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

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

Find out how to handle liquid bromine and prepare bromine water safely using these health, safety and technical notes.

As a student, I loved maths for the clarity, logic and order it brought to every problem. Rearranging an equation or extracting the relevant information from a question came instinctively to me.

Use this story and the accompanying summary slide for a real-world context when studying fractional distillation with your 14–16 learners. Scientists are developing membranes that can efficiently ...

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 ...

The success of Deliveroo, Uber Eats and other app-based food delivery services has led to a boom in the consumption of takeaways. A 2023 survey found that 31% of people order takeaways at least once a ...

Imagine that you lived 200 years ago and you needed a filling. If you were rich, the chances are you could afford gold or a tooth ‘donated’ from another human, which could be tied onto the surrounding ...

Personal fitness monitoring is a multibillion pound industry. It is now widely accepted that your resting heart rate (RHR) is a decent indicator of changes to your cardiovascular fitness. For instance ...

Investigate the tools and techniques forensic chemists use to solve abandoned criminal cases In 1994, a body was found floating in the North Sea, off the coast of Germany. Aged somewhere between 45 ...

This resource accompanies the article Fixing the funeral footprint which looks at sustainable ways to remember the dead. Water cremations use a similar technique of alkaline hydrolysis. Download this ...

Decolonising chemistry curriculums is about more than including Black, Asian and other minoritised ethnic scientists in our lessons. It means considering not just the scientist’s work, but the context ...