The Essential Chemical Industry
This resource, provided by CIEC Promoting Science, is intended for students studying A level chemistry. It gives an up-to-date description of the industry; all units include information provided by industry experts and are presented so that the material is relevant to the curriculum. In this sample, six units have been selected …
On Site: a Guide to Visiting the Chemical Industry
From CIEC Promoting Science, this guide provides practical information and advice about organising a visit to a local science-based industry. Visits can be engaging, stimulating and profitable for the students, teachers and companies involved. The guide looks at industrial links at both primary and secondary school levels and…
Water for Industry
Produced by CIEC Promoting Science, these resources help to put curriculum science in a real life context. Children follow the use of water from a reservoir, through an industrial site where it is treated, used as cooling water, and treated again before being returned to a river. Using this context, children investigate: •…
Understanding Food Additives
From CIEC Promoting Science, this booklet is the forerunner of its Understanding Food Additives web site. The booklet contains information on a range of food additives and extensive suggestions for practical activities to investigate food and food additives. Food additives described in the booklet include: • Acidulants…
Runny Liquids
Produced by CIEC Promoting Science, these resources help to put curriculum science in a real life context. Children consider the properties of liquids in the context of a company which produces a thick, sticky liquid that needs stirring and transporting. The activities provide an opportunity to learn about the properties of liquids…
Emergency Care
These resources have been produced by CIEC Promoting Science. Activities explore the work of people who develop and test blends of PVC for use in medical equipment. Topics covered include how PVC is produced, why PVC is used for medical applications and how it is tested with the likes of simulated stomach contents and gastric…
Captains of Industry
Produced by CIEC Promoting Science, these resources challenge students to develop strategies for the profitable operation of fertiliser manufacturing in the United Kingdom. Students gain an understanding of how science is used in an industrial context. The use of energy and raw materials is related to the chemistry involved in…
Polymers: Information and Activity Book
From CIEC Promoting Science, this book is aimed at post-16 chemistry students but will also be useful for students following technology or vocational courses. The book helps students to first understand the basis of polymer chemistry and the plastics industry. It moves on to consider detailed information on individual polymers, including…
The Essential Plastics Industry
This book, produced by CIEC Promoting Science, is aimed at teachers and post-16 students studying chemistry, design or materials science courses. It contains a wealth of information that cover topics such as the properties of polymers, uses of plastics, production processes, waste reduction, recycling and sustainable development.…
Plastics Playtime
Produced by CIEC Promoting Science, these resources help to put curriculum science in a real life context. In these activities, children test and classify plastics before investigating their thermal insulation and shock resistance properties. The children then design, make and test a package for a fragile object, using plastics and…
Case Studies on Education-Industry Partnerships
From CIEC Promoting Science, this information booklet is useful for those wishing to develop successful partnerships between schools and local science-based industries. It is a collection of papers that describe how different groups have encountered and handled major issues and problems while developing their education-industry programmes.…
Farming Tales
These resources are produced by CIEC Promoting Science and are designed to illustrate the value and benefits of agricultural science to the community. Materials involve students in a range of active learning, developed from real life contexts or 'stories' taken from the agrochemical industry. The materials also provide…
Dental Dilemmas
Produced by CIEC Promoting Science, this resource looks at the testing of materials in the context of dentistry. Students first look at the properties of teeth and the nature of toothache before going on to test materials for a range of properties. Experimental methods detailed include: • testing the relative hardness…
Industrial Encounters: Good Practice for School Links
From CIEC Promoting Science, this guide aims to help schools and science-based companies make the best use of their opportunities to liaise together. It concentrates upon using link activities to enrich aspects of the school science curriculum but there are many principles in the guide, with a more general application. There…
Recycling Cities
Produced by CIEC Promoting Science, these activities help students to examine the recycling of materials, concentrating on polymers and the potential for the recycling of waste plastics. In doing so, students look at polymers, the properties of plastics, purifying components of a mixture, waste disposal and sustainable development.…
Science Specials Needs Supplement
From CIEC Promoting Science, this book contains a range of science investigations that have been adapted for secondary-school students with particular learning needs. In these activities appropriate teaching and learning strategies allow special needs students to play a full part within science activities. Additionally, the teacher…
Chemistry in Action
Produced by the University of York Science Education Group and published by CIEC Promoting Science, this resource contains ten teaching units that explore the social, industrial and economic aspects of chemistry as well as encouraging students to acquire investigative and practical skills. Each unit has been designed to: •…
Vitamin C - the Elixir of Life?
