All Structure and bonding articles – Page 4
-
ResourceTeacher subject knowledge self assessment: Post-16
Use these diagnostic tests to self-assess your chemistry subject knowledge, and identify strengths and areas for development. These two quizzes test at the post-16 level. Complete the first to get feedback broken down by topic. Use the second quiz to check progress, once you’ve refreshed your knowledge in key topics.
-
Resource
Science concept cartoons: electrons and chemical reactions
Spark discussion and stimulate thinking about electrons and chemical reactions in a way that encourages pupils to share their ideas.
-
-
Resource
How hot are chilli peppers?
This resource explores the chemistry of capsaicinoids and the properties they give to chillies.
-
Resource
Why do pans stick?
This resource looks at Teflon and its properties. What is Teflon and why does it stop food sticking to the pan?
-
Resource
The structure of ice and water
A worksheet exploring the structural differences between the solid and liquid versions of this most ubiquitous compound.
-
-
Resource
Anecdotes: The Discovery of Buckminsterfullerene
The discovery of buckminsterfullerene, the third allotrope of carbon.
-
Resource
Presenting data: Non-linear graphs
Try these activities to identify your students’ mathematical misconceptions when presenting chemistry data. Use them in your teaching to help students interpret their practical observations using non-linear graphs.
-
News
The longest carbon-carbon bond in chemistry
Use this cutting-edge research as a starter in your class
-
Resource
3D crystal structures
These resources cover a range of topics that require the use of 3D structures of molecules and complexes. They can be viewed using the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre’s WebCSD Free Teaching Subset, which is free to access online without a CSD licence.
-
Resource
Extracting limonene from oranges
This experiment demonstrates the extraction of plant oils. The experiment also links for tests for unsaturation, and at a higher level, chirality.
-
Resource
Cross-linking polymers – alginate worms
Sodium alginate is a polymer which can be extracted from brown seaweed and kelps. It is one of the structural polymers that help to build the cell walls of these plants. It has some unusual properties and a wide variety of uses.
-
-
-
Resource
Molecular model misconceptions
Let us take a closer look at the suitability of using molecular models to teach the determination of chemical formulae.
-
Analysis
Do you really know what glass is?
The glass debate resurfaces and it’s never crystal clear. Why do we care about its label anyway?
-
Resource
Outreach: Make a molecule
To help children learn more about the types of molecules found in fruits and sweets, as well as how molecules are formed.
-
Resource
Chemistry in your cupboard: Gaviscon
Link the post-16 topics of acid and base neutralisation, weak acids, bonding and carboxylic acids to the topic of antacids. Learn about a range of real life contexts for these chemical ideas through written material, and questions to encourage learning and test understanding.
-
Resource
Chemistry in your cupboard: Dettol
Link the post-16 topics of phenols, bonding and acids and bases to the topic of antiseptics.
