Anecdotes for Chemistry Teachers: In the Limelight

The background and chemistry of burning calcium with hydrogen and oxygen to make ‘limelight’.

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Anecdotes: Aluminium
The story of the discovery of the Hall-Heroult process for purifying aluminium.
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On This Day - Jan 27 : In 1880, Thomas Edison was granted a patent for the electric lamp
The first electric carbon arc lamp was invented by Sir Humphrey Davy of England in 1801. However it wasn’t until 1880 that the discovery of the longer lasting electric lamp really changed the way we live.
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Tackle poverty in chemistry lessons
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Link the science you teach in your classroom to poverty and inequality targeted by the UN’s SDGs

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Women in chemistry | 14–16 years
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Show your learners the difference that science can make and provide them with role models who are leading chemists in their fields.
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Justice and injustice in chemistry: aspirin and other drugs | 16–18 years
Critical thinking and research task, reflecting on the science and societal views surrounding drugs and their development
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Iron: a fiery future
In this activity students are required to apply their understanding of redox to identify which metal is oxidised and which is reduced in a series of displacement reactions