Create fabric dye by synthesising an azo dye and using it to change the colour of a piece of cotton
He synthesised the first artificial dyestuff, called mauve or aniline purple, while trying to synthesize quinine from a coal tar chemical. Perkin commercialised his discovery, developing production methods and uses for the new dye.
Link the science you teach in your classroom to poverty and inequality targeted by the UN’s SDGs
Introduce the study of molecules containing carbon atoms to your students with these many different contexts
Show your learners the difference that science can make and provide them with role models who are leading chemists in their fields.
Critical thinking and research task, reflecting on the science and societal views surrounding drugs and their development
In this activity students are required to apply their understanding of redox to identify which metal is oxidised and which is reduced in a series of displacement reactions
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