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This interactive periodic table can be used to highlight groups and periods, physical states, elements known in a given year, scarcity of resources, and many other interesting things.
The number of protons, neutrons and electrons in an atom can be changed in this interactive activity, which displays the atomic number, mass number and ionic charge. Atoms can also be selected from the periodic table.
By clicking on the animation tab and then clicking 'step through', you can access animations on covalent bonds and ionic bonds.
An online lesson plan, supported by video clips, which includes the effect of smaller particle size on rates of reaction and the flame colours of different compounds.
A video tutorial with accompanying notes to show you how to safely electrolyse a molten ionic compound, demonstrating that it conducts electricity and decomposes.
A video tutorial, with accompanying notes, showing how to demonstrate some of the reactions of the alkali metals.
Animations and explanations of ionic bonding.
A concise animated summary of covalent bonding and dot-cross diagrams.
A selection of challenging logic games that test students' knowledge and understanding.
The Ri YouTube Channel's playlist for the Christmas lectures 2012, presented by Peter Wothers.
An online lesson plan, supported by video clips, which shows you how to engage students with an exothermic crystal stalagmite and instantly freezing water.
An online lesson plan, supported by video clips, which shows you how to structure practical activities for students to learn about conservation of mass.
An online lesson plan, supported by video clips, which includes the effect of smaller particle size on rates of reaction and the flame colours of different compounds.
A short revision video which covers the main points of rates of reaction.
A video tutorial and accompanying notes to explain a spectacular demonstration of the effect of particle size on reaction rate.
A video tutorial showing how to demonstrate the effect of a catalyst on the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide.
A video tutorial, with accompanying notes, showing how to use the methane rocket to help students to understand how and why we balance equations.
A pdf which contains instructions for demonstrating a very endothermic reaction between two solids.
A spectacular demonstration of combustion of an alcohol. The presence of carbon dioxide and water can be tested for in the products.
A short video clip that demonstrates the crystallization of sodium ethanoate (exothermic) and the reaction of barium hydroxide with ammonium chloride (endothermic). An explanation of the energy changes is then given.
This video recaps collision theory and uses some demonstrations to show the effect of concentration, temperature, catalysts and surface area.
A series of pages that cover reversible reactions, dynamic equilibrium, the effect of changing concentration, pressure and temperature, and then the contact process.
The Ri YouTube Channel's playlist for the Christmas lectures 2012, presented by Peter Wothers.
An online lesson plan, supported by video clips, which shows you how to make an indicator from red cabbage.
A short video clip which revises acids and alkalis using the context of ocean acidification.
An engaging educational game that helps students revise organic chemistry and learn about the economics of the oil industry.
An online lesson plan, supported by video clips, which covers the extraction of oil and the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010.
An online lesson plan, supported by video clips, which includes the extraction, properties and uses of metals.
A video tutorial with accompanying notes to show you how to safely electrolyse a molten ionic compound, demonstrating that it conducts electricity and decomposes.
A video tutorial, with accompanying notes, showing a method that can be used to reduce copper oxide to produce copper.
An online lesson plan, supported by video clips, which includes the extraction, properties and uses of metals.
An online lesson plan, supported by video clips, which shows you how to make and test various adhesives.
An online lesson plan, supported by video clips, which explains how friction and intermolecular forces help us to understand how gecko feet work.
An online lesson plan, supported by video clips, which includes the structure and properties of concrete and other composites.
A video clip that explains how stealth materials designed for the defence industry have been used in wind turbines.
An online store that sells a variety of smart materials for use in demonstrations and practical activities.
A series of pages that cover reversible reactions, dynamic equilibrium, the effect of changing concentration, pressure and temperature, and then the contact process.
This page and the ones that follow summarise chromatography, including the method and the analysis.
A selection of challenging logic games that test students' knowledge and understanding.
An online lesson plan, supported by video clips, which shows you how to structure practical activities for students to learn about conservation of mass.
A selection of challenging logic games that test students' knowledge and understanding.
An animated and interactive video clip which recaps atomic structure.
An animated and interactive video clip which recaps groups 1, 7 and 8/0.
An interactive animation covering ionic bonding.
An interactive video clip that summarises covalent bonding.
An informative and engaging cartoon which summarises the key points about transition metals.
A periodic table with a quirky but entertaining video for each element.
This webpage links to revision notes, multiple choice questions and exam-style questions, all focused on the periodic table.
This webpage links to revision notes, multiple choice questions and exam-style questions, all focused on atomic structure.
This webpage links to revision notes, multiple choice questions and exam-style questions, all focused on chemical bonding.
An excellent summary of the properties, uses and reactions of the elements in these two groups.
A game based on the location of elements in the periodic table.
An excerpt from the 2012 RI Christmas Lectures 2012 in which Dr Peter Wothers makes the links between atomic structure and position in the periodic table.
A comprehensive and engaging cartoon that summarises the main points about rates of reaction: measuring rates, collision theory, particle explanations of factors that affect rate.
This webpage links to revision notes, multiple choice questions and exam-style questions, all focused on rates of reaction.
An explanation of exothermic and endothermic reactions using ideas about breaking and making bonds.
