All Quantitative chemistry and stoichiometry articles
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Resource
Pesticides and agricultural productivity calculations | 14–16 years
Link food security to yield, percentage yield and atom economy
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CPD
How to teach gases at 14–16
Use these classroom activities and tips to boost your students’ understanding of quantitative chemistry
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CPD
How to teach quantitative chemistry at post-16
Use these tips to help your students successfully calculate reacting masses and limiting agents
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Experiment
Acid–base back titration | 16–18 years
Write balanced equations and calculate reacting masses and moles to find the limiting reagent
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Resource
Quantitative chemistry | Review my learning | 14–16 years
A set of differentiated worksheets with answers to identify learning gaps and misconceptions on the topic of quantitative chemistry
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CPD
How to teach moles at post-16
Use this explainer to help students overcome misconceptions of this fundamental quantity
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Exhibition chemistry
Demonstrating the diffusion of ammonia and hydrogen chloride
Revisiting and refining a classic diffusion demo with Declan Fleming
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Resource
Introducing moles numeracy worksheet | 14–16 years
Use the context of cooking to get students more comfortable with concepts such as balanced equations, ratios and reagents
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Ideas
Stoichiometry and moles: how to explain it?
Use cooking as a fun, accessible introduction to why and how we use balanced equations
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News
What is difficult about concentration?
Fresh insight offers tips for teaching the mathematics of moles, volume and molarity
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Ideas
Put organic chemistry concepts in context
3 ways to teach 14–16 students how to apply their knowledge to new scenarios and prepare them for exams
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Feature
Epidemiology: Calling the disease detectives
What is an epidemiologist? Inspire students with this fascinating insight into the world of some of the most powerful scientific detectives
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Resource
Determining relative atomic weights
Heat a known mass of two metals to produce their oxides and determine their relative atomic masses.
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Ideas
Working with units and prefixes
How to help students use units and prefixes correctly and easily convert between them
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Quantitative chemistry starters (16–18)
Put your students’ quantitative chemistry skills to the test with Starter for ten activities around topics such as the mole, the ideal gas equation, percentage yield and atom economy.
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Experiment
Mass changes in chemical reactions
Perform two chemical reactions to see whether any mass changes occur in this microscale class practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Resource
Finding out how much salt there is in seawater
Use the microscale titration apparatus to titrate silver nitrate solution against sea water