All Practical skills and safety articles
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IdeasBack to basics with spectrophotometry
How to demonstrate the Beer–Lambert law using your smartphone as a light meter
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Smartphone spectroscopy: Beer–Lambert law
Use your smartphone to measure changes in concentration across different concentrations of squash at home or in the classroom. Use your results to predict the concentration of an unknown dilution of squash.
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The real prize of entering STEM competitions
Both you and your students can gain a lot from participating in science competitions besides winning
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Chalky spinach
Use this video and experiment in your classroom or set as an activity for students to try out at home to explore why eating raw spinach leaves makes your mouth feel chalky.
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Exhibition chemistry
The reaction of magnesium with steam
How to bridge a common gap in students’ understanding of the reactivity series
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How to purify water
A video aimed at learners, kit list, instruction, and explanation about how to get clean water from contaminated water using the stages of the water cycle.
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Strategies to boost learning
You’ll be hooked on these approaches to improving the quality of student work
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Investigating surface tension with milk
Explore surface tension by making patterns in milk using items from the kitchen cupboard. Includes a video aimed at learners, kit list, instruction and explanation.
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Titration – practical videos | 16–18 students
Learn how to prepare a standard solution, calculate the concentration of an unknown acid or moles of a known solid, and understand the different types of titration.
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Practicals: why you should take them slow
How a step-by-step approach to experiments can improve learning
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Starters for ten – cymwyseddau ymarferol sylfaenol (16–18)
Mae’r Starters for ten hyn yn rhoi sylw i sgiliau ymarferol sylfaenol fel cyfarpar labordy, cofnodi canlyniadau, a llunio graffiau gwasgariad.
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Starters for ten: Sgiliau Pontio (16–18)
Mae’r bennod bwysig hon yn ein cyfres Starters for ten yn rhoi sylw i’r canlynol: cymwyseddau cemeg, cymwyseddau mathemateg, a chymwyseddau ymarferol. Bydd yn helpu i wreiddio’r sgiliau sydd eu hangen ar gyfer pontio i gyrsiau lefel uwch.
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Opinion
Tackling practicals in a Covid-secure way
What will practical classes look like next year? One technician shares their thoughts
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School science technician
Sandrine works with teachers to design and safely prepare exciting classroom chemistry experiments
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Temperature changes in exothermic and endothermic reactions
An experiment and worksheet to teach 11–14 students about temperature changes and chemical energetics
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Chief technology officer
Cristina helps develop technology that could change lives by extracting disease from the body
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Identifying ions – practical videos | 14–16 students
Video resource showing how to identify ions in various salt solutions.
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Paper chromatography – practical videos | 14–16 students
Video resources showing how to carry out paper chromatography and how to calculate RF values
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Kitchen roll chromatography
Have a go at paper chromatography at home or in the classroom with items from a kitchen. Includes video aimed at learners, instructions, and explanation.
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How to make butter
Try making butter at home or in the classroom using items from your kitchen cupboard. Includes video aimed at pupils, kit list, instruction, and explanation.
