Biscuit Bashing
This video from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), aimed at primary teachers, demonstrates an experiment which may be used when learning about solids. A demonstrator uses biscuits to show children that some solids are made of tiny pieces and can be poured. Using a biscuit and crushing it into tiny pieces helps children see…
Slime and Goo
This video from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), aimed at primary teachers, demonstrates an experiment which may be used when learning about solids and liquids. PVA glue, borax solution is mixed to create slime. The PVA and borax solution combine to create a new material which acts like both a liquid and a solid. This…
Bouncy Custard
This video from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), aimed at primary teachers, demonstrates an experiment which may be used when learning about solids. Mix PVA glue, water, borax and corn flour to create ‘bouncy custard’. The glue combines with the borax solution and corn flour to create a new material which flows…
Leaky Bottle
This video from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), aimed at primary teachers, demonstrates an experiment which may be used when learning about gases. A bottle of water has two wooden skewers inserted through the bottle. The two skewers are slowly pulled out but the water does not come out of the holes as the gases in the air…
Bath Bomb
This video from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), aimed at primary teachers, demonstrates an experiment which may be used when learning about changing materials and irreversible reactions. Bicarbonate of soda, citric acid and salt are mixed then combined with oil, fragrance and food colouring to produce a bath bomb. The bath…
Carbon from a Candle
This video from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), aimed at primary teachers, demonstrates an experiment which may be used when learning about changing state and irreversible reactions. A candle is lit and a ceramic tile is placed above the flame. Usually a candle burns to produce carbon dioxide but as the amount of oxygen…
Fire Extinguisher
This video from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), aimed at primary teachers, demonstrates an experiment which may be used when learning about the gases, changing state and irreversible reactions. Night lights are placed in a glass bowl and lit whilst bicarbonate of soda is placed in a jug and vinegar added slowly. Carbon…
Freaky Hand
This video from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), aimed at primary teachers, demonstrates an experiment which may be used when learning about irreversible reactions. Vinegar is poured into a jar and a plastic glove containing bicarbonate of soda is fitted onto the top. When the bicarbonate of soda is tipped into the vinegar…
Heavy Sugar
This video from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), aimed at primary teachers, demonstrates an experiment which may be used when learning about densities of liquids or keeping healthy. A can of diet cola is placed in a container of water alongside a can of non-diet cola and the level at which they float is compared. The diet…
Rainbow of Colours
This video from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), aimed at primary teachers, demonstrates an experiment which may be used when learning about separating ink through chromatography. Different coloured inks are dotted onto strips of water colour paper and then strips then placed in water. The different colours in the dye separate…
Lava Lamp
This video from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), aimed at primary teachers, demonstrates an experiment which may be used when learning about liquids, gases and irreversible reactions. Coloured water and oil are poured into a container and they separate according to their densities. The oil on top when an effervescent tablet…
Suspended Ice
This video from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), aimed at primary teachers, demonstrates an experiment on density which may be used when learning about separating mixtures and the properties of liquids. Oil, water and an ice cube are all put in a clear container and the resulting levels compared. The oil floats on top of…
Intriguing Ice
This video from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), aimed at primary teachers, demonstrates an experiment which may be used when learning about changing state. Different kinds of liquid are frozen and the results observed and discussed. Pre-boiled water results in a mostly clear ice, salt water a cloudy ice, lemonade an ice…
Racing Liquids - Art on a Plate
This video from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), aimed at primary teachers, demonstrates an experiment which may be used when learning about liquids. Milk is poured onto a plate and drops of food colouring dotted onto it. The colours hang in the liquid due to a mixture of surface tension and the properties of milk. A cotton…
Anti-gravity Bottle
This video from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), aimed at primary teachers, demonstrates an experiment which may be used when learning about gases and forces. A milk bottle is filled with water then a ping pong ball placed on the top. When up-turned the water stays in the bottle as the large surface area of the ping pong…
Particle Disco
This video from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), aimed at primary teachers, demonstrates an experiment which may be used when learning about dissolving. The demonstrator shows that water molecules move faster when heated. Using two glass of water, one hot and one cold, and putting in a few drops of food colouring, the two…
