All Properties of matter articles – Page 6
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ResourceVinegar as an acid: kitchen science podcasts
Introduce your students to acids and irreversible reactions with this short podcast.
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Turn up the heat: kitchen science podcasts
Introduce your students to irreversible changes caused by heating with this short podcast.
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Water: kitchen science podcasts
Introduce your students to water, dissolving and changes of state with this short podcast.
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Jelly: kitchen science podcasts
Reinforce ideas about dissolving and chemical changes with this short podcast about jelly.
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Salt: kitchen science podcasts
Introduce your students to the properties of salt with this short podcast.
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Solids, liquids and gases: primary science podcasts
Join Kareena and her superhero friend K-mistry for this short podcast introducing children to solids, liquids and gases.
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Magnets: primary science podcasts
Join Kareena and her superhero friend K-mistry for this short podcast introducing children to magnets.
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Chemistry is all around: primary science podcasts
Join Kareena and her superhero friend K-mistry for this short podcast introducing children to the idea that everything is made up of the same building blocks, including everything in space.
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Soaps and detergents: primary science podcasts
Join Kareena and her superhero friend K-mistry for this short podcast introducing children to how soaps and detergents work.
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Sensational states: kitchen science podcasts
Introduce your students to changes of state with this short podcast.
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The water cycle: That’s Chemistry!
The ‘water cycle’ chapter from That’s Chemistry! This chapter looks at key ideas and activities that can be used to help students learn how different liquids evaporate at different rates, and the factors that affect these rates.
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The Mpemba effect
Help discover why warm water freezes quicker than cold water. The Royal Society of Chemistry offered £1000 for the best and most creative explanation of this phenomenon, known as the Mpemba effect. View the winning entry, try the experiment for yourself, or read the original paper.
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The properties of materials and their everyday uses: That’s Chemistry!
The ‘properties of materials’ chapter from That’s Chemistry! This chapter looks at key ideas and activities that can be used to help students learn how the properties of materials affects their suitability for different uses.
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Solids, Liquids and Gases
Cartoon animations that explain in simple terms why different materials have different properties and how they change on heating and cooling. Other animations cover separating solids from liquids and show what happens to a solid when it dissolves in a liquid. Courtesy of the ABPI.
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Solids, liquids and gases: That’s Chemistry!
The ‘solids, liquids and gases’ chapter from That’s Chemistry! This chapter looks at key ideas and activities that can be used to help students learn about solids, liquids and gases, and understand that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled.
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Separating mixtures: That’s Chemistry!
The ‘separating mixtures’ chapter from That’s Chemistry! This chapter looks at key ideas and activities that can be used to help students learn how sieving can separate particles of different sizes and other methods used for separating mixtures.
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Rocks and soils: That’s Chemistry!
The ‘rocks and soils’ chapter from That’s Chemistry! This chapter looks at key ideas and activities that can be used to help students learn that different types of rocks and soils have different properties.
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Outreach: thermochromic materials
Chemicals and materials which change colour are fun and useful. In this activity you will handle thermochromic materials.
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Outreach: magic sand
Magic sand is magic because when it is in water it stays dry. Observe and learn about the usefulness of this hydrophobic subtance.
