Resources and inspiration for practical work and demonstrations. Practical chemistry activities are accompanied by our standard health and safety guidance.
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Heat a known mass of two metals to produce their oxides and determine their relative atomic masses.
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Demonstrate the diffusion that takes place in liquids using colourless crystals of lead nitrate and potassium iodide at opposite sides of a petri dish of deionised water.
Create fabric dye by synthesising an azo dye and using it to change the colour of a piece of cotton
Let your students test which solids and solutions/liquids conduct electricity with a microscale conductivity meter
Predict what will happen to the volume of materials when they are added together… then observe
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Reveal how methanol and ethanol behave differently when treated with iodine and sodium hydroxide solutions.
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Create a ‘rainbow’ effect in a glass tube using universal indicator solution, hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide.
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Treat your students to a spectacular demonstration as aluminium and iodine are catalysed by water.
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Demonstrate a clear increase in mass as iron wool is heated in air on a simple ‘see-saw’ balance.
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Watch as the equilibrium between cobalt species Co(H2O)62+ and CoCl42- is disturbed – with an accompanying colour change predicted by Le Chatelier’s principle.
Support practical chemistry with new ways to explore experimental work. Use these simulations for pre-lab learning and post-lab inquiry.
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.
Give students the opportunity to conduct their own titration experiment on a computer or tablet. This resource also includes a redox titration experiment.
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