In Search of Solutions: A birthday cake candle timer

In Search of Solutions: Burning candles lose mass, use this knowledge to make a timer. Linking to topics on combustion and friction.

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Popping corn – or nuclear decay?
2022-06-15T09:00:00Z
Try this idea when teaching unstable atoms and radioactivity
Exhibition chemistry
Demonstrating the heating curve of tert-butanol
2022-06-13T08:45:00Z
Use this to effectively show your students two changes of state in one experiment
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What state of matter is fire?
2022-04-21T06:25:00Z
The burning question – is fire a solid, liquid, gas or plasma?

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Practice questions give context to transition metal chemistry and equilibria using the examples of haemoglobin and iron
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Develop your learners reading comprehension and writing skills while revisiting topics from organic and atmospheric chemistry
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Explore cutting edge industrial solutions to traditional mining with these differentiated resources which include an interactive cloze, sequencing activity and a storyboard template.