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…
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…
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 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…