Foldit is a revolutionary new computer game enabling you to contribute to important scientific research.
Foldit attempts to predict the structure of a protein by taking advantage of humans’ puzzle-solving intuitions and having people play competitively to fold the best proteins.
Link the post-16 topics of amino acids and proteins, bonding, reaction rates and equilibria and Le Chateliers principle to the topic of hair removal. Learn about a range of real life contexts for these chemical ideas through written material, and questions to encourage learning and test understanding.
From kimchi to kefir, tuck into the complex chemistry of fermentation and its health potential
What makes a bad smell smell bad? Sniff out the chemical culprits behind obnoxious odours
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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