Chemistry

Groovy Lava

  • 21 Jun, 2011
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How lava lamps work, and a similar effect you can produce in your kitchen.
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Mr Frog’s Bad Day

  • 21 Jun, 2011
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  • ★ 4.4
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Accuracy, precision, reliability, and a frog with a very sore head.
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Bang! - Chemistry in Everyday Life

  • 21 Jun, 2011
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Metals reacting with hydrochloric acid, and a fizzy explosion.
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Safety in Science

  • 20 Jun, 2011
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How to behave in a science lab - and how not to.
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The Great Cheddar Cheese Mystery

  • 14 Jun, 2011
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  • ★ 2.9
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Is Cheddar Gorge really made of cheese? Ignoring the fact that nobody thinks it is, this team investigate anyway!
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From muck to methane

  • 14 Jun, 2011
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The workings of a methane generator, powered by… actually, you don’t want to know.
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Fire Extinguisher

  • 14 Jun, 2011
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  • ★ 3.1
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Bicarb, vinegar, and a channel-hopping TV set that… oh, you’ll just have to watch it.
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Potty Putty

  • 10 Jun, 2011
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What’s going on in the structure of silly putty that makes it behave the way it does?
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Alkali Metals and Reactivity

  • 10 Jun, 2011
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Reactivity — demonstrations with lithium (meh) and sodium (woah!)
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Chemistry Is Sweet

  • 10 Jun, 2011
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Chemical reactions illustrated through the medium of confectionary. Wait… what?
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Fireworks

  • 10 Jun, 2011
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A presentation about the chemistry of flame colours.
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The pH Scale According to Gordon and Simon

  • 07 Jun, 2011
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Acid and alkali react together and make… a foaming mess.
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Methane

  • 07 Jun, 2011
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What happens when methane burns, in theory and practice.
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Triptych Movie

  • 06 Jun, 2011
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The physics, biology, and chemistry involved in lifting an apple. Yes, it really is a film about lifting an apple.
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Reactivity

  • 06 Jun, 2011
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Explaining how electron configuration leads to changes in reactivity across and down the periodic table.
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The Coke and Mentos Experiment

  • 01 Nov, 2010
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The now-classic Coke & Mentos experiment helps a students pass his chemistry test.
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Super Science Show

  • 01 Nov, 2010
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A science-based game show explores the states of matter and the transitions between them.
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Dissolving Salt Crystals

  • 01 Nov, 2010
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A family dissolve salt, and reform it by evaporating the water.
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Electrolysis

  • 01 Nov, 2010
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A short animation of what happens to the ions during electrolysis.
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Periodic Table

  • 01 Nov, 2010
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We’re not entirely convinced Mendeleev came up with his table of elements while on a trampoline, but if he had, it might have looked l …
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