All Resource articles – Page 23
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ResourceHow to read a journal article
Reading this guide will help you read and understand journal articles. It explains how they are structured, where to find specific information, what peer review is and how you can critically assess the content. This guide is part of a collection of resources that we have produced for students using ...
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ResourceUpdated Periodic Table (printable)
Our Periodic Table to download and print, now including the four new elements.
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ResourceChip pan fire demonstration
A video and teacher notes demonstrating the dangers of adding water to a fat fire. Video: Chip pan fire demonstration
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ResourceIodine clock demonstration video
A video and teacher notes providing an introduction to reaction rates and kinetics, in which a colourless solution changes to dark blue. Video: Iodine Clock demonstration
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ResourceHow to write a journal article
Find out how to write your article and present your research clearly using the Royal Society of Chemistry guidelines from our author and reviewer resource centre. This guidance is suitable for first-time and experienced authors and looks at writing style and how to structure an article.
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ResourceChemistry and Sport - Shooting
Discover the chemistry and enthalpy of the exothermic reactions that power sport shooting events.
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ResourceThe chemistry of sports drinks
Learn about the chemistry and science behind sports drinks and the effects on the body. Find out how chemists have contributed to the improvement of athletic performance through discussion and worksheet exercises.
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ResourceThe chemistry of sports and energy drinks
Many people think that energy drinks and sports drinks are the same thing but in fact they work in very different ways. This resource looks at how caffeine affects the body and chemistry behind respiration.
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ResourceOlympic materials Primary
This resource allows primary school students to explore the difference between a natural material and a synthetic material. The Materials used in different sports for the Olympic Games is then explored.
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ResourceChemistry now: chemistry and sport
This deals with the chemistry of aerobic and anaerobic respiration in the context of athletics and looks at a number of ways in which athletes can manipulate (legally!) the chemistry of this process to their advantage by monitoring the concentration of lactic acid in their blood.
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ResourceOlympic Materials
These resources allow students to explore how changes in materials technology can bring about changes to sporting equipment.
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ResourceOlympic composites (secondary level)
A composite is a mix of two or more materials which often have very different properties. Find out about composites used in sport equipment material.
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ResourceChemistry at the races book
This book looks into detecting drugs in race horses using various different analytical techniques and drug metabolism.
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ResourceThe role of technology in sporting performance
Learn about how science engineering technology has developed sport and increase performance for athletes in ‘technology-driven’ sports such as track cycling, rowing and sailing.
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ResourceOlympic composites (primary level)
Find out what composites are made up of and why they are so important sporting equipment for the Olympics.
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ResourceWater sports and solutions
Life is in aqueous solution - and so is much of sport. Find out why the properties of water are vital to the sports men and women who compete in, on, and around water.
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ResourceChemistry and Sport - diving
Gravity - the enemy of the high-jumper, and the diver’s friend. Find out how the sport of diving relies on gravity, and why a diver seems lighter in water than on land.
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ResourceThe Wonders of the Olympic Torch
Learn about the history and design of the Olympic torch and the journey it takes to the Olympics opening ceremony.
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ResourceOlympic Medals
Discover the chemistry and history behind the Gold, Silver and Bronze Olympic medals.