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stevew61
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Post by stevew61 »

honscupboard wrote:Fab videos! :D
Was a big utube hit awhile ago. Pleased to see they are updating it. Love the stereotypes, mad big hair professor and everyone interested in things going bang! Science is fun.

Maybe this can be the start of our science corner. :lol:

steve
yoyo123
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Post by yoyo123 »

mind you, I am a chemist and have wild hair and mad staring eyes...........

:wink:
SunlampVexesEel
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Post by SunlampVexesEel »

Animis opibusque parati
bestpossibleoutcome
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Post by bestpossibleoutcome »

I found this site some time ago and then lost it again. When I saw the 'bouncing numbers' on the balancing chemical equations page I remembered why I had lost it :lol: .

http://richardbowles.tripod.com/chemistry/menu.htm#top

Probably useful for enthusiastic lower secondary age and those who need a bit of a confidence boost for GCSE. There are also some A level pages.

Perhaps not recommended for those who suffer from motion sickness :wink:

regards,

BPO
Jiff
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Post by Jiff »

There was a really good programme on the BBC a couple of months ago called something like Chemistry - A Volatile History. I wonder if you can watch it again on I-player. (Sorry that's all rather vague, but it was very good.)
solimum
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Post by solimum »

Unfortunately it's no longer on i-player but the website here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qbq7f

gives some links to other BBC science output

It was a fascinating series - look out for repeats at odd times on BBC4
MrsChubbs
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Post by MrsChubbs »

Chemistry - a volatile history. Fab way to get across the periodic table to kids.
Have a look at this site too. Not necessarily periodic table but lots of demonstrations of practicals that are not always done in schools these days.
http://exploscience.com/
yoyo123
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Post by yoyo123 »

home chemistry.

make indicator liquid by soaking red cabbage, then see it change colour with bicarb (alkaline) and vinegar (acid) test other substances.

Mix bicarb and vinegar and watch it fizz..why?


Google Kitchen Science Experiments there are some good ones there!
honscupboard
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Post by honscupboard »

:D Marvellous - am off to supermarket for red cabbage!
This is just the stuff DDs dreams are made of.......
yoyo123
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