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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Transition metal catalysts
2021-06-07T06:51:00Z
How catalysis will be safer and more sustainable in the future
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How ice cream is made
2021-05-24T11:56:00Z
For a simple combination of milk, cream, sugar and flavourings, there is a lot of science involved in ice cream manufacture

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Controlled variable investigations: wrong report worksheet | 11–14
2021-06-08T10:38:00Z
Use this ‘wrong report’ activity to tackle common misconceptions and elicit discussion about surrounding controlled variables
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Transition metal games | 16–18 years
Three engaging classroom games to familiarise learners with keywords for the transition metals topic, based on Jeopardy!, Articulate! and Taboo
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Analysing ice cream
2021-05-24T11:56:00Z
A data analysis exercise for 11–14-year-old learners based on an experiment to measure how the amount of milk fat affects the viscosity of ice cream. Learners will draw graphs, describe trends in the data and identify variables