science & Engineering Week.
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ResourceChemistry in sport
Our very first global experiment compares the performance enhancement of student-made sports drinks vs water
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ExperimentChemistry in your shopping basket
Demonstrate the diversity of chemistry in our day-to-day lives with this collection of experiments. Includes kit list and safety instructions for five practicals
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ResourceBurning: That’s Chemistry!
The ‘burning’ chapter from That’s Chemistry! This chapter looks at key ideas and activities that can be used to help students learn that when materials are burned new materials are formed, and that this process in not reversible.
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ResourceBeat the flood challenge
Links to Practical Action’s beat the flood challenge, including the teacher and student materials, beat the flood poster, competition winners and schools’ experiences of the challenge. Video: Beat the flood
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ExperimentAcid or alkali? Acidic or alkaline? A litmus paper test
Test a variety of substances to see if they are acidic or alkaline, using litmus paper as the indicator. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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ExperimentScience festivals
This set of handouts can be used to inspire people of all ages to take up chemistry in their own home! Racing raisins, cornflour gloop, erupting volcanoes, reaction times and iron from breakfast cereal are all covered here
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ExperimentSeparating sand and salt by filtering and evaporation
Try this class experiment to practise manipulating mixtures of soluble and insoluble materials by separating sand and salt. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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ResourceModelling sedimentary rocks
Students use syringes to make samples of sedimentary rock from sand both with and without cementing agents.
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ResourceMaking a volcano
Simulate ways in which both extrusive and intrusive igneous rocks may form
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ResourceLimestone weathering
This activity is designed for students aged 11-14. It can be used to reinforce work on the reactions of carbonates with acids as well as the chemical weathering of rock.
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ResourceHand warmers
Use these student activities and teacher guide to investigate reusable and disposable hand warmers. You will compare reusable variants made with sodium acetate vs disposable handwarmers. You can also try making your own hand warmers. These activities may work well as a project on class topics like ‘winter’ or ‘body ...
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ResourceWeathering and erosion
Examine the ways in which water can weather rocks, by solution and by freeze-thaw.
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ResourceWood conservation - the Mary Rose
The Mary Rose is a wooden Tudor warship that sank off Portsmouth in 1545. While on the sea bed, most of her hull became covered in silt, which effectively sealed it and the artefacts it contained in anaerobic (air-free) conditions and preserved them from decay.
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ExperimentColour chemistry
A variety of experiments that explore colour changing, so learners can experience a comprehensive look into the brighter side of chemistry
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ResourceNitration of methyl benzoate
Synthesise and recrystallize a sample of methyl 3-nitrobenzoate.
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ResourceInvestigating the reaction between manganate(VII) and ethanedioate ions
Use a continuous monitoring method to investigate the redox reaction between potassium manganate(VII) and ethanedioate ions.
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ResourceOn This Day - Nov 07 : Raman was born
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 for his work on the scattering of light and the discovery of the Raman effect. This effect is the change in the wavelength of light when a light beam is deflected by molecules. Raman spectroscopy has since become a key tool for chemical characterisation.