Anecdotes for Chemistry Teachers: Making Aircraft from Seaweed

Creating a balsa wood substitute from calcium alginate for World War 2 aircraft production.

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Anecdotes: Aluminium

The story of the discovery of the Hall-Heroult process for purifying aluminium.
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Contextualising core practicals

2025-06-02T04:57:00Z By Ian McDaid

How to use students’ everyday experiences to aid understanding in experiments
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What makes soft drinks fizzy?

2025-05-23T05:53:00Z By Kit Chapman

Learn the science behind your soda’s sparkle and how to avoid too many bubbles

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Decision tree: acid, base or buffer? | 16–18 years

By Catherine Smith

Help learners understand which equation they need to answer questions about acids, bases and buffers by scaffolding their thinking
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The structure of benzene | 16–18 years

Use this worksheet with classroom slides and card sort activity to explore the structure of benzene with your learners
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Particle model | Key terms support | 11–14

By Laura Conkerton and Rachel Burton

Language support pack for particle model, with key terms list, accessible glossary, Frayer models and unscrambling definitions