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Just a can of cola?

A fully open brief to help learners conduct original experiments into their favourite soft drinks. Includes possible experiments and safety instructions.
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Kitchen currents

Collect household items, and let students make their own batteries with this experiment in practical chemistry. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Heating power of a candle

Bunsen burner Vs candles, the battle of the ages! Determine their equivalent energy output in this practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Funny felt pens

Find out how colour changing pens work in this practical into acids and alkalis in inks. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Indicator puzzle

Discover the pH of different solutions by using plant based natural dyes in this practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Fight fire! Fill up with foam | 11–14 years

How do firefighters do it? That’s the question your learners will explore in this investigation into carbon dioxide foam
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Colour creation

Blue and red make purple, but what makes blue? Discover how acids and alkalis indicate with different colours in this practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Bigger and better bubbles

Perfect for young learners, or older, this experiment shows off the science of surface tension. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Building a chemically powered boat

Put junk material to good use, and create a gas powered boat, to explore CO₂ production. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Chemical circuit breaker

Help a talented, but forgetful, professor to discover the purpose of her work, using acids and metals to produce hydrogen. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Apple browning

Enjoy a healthy snack, and learn about chemistry with this experiment into chemical preservation. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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A birthday cake candle timer

Use a candle to create a timer, and learn how combustion can be used to help in everyday life. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Chemistry: Idea to Market

This is a 10 credit module designed to lead students through the various stages of taking a new product from concept to market.
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On This Day – Aug 19 : Johan Gottlieb Gahn born

He is best known for discovering the element manganese (Mn). He also introduced improvements in copper (Cu) smelting, and helped to build up several factories, including those producing vitriol, sulfur (S) and red paint.
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School’s Analyst past papers 2013

Challenge your students to carry out back titrations with these previous Schools’ Analyst questions
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Challenging Plants: Introduction/Pedagogical Overview

In association with Reckitt Benckiser

Plants have the potential to help us to meet many of the challenges facing Earth and its inhabitants. This PowerPoint presentation introduces the uses of plants and summarises some of the underpinning chemical principles, concepts and ideas.
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Chewing Gum: Laboratory Exercise

This laboratory-based resource consists of an investigation into the composition of flavourings chemicals present in chewing gum.
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Parabens in household products

This is a laboratory-based investigation (either using GC or HPLC) of preservative chemicals commonly found in household products - parabens.
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Investigate Organic Reaction Mechanisms

Organic Reaction Mechanisms is a core component of organic chemistry at 16 to 19 level. It is covered in A-levels, Scottish Highers and International Baccalaureate but also in all undergraduate chemistry courses.
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Forensic Analysis: Laboratory Manual

Pre laboratory exercises and laboratory practicals in Forensic Analysis.