Practical Science

The RSC has been involved in developing two fantastic websites packed with practical experiments and demonstrations: 

• Practical Chemistry (for secondary schools and colleges)  
• Practical work in Primary Science (for primary schools).   

Practical Chemistry

A comprehensive website full of experiments and demonstrations to use in your teaching.

Easy-to-search practical work from:

Royal Society of Chemistry ; Nuffield Foundation ; Salters' Institute        

Descriptions of experiments sufficiently detailed that they will work in any school laboratory. Notes on teaching and learning included.

Chemistry teachers will find a wide range of experiments to:

• illustrate concepts or processes
• act as starting points for investigations
• provide ideas for enhancement activities such as club or open day events        

Also share your skills and experiences of making experiments work in the classroom.

Plus! There's lots of helpful information for technicians too!

Practical work in Primary Science

This website is packed with practical experiments for use in science lessons in primary schools. 

Each experiment has a defined purpose, in order that pupils can be made aware of why they doing activities and therefore gain the most benefit from them.

Different types of activity are included that could be used to teach various topics in the science curriculum.