Have you ever been sitting in class or revising for a test and learning the order of the electromagnetic spectrum, or the results for a positive gas test of chlorine, or the dates a certain war happened, and thought “How is this ever going
So, we’re learning our subjects at school and we’re really enjoying them, but just to ruin the enjoyment, we have to do a test. Tests are uncomfortable. They make us stressed and anxious. Why is this? People are afraid of being wrong and being
Most of my students I work with are engaged learners. They enjoy learning. They are motivated. They are organised and they know what they need to progress in their studies. They come to me with specific questions and focuses and together we work to
In my last post on respiration, I introduced a very important chemical reaction which happens inside nearly every one of our cells. The reaction is called respiration. Respiration is often confused with breathing. It is not breathing, but breathing is necessary for respiration. However,
Respiration (part 1) – transporting the goods Oxygen is a very reactive element. If you blast a flame with oxygen you will get a very dramatic effect! Metal items exposed to oxygen, rust and fall apart. These reactions may seem inconvenient, but there are
A view into the future (Part 2): Technology, interdependence and becoming immortal Welcome back to the second part in this two part series on how to be scared of the future! In my last post I showed with some examples of split brain patients,
Split brains, gut bacteria: Hello all. Time for another strange, interesting, mind boggling (and slightly scary!) blog post. This one is all about the future of technology and how it might possibly be integrated with humans and… our brains! In Physics there are
Intermolecular forces 1: Van der Waals So, in this series I want to go over what intermolecular forces are, the three types to consider and what sets each type apart from the other. Firstly, what do we mean by intermolecular forces? The inter
So, second in my run of posts targeted at A-level Chemistry and I’m touching on Aromatic Chemistry! What is it?? Essentially, it is the study of benzene and benzene type organic compounds. The word is referring to the very strange way the bonding occurs
Why we should take flat earthers seriously? So, before I get into this I should probably make it clear that I strongly believe that the Earth is a sphere and the sun is at the centre of our solar system and basically, all of
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This is quite a mathematical area of the Chemistry A-level, but we can start off with a brief recap of some fundamental principles within Chemistry, which are not really mathematical The Arrhenius equation (above) relates to the rate of reaction and contains the following
