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Problem solving tutor

2018-04-04T08:30:00Z In association with The Wolfson Foundation

Use this online interactive tutorial to teach three different methods for solving problems in quantitative chemistry. Video: How to use the problem solving tutor
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Chemical misconceptions II: Scaffolding explanations

The materials comprise of two sets of questions requiring explanations - which may be used as a pre-test and post-test a worksheet.
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Designing an organic synthesis

View a summary of how to approach the synthesis of an organic compound, focussing on the construction of key bonds. Follow an example multistep synthesis using standard organic transformations, answering questions along the way. This page is suitable for students beginning organic chemistry. Designing an organic synthesis This page is ...
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SME videos: Dr. Matthew Tozer

This resource forms part of a collection of videos that aims to provide undergraduate students with insights into what it is like to work for a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME).In these videos Matthew Tozer explains what it is like to work for Peakdale Molecular. He gives us an indication ...
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Naproxen videos: Dr. Matthew Tozer

This resource forms part of a collection of videos that aims to provide undergraduate students with insights into what it is like to work for a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME).In these videos Matthew Tozer explains what it is like to work for Peakdale Molecular. He gives us an indication ...
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Ion-exchange resin and water

Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of a selection of resins and decide which one(s) would be best for producing pure water from seawater on a life raft.
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Identifying six unknown solutions

Devise experiments to label six numbered solutions correctly using chemicals and apparatus in the laboratory.
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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.