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Equilibria starters 2 (16–18)

Quiz your students on the equilibrium constant and how to use it with these Starter for ten questions. 

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Kinetics starters 2 (16–18)

Test your students’ grasp of advanced kinetic principles such as the rate determining step, the rate equation and the Arrhenius equation using these Starter for ten questions. 

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Experimental skills starters (16–18)

Get your students answering questions about experimental skills including titrations, equipment and treatment of errors with these Starters for ten.

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Analysis starters (16–18)

Practice using analysis skills with these mass spectrometry and infra-red spectroscopy Starter for ten questions. 

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Redox starters (16–18)

Engage your students in redox chemistry using these Starter for ten questions covering topics like oxidation and reduction, extraction of metals and displacement reactions of the halogens.

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Equilibria starters 1 (16–18)

Quantify your students’ knowledge of equilibria with these Starter for ten activities covering dynamic equilibria, Le Châtelier’s principle and equilibria and industry. 

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Kinetics starters 1 (16–18)

Use this Starter for ten to help embed kinetics theories including collision theory and the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution. 

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Thermodynamics starters 1 (16–18)

Try these Starters for ten to reinforce your students knowledge of calorimetry, Hess’s law and bond enthalpies. 

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Organic chemistry starters (16–18)

Starter for ten questions covering some of the main aspects of organic chemistry at GCSE and A level, including functional groups, nomenclature, isomerism and mechanisms

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Trends in the periodic table starters (16–18)

A great Starter for ten activity to engage your students with trends in the periodic table by focusing on group 2, group 3 and group 7. 

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Bonding starters (16–18)

Starter for ten quizzes that focus on bonding topics like the nature of chemical bonds, covalent bonding and properties and bonding.

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Atomic structure starters (16–18)

Test your students’ understanding of atomic structure using these Starter for ten activities that cover the delevlopment of theories about atomic structure, isoelectronic species, electrons and orbitals and trends in ionisation energies topics. 

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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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Basic practical competencies starters | 16–18

These Starters for ten cover basic practical skills such as laboratory equipment, recording results and drawing scatter graphs.

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Basic mathematical competencies starters | 16–18

Use these Starters for ten to gauge your student’s grasp of basic mathematical competencies including rearranging equations, significant figures and unit conversions.

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Basic chemistry competencies starters | 16–18

Test your students’ abilities to balance equations, construct ionic formulae and write equations from text using our basic chemistry competencies Starters for ten questions. 

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Chromatography: Techniques

Learn about two fundamental techniques underpinned by chromatography: high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS)

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Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy: Hydrogen

Numclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is particularly useful in the identification of the positions of hydrogen atoms (¹H) in molecules. This is an invaluable technique in the identification of organic compounds and commonly used in analytical laboratories

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International Year of the Periodic Table activities

In celebration of the International Year of the Periodic Table, explore the chemical elements using innovative and interactive resources 

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IYPT activities: periodic table bingo

An exciting take on an important topic – periodic table bingo is a fun and engaging way to learn about the elements, their symbols and their uses. It can be differentiated to varying abilities and adapted to different levels or specifications