Learning about Materials
The resources in this book from the Royal Society of Chemistry provide a variety of activities for pre-16 and post-16 students to give them opportunities to apply chemical ideas in unfamiliar contexts. There are three main topics each related to modern materials. Each main section is subdivided and the individual sections can generally…
Which Compound? Which Route?
This book from the Royal Society of Chemistry arose out of an exercise for students visiting the research laboratories of a pharmaceutical company. The students are presented with an exercise in decision-making in which they learn about the ways in which new drugs are designed, synthesised and produced commercially. They choose a…
Zinc and Zirconia
Zinc and its extraction are not directly included in pre-16 and post-16 syllabuses, however the processes by which it is isolated and its chemistry can be used to illustrate many aspects of chemistry in these courses. The first main section of this booklet, from the Royal Society of Chemistry, is designed to provide stimulating and…
Sodium Carbonate – a Versatile Material
This Royal Society of Chemistry booklet presents learning material based on the manufacture and uses of sodium carbonate made by the Solvay (ammonia-soda) process. None of the material assumes any prior knowledge of the Solvay process. Parts three and five are entirely self-contained and require no teacher input. The booklet was…
Developing a New Herbicide
This publication from the Royal Society of Chemistry contains material that can be to assist students in deciding how a new crop protection product could be developed and marketed, taking into account the roles of individual experts that are involved. The exercise is designed for students on post-16 courses, who have some knowledge…
Paracetamol
This book from the Royal Society of Chemistry consists of seven free-standing activities that can be used singly or as a coherent package in a wide range of teaching and learning situations in both academic and vocational courses. It is aimed at post-16 chemistry students and their teachers. The book is organised into two main…
Aspirin
This book from the Royal Society of Chemistry consists of eight free-standing activities that can be used singly or as a coherent package in a wide range of teaching and learning situations in both academic and vocational courses. It is aimed at post-16 chemistry and science students and their teachers. The book is organised in…
Industrial Chemistry Case Studies
This Royal Society of Chemistry publication presents material for chemistry teachers on a variety of aspects of the UK chemical industry (including the steel industry) in the late 1990s. In particular it covers the economic dimension of the chemical industry, some environmental concerns and constraints and the issue of scaling up…
Chemistry Now – Combinatorial Chemistry
This leaflet is part of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s series called Chemistry Now. The leaflet consists of four pages of information interspersed with questions to test student’s understanding of what they are reading, to help them to link what they have read to the chemistry they already know and to help them to understand…
Chemistry Now – Computational Chemistry
This leaflet is part of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s series called Chemistry Now. The leaflet consists of four pages of information interspersed with questions to test students' understanding of what they are reading, to help them to link what they have read to the chemistry they already know and to help them to understand…
Chemistry Now – Chemistry and Sport
This leaflet is part of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s series called Chemistry Now. The leaflet consists of four pages of information interspersed with questions to test students' understanding of what they are reading, to help them to link what they have read to the chemistry they already know and to help them to understand…
Chemistry and the Human Genome
This book from the Royal Society of Chemistry (2002) offers an account of the chemical science that underlies publication of the draft sequence of human genome at a level suitable for post-16 students of chemistry and also biology. The book was written for teachers of both chemistry and biology and for students. Questions are…
Cutting Edge Chemistry
Cutting Edge Chemistry was written by a group of leading young chemists in industry and universities. It was aimed at post-16 chemistry students to show them how the principles of chemistry learnt in schools and colleges applies in advanced research. The book was published in 2000 by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) with the…
More Modern Chemical Techniques
This book from the Royal Society of Chemistry was one of a series produced by School Teacher Fellows. The aim of this book was to inform and update teachers on analytical techniques commonly used in industry, research and other analytical laboratories. A number of the techniques may be unfamiliar to teachers and students in schools…
Modern Chemical Techniques
This book from the Royal Society of Chemistry was one of a series produced by School Teacher Fellows. Each chapter in the book covers much of the basic theory for those coming new to the techniques. This theory is explained without emphasising the mathematics and physics involved. Where appropriate descriptions of the instrumentation…
Investigate Chemistry
In 2009 the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Royal Society of Chemistry recognised a need for exemplification of the Chemistry ‘experiences and outcomes’ in a Curriculum for Excellence. Through this project three resource packs were created. The resources have been designed in line with the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence…
What’s Your Reaction?
This book was produced by the Royal Society of Chemistry to help primary school teachers to teach science. The book was written to provide background information on the science, with the particular emphasis on chemical sciences. Each chapter of the book covers a different topic and is dealt with at three levels, A, B and C. Level…