Click does the trick: understanding the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Why was a Nobel prize awarded for 'click chemistry'? Learn about the ground-breaking advance behind this simple-sounding name.
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Why was a Nobel prize awarded for 'click chemistry'? Learn about the ground-breaking advance behind this simple-sounding name.
Dropping out: learn about the chemistry of precipitation and introduce your students to chemical reactions that form colourful new compounds using microscale chemistry methods that are cheap, quick, and easy to do.
Ages: 14-16, 11-14, 16-19;
Clearing up chemistry: household products like nail polish remover and laundry detergent can be used to demonstrate chemical concepts like intermolecular forces and redox reactions.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Drop by drop: Learn about pH chemistry and neutralization reactions, and produce wonderful colours using microscale methods that are cheap, quick, and easy.
Integrate key principles from biology, chemistry, and engineering with a set of experiments based on bioluminescence.
New studies are uncovering how emissions from daily household activities pollute the air we breathe at home.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
To mark the 10th anniversary of the journal, we are hosting a virtual party. Join in by using some of our articles to teach science with a festive twist.
Help your students explore an exothermic reaction using the real-world example of a self-heating patch.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Glowing jellyfish, flickering fireflies, fun glow sticks; Emma Welsh introduces the beautiful and mysterious world of chemiluminescence.
Continuing our energy series, Menno van Dijk introduces us to the past, present and future of hydrocarbons – still the most common of all fuels.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Click does the trick: understanding the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Pleasing precipitation performances – the microscale way
Topics: Chemistry, Sustainability
Household chemistry: solvents and stain removers
Topics: Chemistry, Science and society
Little wonder: pH experiments the microscale way
Bioluminescence: combining biology, chemistry, and bionics
Take a deep breath? Investigating indoor air pollution
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Health
Ten years: time to celebrate
Handwarmer science
Topics: Chemistry, Science and society
What is chemiluminescence?
Hydrocarbons: a fossil but not (yet) extinct
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Earth science, Engineering, Science and society