All Resource articles – Page 5

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Feed the world: artificial nitrogen fertilisers

Should we be using artifical fetalisers? That’s th question that students can research and debate in this resource.

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Nanomaterials and the nanoscale: structure strip | 14–16 years

Develop your learners’ literacy skills with this scaffolded writing support on nanomaterials

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Using the problems

An introduction as to how to use the problems included in our creative problem-solving collection.

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Patient prognosis | Problem based practical activities

Dilution, colorimetry and observation skills come together to get students to adapt their chemical knowledge to support medicine.

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Compound confusion | Problem based practical activities

Explore the use of analytical methods and empirical formula to identify unlabelled chemicals. 

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Cool drinking | Problem based practical activities

 Support students to discover the correct chemical compound to achieve a desired effect on a product, in this case a drinks container.

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Iodination inquiry | Problem based practical activities

 Gather data and determine the rate equations for certain reactions with this class practical. 

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Acid erosion | Problem based practical activities

Remember to brush up on acid erosion with this experiment into the effects of different acid concentrates on tooth enamel

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Coursework conundrum | Problem based practical activities

Explore the oxidation of alcohols and carboxylic acids, to help a student in this experiment scenario

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Alcohol detective | Problem based practical activities

Students use distillation to purify two samples of fake vodka seized by the local police, and impart an important lesson on chemistry and alcohol.

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A little gas | Problem based practical activities

Students will review the use of computer simulations in sixth form chemistry, writing for science magazine ’The Mole’

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Cleaning solutions | Problem based practical activities

Compare household chemicals and make a recommendation for the best bleach to an advertising agency.

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Carbonate rocks | Problem based practical activities

Using mass change experiments and visual inspection, students must identify four unknown metal carbonates.

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Students’ difficulties with stoichiometry | Beyond appearances

Go beyond apperances and clarify the difficulties that students have around “the mole concept”.

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Students’ thinking about acids, bases and neutralisation | Beyond appearances

Move beyond appearances and support learners to identify the key misconceptions around acids and bases among secondary aged students.

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Students’ ideas about chemical bonding | Beyond appearances

Move beyond appearances to develop students ideas around chemical bonding

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Students’ ideas about thermodynamics | Beyond appearances

Go beyond appearances and help learner to understand the thermodynamic reaction from chemical bonds.

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Discussion | Beyond appearances

Engage in the discussion around going beyond appearances and think about your own approach to the chemical world.

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Students’ ideas about open system chemical events | Beyond appearances

Go beyond appearances to explore open system chemical events, and the key difficulties students have with them.

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Students’ ideas about chemical equilibria | Beyond appearances

Go beyond appearances to help support students ideas around chemical equilibria