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Practical resources
Resources and inspiration for practical work and demonstrations. See our standard health and safety guidance.
Practical videos
Practical videos | 14–16 years
Videos of core practical experiments for flipped learning, remote teaching or revision
Practical videos | 16–18 years
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
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
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
Evaporation, entropy and the Marangoni effect
Demonstrate thermodynamics to your 16–18 learners with this simple experiment
Make water ‘disappear’ with a superabsorbent polymer
Use just sodium polyacrylate, water and table salt to amaze learners and show how chemists modify materials for their purposes
Diffusion of colour in water | Johnstone’s triangle worksheets | 11–14 years
Use this worksheet to develop learners’ understanding of diffusion as they observe coloured dyes diffusing in water
Investigating the sugar content and pH of fizzy drinks | 11–14 years
Compare fizzy drinks’ ingredients, acidities and health implications
Salt (for cooking) activities | 11–14 years
Uncover the properties and health implications of salt in our diets
Custard experiment | 11–14 years
Introduce your learners to Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids as well as the explosive nature of powders
Investigating cold reactions | 11–14 years
Explore what is meant by ‘cold’ and the applications of endothermic reactions
Extracting DNA experiment | 11–14 years
Remove and compare genetic material in different plant cells
Emulsifiers in cleaning | 11–14 years
Investigate and explain what emulsions are and their applications in cleaning
Engaging hands-on group activities, adaptable for all ages and fully resourced
Measuring vitamin C in food
The art of crystallisation
Water and hydrogels
Chemistry in sport
Mission starlight
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A practical investigation of cis-trans isomerism in transition metal complexes
Investigate isomerism in transition metal complexes with this experiment, including pre- and post-lab questions
Chromatography challenge | 16–18 years
Explore analytical techniques and their applications with a chromatography investigation and research activity
Paracetamol book | Using thin-layer chromatography to investigate the reactions
In this activity you investigate the purity and identity of your laboratory prepared samples of nitrophenol or paracetamol using thin-layer chromatography
Paracetamol book | The reduction of a nitro group to an amine
Nitro group reduction into an amine is covered in this practical class experiment.
Paracetamol book | The quantitative analysis of various formulations of paracetamol
An experiment to show learners to analyse several different formulations of paracetamol and create and quantitative judgment of them.
Paracetamol book | The preparation of paracetamol
The first of three steps, in practical experiments, that show learners how to prepare paracetamol
Changing the properties of polymers and plastics
Learners consider how changes to polymers, for example adding plasticisers or cross-linking, affects the properties of the objects made from the polymers.
Polylactic acid
Explore an example of condensation polymerisation with this practical activity where lactic acid is reacted to make short strands of polylactic acid.
