All Properties of matter articles
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ResourceParticle diagrams and coffee shops | In context | 14–16
Put particle diagrams into context and practise maths in science with a visit to a coffee shop
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Lesson planMetallic bonding and the structure of iron | 14–16 years
Explore how the bonding in iron relates to its physical properties and address common misconceptions using this lesson plan with activities
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Lesson planBonding bingo: bonds and properties of substances | 14–16 years
Try this game and lesson plan to reinforce learners’ understanding of bonding and how it relates to the physical properties of substances
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ResourceStates of matter | Structure strip | 11–14 years
Support learners to recall and write about the properties of solids, liquids and gases
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ResourceDiffusion | Structure strip | 11–14 years
Use scaffolded prompts to support learners to write about diffusion
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Exhibition chemistryMake water ‘disappear’ with a superabsorbent polymer
Use just sodium polyacrylate, water and table salt to amaze learners and show how chemists modify materials for their purposes
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ResourceParticle diagrams of water | Johnstone’s triangle worksheets | 14–16 years
Use these worksheets to develop learners’ understanding of particle diagrams of water in the solid, liquid and gas state
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ExperimentMicroscale diffusion of a gas | 11–16 years
Explore diffusion with this simple and effective microscale experiment
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ResourceChanges of state | Structure strip | 11–14 years
Use scaffolded prompts to support learners to write about changes of state
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Exhibition chemistryExperiment with surface tension and convection currents
Use this demonstration when teaching concentration gradients, diffusion and convection at 11–16
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ResourceMetallic bonding | Developing understanding | 14–16
Develop learners’ sub-microscopic understanding by interpreting a range of models used to represent metallic structure and metal ions
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ResourceCarbon allotropes | Developing understanding | 14–16
Encourage learners to think about how different structures of carbon are represented and what this means at the sub-microscopic level
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Exhibition chemistryDissolve coloured sweets to create a rainbow
Demonstrate diffusion, density and the particle model to your 14–16 learners in this easy experiment
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ResourceParticle diagrams | Structure strip | 14–16 years
Support learners to describe and evaluate the particle model for solids, liquids and gases with this writing activity
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Exhibition chemistryIllustrate polymer properties with a self-siphoning solution
Demonstrate the tubeless siphon with poly(ethylene glycol) and highlight the polymer’s viscoelasticity to your 11–16 learners
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NewsRevealing blueberries’ nanostructure
Find out how microscopic, self-assembling particles give blueberries their characteristic blue hue
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PracticalSimple distillation | practical videos | 14–16 years
Video and resources showing how to separate water from a coloured solution
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FeatureWeird and wonderful water
Why the universal solvent is unlike any other liquid and its properties are still a mystery
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ResourceNanomaterials and the nanoscale: structure strip | 14–16 years
Develop your learners’ literacy skills with this scaffolded writing support on nanomaterials
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ArticleWhat’s in nail polish?
Uncover the polymers and pigments in liquid nail polishes, acrylics and gels