In this recorded professional learning session, Greta Dromgool will build your knowledge and confidence to teach the particle nature of...
From our bodies to our Earth’s oceans and rocks, acids and bases play an important role in our lives and the environment around us. If you...
Gallium is perhaps best known as a metal that is a solid when you pick it up and melts when it sits in your hand. Elemental...
Mercury – named after a Roman god known for speed and agility – is a chemical element that has fascinated humans for thousands of years. Mercury...
Gold is the stuff of dreams and legends. Empires have been toppled for it, pirates have plundered it and misers have hoarded it. But what does...
Cobalt is a chemical element – a substance that contains only one type of atom. Its official chemical symbol is Co and its atomic number is...
Magnesium is a chemical element – a substance that contains only one type of atom. Its official chemical symbol is Mg, and its atomic number is...
Neodymium is a chemical element. Its official symbol is Nd, and its atomic number is 60, which means it has 60 protons in its nucleus. The...
Lead is a chemical element – a substance that contains only one type of atom. Its official chemical symbol is Pb, and its atomic number is...
Rutherfordium is a synthetic chemical element. Its official chemical symbol is Rf, and its atomic number is 104, which means that a rutherfordium atom has 104...
The United Nations proclaimed 2019 to be the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements. This was to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Dmitri...
Helium is a chemical element. Its official symbol is He, and its atomic number is 2, which means it has two protons in its nucleus. Helium...
Zinc is a chemical element. Its official symbol is Zn, and its atomic number is 30, which means each zinc atom has 30 protons in its...
Sulfur is a chemical element. Its official symbol is S and its atomic number is 16, which means that each sulfur atom has 16 protons in...
Oxygen is a chemical element – a substance that contains only one type of atom. Its official chemical symbol is O, and its atomic number is...
Matter is anything that has mass and occupies space. A useful way to start thinking about matter is to think about the different materials, or substances,...
Over the last 50 years, plastics have become an integral part of our world. Plastic products are found everywhere – in our houses, cars, bikes, toothbrushes...
Plastic is an amazing material. It has changed the way we store and carry food, drinks and other items. Plastic is lightweight and resists breaking when...
An inquiry approach is a method often used in science education. The question bank provides an initial list of questions about nanoscience and places where their...
Nanoscience involves the study of chemical and physical changes that happen at the nanoscale. Researchers and scientists are interested in the nanoscale, because when many materials...
Food’s macronutrients undergo chemical breakdown as they move through the digestive system. Learn more about the digestion process and its hormonal control with these explanations of...
Use this timeline for a look at some of the historical aspects in the development of our understanding of gases and plasmas. 1644 – Invention of...
A team of US astronomers, after years of working in the Antarctic, say they have found long-awaited evidence for the theory that the Universe underwent a...
We happily live in the Earth’s gaseous lower atmosphere composed of a mixture of gases – primarily nitrogen and oxygen. However, if we move upwards from...
We live in a gaseous atmosphere and are influenced by its composition, behaviour and structure. Use is made of gas properties in our everyday lives –...
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