All Problem solving articles – Page 8

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Chemical and physical properties of pheromones

Help learner’s to understand what pheromones are, and how they are used by animals such as moths.
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The thickness of titanium atoms in paint

Discover the thickness of a film of paint, estimating how thick it is by titanium atoms/ions.
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The best catalyst to decompose hydrogen peroxide

Develop learner’s ideas of catalysis with this open-ended problem using hydrogen peroxide.
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Identifying three unknown white solids

Devise experiments to label three white solids correctly by using chemicals and apparatus in the laboratory.
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Helping an industrial chemist

Devise a method for making a copper catalyst dispersed on an aluminium oxide support.
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What compound? Identify and analyse

Learners can devise their own testing system to identify the nature of a mystery compound.
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Amino acids and hair growth

Discover how quickly human hair grows, and develop learner’s understanding of amino acids too.
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H⁺ ions in water

Allow learners the chance to develop their own testing methods to identify H⁺ ions in samples of water.
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Driving force: what makes reactions go

Carry out certain experiments in a given order
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Finding the right ionic compound

Devise a procedure to identify four solids and then use this to carry out the identification.
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Find the pattern - metals

Consider data on the specific heat capacities for some metals and solve three problems related to those data.
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Find the pattern - alcohols

Consider data on the densities of six primary alcohols and solve four problems based on those data.
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Catalase enzyme reactions

Using four distinct questions, with open-ended methods, to explore catalysts and enzymes.
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QuantiCorp R&D: new products

In association with The National HE STEM Programme

This C/PBL resource involves an investigation into catalysis and conducting polymers for the production of biosensors. Students are challenged to develop a biosensor based on a conducting polymer in the context of an R&D department in a high-tech company.
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Hwuche-Hwuche bark

Communication skills are an essential part of all university degree courses. In general, communication skills are developed throughout undergraduate courses via a range of activities and many departments already have substantial parts of their course aimed at transferable skills. The book ‘Communicating Chemistry’ contains a number of exercises that can ...
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Commercial Skills: Finance

This module asks teams of students to assess the financial impacts of two projects with a chemical background.
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Commercial Skills: Feasibility

In association with The National HE STEM Programme

In this module students are asked to summarise and critique two out of the five chemistry-based projects, based on their previous work, and present their preferred option to a “business” audience.
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Commercial Skills: Project Management

This module asks teams of students to identify the route to market, and produce a ‘project plan’, for a number of potential projects with a chemical background.
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Commercial Skills: Market Research

In association with The National HE STEM Programme

This module asks teams of students to estimate the market value of a number of potential projects with a chemical background.
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Commercial Skills: Innovation

In association with The National HE STEM Programme

This module asks teams of students to evaluate a number of potential projects, with a chemical background, and identify why they might be of potential value.