All Practical skills and safety articles
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Poster
All you need to teach titration effectively
Help your post-16 learners grasp the titration method with this poster, fact sheet and practical example
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Resource
Popping good chemistry
Investigate simple chemical reactions, irreversible changes and gases around us with this exciting experiment
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Feature
10 research-informed ideas to maximise chemistry practicals
Use these ideas from the latest chemistry education research to improve learning from your classroom laboratory experiments
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Resource
Chromatography challenge | 16–18 years
Explore analytical techniques and their applications with a chromatography investigation and research activity
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Exhibition chemistry
Demonstrate concentration and density with a transition metal colloid cell
Boost 11–14 learners’ understanding of diffusion and transition metal chemistry
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Practical
Enthalpy change of combustion of ethanol | practical videos | 14–16 years
Video and resources investigating the heat energy change of combustion of ethanol
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Practical
Simple distillation | practical videos | 14–16 years
Video and resources showing how to separate water from a coloured solution
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Practical
Paper chromatography | practical videos | 14–16 years
Video and resources showing how to separate colours in inks using paper chromatography
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Practical
Rates of reaction | practical videos | 14–16 years
Video and resources showing how the concentration of sodium thiosulfate solution affects its rate of reaction with hydrochloric acid
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Analysis
The chemicals cost crisis
As prices rise fast, some schools reluctantly cut back on practical work
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RSC News
Improving our Chemical misconceptions collection
Discover a wealth of classroom resources addressing student misconceptions and covering the theory behind various pedagogical approaches
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Feature
Successful strategies for sequencing knowledge
Discover how to effectively develop your students’ knowledge and skills by sequencing practical activities
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Feature
Why it’s important to encourage student decision-making in practicals
Improve student engagement, motivation and behaviour by giving them more choice
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Exhibition chemistry
Creating a supersaturated gas evolving oscillator
Use this fizzy practical for a kinetic and thermodynamic showdown in class
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Project
Nanoparticles in sunscreen challenge | Chemistry for All project | 14–16 years
Make your own sunscreen and determine its SPF using UV light transmission
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Project
Hard water challenge | Chemistry for All project | 14–16 years
Investigate the relationship between the concentration of calcium ions and the ‘hardness’ of water
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Project
Chemistry at the crime scene investigation | Chemistry for All project | 11–14 years
This forensic science project uses chemical analysis and observation skills to investigate a crime and solve the case
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Project
Analysing the chemistry of food | Chemistry for All project | 14–16 years
Analyse food and drink samples using TLC, titration and visible absorption spectroscopy with this engaging project
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Resource
Quicksand investigation | 14–16 years
Discover the properties of non-Newtonian fluids and how these could help you escape from quicksand