An entertaining and interactive revision cartoon which covers the pH scale and reactions of acids and bases.
This webpage links to revision notes, multiple choice questions and exam-style questions, all focused on acids and alkalis.
An entertaining revision cartoon with some interactivity that explains fractional distillation.
This engaging revision cartoon covers hydrocarbons, cracking, polymerisation and the structures of polymers.
This webpage links to revision notes, multiple choice questions and exam-style questions, all focused on organic chemistry.
An engaging cartoon that covers extraction of metals, properties of metals and alloys. There is a n interactive quiz at the end.
An entertaining and comprehensive cartoon which covers ions, electrolysis, purification of copper and the chlor-alkali industry.
An engaging cartoon which compares steel and aluminium in the production of cars. Rusting is also covered.
This webpage links to revision notes, multiple choice questions and exam-style questions, all focused on the extraction of metals.
A short revision video about electrolysis, with a particular focus on electroplating.
An entertaining and comprehensive cartoon which covers ions, electrolysis, purification of copper and the chlor-alkali industry.
An entertaining cartoon which summarises the uses of limestone, including thermal decomposition. There is a quiz at the end.
An entertaining cartoon that summarises reversible reactions, dynamic equilibrium, exothermic and endothermic reactions and the Haber process.
An engaging cartoon that covers relative atomic mass, relative formula mass, percentage composition and atom economy.
A webpage with links to questions and quizzes covering a huge variety of chemical calculations.
A series of Bitesize pages written for OCR Gateway but useful for any syllabus that cover the fundamentals of quantitative chemistry.
A series of pages that revises indicators, pH curves, how to do a titration and how to process the results of a titration.
A simple activity in which atoms can be selected and then outer shell electrons can be moved from metals to non-metals to form ions, which can then be dragged around the canvas.
This practical activity models the extraction of copper from malachite, which is a copper ore consisting of copper(II) carbonate. In the school laboratory, copper is extracted from copper(II) carbonate by first heating to form copper(II) oxide and then reducing to produce the metal. Teacher notes, apparatus list, student guidance and safety points are included.
This experiment enables students to model how alloying can be used to change the properties of a metal. Plasticine is used to represent the metal and it is mixed with sand to represent the alloy. This models steel (mixture of iron and carbon). The ductility is measured in a simple test. The practical is suitable for students of all abilities and can remain at the level of observation or be extended to explain the properties of alloys. Teacher notes, apparatus list, student guidance and safety points are included.
In this investigation, students observe how atmospheric conditions effect the corrosion of a range of metals. Airtight containers are set up containing dry air, moist air, and air polluted by sulfur dioxide. The corrosion of each metal is observed over a number of days and students are then challenged to consider possible ways of preventing corrosion. Teacher notes, apparatus list, student guidance and safety points are included.
This practical activity models the extraction of copper from malachite, which is a copper ore consisting of copper(II) carbonate. In the school laboratory, copper is extracted from copper(II) carbonate by first heating to form copper(II) oxide and then reducing to produce the metal. Teacher notes, apparatus list, student guidance and safety points are included.
A multiple choice quiz that covers a variety of chemical tests, including the use of NaOH, flame testing, and testing for sulfate ions, halide ions and carbonate ions.
A variety of quizzes on the periodic table.
A selection of quizzes on the alkali metals.
A variety of quizzes on transition metals.
A selection of quizzes on the noble gas elements.
A selection of quizzes on the halogens.
A selection of quizzes and worksheets on atomic structure.
Quizzes and revision notes on chemical bonding.
A series of equations that need to be balanced using drop down menus for the stoichiometric coefficients.
A series of simple visual activities that will help students learn how to balance equations at different levels of difficulties.
A variety of quizzes on rates of reaction.
A selection of quizzes and activities focused on the reactivity series, rusting and redox.
A selection of quizzes and worksheets on exothermic and endothermic reactions.
A selection of quizzes on acids and bases.
A selection of quizzes on crude oil products.
A selection of quizzes on the extraction of metals.
Three simple but useful activities on the uses of electrolysis.
A variety of quizzes on equilibria, the Haber process and nitric acid.
A selection of quizzes on limestone and limestone products.
A multiple choice quiz that covers a variety of chemical tests, including the use of NaOH, flame testing, and testing for sulfate ions, halide ions and carbonate ions.
A brief summary of atomic structure, leading into pages on isotopes, relative atomic mass an relative formula mass.
A good summary from an American site of some key points on atomic structure.
A useful summary of how to work out electron configurations. The following page exemplifies these ideas.
The webs original periodic table and still one of the most useful. Clicking on an element gives a huge amount of information about it and its reactions.
Interactive Periodic table with information about elements.
A useful summary of the properties and reactions of Group 1 elements.
A useful summary of ionic bonding.
A concise summary over three pages of the contributions of Dobereiner, Newlands and Mendeleev to the development of the periodic table.
A useful summary of the main points on the halogens.
A useful summary of the main points on the transition metals.
Three pages that summarise the properties of metals, metallic bonding and superconductivity.
A series of linked pages that summarise atomic structure, isotopes and electron configuration. There is a quiz at the end.
