All Observing and measuring articles – Page 3
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Topic webSeasons and unexpected weather | 4–7 years
Connect your curriculum teaching on seasonal changes to engaging sustainability contexts. This topic web suggests classroom activities linked to observing seasonal changes and weather.
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Topic web
Saving water and pollution in the water cycle | 7–9 years
Connect your curriculum teaching on water and the water cycle to engaging sustainability contexts. This topic web suggests classroom activities on pollution in the water cycle, how water is cleaned and how we can use less of it.
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Practical
Rates of reaction | practical videos | 16–18 students
Video and supporting resources to support practical work on rates of reaction, includes both an initial rate and continuous monitoring method
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Ideas
3 key skills your post-16 chemists need for university
How to help your students make the transition to higher education more smoothly
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Ideas
Teaching chemical changes (at Halloween)
Turn your younger students into wizards at chemistry with these simple practical ideas
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Resource
Fertilisers and sustainability | 16–18 years
Investigate the rate of hydrolysis of urea and assess your learners’ practical skills, includes extension green chemistry questions on sustainable fertilisers
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Resource
Microscale neutralisation and precipitation reactions
Hone your students’ observation skills by asking them to observe two microscale reactions: neutralising citric acid and creating a lead iodide precipitate
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CPD
Teaching observation skills at 11–14
Observation is a key skill for budding chemists. This is how to develop it with your younger students
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Experiment
Antibacterial properties of the halogens | 14–18 years
Use this practical to investigate how solutions of the halogens inhibit the growth of bacteria and which is most effective
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Experiment
Fizzy irreversible changes and bath bombs
Try this investigation to explore irreversible reactions, with detailed teacher notes, classroom slides and a video demonstration.
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Experiment
Properties of solids and ‘biscuit bashing’
Try this investigation to observe the properties of granular solids, with detailed teacher notes, classroom slides and a video demonstration.
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Experiment
Liquids, gases and the ‘lava lamp’
Investigate liquids and gases, plus practise taking accurate measurements, with detailed teacher notes, classroom slides and a video demonstration.
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Experiment
Freezing and the ‘intriguing ice’ experiment
Try this investigation to explore how materials change when they freeze, with detailed teacher notes, classroom slides and a video demonstration.
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Job profile
Process chemist – higher apprentice, pharmaceuticals
Erin helps turn new medicines into finished products so that they can be mass-produced for patients.
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Resource
Explaining observations in energetics quiz
Get your 11–14 students applying their rates of reactions knowledge to new contexts
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Resource
The ‘broken’ practical approach
Take this approach to practical work to ensure students are learning, not just doing
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Ideas
The fast guide to enquiry-based learning
Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about EBL and how to incorporate it into your chemistry lessons
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Feature
Make learning chemistry child’s play
Does play have a role in science learning for older children? This is how to bring more creativity to older students’ learning and why it’s important
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Ideas
Activities for developing key secondary school chemistry skills remotely
Ready-to-go ideas and resources for developing your students’ key skills while home learning, including interpreting graphs and writing about practicals
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Job profile
Analyst – higher apprentice, organic chemistry
Katty monitors the levels of organic materials in drinking and wastewater to ensure it is safe to drink.
