The story of Roy Plunkett and the discovery of Teflon® (polytetrafluoroethene) can be used to show that many things in science were discovered accidentally.
The student worksheet includes information about Sir Harry Kroto, one of the team who discovered the third allotrope of carbon, buckminsterfullerene.
This resource presents chemists as real people and not stereotypical ‘mad scientists’ whose lives are completely dominated by science.
This material is divided into two distinct pieces of work: Sparkling white crystals of sugar and Extracting sugar from sugar beet.
Explore analytical techniques and their applications with a chromatography investigation and research activity
Describe the metallic bonding model and explain how this leads to particular properties in metals, with this scaffolded writing activity
Understand the models and diagrams used to represent ionic bonding and their limitations, with this scaffolded writing activity
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