I love a good analogy, the sillier the better: anything to get pupils to link an abstract concept to something familiar. For ...

Follow this step-by-step guide to using ratio tables to deepen all of your learners' conceptual and mathematical ...

This resource aims to develop learners’ understanding of the basic particle model by extending it to represent elements that ...

Use the experiment to introduce Le Chatelier’s principle, or encourage students to apply the principle to make predictions For this activity, the demonstrator fills a gas syringe with an equilibrium ...

Carry out this practical and use the follow-up questions to explore an important fermentation reaction Add some fresh context to this classic experiment with Is fermented food and drink good for us?

The first of three steps, in practical experiments, that show learners how to prepare paracetamol ...

Personal fitness monitoring is a multibillion pound industry. It is now widely accepted that your resting heart rate (RHR) is a decent indicator of changes to your cardiovascular fitness. For instance ...

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In this video, education coordinator Ross demonstrates how to separate mixtures with a few pieces of kitchen equipment. This simple activity can be set for learners to try at home with a responsible ...

This resource accompanies the article Fixing the funeral footprint which looks at sustainable ways to remember the dead. Water cremations use a similar technique of alkaline hydrolysis. Download this ...

How to use students’ everyday experiences to aid understanding in experiments So why do I have a hip joint, a golf club head and a mini turbine blade out in front of the class today? They’re my hook ...

Generations of teachers are misleading their charges by teaching a sloppy version of the aufbau principle, claims Eric Scerri The use of the aufbau principle to predict electronic configurations of ...