Colourful chemistry: redox reactions with lollipops
Use a lollipop to activate colour-changing redox reactions in this simple but eye-catching activity.
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Use a lollipop to activate colour-changing redox reactions in this simple but eye-catching activity.
A species of dandelion is leading the way towards sustainable rubber. Find out how, by growing this unusual plant yourself and extracting the rubber from the roots.
Get your hands dirty with these classroom experiments exploring the composition of soil – and find out why this matters.
By assembling a ‘backpack laboratory’, you can break away from the lab bench and take tests for starch and glucose into the wild outdoors.
How many ‘chemicals’ are there in a fresh mushroom? These simple experiments reveal the hidden chemistry within natural foods.
From samurai swords to healthy tomato plants, this little-known element has wider uses than you might expect.
Introduce your students to acoustic and optical spectra with a hands-on murder mystery.
If you ever buy an energy drink as a pick-me-up, do you know what it contains? Here we use laboratory chemistry to find out.
Learn how to carry out microscale experiments for greener chemistry teaching – and less washing up.
The role of our oceans in climate change is more complicated than you might think.
Colourful chemistry: redox reactions with lollipops
Turning dandelions into rubber: the road to a sustainable future
Field research: discovering the structure of soil
Natural experiments: taking the lab outdoors
Natural experiments: chemistry with mushrooms
Elements in focus: molybdenum
Who murdered Sir Ernest? Solve the mystery with spectral fingerprints
Cans with a kick: the science of energy drinks
Small is beautiful: microscale chemistry in the classroom
Climate change: why the oceans matter