All Structure and bonding articles – Page 3
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ResourceLiquefying paint – retrieval practice and quick-fire questions
Encourage your 16–18 students to make connections between topics with this scaffolded approach
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How chemists are stopping paint drip
Analytical chemistry is playing an important role in discovering why some 20th century paintings have started to liquefy
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How to use a visualiser for successful lessons
From zooming in on chemical phenomena to explaining marking schemes, try these teacher-tested approaches
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How to use multiple choice questions
Learn how to design effective MCQs – and use them successfully
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How to sequence and segment your teaching of ionic equations
Use this ionic compounds worksheet to sequence and segment your teaching effectively
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An eye for wearable tech
The smart contact lens equipped with a rechargeable supercapacitor that won’t interfer with vision
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How much water makes ice?
Show your students how scientists have created the tiniest ice crystal ever made
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Be forceful with chemical bonding
Help your students understand chemical bonding with force-based models
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Enhance explanations of intermolecular forces
How small prompts can result in big leaps in student understanding
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Essential chemistry of pharmaceuticals
Explore the role of chemistry in drug discovery with this worksheet
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Poly(ionic liquid)s act like taste buds for simple sugars
New system could find use in food monitoring or disease detection
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Why you need A-level chemistry to study dentistry
Understanding enamel, fillings and anaesthetics requires chemistry knowledge
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Carbon nanotubes grown using kitchen chemicals
Cheap compounds found in kitchen cupboards can act as catalysts for making carbon nanotubes
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Self-defence classes for our immune system
Andy Extance finds out how vaccines help people fight off germs without getting ill
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Reef-safe sunscreens
Nina Notman investigates the science behind UV-absorbing sunscreens and ‘reef-friendly’ formulations
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Transition metal chemistry starters (16–18)
Help your students become proficient in answering questions on the transition metals with these Starter for ten questions including redox titrations, colourimetry, and catalysis.
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Periodicity starters (16–18)
Reinforce ideas about period 3 oxides, their reactions and their structure and bonding with these Starter for ten activities.
