Science week: Monday
Monday We’re very excited at the Purcell School as we are running an action packed science week, with a very wide array of activities, events and even all the other academic lessons being science themed […]
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What else has existed on earth in all three phases…
Organic chemistry (things we can do with fossil fuels) is such a fascinating and important branch of the chemical sciences, in its simplest terms it involves looking at carbon based compounds and their reactions. Your task […]
Musical Chemists
Today the President of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Prof David Phillips appeared on BBC Radio 3’s private passions. As you head toward the end of your exams perhaps have a listen to one of […]
Euro 2012 Kickoff
With the start of Euro 2012, today’s post looks at Buckyballs. A Buckyball is a compound made only of carbon in the form of a sphere, looking much like a football! Buckyballs are types of […]
Things you may have missed on chemstuff…
Over the past few weeks there have been several updates to the chemstuff pages which you may have missed. The pages for year 7, year 8 and year 9 have all been updated with more […]
Chemistry of money
Today’s news has returned to the discussion of many of the financial problems currently hitting the euro zone, and following on from yesterdays Chemstuff post on rare earth elements, I thought I would post about […]
Rare earth elements
You may have seen the news that the planet Venus passed across the sun today in an event that will not be seen again for another 105 years. Such a rare astronomical event got me […]
Water is Wierd!
Amazingly one of the most amazing compounds on our planet is also one of the most common, water! Found naturally in all three states on this planet it is in fact an oddity. Looking at […]
Now the exams are over…
Can you beat my first attempt score of 82 on this fantastic chemistry game!? Good Luck
Happy Birthday to you …
The X-ray celebrates its 150th Birthday today and as a present google has given it a special google doodle X-Rays were first observed in 1895 by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, a German scientist who stumbled upon […]
