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…
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…
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…
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…
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…