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ResourceCOSHH Resource
This guidance provides laboratory chemists with the basic knowledge and practical advice needed to carry out a COSHH assessment.
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ResourceAccidents and Emergencies
This resource provides guidance on dealing with accidents and emergencies in chemistry laboratories. This resource is not comprehensive and is not intended to replace first aid training or procedures.
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ResourceDesigning an organic synthesis
View a summary of how to approach the synthesis of an organic compound, focussing on the construction of key bonds. Follow an example multistep synthesis using standard organic transformations, answering questions along the way. This page is suitable for students beginning organic chemistry. Designing an organic synthesis This page is ...
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ResourceOn This Day - Feb 27 : Aspirin was patented
Aspirin, also known as acetylsalicylic acid, was initially used as a painkiller. Aspirin is also used as a preventative medicine against strokes, blood clots and heart attacks due to its antiplatelet effect
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ResourceSustainable development and green chemistry
The Inspirational chemistry chapter ‘Sustainable development and green chemistry’. This chapter suggests games, activities, practicals and demonstrations that prompt students to think critically about how to make every day processes more environmentally friendly and sustainable.
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ResourceOn This Day - Jan 25 : Robert Boyle was born
He famously discovered that the volume of a gas is inversely proportional to its pressure (Boyle’s Law) and, together with Robert Hooke, invented the vacuum chamber. Boyle was also a founding member of the Royal Society.
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ResourceOn This Day - Jan 18 : Edward Frankland was born
Frankland introduced the theory of valence when he realised that atoms can only form a certain number of bonds to other atoms. He also co-discovered helium (He), pioneered organometallic chemistry, and was a leader in the field of water purification.
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ResourceFound in the ground
Give your pupils the knowledge and the opportunity to classify materials according to rocks, minerals and fossils.
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ResourceVirtual rock kit
A collection of common sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks. Each rock has images showing particle arrangements, the rock after weathering, hand sized specimens and the rock in use.
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ResourceMaterials cards
Spark awareness of the properties and purposes of materials, while teaching terms like ‘permeable’, ‘transparent’ and ‘magnetic’.
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ResourceOPAL - Open Air Laboratories citizen science
Taking part in OPAL, by Imperial College London you’ll discover more about climate science, the important issues we face, and what action to take.
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ResourceWhite powder mix-up at the factory
Learners create their own chemical investigative company, and solve the mystery of the white powder mix-up. Includes kit list, and safety instructions.
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ResourceWater for survival | 11-16 years
Practical problem-solving investigation including filtration, distillation and temperature. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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ResourceThe ten gram boat race
Explore surface tension in this experiment that gives learners a practical way to test out their chemical concepts. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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ResourceSecret in the sachet
What’s the secret inside the cut flower sachet? Find out with this class session. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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ResourceSeparating sand, sawdust and salt
Sand, sawdust and salt will mix in interesting ways, and learners will need to use all their chemical knowledge to separate them, ready for Mrs Johal’s next class. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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ResourceDesert survival | 9-14 years
Discover more about evaporation and condensation with this practical, that gives learners a chance to test their skills in a survival setting. Includes kit list and safety instructios.
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ResourceSomething smells: kitchen science podcasts
Introduce your students to different senses and the science in your kitchen with this short podcast.