All Reactions and synthesis articles – Page 8
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ExperimentTurning ‘red wine’ into ‘water’
Use acidified potassium permanganate – or ‘red wine’ – to make ‘water’, ‘milk’ and ‘lemonade’ in this engaging demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Heating Group 1 metals in air and in chlorine
Use this demonstration to illustrate the reactions of lithium, sodium and potassium in air and in chlorine. Includes kit list, video and safety instructions.
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Making a mirror using silver nitrate and sugar
Try this practical to make a mirror with your students using the reaction between silver nitrate and glucose. Includes kit list, video and safety instructions.
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‘Magic’ writing with colour changing reactions
Reveal invisible messages or pictures drawn with aqueous solutions by spraying them with suitable reagents in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Microscale extraction of copper
Try this practical to reduce copper(II) oxide to copper using hydrogen, revealing their positions in the reactivity series. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Space: science ideas webs
A web of suggested ideas for linking science with the topic space. You can learn history and science together with activities for different age groups.
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The Victorians: science ideas webs
A web of suggested ideas for linking science with the topic the Victorians. You can learn history and science together with activities for different age groups.
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The Vikings: science ideas webs
A web of suggested ideas for linking science with the topic the Vikings. You can learn history and science together with activities for different age groups.
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Experiment with the Vikings
A comprehensive collection of activities to incorporate science into your Vikings lessons. Topics include everyday life; weapons and warfare; travel and trade; and how modern day archaeologists use science to investigate Viking life.
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News
New photocatalyst shows promise
Nickel-based material can convert carbon monoxide into high-value hydrocarbons
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Teachers TV: KS3/4 science - Periodic Table
This Teachers TV video looks at different elements in the Periodic Table and some properties they exhibit. The video also explains and demonstrates trends across the Periodic Table.
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A hydrogen powered rocket
Try this spectacular demonstration to make a rocket using a plastic drink bottle fuelled by hydrogen and air. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Investigating the solubility of lead halides
Encourage students to make and test predictions about the pattern of solubility among lead halides in this practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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The ‘whoosh’ bottle demonstration
This exciting demonstration is a combustion reaction where a mixture of alcohol and air in a large bottle is ignited. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Extraction of iron on a match head
Try this practical as a small scale example of metal extraction, reducing iron(III) oxide with carbon on a match head. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Thermodynamics and equilibria of the Solvay process
A worksheet with questions on the thermodynamics and acid-base aspects of the Solvay process and the uses of the products. This resource is part of the ‘Sodium carbonate – a versatile material’ resources collection, which presents learning material based on the manufacture and uses of sodium carbonate made by the ...
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Manufacturing sodium carbonate by the Solvay process
An account of the Solvay process. This resource is part of the ‘Sodium carbonate – a versatile material’ resources collection, which presents learning material based on the manufacture and uses of sodium carbonate made by the Solvay (ammonia-soda) process.
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Manufacturing sodium carbonate – an overview
An overview for teachers of sodium carbonate and sodium hydrogencarbonate manufacture (especially by the Solvay process) and of the uses of these products. This resource is part of the ‘Sodium carbonate – a versatile material’ resources collection, which presents learning material based on the manufacture and uses of sodium carbonate ...
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Manufacturing sodium carbonate
A worksheet with an account of the Solvay process and questions on the process and raw materials. This resource is part of the ‘Sodium carbonate – a versatile material’ resources collection, which presents learning material based on the manufacture and uses of sodium carbonate made by the Solvay (ammonia-soda) process. ...
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Exothermic redox reaction of zinc with iodine
Using an exothermic redox reaction between zinc and iodine, student will make zinc iodide. This can be reversed using electrolysis to decompose the compound.
