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Spinning a yarn: explore the chemistry of wool and use it as a raw material for biobased products through simple hand-on activities.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Learn how to do quantitative chemistry using microscale techniques with bottle tops and inexpensive spirit burners that are relatively easy and quick to set up.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
What can go wrong in a chemistry lab? Explore lab safety and consolidate the new knowledge by creating a fun horror story about a lab disaster.
Ages: 11-14;
Lactase tablets for managing lactose intolerance can be used in the classroom to explore the biochemistry of sugars and the properties of enzymes.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Learn how to do quantitative chemistry experiments involving reaction rates using microscale techniques that are relatively easy and quick to set up, without expensive equipment.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Discover simple adaptations to apparatus and experiments that make practical chemistry more accessible to students with vision impairment.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Enhance your students’ knowledge of electrolysis using quick, safe, and easy microscale chemistry techniques.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
What's wrong with 'chemical-free' labels? Is ‘natural’ necessarily better? Learn how to spot pseudoscientific fake news in the media.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
What do carrots and flamingos have in common? At first glance, not much, but look closer. Their rosy glows have surprisingly similar origins!
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Fireworks release more than just sound and light. Read about the environmental costs of this centuries-old entertainment.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
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Extract value from wool waste: keratin and the circular economy
Topics: Chemistry, Sustainability, Careers in STEM
| Issue 69
Simple gravimetric chemical analysis – weighing molecules the microscale way
Topics: Chemistry, Sustainability
| Issue 68
Lab disasters: creative learning through storytelling
Topics: Chemistry, General science, Science and society, STEAM
| Issue 66
Explore enzymes and the science of lactose intolerance using lactase tablets
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Health, Science and society
| Issue 65
Quick quantitative chemistry – the microscale way
Topics: Chemistry, Sustainability
| Issue 64
Making chemistry accessible for students with vision impairment
Topics: Careers in STEM, Chemistry, General science, Science and society
| Issue 60
Elegant electrolysis – the microscale way
Topics: Chemistry, Engineering, Physics
| Issue 59
Fake news in chemistry and how to deal with it
Topics: Chemistry, Science and society
| Issue 57
Colour in nature: think pink
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
| Issue 55
The dark side of fireworks
Topics: Chemistry, Earth science, Science and society, Sustainability