Sticky Cups
This video from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), aimed at primary teachers, demonstrates an experiment which may be used when learning about the properties of gases. Two plastic beakers are heated with hot water and a kitchen roll soaked in hot water placed between them and they are stuck together. After being left to cool…
Concrete Without Quarries
This practical activity, from the Biomimicry 3.8 Institute, allows students to explore how nature creates calcium carbonate, a compound needed to manufacture cement, at ambient temperatures and using abundant, readily available raw materials. The cement used in concrete is manufactured from calcium carbonate, which is extracted from…
Selenia in Escaping From Dinosaurs
Learn about the properties of solids, liquids and gases in this colourful comic aimed at students in Key Stage Two. Written to promote enquiry skills, it contains a linked investigation which focuses on planning and evaluating evidence when investigating how to create the best geyser. This comic which has been produced by the…
Selenia: Visiting Dinosaurs
Learn about the properties of materials in this colourful comic aimed at students in Key Stage Two. Written to promote enquiry skills in a context, it focuses on making careful observations when carrying out an investigation testing the hardness of materials. This comic which has been produced by the University of the West of…
Selenia and the Smelly Lunchtime
Learn about the properties of gases in this colourful comic aimed at Key Stage Two. Written to promote scientific enquiry, it contains a linked investigation which focuses on how to plan and carry out an investigation when considering which materials are good at stopping leaks. This comic, produced by the University of the West…
Selenia: Chase Through Wing City
Learn about the properties of materials and changing state in this colourful comic aimed at students in Key Stage Two. Written to promote enquiry skills, it contains a linked investigation which focuses on planning and recording when finding out how to make the best glue. This comic, produced by the University of the West of…
Selenia and the Crazy Football Game
Learn about the cooling down of liquids and thermal insulators in this colourful comic aimed at students in Key Stage Two. Written to promote enquiry skills in a context, it focuses on making predictions before carrying out an investigation on how quickly a hot liquid cools down. This comic, produced by the University of the…
The Chemedian: Starting Secondary School
This resource contains a colourful comic, aimed at Key Stage Two, where children learn about the properties of materials and then design an investigation on dissolving. It promotes enquiry skills in a context, looking at how to create a fair test by changing one variable to see how it affects the rate that salt dissolves in water.…
Materials
The Young Scientist Investigates topic book on Materials was first published in 1984 and gives information, illustrated by full colour photographs and drawings, about the origin and properties of materials used in everyday life. It is intended for children aged 8-11 to read and then to answer questions, make some models and investigate…
Everyday Chemicals
The Young Scientist Investigates topic book on Everyday Chemicals was published in 1984 and gives information, illustrated by full colour photographs and drawings, about how chemicals used in everyday life are obtained. The word ‘chemical’ is used throughout to refer to elements and compounds of different kinds, without…
Water
The Young Scientist Investigates topic book on Water was published in 1982 and gives information, illustrated by full colour photographs and drawings, about the importance of water, where it is found, the forms it can take and some of its properties. The book is intended for children aged 8-11 to read and then to answer question…
Robert Smyth Academy
The chemistry of UV reactive beads provides activities from Key Stage Two to Post-16, using photochromic beads. The beads can be used to investigate the effect of temperature on the rates of reaction, where the beads are returned to their normal colour. At Post-16 level, the activation energy/enthalpy can be calculated using the…
Magic Gas
Simon Quinnell, from the National Science Learning Centre, demonstrates the properties of gases in this surprising Christmas table experiment. He drops an effervescent digestion tablet into a wine glass containing some water to generate carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide is heavier than air, and can be poured over a candle flame.…
Jumping Candle Flame
Simon Quinnell, from the National Science Learning Centre, shows how to carry out some ‘magic’ at the Christmas dinner table using a candle and a match. After letting the candle burn for a minute, Simon blows the flame out so that the smoke continues to rise above it. Then when a match is placed near the wick, the…
Jelly Liquidiser
In this Christmas table experiment, Simon Quinnell, from the National Science Learning Centre, demonstrates why pineapple should not be added to jelly. When he adds pineapple to a bowl of jelly, the jelly liquefies due to the action of an enzyme in the fruit which breaks down the gelatin. This is an example of a defence…
Biology and Chemistry for Middle Schools
Biology and Chemistry for Middle Schools is one of the titles in the series of ASE Lab Books that were published in the early 1970s for the Association for Science Education by John Murray. Each title covered one or two topics and brought together the best of the teaching notes and experimental ideas from members of the association…
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