All Redox chemistry articles
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Exhibition chemistryBrew up interest in redox with this quick reduction
Use this fresh, fast approach to demonstrate the colourful oxidation states of vanadium
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Exhibition chemistry
Demonstrating the chameleon redox reaction with a lollipop
Give your students a sweet treat with this colourful manganate(VII) reaction demo
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Resource
Displacement reaction snap | 11–14 years
Consolidate learning about simple displacement reactions with this game, followed by a formative assessment activity for the whole class
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Feature
How chemistry keeps trains on track
Read about the science that’s been keeping trains chugging along for centuries
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The chemistry of iron | 16–18 years
Practice questions give context to transition metal chemistry and equilibria using the examples of haemoglobin and iron
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What are you swimming in?
Swimming pool disinfection is essential for public health but carries some risks of its own
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Support students to make sense of models
How your subject knowledge and teaching knowledge combine to transform students’ understanding
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Teach electrochemical cells using number grids
Make explaining electrochemical cells and calculating potentials simple with number grids
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Exhibition chemistry
Shocking revelations 2: neutralisation reactions
Use this experiment to demonstrate the different behaviours of weak and strong acids
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Cooking up sustainable batteries
Find out how microwaves can improve the environmental credentials of electrochemical cells
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Exhibition chemistry
Shocking revelations: a conductometric titration
Strengthen students’ mental models of particles reacting in solution
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Acid–alkali conductometric titration worksheet | 14–16 years
Develop your learners’ understanding of ions and the changes in ionic concentrations in an acid-alkali neutralisation
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Exhibition chemistry
The movement of ions: bringing electrolysis to life
Demonstrate the movement of positive and negative ions with a simpler, safer version of this classic demo
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Iron: a fiery future | 14–16 years
In this activity students are required to apply their understanding of redox to identify which metal is oxidised and which is reduced in a series of displacement reactions
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Iron: fuel of the future?
Investigating whether iron powder could fill the energy gaps left by batteries and renewable energy
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How microbes convert waste plastic bottles into vanillin
Show students how chemistry is upcycling plastic monomers into higher value alternative products
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Exhibition chemistry
The gallium beating heart
Explore redox chemistry with this safer alternative to the mercury beating heart demo
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Exhibition chemistry
Pyrophoric silanes
Use the impressive reaction of pyrophoric silanes in air to explore a range of chemistry topics with your students
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Ideas
5 ways to explain titration
From modelling to scaffolding, these tips will help students master this tricky topic
