All Reactions and synthesis articles – Page 8
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Rot: kitchen science podcasts
Introduce your students to food decomposition due to bacteria with this short podcast.
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Types of fireworks
Reverend Ron Lancaster MBE demonstrates some of the different types of fireworks, including rockets, shells and Roman candles.
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The nature of science: Concept Cartoons
The nature of science resources try to give students an awareness of science as a changing body of knowledge. This resource uses concept cartoons to help students engage with difficult scientific concepts.
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Plastics challenge
Links to Practical Action’s plastics challenge, where students develop products from recycled objects, as a possible way of tackling environmental problems caused by plastic waste.
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Irreversible changes: That’s Chemistry!
The ‘irreversible changes- chemical reactions’ chapter from That’s Chemistry! This chapter looks at key ideas and activities that can be used to help students learn how non-reversible changes result in the formation of new materials.
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Heating and cooling materials: That’s Chemistry!
The ‘heating and cooling 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 some materials change when they are heated, and that some of these changes are irreversible.
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Cracking Chemistry!
Work your way through these fun chemistry practicals developed by National Science & Engineering Week.
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Chemistry in your shopping basket
Demonstrate the diversity of chemistry in our day-to-day lives with this collection of experiments. Includes kit list and safety instructions for five practicals
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Burning: That’s Chemistry!
The ‘burning’ chapter from That’s Chemistry! This chapter looks at key ideas and activities that can be used to help students learn that when materials are burned new materials are formed, and that this process in not reversible.
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Science festivals
This set of handouts can be used to inspire people of all ages to take up chemistry in their own home! Racing raisins, cornflour gloop, erupting volcanoes, reaction times and iron from breakfast cereal are all covered here
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Limestone weathering
This activity is designed for students aged 11-14. It can be used to reinforce work on the reactions of carbonates with acids as well as the chemical weathering of rock.
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Dibrominated tag helps identify new natural products
New substance allows researchers to find new aldehyde- and ketone-containing natural products
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Nitration of methyl benzoate
Synthesise and recrystallize a sample of methyl 3-nitrobenzoate.
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Investigating the reaction between manganate(VII) and ethanedioate ions
Use a continuous monitoring method to investigate the redox reaction between potassium manganate(VII) and ethanedioate ions.
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Burning money: what makes combustion happen?
Surprise your students by soaking a piece of paper (or an old £5 note) in ethanol and water and igniting it. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Synthesis Explorer
Plan synthetic routes and study key organic chemistry reactions interactively.
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HPLC-free synthesis slashes protein production time
Tagging system may make building biologically relevant proteins faster, cheaper and greener
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Molecules – a chemistry card game
Kristy reviews a chemistry card game that's educational and fun
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Recycling the undesired enantiomer of Naproxen
This context/problem-based learning (C/PBL) resource is part of a collection we have commissioned for you to use with your undergraduate students. This 5 credit module is based on the following scenario:Your students work for a company that produces (S)-naproxen, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), via a racemic method. Whilst (S)-naproxen ...