All Resource articles – Page 29
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ResourceEnglish chemistry curriculum map
Use this map to get an overview of the English chemistry curriculum, from primary to undergraduate level.
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ResourceChemical misconceptions II: Chemical comparisons
Compare, contract, and discuss the similarities and differences between chemical systems.
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ResourceScotland curriculum for excellence guide: early to second level science
A linking document for primary science teachers in Scotland, which maps Royal Society of Chemistry resources to experiences and outcomes from the Curriculum for Excellence.
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ResourceOn This Day – Jul 23 : Vladimir Prelog was born
He was the first person to synthesize the unusually symmetrical hydrocarbon adamantane, whose derivatives are routinely used for medical applications. He shared the 1975 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for “his research into stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions”.
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ResourceChemical misconceptions I: Concepts in chemistry
A person can be said to have acquired a concept once they are able to identify examples, and distinguish them from non-examples, this resource aims to support learners do so.
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ResourceChemical misconceptions II: Elements, compounds and mixtures
Explore and understand pure substances and mixtures; elements and compounds, through active study.
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ResourceChemical misconceptions II: Scaffolding explanations
The materials comprise of two sets of questions requiring explanations - which may be used as a pre-test and post-test a worksheet.
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ResourceChemical misconceptions II: Acid strength
Learn more about acid solutions, and distinguishing between concentration and strength.
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ResourceChemical misconceptions II: Ionisation energy
Use this activity as a revision of the topic, or a reinforcement of learner’s knowledge base, upholding what they know about ionisation energy.
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ResourceChemical misconceptions II: Iron - a metal
Judge the veracity of twenty statements about one of the most familiar examples of a metal, iron, and understand more about its structure.
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ResourceChemical misconceptions II: Precipitation
Discover more about ionic bonding, and how dissolving into solutions can effect bonds.
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ResourceChemical misconceptions II: Definitions in chemistry
This exercise gives students an opportunity to discuss and give a critique of a selection of definitions (from various sources) of the most basic chemical terms
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ResourceChemical misconceptions II: Revising the periodic table
A comprehensive exercise to support learners as they explore the Periodic Table, and build their knowledge base.
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ResourceChemical misconceptions II: Mass and dissolving
This exercise is primarily aimed at the 11–14 age range, to discover more about dissolving solids in liquids.
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ResourceChemical misconceptions II: Revising acids
Use concept mapping as a technique to give learners the best opportunity to study acids and alkalis. Providing a comprehensive self study guide to the topic.
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ResourceChemical misconceptions II: Interactions
Support students to explore more forms of interactions between bonds, identify, and explain them.
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ResourceChemical misconceptions II: An analogy for the atom
Discover more around the solar system analogy for the structure of an atom. Looking closer at their similarities and differences.
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ResourceChemical misconceptions II: Spot the bonding
This activity asks learners to explore their knowledge of different bonding types, through diagrams of 18 bonds.
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ResourceChemical misconceptions II: Ionic bonding
Check the understanding of ionic bonding in your class, and use this activity to develop learner’s knowledge base.