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Earth's Crust

The aim of this ‘starter’ activity is to introduce students to the common elements found in the Earth.
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Minerals & elements in the Earth's Crust

Use questions about the composition of minerals and ores to reinforce work on elements, compounds, symbols and formulae.
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Halogens

The halogens, group 7, are an important group of elements both chemically and socially. They are unusual in that they are coloured and diatomic. They also have an order of reactivity that is the opposite of the metals in groups 1 and 2. In fact they are all very reactive, ...
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Infrared Spectrometer

Watch an illuminating six-minute video explaining how infrared spectroscopy works.
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Schools’ Analyst past papers 2012

Investigate the amount of active ingredient in aspirin tablets, paracetamol tablets and cold and flu remedies.
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Limestone Chemistry

This activity is most appropriate for students aged 14-16 to illustrate chemical reactions and useful materials made from rocks.
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Limestone Inquiry

This activity is most appropriate for students aged 14-16 to illustrate useful materials made from rocks in the context of problems associated with extraction of raw materials.
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Business Skills for Chemists

In association with The National HE STEM Programme

Develop key business and entrepreneurial skills using these course materials and self-study resources for undergraduate chemistry students.
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Gridlocks: 101 printable chemistry puzzles

Explore these sudoku-style chemistry puzzles with printable worksheets and answers, and discover how they can be used to engage your students with key topics.
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28 chemistry puzzles for 14-16 years

Use these sudoku-inspired puzzles with printable worksheets and answers to help 14–16 year olds consolidate their understanding of key chemical concepts.
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45 chemistry puzzles for 16-18 years

Try these chemistry puzzles based on sudoku to help 16–18 year old students consolidate their knowledge about key topics, with printable worksheets and answers.
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28 chemistry puzzles for 11-14 years

Try these sudoku-style chemistry puzzles for 11–14 year olds to reinforce your students’ understanding of key ideas, featuring printable worksheets and answers.
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Schools’ Analyst past papers 2011

Use these past papers for background information on refractometry, HPLC, Beer-Lambert law and atomic emission spectroscopy or even try the experiments yourself.
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Schools’ Analyst past papers 2010

Develop analytical skills with contextualised problems commonly faced by analytical chemists.
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Using tests | Principles of assessment for learning

Hints and guidance on how to use tests in the classroom as a formative exercise to actively involve your students in their learning.
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Self and peer assessment | Principles of assessment for learning

Find out how you can use self and peer assessment to actively involve students in their learning, including teaching tips and examples to use in your classroom.
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Sharing objectives | Principles of assessment for learning

Discover how sharing objectives and criteria can help you actively involve your students in their learning, including tips and ideas to try in your lessons.
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Questioning | Principles of assessment for learning

Find out how to make more effective use of questioning to actively involve your students in their learning, with hints and techniques to use in the classroom.
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Using feedback | Principles of assessment for learning

Learn how to use feedback more effectively to actively involve your students in their learning, with tips and ideas to use in the classroom.
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Working in groups | Principles of assessment for learning

Tips and strategies to make group work an effective part of lessons as well as a way of actively involving students in their learning.