All Practical skills and safety articles – Page 6
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Ideas3 ideas to make the most of an hour for practical work
Time in the lab is valuable. Try these three tried-and-tested ways to squeeze the most out of every precious minute of your practical lessons
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FeatureMake 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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ResourceMicroscale technicians in trouble! investigation
Some solutions have been mixed up – help the technicians work out which is which
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Job profileResearch & development team leader - smart food labels
Giorgia leads a team at a small company that is helping to fight food waste by developing smart labels technology
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Job profileSecondary school science teacher
Alice teaches in a secondary school chemistry department helping her students thrive in the future
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IdeasActivities 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 profileAnalyst – higher apprentice, organic chemistry
Katty monitors the levels of organic materials in drinking and wastewater to ensure it is safe to drink
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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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ResourceSmartphone 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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FeatureThe 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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ResourceChalky spinach
How does the food we eat affect our bodies? Discover the acid inside spinach, and why it can feel chalky
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Exhibition chemistryThe reaction of magnesium with steam
How to bridge a common gap in students’ understanding of the reactivity series
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Class experimentHow to purify water
Explore the water cycle, and see how it can be used to purify your own water. A perfect experiment for the classroom, or at home, with kit list and safety instructions included.
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IdeasStrategies to boost learning
You’ll be hooked on these approaches to improving the quality of student work
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Practical videoEnthalpy change determination – practical videos | 16–18 students
Video resources showing the techniques used to determine the enthalpy change of a reaction.
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Class experimentInvestigating surface tension with milk
Using simple household equipment, you can explore surface tension with learners, and create amazing patterns in milk. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Practical videoTitration – 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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Practical videoThin layer chromatography – practical videos | 16–18 students
Learn how to identify unknown compounds, visualise the components and analyse the purity of product using thin layer chromatography (TLC).
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Practical videoReflux and distillation – practical videos | 16–18 students
Learn how to carry out two common practical techniques, understand how they differ and their applications.
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Practical videoQualitative tests for anions and cations – practical videos | 16–18 students
Video resources which demonstrate simple test tube experiments to identify cations and anions.