Produced by The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC), 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...

These wide-ranging materials include interactive animations and print-based resources covering various science themes. The six major resources are: *Chemwars - an interactive game approach to teaching about reactivity, complete with video clips of the reactions *Generating resources - a selection of activities...

These wide-ranging materials include interactive animations and print-based resources covering various science themes. The major resources are: Good to eat - an interactive resource that introduces nutrition, and offers students the chance to have their say on healthy eating. Electricity - an interactive animation...

These wide-ranging materials include interactive animations and print-based resources, all with a human biology theme. The six major resources are: * Passport - a method of recording transition activities for students moving from primary to secondary school * Flesheaters - an X-Files style interactive adventure to...

This Catalyst article describes how to make a lava lamp by using three simple ingredients: vegetable oil, food colouring and fizzing tablets. The article also explains the processes taking place inside a real lava lamp and why they happen.

This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2011, Volume...

This is one of the 18 Background Books published for Stage II of the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme. The books were highly illustrated and designed to be attractive. This book describes the application of chemistry to extract and manufacture diamonds.

The book describes the manufacture of synthetic...

This Catalyst article describes how to make ice cream using a mixture of ice and salt, without the need of a freezer. Detailed instructions and an explanation of how it works is included, as well as a link to a video showing how the process can be sped up using liquid nitrogen.

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This Nuffield Pathways Through Science module covered structure, bonding, as well as an introduction to quantitative chemistry with calculations based on amounts in moles. The topic was presented in three episodes:
Mm 1: Plastics
Mm 2: Metals
Mm 3:...

Work done in this Nuffield 13 - 16 module followed from the D unit called ‘Meddling with molecules’. This D unit provided enough material for eight double periods during a Further Science course and built on the content of the S units for Single Science. The teachers’...

Can we solve the problem of summer water shortages by making rain? In this Science upd8 activity students learn about the significance of droplet size in natural rain formation. They then look at Chinese experiences of 'cloud seeding' before annotating a graphic to show how it works.

A Year 11 module from the Salters’ Key Stage Four double award science course. This module deals with the location, extraction and processing of oil, the way in which supply of different oil fractions is balanced against demand and the issues related to conservation of...

This Unilever Laboratory Experiment, published in 1966, demonstrates that mineral oil and water form an oil-in-water emulsion when sodium oleate is the emulsifier, and a water-in-oil emulsion when calcium oleate is the emulsifier. Water-soluble and oil-soluble dyes are used to distinguish the two types of emulsion...

This Salters’ Chemistry Course unit from the University of York Science Education Group covered:
* The conversion of chemical energy to electrical energy.
* The construction and operation of electrochemical cells.
* The conversion of electrical energy to...

This Catalyst article investigates mercury which is a poison and how it can be removed from natural gas using ionic liquids.

The article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2014, Volume 25, Issue 3.

Catalyst is a science magazine...

This is one of the 18 Background Books published for Stage II of the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme. The books were highly illustrated and designed to be attractive. This book describes applications of chemistry.

This books includes text and flow diagrams to describe the discovery and production of semi-...