All Structure and bonding articles – Page 4
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NewsHow much water makes ice?
Show your students how scientists have created the tiniest ice crystal ever made
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NewsBe forceful with chemical bonding
Help your students understand chemical bonding with force-based models
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NewsEnhance explanations of intermolecular forces
How small prompts can result in big leaps in student understanding
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ResourceEssential chemistry of pharmaceuticals
Explore the role of chemistry in drug discovery with this worksheet
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NewsPoly(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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FeatureWhy you need A-level chemistry to study dentistry
Understanding enamel, fillings and anaesthetics requires chemistry knowledge
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NewsCarbon nanotubes grown using kitchen chemicals
Cheap compounds found in kitchen cupboards can act as catalysts for making carbon nanotubes
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FeatureSelf-defence classes for our immune system
Andy Extance finds out how vaccines help people fight off germs without getting ill
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FeatureReef-safe sunscreens
Nina Notman investigates the science behind UV-absorbing sunscreens and ‘reef-friendly’ formulations
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ResourceTransition metal chemistry 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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ResourcePeriodicity 16–18
Reinforce ideas about period 3 oxides, their reactions and their structure and bonding with these Starter for ten activities.
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ResourceAromatic chemistry 16–18
Use these Starter for ten questions to challenge your students to name aromatic compounds and recall the structure of benzene and electrophilic substitution mechanisms.
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ResourceOrganic chemistry starters 16–18
Starter for ten questions covering some of the main aspects of organic chemistry at GCSE and A level, including functional groups, nomenclature, isomerism and mechanisms
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ResourceBonding starters | 16-18
Starter for ten quizzes that focus on bonding topics like the nature of chemical bonds, covalent bonding and properties and bonding.
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NewsProbing difficulties with quantum atomic models
What you can do to make grasping atomic representations easier
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NewsChop! Chop! Creating useful chemicals from lignin
Breaking the hardy carbon-carbon bond in wood puts new fuels on the horizon