Practical resources

Resources and inspiration for practical work and demonstrations. See our standard health and safety guidance.

Practical videos

Conical flask with calcium carbonate chips on mass balance

Practical videos | 14–16 students

Videos of core practical experiments for remote learning, flipped learning or revision. 

The hand of a teacher in a lab coat gestures towards a Liebig condenser used for distillation

Practical videos | 16–18 students

Videos of key practical techniques and apparatus for revision, flipped learning or remote teaching.

Simulations

Support practical chemistry with new ways to explore experimental work

Aspirin screen experiment

Aspirin screen experiment

Get students aged 16–18 running their own organic synthesis on a computer or tablet before taking part in the real thing. This resource also features an in-depth practical guide and a set of worksheets covering the theory.

Titration screen experiment

Titration screen experiment

Give students the opportunity to conduct their own titration experiment on a computer or tablet. This resource also includes a redox titration experiment.

Spectacular demonstrations

A series of photos of glass beakers of a clear blue liquid turning to an opaque orange. Then another clear chemical is added by syringe and the liquid turns back to clear blue.

Reversible reactions with transition metal complexes

Use this copper-based, colour-changing demonstration to introduce your 14–16 learners to reversible reactions

A number of glass conical flasks attached by clamps to a metal stand. Each flask has a colourful balloon sealed around its neck that has been sucked inside the flask.

Demonstrate changes of state using volume differences

Use this demonstration to reinforce the differences between states of matter with your 11–14 learners

Engaging hands-on group activities, adaptable for all ages and fully resourced

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  • Water and hydrogels

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