All Organic chemistry articles
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NewsCreative exercises to connect concepts in organic chemistry
Learn how to use purposeful prompts to encourage students to make meaningful connections between newly learned and previously covered ideas
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CPD articleHow to teach aromatic chemistry at post-16
Tips and ideas to enhance your teaching of conjugated pi systems
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ResourceThe structure of benzene | 16–18 years
Use this worksheet with classroom slides and card sort activity to explore the structure of benzene with your learners
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NewsExam board issues unprecedented statement about the inductive effect
What implications will this have for the curriculum and for teachers?
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ResourceCarboxylic acids | Review my learning worksheets | 14–16 years
Identify learning gaps and misconceptions with this set of worksheets offering three levels of support
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IdeasHow to teach organic mechanisms using roleplay
Improve your students’ understanding of one of post-16 chemistry’s trickiest topics
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CPD articleTeaching isomerism at post-16
Ensure your students succeed with structural and stereoisomerism
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ResourceA practical investigation of cis-trans isomerism in transition metal complexes
Investigate isomerism in transition metal complexes with this experiment, including pre- and post-lab questions
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ResourceAlcohols | Review my learning worksheets | 14–16 years
Identify learning gaps and misconceptions with this set of worksheets offering three levels of support
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CPD articleEverything you need to introduce alkenes
Help your 14–16 learners to master the fundamentals of the reactions of alkenes with these ideas and activities
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ResourceFractional distillation and hydrocarbons | Review my learning worksheets | 14–16 years
Identify learning gaps and misconceptions with this set of worksheets offering three levels of support
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Paracetamol book | The extraction and purification of paracetamol from tablets
How pure is paracetamol? This practical lets learners distil tablets and answer that very question
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ResourceParacetamol book | Using thin-layer chromatography to investigate the reactions
In this activity you investigate the purity and identity of your laboratory prepared samples of nitrophenol or paracetamol using thin-layer chromatography
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ResourceParacetamol book | Background information
Explore the key elements of paracetamol, and lay a strong foundation of background information.
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ResourceParacetamol book | The quantitative analysis of various formulations of paracetamol
An experiment to show learners to analyse several different formulations of paracetamol and create and quantitative judgment of them.
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ResourceParacetamol book | The formation of an amide
Explore the formation of an amide with this practical experiment suitable for learners ages 16-18
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ResourceParacetamol book | Presentation activity
Learners put their audio and visual skills to use, on the topic of paracetamol, with this guide on creating a compelling presentation
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NewsLinking energy, structure and reactivity
Discover how students reason about energy and chemical structure – and how to boost their understanding
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ProjectBonding workshop | Chemistry for All project | 14–16 years
A series of activites, demonstrations and experiments exploring simple covalent molecules and hydrocarbons