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Elements Top Trumps

Have fun with the elements and their properties: each of these 30 game cards represents one element, with data on its melting point, density, price, discovery date and atom size

Get two for the price of one with this double-sided periodic table poster. Choose from a bold, colour-coded version, emphasising readability and clarity, and a visual version with fascinating element artwork. Or alternate them to display both!

Molymods

Treat your classroom to these popular modelling sets and demonstrate a myriad of molecular make ups – or challenge your students to create their own molecules

Classic chemistry experiments

What could be more stimulating than an experiment with eye-catching results? And what could be better than memorable illustrations that also clarify theory? Get your students’ attention with this collection of 100 practicals developed with teachers throughout the UK

Classic chemistry demonstrations

Introduce your classes to these time-tested demonstrations. Some are well known, others are underappreciated, but all are spectacular, stimulating and motivating

Chemistry for non-specialists

Inspire and engage your students with 80 experiments designed with the non-specialist Chemistry teacher in mind

Cutting edge chemistry

Reveal some of the most extraordinary developments in chemistry of the 20th century, and take a look into the future at some that are still likely to happen

In search of more solutions

Aimed at students following post-16 Chemistry courses, encourage your classes to design their own experiments – like chemical ‘egg race’ competitions

Microscale chemistry

Experiment with practicals that use only small quantities of chemicals and simple apparatus, to reduce costs, time and disposal issues

Kitchen chemistry

Provide exciting context for some familiar chemistry with class practicals, demonstrations, reading comprehension and paper-based exercises

Chemical misconceptions (volume 1: theoretical background)

Tackle the issue of misconceptions in chemistry, including key alternative conceptions and teaching approaches that may prevent your students acquiring misconceptions in the first place

Chemical misconceptions (volume 2: classroom resources)

Take the next step in tackling misconceptions in chemistry with strategies for dealing with misconceptions and ready-to-use classroom resources

Chemistry for the gifted and talented

Challenge your more able students with a wide range of differentiated activities for use in school and college

Conservation chemistry

Discover the wide variety of chemical techniques used to rescue and preserve priceless historical artifacts – as well as some of the ethical considerations involved in doing so

That's chemistry!

Simplify primary science teaching with this concise manual of ideas, activities and investigations about materials and their properties

The nature of science

Open your students’ eyes to the concept of science as a changing body of knowledge with this range of activities exploring known uncertainties – and give them a glimpse into all that we still have to discover

Enhancing undergraduate chemistry laboratories

Get 20 examples of pre- and post-laboratory activities, and guidance for constructing similar exercises, to maximise the benefit of practical work for higher education students

Inspirational chemistry

Explore experiments and resources that range from new approaches to basic science to modern developments like combinatorial chemistry and nanochemistry

Paracetamol

Get your post-16 students interacting with a series of written and practical classroom activities, and receive a guide for yourself

The chemistry of art

Introduce your post-16 students to the chemistry behind creating, cleaning, conserving and restoring some of the world’s greatest artworks – with prints from the National Gallery, London, along with information on their scientific background and a range of related activities and experiments