Follow this step-by-step guide to using ratio tables to deepen all of your learners' conceptual and mathematical ...

Including teacher notes and a student worksheet, this resource aims to help learners understand the trend in boiling points ...

Crude oil is a mixture of many different compounds. It mainly consists of hydrocarbons – molecules made only of carbon and hydrogen atoms. Hydrocarbons have different uses depending on their ...

Small and microscale chemistry practicals provide plenty of variety and opportunity for learners to refine their observation skills. In this activity, learners crack liquid paraffin to illustrate the ...

Carry out this practical and use the follow-up questions to explore an important fermentation reaction Add some fresh context to this classic experiment with Is fermented food and drink good for us?

Test a range of common ingredients to see which ones stabilise an oil and water emulsion in this class practical A mixture of oil and water usually separates quickly, but a range of substances act as ...

Place concentrated ammonia solution on a pad in one end of a tube and concentrated hydrochloric acid on a pad at the other and watch as the two gases diffuse far enough to meet and form a ring of ...

Tackle teaching challenges in chemistry. Get to know and share knowledge with your fellow chemistry teachers and technicians. Develop your leadership skills and strengthen your local network. If you ...

Recognise that different types of reaction have different numbers of reactants and products. Explain the observed colour ...

Explore the polymerisation of lactic acid to polylactic acid, a useful commercial plastic Lactic acid (2-hydroxypropanoic acid) can be obtained by fermenting glucose or maltose or can be extracted ...

‘It’s plastic hidden in plain sight,’ says Ella Daish, founder of the #EndPeriodPlastic campaign. ‘Bags, bottles and straws dominate the plastic discussion; we don’t really think about period products ...

In 1967, the People’s Liberation Army of China began a top-secret program to support soldiers fighting in the Vietnam war. The North Vietnamese troops were jungle fighters and were losing thousands of ...