Particles
The practical activities in this resource provide an introduction to particles through an investigative and problem solving approach. The experiments can be carried out in any order and integrated into an existing scheme of work, and are ideal as part of a circus of activities around the classroom. The activities explore the evidence…
Mixtures
The practical activities in this resource provide an introduction to separation and purification techniques through an investigative and problem solving approach. The experiments can be carried out in any order and integrated into an existing scheme of work, and are ideal as part of a circus of activities around the classroom. The…
Kitchen Materials
The practical activities in this resource provide an introduction to the properties of materials through an investigative and problem solving approach. The experiments can be carried out in any order and integrated into an existing scheme of work, and are ideal as part of a circus of activities around the classroom. The activities…
Keeping Clean
The practical activities in this resource explore cleanliness through an investigative and problem solving approach. By using a variety of approaches, the activities were designed to encourage discussion about the sociological and environmental implications of keeping clean. The experiments can be carried out in any order and integrated…
Change
This resource introduces the idea of change initially through observation of everyday life situations leading to more scientific descriptions of change, including physical and chemical changes. The booklet is divided into three sections: Section 1: • Teacher demonstrations including a luminescent reaction and a pulsing colour…
Bubbles
The ten practical activities in this resource use bubbles as a context for developing investigation skills, such as planning, the control of variables and data analysis. The experiments can be carried out in any order and integrated into an existing scheme of work, and are ideal as part of a circus of activities around the classroom.…
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…
Teaching Traditional Research Skills in Science
This Teachers TV video highlights the importance of teaching practical research skills to Key Stage Four science students. A dependence on the internet in some subjects, but particularly science, can take students away from a hands-on approach to learning. Simon Pugh-Jones, of Writhlington School in Somerset, shows how science at…
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Precision or Process - KS3 Science
In this Teachers TV programme, two PGCE tutors analyse a Year Nine science lesson on healthy eating at Haydon School, Hillingdon, taught by Head of Science Dave Dennis. Malcolm Reed and Sasha Matthewman review footage of the lesson which is based on investigating the fat and salt content in both beef and veggie burgers. Central…
Lisa Green
In this professional development video from Teachers TV, science teacher Lisa Green receives advice on how to improve her presentation skills from motivation and creativity consultant Richard Gerver. Richard focuses on Lisa's performance in the classroom and identifies ways of giving her teaching more pace and movement to…
Alexandra Edwards
In this professional development video from Teachers TV, science teacher Alexandra Edwards receives advice on how to improve her presentation techniques from motivation and creativity consultant Richard Gerver. Richard is impressed by Alexandra's "game show host" approach to teaching but, like all performers, he…
Movement, Praise and Groups
This Teachers TV programme features Trainee teacher Nic Cooper who wants to improve her behaviour management. Nic is taking a top-set Year Seven science lesson on kidney function. Behaviour expert Sue Cowley helps Nic relax and praise her students more. Once the group work has begun, Sue notices that Nic spends much of the time…
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…
Energy and Chemistry
Energy and Chemistry 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 that had appeared…
Chromatography
Chromatography 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 that had appeared in the…
Chemical Equilibrium Acids and Bases
Chemical equilibrium acids and bases 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 that…
Catalysis
Catalysis 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. Each title brought together the best of the teaching notes and experimental ideas from members of the association that had appeared in the ASE journal, School Science Review. Contents Cracking…
Ecology
Ecology 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 that had appeared in the ASE journal,…
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…
Fabric Fires
The Fabric Fires activity for Key Stage Three students looks at how different fabrics catch fire and burn. Students are asked to first consider the commonest reasons for fires in the home. They then test and compare a fabric and a cotton wool ball, firstly when untreated and then having first soaked them in a fire retardant solution.…
Hydrogen - Exploding Eggs
From the Teachers TV series Demonstrating Chemistry, this demonstration shows how a mixture of hydrogen and air becomes explosive. Professor Hal Sosabowski evacuates an egg by drilling two holes and using an airline to blow the egg out. He flushes out all the air from the egg before filling it with hydrogen. With the egg sitting…
The Pulsing Reaction
From the Teachers TV series Demonstrating Chemistry, this video shows how to carry out a stunning demonstration of autocatalysis, whereby the products of one reaction act as a catalyst for the next. Professor Hal Sosabowski mixes hydrogen peroxide, potassium iodate with sulphuric acid and a mixture of malonic acid, starch and…
The Minty Cola Fountain
Using a bottle of fizzy cola and a packet of mints, Professor Hal Sosabowski performs a dramatic, demonstration showing carbon dioxide coming out of solution at immense speed in this Teachers TV video. When sparkling drinks are made, carbon dioxide is forced into solution under pressure and the bottle is sealed. The resulting eruption…
Sodium Ethanoate Stalagmite
In this video from the Teachers TV series Demonstrating Chemistry, Professor Hal Sosabowski demonstrates a solid spontaneously coming out of solution to create an impressive stalagmite of crystals. Hal slowly pours a supersaturated solution of sodium ethanoate on to some seed crystals of dry sodium ethanoate, which provide the…
Hydrogen Rockets
From the Teachers TV series Demonstrating Chemistry, this video shows how to carry out an exciting demonstration which illustrates what happens when hydrogen and air react. Professor Hal Sosabowski, from Brighton University, uses an explosive mixture of hydrogen and air in a plastic bottle to show how rockets work, using a piece…
Glowsticks
From the Teachers TV series Demonstrating Chemistry, this video features Professor Hal Sosabowski from the University of Brighton. He carries out a visually impressive demonstration using the hydrogen peroxide and oxylate esters inside glowsticks to show chemiluminescence, energy changes and rates of reaction. Professor Sosabowski…
Dry Ice - Magnesium Sandwich
From the Teachers TV series Demonstrating Chemistry, this video features Professor Hal Sosabowski from the University of Brighton. Using two blocks of frozen carbon dioxide, he demonstrates how magnesium is so reactive that it can cause carbon dioxide to act as an oxidant, promoting a fire rather than putting it out. Having drilled…
Dry Ice - Exploding Bottles
From the Teachers TV series Demonstrating Chemistry, this video features Professor Hal Sosabowski from the University of Brighton. He reveals the explosive power of subliming dry ice to demonstrate that gases take up much more space than solids. As the dry ice sublimes, its volume increases dramatically, creating enough pressure…
Invisible Defence: Stopping the Spread
From the Royal Society, these materials look at the development of vaccination by Edward Jenner. Jenner's discovery took medicine in an entirely new direction for its time. Doctors no longer just tried to cure diseases once they had happened, they could stop them from spreading from one person to another. In the activities,…
Crystal Clear: X-ray Vision
These materials, produced by the Royal Society, look at how x-ray crystallography has been used to gain information about the structures of molecules. A classroom activity challenges students to make sugar crystals from a concentrated sugar solution. This allows students to observe the regular, repeating patterns of crystals and…
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