Anecdotes for Chemistry Teachers: The murder of Rasputin

The story of the attempted murder of Rasputin and why it didn’t work.

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‘Life would be unrecognisable without plastic’ | 11–16 years
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Get your 11–14 students applying their rates of reactions knowledge to new contexts