Consistency is an intervention. A student’s own successful experience of a task is one of the strongest sources of their ...

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 ...

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Among its recommendations to improve secondary science, the Education Endowment Foundation suggests teachers boost their knowledge of and challenging of student’s misconceptions. Here, I want to add ...

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 ...

Acids and bases are everywhere: in household products, food, our bodies. This topic provides an opportunity to learn about the world around us, including issues surrounding the environment, medicine ...

Selecting a good solvent is the key to performing a successful recrystallisation Ideally, the material to be recrystallised should be sparingly soluble at room temperature and yet quite soluble at its ...

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 ...

The radiofrequency waves that surround us may be invisible, but researchers are looking at ways to harness their energy to power flexible biosensors that stick to skin and measure molecules in our ...

It is the time of year when many students start revising for exams, but some are more reluctant than others. Many will be ineffective in their revision and spend hours staring passively at a revision ...

Help your 14–16 learners tune into the patterns in reactivity and physical characteristics of these groups on the periodic table ...