Sandrine Bouchelkia
Sandrine is a senior science technician at St Paul's Way Trust School in London.
She shares her interest in microscale chemistry by delivering workshops to science technicians. Sandrine is passionate about 'everyday science', a subject that she regularly writes about in her school's newsletter.
Practical videoEnthalpy change of combustion of ethanol | practical videos | 14–16 years
Video and resources investigating the heat energy change of combustion of ethanol
Practical videoSimple distillation | practical videos | 14–16 years
Video and resources showing how to separate water from a coloured solution
Practical videoPaper chromatography | practical videos | 14–16 years
Video and resources showing how to separate colours in inks using paper chromatography
Practical videoRates of reaction | practical videos | 14–16 years
Video and resources showing how the concentration of sodium thiosulfate solution affects its rate of reaction with hydrochloric acid
Class experimentAcid–base back titration | 16–18 years
Write balanced equations and calculate reacting masses and moles to find the limiting reagent
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Class experiment‘Gold’ coins on a microscale | 14–16 years
Practical experiment where learners produce ‘gold’ coins by electroplating a copper coin with zinc, includes follow-up worksheet
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Advice for technicians (and teachers) on safely opening up the prep room and on ensuring a successful start to practical work
Practical videoElectrochemical cells | practical videos | 16–18 students
Video and supporting resources to support electrochemistry practical work, including two microscale experiments, animation and cell diagrams
Practical videoPreparation of an organic liquid | practical videos | 16–18 students
Video and supporting resources to support practical work based on synthesis of an organic liquid, the experiment includes the stages of preparation, separation and purification
Practical videoQualitative tests for organic functional groups | practical videos | 16–18 students
Video and supporting resources to support a practical investigation to identify organic functional groups using a range of qualitative tests
Practical videoRates of reaction | practical videos | 16–18 students
Video and supporting resources, includes an initial rate (iodine clock reaction) and continuous monitoring method (volume of gas)
Practical videoReactivity of metals | practical videos | 14–16 years
Video with supporting resources featuring three experiments investigating the relative reactivity of metals, including metal displacement reactions in microscale
Practical videoConservation of mass | practical videos | 14–16 years
Video and supporting resources for two practical experiments exploring conservation of mass.
Practical videoDisplacement reactions – practical videos | 14–16 students
Video and resources investigating the displacement reactions between the halogens chlorine, bromine and iodine and their respective halides in microscale
Practical videoElectrolysis – practical videos | 14–16 students
Video and supporting resources investigating electrolysis of aqueous solutions
Practical videoPreparing a salt – practical videos | 14–16 students
Video and resources showing how to prepare a salt using neutralisation, filtration, evaporation and crystallisation techniques.
Practical videoIdentifying ions – practical videos | 14–16 students
Video resource showing how to identify ions in various solutions. Flame tests, sodium hydroxide test (microscale) and tests for negative ions: carbonate, sulfate and halide ions
Class experimentChromatography of sweets | 11–14 years
Try this class practical to carry out chromatography using dye from different coloured M&M’s®. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
DemonstrationThe ‘breathalyser’ reaction | 16–18 years
Try this demonstration to recreate an early ‘breathalyser’ test, passing ethanol vapour through potassium dichromate. Includes kit list and safety instructions