Anecdotes for Chemistry Teachers: Thomsons - Discoverers of the electron

The discovery of the electron and the diffraction of an electron beam.

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Anecdotes: Aluminium
The story of the discovery of the Hall-Heroult process for purifying aluminium.
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On This Day - Dec 18 : J J Thomson was born
He was named Cavendish Professor at just 28 years of age, and won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1906 for discovering the electron, and his work on electrical conductivity in gases.
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Fire’s state of matter
2022-04-21T06:25:00Z
The burning question – is fire a solid, liquid, gas or plasma?

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Phytomining | 14–16 years
Explore cutting edge industrial solutions to traditional mining with these differentiated resources which include an interactive cloze, sequencing activity and a storyboard template.
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Analytical chemistry in Ireland
Worksheets, project-based learning tasks and contextualisation stories to develop a core understanding of analytical chemistry
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Scrutinising shampoo bottles | 11–14 years
Delve into the world of cosmetics labelling with this activity which takes a close look at the ingredients printed on the back of your shampoo bottles. What are they for and should we be concerned about any of them?