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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Water technologist – research fellow

Dr Pap’s research is supporting the transition to a net zero, circular economy in the UK water sector
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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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Chemical misconceptions II: Spot the bonding | 16–18 years

By Keith S Taber

This activity explores learners knowledge of different bonding types through 18 diagrams
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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