The Inspirational chemistry chapter ‘Large molecules’. This chapter suggests games, activities, practicals and demonstrations for teaching various topics, such as polmers, emulsifiers and textile conservation.
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Polymers in everyday things
Tutorial | PDF, Size 0.27 mbMonomer- polymer card game
Handout | PDF, Size 1.71 mbChanging the properties of polymers and plastics
Handout | PDF, Size 0.1 mbPolythene bags
Handout | PDF, Size 66.91 kbMaking a plastic from potato starch
Experiment | PDF, Size 0.11 mbInvestigating cross-linking - making slime
Experiment | PDF, Size 79.26 kbCross-linking polymers - alginate worms
Experiment | PDF, Size 0.1 mbPolylactic acid
Experiment | PDF, Size 0.47 mbEmulsifiers
Experiment | PDF, Size 0.1 mbTextile conservation
Handout | PDF, Size 0.88 mbEpoxy glues and the ATLAS project: the biggest experiment ever?
Handout | PDF, Size 0.17 mb
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Additional information
These PDFs have been taken from the popular book, Inspirational chemistry, written by Vicky Wong.
This book and supplementary information contains experiments and resources which support the teaching of chemistry in schools. These range from new approaches to basic science (such as rates and rhubarb) to modern developments such as combinatorial chemistry and nanochemistry.
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