A summary of the structure, bonding and properties of ionic, covalent and metallic solids.
A concise summary of the properties of the elements of Group 1 and Group 2.
A simple but helpful summary of compounds and formulae.
Three pages that summarise the important concepts in rates of reaction.
A summary of complete and incomplete combustion of hydrocarbon fuels.
A simple page that summarises thermal decomposition using transition metals as an example.
Four pages that summarise the thermal decomposition of limestone, the uses of limestone and the uses of limestone products.
A comprehensive summary of exothermic and endothermic changes over four pages with an interactive quiz at the end.
A concise but comprehensive summary of complete and incomplete combustion.
A simple guide to different types of chemical reaction.
A series of pages that review ionic equations and precipitation reactions, including testing for sulfate ions and halide ions.
A comprehensive summary of reaction rates and how to measure them.
A comprehensive summary of the effects of concentration, temperature, surface area and catalysts on reaction rates.
A simple summary of electrolysis.
A comprehensive summary of acids and bases from Bitesize with a quiz at the end.
A simple summary of making fertilisers using neutralisation reactions.
Three pages that review the concept of strong and weak acids, conductivity in acids and the reactions of acids.
A simple explanation of how oil is extracted from underneath the sea and some of problems associated with this process.
A concise explanation of the fractional distillation of crude oil.
A concise but comprehensive summary of complete and incomplete combustion.
A concise summary of the simplest alkanes.
Three pages that summarise the simplest alkenes and the addition polymerisation of ethene.
Four pages that cover the properties of polymers and how they explain their uses. Novel polymers such as Gore-Tex are also covered.
A collection of linked pages about alcohols and related compounds such as esters.
A concise summary of the formation and hydrolysis of esters.
A series of pages that revises alcohols, including fermentation, nomenclature and the hydration of ethene.
A series of pages that summarise the details of fats, emulsions and how to make soap.
A series of pages that revises carboxylic acids and esters.
A concise summary of oil formation and the process of fractional distillation.
A concise summary of polymerisation.
A summary of how many metals can be extracted by reduction, the properties of metals and what they are used for. Alloys are also covered.
A clear and simple summary of rusting.
A clear and concise summary of metallic bonding.
A simple summary of superconductors, their uses and limitations.
A concise summary of the reduction of copper ore and the purification of copper by electrolysis.
A simple summary of electrolysis.
A page of revision notes that summarises how electrolysis is used to purify copper and to process brine.
A series of pages that revises electrolysis, including redox, predicting products, half equations and examples of industrial processes.
A summary of the structure, bonding and properties of ionic, covalent and metallic solids.
A summary of the blast furnace including the symbol equations.
A concise explanation of how aluminium is extracted using electrolysis.
A concise summary of rusting, with an animated experiment.
A comprehensive summary of how metals react with other substances and how a reactivity series can be constructed.
Four pages that summarise the thermal decomposition of limestone, the uses of limestone and the uses of limestone products.
Three pages that describe the structure and properties of three allotropes of carbon.
A concise summary of nanotechnology.
Three pages that summarise the chlor-alkali industry with a quiz at the end.
This page, and the one that follows it, contain a concise summary of the process of fermentation.
These four pages contain a comprehensive summary of the Haber process and the uses of ammonia.
Two pages that summarise paints and pigments, including colloids, thermochromic pigments and phosphorescent pigments.
A concise but comprehensive summary of materials used in the construction industry, including limestone and reinforced concrete.
A page of revision notes that summarises how electrolysis is used to purify copper and to process brine.
A comprehensive but wordy summary of hard and soft water.
A simple summary of the basics of the structure of a detergent molecule and how they work.
A series of pages that revises temporary and permanent hardness, testing for hardness and methods for softening water.
A series of pages that summarise the details of fats, emulsions and how to make soap.
A summary of the Haber process and an explanation of the factors that affect yield.
A brief summary of flame tests for group 1 ions.
A simple summary of using sodium hydroxide to test for transition metal ions.
A simple summary of how to test for aqueous halide ions and sulfate ions.
A concise summary of chromatography, including the calculation of Rf values.
A series of worked examples to explain how titration calculations are completed.
This is a very good resource for showing students some of the work that goes on within the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. It consists of a series of virtual tours through synthetic and analytical chemistry laboratories, a pilot plant and an automated chemistry laboratory. Additional information and explanations provide detail of equipment and activities in the locations.
A series of revision pages that cover relative formula mass, reacting masses, percentage yield and percentage composition.
Linked pages that cover the conservation of mass and mass calculations using chemical equations, with a quiz at the end.
A simple page that compares batch and continuous processes.
A series of worked examples to explain how titration calculations are completed.
Worked examples of a variety of different types of mole calculations.
A collection of worked examples to help students understand how to perform concentration calculations.
A sequence of revision pages that cover percentage composition and empirical formulae calculations.
A revision page that covers how to do calculations involving moles in solutions.
A series of pages that revises how to collect and measure gases, and how to do mole calculations with gases.
A concise summary of RAM, isotopes and moles.
A simple explanation of how to calculate the empirical formula of a compound.
Linked pages which explain what fertilisers are, how they are made and what eutrophication is.