Anecdotes for Chemistry Teachers: The Discovery of Nylon

The background to the discovery, naming and production of Nylon.

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Anecdotes: Aluminium

The story of the discovery of the Hall-Heroult process for purifying aluminium.
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How to build an equilibrium simulation

2025-07-30T06:00:00Z By Harry Martin

Deepen your post-16 learners’ understanding of reversible chemical reactions while improving their IT skills
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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