All RSC Education articles in Non-EiC content – Page 77
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Were Ancient Greek statues white or coloured?
Renaissance artists studied the sculptures and monuments of Greece and Rome and emulated them in their own work, ie they imitated the art. This perspective of art has echoed down the centuries to influence the appearance of Western art and architecture today.
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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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Determining the relative molecular mass of butane
Use this demonstration to calculate the relative molecular mass of butane using simple apparatus. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Comparing 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.
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What 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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Carbon 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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Separating 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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Catalysts for the thermal decomposition of potassium chlorate
Try this demonstration to investigate the effectiveness of various catalysts for the decomposition of potassium chlorate. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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What 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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The 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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QuantiCorp 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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The 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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Oil 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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Chemistry'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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Design 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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When 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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Oral 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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Hwuche-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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Pale 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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Launch-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.