Produced by CIEC Promoting Science, the activities in this resource allow students to examine science concepts applicable to the healthcare industries and the work of people in the sector. The activities in the resources cover areas that include: • Determination of the vitamin C content lost into solution during the cooking…
Turf Troubles
Produced by CIEC Promoting Science, these resources help to put curriculum science in a real life context. A sports company wish to provide a turf surface at a sports ground suitable for a range of activities. Information is required on suitable grass types and the best growing conditions. They also need to know how much water…
Hydrogen as an Energy Carrier
From CIEC Promoting Science, these activities look at hydrogen, its preparation by electrolysis and its potential as a transportable fuel. In the activities, students: • Study the properties of hydrogen in order to evaluate it and identify the technological problems that must be overcome to enable its use as a fuel •…
Magnox
Produced by CIEC Promoting Science, these materials look at nuclear fission and nuclear reactors. The activities examine the trend in reactivity of the metals in group II of the periodic table and includes a brief study of isotopes in relation to nuclear fission and nuclear fusion reactions. They enable students to: • Look…
Tablet Coating: Not Just a Pretty Colour
These activities, produced by CIEC Promoting Science, help students understand about the formulation and design of coating used for tablets taken as medicines. Designed originally as a unit of GNVQ teaching, the materials contain a range of practical investigations that would be useful for students studying post-16 chemistry, applied…
Renewables Don't Run Out
Produced by CIEC Promoting Science, these resources help to put curriculum science in a real life context. The activities provide opportunities for children to consider the use of plant material (biomass) for renewable energy. They go on to look at some of the problems that using biomass can pose and to think about other applications…
Clean Science
Produced by CIEC Promoting Science, in these activities, students investigate the cleaning power of washing agents and through a series of investigations that include: • Which washing agent works best at low temperatures? • Which washing agent produces the most foam? • Does a washing agent need foam? •…
Plastics: Workshop Practices and Industrial Processes
Produced by CIEC Promoting Science, this booklet contains information and activities of interest to teachers of design and technology. It looks at working practices in industry and schools relating to thermoplastics and provides an introduction to basic techniques for schools and the more common processes found in industry. The…
War Against Pests
From CIEC Promoting Science, these materials help students to understand key ideas in the use of agrochemicals. These include: • synthetic and natural pesticides • biological control • food chains and the management of ecosystems • predator-prey relationships • benefits and drawbacks of using agrochemicals…
Waste Away
From CIEC Promoting Science, these resources allow students to consider the problems of industrial waste disposal. In particular they focus on the biological treatment of industrial waste using air as a source of oxygen and problems that such biological treatment plants face. Aimed at students aged 12-14 years, the activities…
Medicines for Pets
Produced by CIEC Promoting Science, these resources help to put curriculum science in a real life context. The activities use the pharmaceutical industry as a real life context to encourage children to look at the properties of materials, changing state and separation techniques. Children investigate the challenges faced by research…
Sweet Success
From CIEC Promoting Science, these activities investigate the crystallisation of sugar in the fondant of creme eggs. Complaints of 'glass' in creme eggs, and other sugar confectionery products, are sometimes the result of the growth of very large crystals of sugar. In these materials, students investigate the causes…
Controlling Reactions: A Case Study
These activities, produced by CIEC Promoting Science, are based on a BASF chemical plant at Seal Sands, Middlesbrough. They enable students to see how and why chemical reactions are controlled in a chemical plant. The materials contain full teacher guidance, student notes and activity sheets. Originally developed for GNVQ Advanced…
Frozen Assets
Produced by CIEC Promoting Science, this activity engages students to consider the responsible use of chemicals and an analysis of the impact of a product through all the stages in its life. In this context, students attempt an analysis for different de-icers that might be used on roads in winter. They consider the costs and other…
Fit to Drink
From CIEC Promoting Science, these activities look at the question of drinking water quality. The activities examine the issues involved and looks in detail at ways of removing nitrates from drinking water supplies. Both water treatment and agricultural solutions are considered. The unit is suitable for use with students who have…